Organizational and administrative requirements of NGOs for environmental crisis response: a field study of civil associations.
4 affiliations
- 1School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, China.
- 2Faculty of Social Work, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.
- 3Faculty of Resilience, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
- 4Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Abstract
Environmental crises are increasing in frequency and severity across Egypt, yet the organizational requirements of civil society organizations for effective response to these events remain insufficiently documented. This cross-sectional census survey assessed the administrative, human resource, financial, and legislative requirements necessary for effective environmental crisis response among non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Aswan, Egypt. Data were collected from 109 board members and executive directors representing 13 NGOs using a structured 16-item questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests, one-way analysis of variance with post-hoc comparisons, Pearson correlation analysis, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The overall level of organizational requirements among NGOs in facing environmental crises was high (M = 3.84, SD = 0.49). Administrative requirements received the highest mean score (M = 4.06, SD = 0.67), whereas financial requirements received the lowest, although they remained within the high range (M = 3.75, SD = 0.65). All four organizational requirements were positively correlated, with the strongest association observed between financial and legislative requirements (r = 0.926, p < 0.001). Differences were identified based on selected personal and organizational characteristics, with organizational age showing the most consistent association with NGOs' capacity for environmental crisis response. The regression model was statistically significant and explained 35.6% of the variance in the overall score (R² = 0.356). Organizational age was the only significant independent predictor in the model (B = 3.86, p < 0.001), whereas individual board-member experience and gender were not significant after adjustment. These findings indicate that organizational maturity is an important correlate of NGO capacity for environmental crisis response. Capacity-building programs, donor support, and institutional partnerships should therefore give particular attention to newer NGOs while strengthening financial contingency planning and formal crisis-management procedures across organizations.
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BibTeX
@article{abdelaziz2026organizational,
title = {{Organizational and administrative requirements of NGOs for environmental crisis response: a field study of civil associations.}},
author = {Shimaa Abdelaziz and Abdelhamed Bakry and Edris Alam and Guoqing Shi},
journal = {Frontiers in public health},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2026.1956771},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42903728},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Organizational and administrative requirements of NGOs for environmental crisis response: a field study of civil associations.
AU - Shimaa Abdelaziz
AU - Abdelhamed Bakry
AU - Edris Alam
AU - Guoqing Shi
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/06
JO - Frontiers in public health
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1956771
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42903728
AB - Environmental crises are increasing in frequency and severity across Egypt, yet the organizational requirements of civil society organizations for effective response to these events remain insufficiently documented. This cross-sectional census survey assessed the administrative, human resource, financial, and legislative requirements necessary for effective environmental crisis response among non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Aswan, Egypt. Data were collected from 109 board members and executive directors representing 13 NGOs using a structured 16-item questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests, one-way analysis of variance with post-hoc comparisons, Pearson correlation analysis, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The overall level of organizational requirements among NGOs in facing environmental crises was high (M = 3.84, SD = 0.49). Administrative requirements received the highest mean score (M = 4.06, SD = 0.67), whereas financial requirements received the lowest, although they remained within the high range (M = 3.75, SD = 0.65). All four organizational requirements were positively correlated, with the strongest association observed between financial and legislative requirements (r = 0.926, p < 0.001). Differences were identified based on selected personal and organizational characteristics, with organizational age showing the most consistent association with NGOs' capacity for environmental crisis response. The regression model was statistically significant and explained 35.6% of the variance in the overall score (R² = 0.356). Organizational age was the only significant independent predictor in the model (B = 3.86, p < 0.001), whereas individual board-member experience and gender were not significant after adjustment. These findings indicate that organizational maturity is an important correlate of NGO capacity for environmental crisis response. Capacity-building programs, donor support, and institutional partnerships should therefore give particular attention to newer NGOs while strengthening financial contingency planning and formal crisis-management procedures across organizations.
SN - 2296-2565
ER -