Outside help is available for strengthening these private sector accounting associations. George Soros and various foundations have recognized the need to build and strengthen private institutions and have allocated millions of dollars toward this goal. The various USAID and Tacis accounting reform projects include an institution building component in their projects. The problem with some of these institution building projects is that they turn out t be top-down. The local accountants and existing accounting organizations need to be convinced that they need to build such institutions. The institution building process would go faster and smoother and would be more successful if the process were demand driven, with the demand emanating from the grass roots rather than from some international organization that offers to drop money and consultants on the problem.