Can Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations present an alternative model of public service delivery to benefit the common citizen? Discuss the challenges of this alternative model.
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Supplies funding and legal constraints as concrete challenges to NGO-led service delivery.
- Opposition JPC members raised concerns about schools and hospitals built with mixed foreign and domestic funds, whose assets could vest in a government authority.
- The 2020 amendment banned transfer of foreign funds to other NGOs and cut the administrative expense cap from 50% to 20%, hurting small grassroots groups.
- Suggest allowing traceable sub-granting and encouraging domestic philanthropy and CSR as complementary funding.