Ngos studied in the UK

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Characteristics of the humanitarian movement in Great Britain

Number of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) -300 in 1991, including 90 that received public funds -400 in 1997, including 230 that received public funds Secular INGOs’ collective bodies -since 1993: BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development), a lobby of 250 members or so. -since 1963: DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee), a coordination body of 13 members to collect funds and redistribute them on an ad hoc basis to NGOs according to their involvement in a humanitarian crisis. The secretariat is run by the British Red Cross, one of the five founding members of DEC with CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam and SCF. Religious INGOs’ collective bodies 0 « parastatal » INGO -since 1958: Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), heavily funded (around 80%) by the administration Status of NGOs -Charities Act 1853, 1960, 1985, 1992 and 1993 Taxation -for funders: exemption beyond a lumpsum -for NGOs: exemption of property taxes, succession duties and income taxes but not VAT (Income and Corporation Taxes Act, 1988) System of accreditation -Charities Commissioners for England and Wales Public aid to development $7,9 billions (2004) Public aid to development / Gross national product (%) 0,36 (2004) % of Public aid to development reserved for INGOs (excluding tax exemptions) -0% (1980), 1% (1984), 2% (1985), 4% (1989), 7% (1991), 9% (1995), 3% (1999), 5% (2000), 8% (2001), 11% (2002), 9% (2003) -one third is devoted to emergencies, especially through the Disaster Emergency Committee -a Joint Funding Scheme exists since 1975 Average proportion of private financing in INGOs’ resources -53% (1993) Geographical fields of action by decreasing order of importance -Sub-Saharan Africa, Central & Southern Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, Eastern Asia & Oceania, Northern Africa/Near East Institution in charge of Public aid to development -since 1997: DFID (Department for International Development), after the defunct ODA (Overseas Development Administration) Control agency for NGOs -Charities Commissioners for England and Wales Interface NGO / state -NGO Unit, DfID Public grants for developing countries’ NGOs -yes, including by posting VSOs in Southern NGOs. -mainly in Kenya, South Africa, Bengladesh, Pakistan and Southern Asia (via the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee or the Aga Khan Foundation, for instance).

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