Appendix I

In this Appendix the questionnaires for both the NGOs and the opinion leaders are given. The interviews were half-open to open in depth interviews, this means that the space for writing was much bigger in reality than in this printed version. All interviews are done by myself, mostly in the offices of the NGOs themselves. One interview is done in German, the questionnaire below was translated literally in that case. The elaborated and approved interviews can be found in the Side Report belonging to this script. The italic lines below the questions on Motivation / Advantages and Problems / Obstacles were used as a private reminder of the hypotheses during the interviews.

Questionnaire NGOs

Name of the person(s):___________________________________________________
Function in the NGO:_____________________________________________________

1) The NGO itself 

Name of the NGO
    Local language:______________________________________________________
    English:_____________________________________________________________

History
    Date of establishment:_______________________________________________
    Main reason for establishment:_______________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________
    Founder(s) of the NGO:_______________________________________________

Structure
    Labourdivision/Managementorganization:_______________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________
    Organizational levels:
        ___International
        ___National
        ___Countylevel
        ___Communitylevel
        ___Other:________________________________________________________

Objective(s)/Goal(s):
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

What are the main areas of your organization's activities 
(Goals and Strategy):
    Options are:
        1. there is a detailed action plan
        2. occasional participation
        3. no participation

        ____Collection and dissemination (=spread) of information
        ____Nature protection actions and demonstration projects
        ____Education and training
        ____Environmental monitoring
        ____Social and political activities (public expertise, 
            commenting on draft laws,  lobbying)
        ____Environmental technology and design
        ____Protest actions
        ____Other activities

Resources
    Human
        How many people?
            Volunteers:__________________________________________________
            Employees (paid):____________________________________________
            Westerners:__________________________________________________
            In what position:____________________________________________
            Amount of members:___________________________________________
    Money
        Annual budget/budget 1996:_______________________________________
        Sources
            ___Grants from:
               ___Government
               ___Businessess
               ___Other NGOs
               ___Funding organization
            ___Own activities
            ___Membership fees
    Expertise
        Spoken languages:________________________________________________
        For the topics:
            Environmental issues: high - medium - low - zero
            Organizational level: high - medium - low - zero    
            Strategical level:    high - medium - low - zero
    Access to information
        Tools available:
            ___Phone
            ___Fax
            ___Computer/E-mail
        Contacts:
            Key persons in policy making:________________________________
            Others:______________________________________________________

External Relations and intensity of the contact
    Government = MoE:  conflict - cooperation - competition - no relation
        Intensity:     high - medium - low 
    Environmental Businesses:  
                       conflict - cooperation - competition - no relation
        Intensity:     high - medium - low 
    Other environmental NGOs
        National level:conflict - cooperation - competition - no relation
            Intensity: high - medium - low
        International level:
            West:      conflict - cooperation - competition - no relation
            Intensity: high - medium - low
            East:      conflict - cooperation - competition - no relation
            Intensity: high - medium - low

2) East-East cooperation

With who and in which country(ies)?
___One: _________________________________________________________________
___More: ________________________________________________________________
         ________________________________________________________________

History of this particular relation(s)
    How long?____________________________________________________________
    Why with this NGO(s)?
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

Advantages / Motivation
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

    Transboundary problem
        Border
        Meso/Macro (Industrial Pollution/River management/Migrating birds)
    More financial resources 
    Exchange of experience and/or information
        Similar situation
        Modelproject
    More influence in the region

Problems / Obstacles
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

    Preference for East-West cooperation
    Mentality of the people
    Political situation in the country
    Lack of capacity
        Lack of money
        Lack of human resources
    Cultural differences
        Other internal organization and/or strategy
        Nationalism
        Language problems

Surplus Value / Results of East-East cooperation
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

Necessary features of a NGO for East-East cooperation
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

    Your NGO is East-East cooperating, or at least trying to do that.

Why are others not acting like your group, you think?
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

Future of East-East cooperative behavior of your NGO and in general?
____Go on with this partner
____Possible others in the same country
____Possible others in another country
____Never again (at all)
____More national focused cooperation

3) REC and East-East cooperation

REC is known?                                Yes/No
Earmarked Grants Program is known?           Yes/No
Applied for an Earmarked Grant?              Yes/No
Awarded?                                     Yes/No
Should REC promote East-East cooperation?    Yes/No

If yes: why?
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

how
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

If no: why not?
    _____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

Questionnaire for country consultants of Milieukontakt Oost-Europa or general opinion leaders

What is in general the position of the environmental NGO community in your country towards East-East cooperation?
What is your opinion about East-East cooperation? Is it important to promote this for funding organizations like REC, EPCE or Milieukontakt Oost-Europa?
What are obstacles and advantages of East-East cooperation?
What will the future trend be for East-East cooperation of environmental NGOs in your country?

REC * PUBLICATIONS * BEYOND BORDERS * APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRES