Summary
- A study analyzing the nature of interaction between 55 NGOs with other NGOs indicates several key ways they benefit from collaborating with each other and with social movements.
- But few NGOs have begun to adjust their collaboration in ways that robustly match new realities.
- These alliances could start by reframing social issues, thereby improving impact on mainstream discussion.
- For greater political impact, donors might enlarge emphasis beyond ‘lobby’ and ‘advocacy’ to ‘mobilisation’ and movement-building.