· Lack of human resources · How to strengthen the civil society? · Public awareness about political, social,
and environmental problems · There is no concept of policies of a
people’s economy · Government is not participatory, business is doing
their own thing, government is self-righteous · There is low community pariticpation in
the development process, it seems that it is government that must always
implement the development projects · Civil society groups are not aware that
they have power to influence the decision making process, and are not aware of
their role in influencing the private/corporate sector · Political parties in remote areas have
already existed, but civil society is still yet to be developed. In these
areas, political society exists, but not yet civil society · Lack of political education and political
leadership at the grass roots levels.
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PRIORITY
ISSUES |
STRATEGIES |
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Lack of
human resources |
S Train the trainer programmes S Community/NGO exchange with other
countries S Introduce formal subjects on civil
society into schools S NGOs develop syllabus on civil society |
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Weak civil
society |
S Empower NGOs in districts and provide
direct links to donors for rural NGOs S Lobby UNTAET to improve communication,
postal service & transport to districts S Encourage INGOs to conduct needs
assessment first S Identify new targets for resistance
movement (eg: political parties, government, multi-national corps) |
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Lack of
political education in civil society |
S Use community radio and traditional
means to communicate with grass-roots S Education on political rights S Organise town/village meeting S Popular theatre S History workshops for writing local
history of Timor Lorosa’e |
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Lack of
participation in development process |
S Lobby National Council to use
participatory approach S Create mechanism for consultation beyond
National Council S Lobby World Bank to change wealth
generation policy and to “provide fishing rod not fish” S Lobby multinationals not to create
monopolies/use resources unsustainably S Emphasise to community importance of
“cooperative” labour |
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