Orienting Asean Towards Its People: Enabling Engagement With Local NGOs

• Main Author: Rahman, Serina
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Non-Traditional Security; Regionalism and Multilateralism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84026; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41566
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil-society organisations and grassroots groups are a growing phenomenon across Southeast Asia. Many of these organisations fill in gaps and provide services that are not otherwise met by local authorities and governments; others purport to be the voice of th...