Non - Governmental Organizations Participate In Public Crisis Management Research

By reference to civil society, government failure, collaborative governance, supply and demand theory, the exploration of effective NGO’s(non-governmental organizations) participation in public crisis management both in theory and in practice is very meaningful. Public crisis management can be divided into three major stages: crisis prevention management,crisis handling management and crisis follow-up management. These three stages can be used as the basic framework for the analysis of NGO’s participation in public crisis management. To mobilize the participation of NGO in the three stages are feasible and also very necessary.However, NGO’s participation in public crisis management has both its advantages and its disadvantages. When mobilizing NGO’s participation in public crisis management, we must make best use of its advantages and bypass its disadvantages. In the case of Xiamen XP Project, NGO plays a unique role in the prevention, handling and follow-up management of public crisis. It has various ways to participate in different stages of public crisis management. Studies suggest that NGO can play its unique role well in proper ways as long as NGO can attain its development with the support of legislation and policy, complete its internal management structure and operation mechanisms, strengthen its self-capacity building, pay attention to the coordination with the government and cultivate the citizens’ volunteerism and establish a complete social assessment and supervision system.