In this section, I shall discuss the roles of CSOs in disaster management in PostSuharto

era, particularly after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. This section particularly

attempts to answer research question number three stated above: in what ways are

CSOs able to play a part in different phases of disaster management in contemporary

Indonesia? The findings of this study demonstrate that in the disaster relief sector,

FBOs are the dominant contributors in this field. This is due to their ability to generate

resources, as stated above. Another important finding from this study is that what we

have witnessed in this era is a new phenomenon where CSOs work collaboratively

either with their counterparts or with other agencies. In the previous eras, each CSO

tended to work in isolation. During the colonial and Sukarno periods, as outlined above