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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023
ELITE
VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023

monopolize Egypt's development sector in effectiveness and legitimacy of civil society
order to obtain substantial external efforts.
financing and improve the sources of Recently, development work has become a
income of their founders and have become mere "snapshot" in order to document their
far from the primary objective for which work. There is no follow-up or evaluation
these organizations were built, and because after implementation or in more accurate
of this monopoly, these organizations or words “after taking the picture", resulting in
individuals have formed closed networks in a waste of financial resources only, no
civil society, which made it difficult for effective real results on the ground, and no
small or emerging organizations to real development.
participate effectively in civil society. Although limited funding is a major
The subordination of civil society problem for civil society, mismanagement

In some cases, strong relationships between of funds is much bigger. As all that has been
civil society actors and government officials mentioned above is an image of
can lead to subordination. When mismanagement of funds and
organizations rely heavily on government implementation. Civil society needs more
support or funding, they may become less experienced and efficient people instead of
willing to challenge government policies people who rely solely on their relationships
that could threaten their relationships or and monitoring funding methods and where
sources of funding. This can undermine the they are disbursed more firmly and follow
independence of civil society organizations up on development projects after
and diminish their role in monitoring implementation and have more
officials and fighting corruption. opportunities to freely express their views.
All of this has eroded public confidence, as
the perception that decisions are made
based on personal interests rather than on

the basis of society's best interests has led to
suspicion and diminished belief in the
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