Chapter 4
From the Field: East-East Cooperation
in Reality
4.1 Introduction
In this chapter the results of the empirical research on East-East
cooperation among environmental NGOs are described. In
4.2 we start with a description of the general characteristics
of an East-East cooperative NGO followed by the motivation, experienced
benefits, problems and obstacles and future of East-East cooperation
in the next four paragraphs. All information in this chapter is
abstracted and worked up from the 25 elaborated interviews with
environmental NGOs and key informants in Poland, Slovakia, Czech
Republic and Hungary which can be found in the side-report belonging
to the present script.
For chapter four the sequence of the questionnaire is kept [see
Appendix I], this means that 4.2 deals with the East-East cooperative NGOs themselves. Here we find a picture of the average and probably 'ideal' East-East cooperative NGO. Then 4.3 focuses on the motivation for
East-East cooperation, giving an answer on the question 'Why?'.
4.4 gives the experienced benefits of East-East cooperation
as mentioned by the NGOs. Of course we do not forget about the
obstacles and problems the organizations met by establishing and
continuing East-East cooperation. In 4.5 this topic is
highlighted. Finally the NGOs were asked to give their view on
the future of East-East cooperation, which is described in
4.6.
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