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From: "Sean Nazerali" 
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My name is Sean Nazerali and I am writing my thesis on the role of NGOs in 
Croatia, more specifically on their relations with the government or 
gavernmental bodies and agents. My main point is to discover to what extent 
the government limits or tries to restrict the work of NGOs. I would 
therfore really appreciate it if anyone from any NGO would like to comment 
on this at all. Particularly I would be interested to hear from any 
organizations who have worked in the Krajina and thus compare their 
experiences of the authorities in that region when it was still being 
controlled from Knin.
  Some specific questions (though please don't hesitate to talk about 
anything at all - these are just particular areas of interest):
  Do national or local governments do anything to promote the activities of 
NGOs? Perhaps through state funds?
  Are there any formal or informal contact between NGOs and the state or 
local authorities, and on what basis? Can NGOs give advice and is it ever 
listened to?
  Does the government make it difficult to either start or continue as an 
NGO through laws and/regulation? Particularly I'm thinking of bureaucratic 
and administrative difficulties to make NGO work more difficult.  
  What are the formal and inmformal restrictions on your work?

This is just a start. If you would be interested in or able to help me in 
greater detail I would love to get in contact with you.
     My address is nazerali@mbox.fsv.cuni.cz

I will be in Croatia over the summer as well so would love to hear from 
anyone willing to give an interview on this topic.
Thank you very much 
Sean Nazerali