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Democracy Dialogues: The Enabling Environment for NGOs
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Date: Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT)
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In democratic societies, citizens often create independent bodies that serve their community or their country. These groups, known as civil society organizations or nongovernmental organizations, support and occasionally challenge the work of the government. In order for civil society to be most effective, it is imperative these groups operate independently of government – something that benefits citizens and keeps the government in check.
Join Lester Salamon, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, for a webchat about the necessary conditions for nongovernmental organizations to act effectively.
Guest Biography: Lester M. Salamon is a professor at Johns Hopkins University and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. He previously served as director of the Center for Governance and Management Research at the Urban Institute in Washington and as deputy associate director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Salamon pioneered the empirical study of the nonprofit sector in the United States and has extended this work to other parts of the world. He is the author of America's Nonprofit Sector: A Primer and Partners in Public Service: Government and the Nonprofit Sector in the Modern Welfare State. Salamon holds a B.A. in economics and policy studies from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University. He serves on the Social Science Research Council’s Committee on Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector.
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