THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL POWERS IN RATIONALIZING THE USE OF SOCIETY RESOURCES SOCIETIES A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN-FUNDING

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Post Graduate student at Environmental Studies and Research Institute, Ain-Shams University

2 Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University

3 Faculty of Social Work, Helwan University

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the role of NGOs in rationalizing the use of local community resources in the Arab Republic of Egypt, and to reveal the obstacles that limit the role of social forces in the Egyptian society from fulfilling its mission that has branches in Egypt in disseminating the development of Egyptian community resources, along with a description of the nature The relationship between the state and the social forces represented by governmental and non-governmental organizations and private organizations specialized in social work within the framework of organizing and rationalizing the use of community resources. And trying to activate the recent trends in managing social forces in the Egyptian society to develop their capabilities, especially financial and human, in order to play its role as an effective partner in the field of local development of community resources.
The study combined the inductive approach and the exploratory study. The study combined the inductive approach and the social survey of a sample of local societies with local funding and another sample with foreign funding based in Egypt, by applying to a sample that was intentionally chosen from the target sample, which are managers and workers in departments and departments Responsible for managing, organizing, and rationalizing the use of community resources in NGOs, as well as a targeted sample randomly selected from the beneficiaries enrolled in the association for the study sample. The form was applied to the sample of the study, which amounted to (151) singles distributed (131) singles at a rate of (86.6%) for the sample of associations with local funding, compared to (20) singles with a percentage of (13.2%) for the sample of societies with foreign funding and the study used the (constructive functional theory) functionalism where the researcher sees that functional constructivism is consistent with the goals and importance of the mission.
The study reached several results, the most important of which are: NGOs have an active role in developing the capabilities and resources of the local community and its members. The more the financial resource of NGOs increases and the better the services provided, the study shows that NGOs have the ability to meet the needs of society, especially among the poorest groups. Through the results of the survey of the beneficiaries of the activities of the association for a sample of organizations with local funding, that approval of the areas of benefit of the targeted citizens was (66.66%). The results show the importance of applying modern administrative systems in NGOs for both the sample of organizations with local funding and the sample for organizations with foreign funding. The study recommends the necessity of supporting NGOs with government grants to activate their role towards developing community resources, strengthening the relationship between NGOs and other civil society institutions, and spreading the culture of volunteerism in the Egyptian society.

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