부산대학교 도서관

This Practice Note is informed by our collective experiences in various roles within Myanmar non-government organisations (NGOs), consultancies for donors, international non-government organisations (INGOs), and United Nations (UN) entities. While the current military regime aims to bring about the attrition of Myanmar's rights-based civil society groups, unethical partnership practices also contribute to this by under-resourcing Myanmar civil society and undermining their staying power. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 military takeover in Myanmar, while conflict dynamics have dramatically intensified, previously neglected localisation processes have reignited among development and humanitarian actors. Impacts of the 2021 military takeover Two years on from the military takeover of February 2021, civic space in Myanmar has dramatically shrunk, stymying the operational ability of NGOs and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). [Extracted from the article]