Developing this hypothesis further, we assume that hierarchical structure is more likely in the case of Kazakhstani civil society. The point is that foreign donors, in contrast to the state authority, are paying much more attention to the development of cooperation among local NGOs. In some cases, availability of partner organizations is mandatory eligibility criteria for the participation in grantee competitions. At the same time, the government strategies of the development of local civil society do not have any interests to encourage local civic organizations to develop horizontal ties between each other. Although local NGOs get support on the basis of the state social contracts which became the key mechanism of financial support of NGOs by the government since 2006, these resources do not include infrastructure support and/or any money for development of interorganizational collaboration.