Lesson 5:

Nonstate Institutions and Organization

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

• Organizations and institutions are usually

considered synonymous.however,it should be
emphasized that the two are different. An
Organization refers to a formally constituted
entity,composed of individuals performing a
set of function for the achievement of a
certain mandate,obligation,or task. An
example of an organization I a
bank,cooporation,or development agency.
Institution refers to a structured domain of
norms,rules and practices that gives a sense of
order to a specific set of relationships. Example
religion,kinship and family.
Institutions govern a given society or
community.
 The following are considered as the
different institution in society.
• Environment Worldviews
- the system of beliefs as well as perceptions of
the people vis-à-vis the forest resource.
• Knowledge Systems
- the system of knowledge that governs how
the people engage the resource.
• Tenurial and property system – the manner
by which the community defines the rules of
who has access to and control of resources.
• Conflict management system – the manner
by which the community manage its conflicts.
• Association systems – the various syste that
define the manner individuals establish
relationship among them.
Organizations can be considered as state and
nonstate organizations. The following are state
organizations.
• Executive branch – the office of the president
and the department under the office of the
president.
• Legislative branch – the senate and the house
of representatives.
• Judiciary
• Armed forces and the police
• Constitution commissions – commission on
audit.(COA),civil service commission(CSC) and
commission on election(COMELEC)
• Local Government
 MARKET AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION

Market and economic organization include the

cooperate environmental users, such a
corporations use the resource for profit, and not
for subsitence.also included in this category are
the financial institutions such as banks,both local
and foreign or transnational,which provide funds
to finance the implementation of policy through
development projects and program by the
government as well as the private sector.
The following are the types of banks

• Savings banks – these bank are suited for

employees with a monthly salary.low-waged
people may open an account in the savings
bank.
• Commercial banks – these bank collect money
from people in various sectors and give the
same as a loan to business men and make
profits in interest these business men pay.
• Industrial development bank – these bank are
committed toward enhancing the growth of
industries by providing loans for a very long
period of time.
• Land development bank – these bank
promote growth in the food sector by giving
loans to farmer at a relatively lower interest
rate.
• Indigenous bank – otherwise known as native
banks. They are normal moneylenders,only
this time,handling huge amounts of money.
• Mortgage bank – these bank specialize in
providing mortgage loans alone.
• Spare bank – are present in norway.
• Federal or national bank – control the
principles and policies of other bank across
the country.
• Cooperative bank – as the name suggests gets
money from the general community without
any bias and provide loans to all sections of
people in the neighborhood.
• Exchange bank – available in more than a
single country.
• Consumer’s bank – are consumer-
friendlybank,they encourage the consumer in
buying commercial product and provide
option for easy repay of the loan amount.
• Community development bank – provide
services to the community where there has
been nothing or very little development over
the year.
• Credit unions – they act just like a coopertive
bank except they provide service to only one
employee union in the community.
• Postal savings bank – are oriented with postal
services.
• Private bank – are not for the general public
or community.
• Offshore bank – are also private bank except
that they have little tax to pay for their
transactions.
• Ethical bank – as the name implies ethical
bank promote candid transactions,between
various customer of the bank.
• Internet bank – provides banking facilities
only via internet.
• Investment bank – are for large organization
investment venturea across the industry.
• Merchant bank – bank exist for a long time.
• Universal bank – have a wide spectrum of
financial assistances.
• Islamic bank – are based on the principle of
the religion islam.
There are several types of cooperatives.

• Housing cooperative
• Worker cooperative
• Consumer cooperative
• Agricultural cooperative
A trade or labor union refers to an organization
of workers whose main objectives is to protect
the welfare of it’s members.
 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
• Academic and science-based organizations –
these include unversities,schools,and
colleges,private polling firms which use
statistical method.
• Mass media – in all it’s
form(print,radio,television) provide effective
conduits for enviromental policy
information,as well as environmental policy
advocacy.
• Religious organization – organized religion
seen in church congregations and their
couterparts in islam and other religious
provide effective venues.
• Nongovernment organizations – NGO are
third party mediating organization that
facilitate action.
• People’s organization – PO are grassroots-
based organization composed of people
who are really in the community and are
directly involved.
 Different types of transnational or
international civil society organization.
Civil Society Organization
-civil society groups are organized and owned
by private individuals or organization.

Private sector
-this is a term that describes any privately
owned group or person involved in profitable
activities.
• Research institution – defined a any group
involved in investigate study for scientific or
educational purposes.
• Bilateral organization – government bodies
that focus on development in foreign
countries,often with an underlying goal of
furthering their domestic policies or gaining
political credit.
• Multilateral organization – super-national
bodies that have been created with
representatives from the government of
member states.
 International development and global
processes
Many development issues have been become
international in scope in that they involve the
participation of many countries.
The philippines,just like any other country,is
confronted with many serious problems,most of
which have diverse causes and even more
diverse consequences.
These problem together threaten the security of
society and it’s people.
• Poverty threatens the security of our
economy.
• Conflict among groups,especially between anti
pro-government forces,and between ehtic
group.
• Agricultural problems caused both by
human and natural factors pose serious
threats to our food security.
• Continuing pressures on the environment
resulting from the needs of development
have led to environmental degradation and
have severely threatened our
environmental security.
 Global Organization
These are also global organization whose
operation influence the development.first are the
funders or donor. These include both multilateral
as well as bilateral organization.
• Multilateral financial organization are not
controlled by one country.
• Bilateral Organization are effective conduits by
which foreign countries can influence the
development priorities.
 Development agencies and transnational
advocacy groups
Development challenges are increasingly found
states,as stable low-incomebcountries have
managed to archive development progress.In
additional to bilateral and multilateral
organization,there are also private foundation
that are independent from governments
through most of them are based in one
particular country.