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University and College Level Third Sector Studies in Countries of Central and
Eastern Europe.
(edited by Miklós Králik)
This publication intends to give an overview of Third Sector Studies in
different countries of Central Eastern Europe. The papers presented were written
by our core-members and cover different aspects of Third Sector Studies
reflecting local characteristics. We hope that the reader will gain a regionally
and thematically sensitive overview of the issue while conceiving common
problems and challenges the promotion of Third Sector Studies faces in the
region and in the wider academic community. (Also available as a booklet)
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Nonprofit
training in Hungary
Nonprofit sector and higher education: On launching our empirical
survey the primary concern was to investigate the qualifications the leading
circle of the Hungarian nonprofit sector – directors of advisory boards,
acting managers of associations- holds. When setting up our hypothesis we
started from the fact that several years after the change of regime a procedure
of professionalism has taken place in the nonprofit sector, as well. The flow of
the highly qualified into this field proved to be its first evidence.
Civilian organizations: The studies completed so far indicate substantial
shortages in the qualifications/skills of the managers of non-governmental
organisations and local governmental participants.The necessary ‘elite’ has
not yet emerged in the domestic non-profit sector, although of course there are
leaders working in such organisations - primarily in organisations providing
public services enjoying substantial state support - performing their tasks at
high professional standards.
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Estonian NGOs as Civil Society?
In
Western political and sociological thought, the concept of Civil Society has a
dual meaning. On one hand, it has been used to depict a political entity ruled
by legitimate authority; on the other, it refers to a domain of institutions
autonomous from the state. In any case, contemporary writers agree that a strong
and autonomous sector of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is an important
part of civil society. However, the connection between those two ought to be
treated as an empirical, rather than analytical statement. This is to say, the success of NGOs in functioning as elements of civil
society may be bigger or lesser; the sector´s internal democracy and autonomy
from the state may be greater or smaller.
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Accepted proposal for establishing and strengthening a core network promoting Third sector Studies in the Central and Eastern European region
In recent years we can observe a continuously growing interest in University/College level Third Sector Studies in the Central and Eastern
European region. Practitioners and academics talk about a "hunger" for such courses. A survey commissioned by the Third Sector Institute in CEE
project last year showed that there are NGO courses in nearly every CEE country and their number would increase in the future. The survey also
pointed at the necessity of networking and cooperation among practitioners, academic and other interested parties as well.
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Exploratory Survey on University / College Level Third Sector Studies in Central Eastern European Countries.
This is a comprehensive and transparent summary of the survey on
University/College level Third Sector Studies in Central Eastern European
countries which might serve as a reliable starting information-base in sight of
a prospective Third Sector Institute (TSI). The survey included the following 17
countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia (Serbia).
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