01592pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245009300059260000900152300001200161362000800173520118300181650002101364700001601385773004501401180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSnavely, Keith  aMunicipal government-nonprofit sector collaboration in Bulgaria: an attitudinal analysis  c2001  ap.49-65  aMar  aThe worldwide phenomenon of devolution of power to local governments and growth of community non-profit organizations increases opportunities for municipal government-nonprofit sector collaboration.  Successful collaboration between the two institutions is seen as a promising trend because it stimulates development of a healthy civil society and delivery of a broader array of social services.  This article presents an analysis of survey data that measured attitudes of Bulgarian municipal officials toward municipal-nonprofit collaboration.  Municipal officials' orientation toward working cooperatively with nonprofit organizations is critical to success.  The survey data indicate that Bulgarian municipal officials are supportive of the general notion of municipal-nonprofit collaboration, but they retain serious reservations about the capacity of community nonprofit organizations to contribute meaningfully to service delivery in cooperation with local government.  They perceive financial and human resource constraints within the nonprofit sector as well as within their own structures, thus making successful collaboration and its benefits problematic. - Reproduced  aLocal government  aDesai, Uday  aAmerican Review of Public Administration