As the world globalizes and people travel more, volunteering has never been more popular to combine with a cultural exchange. Many countries have volunteers and non-governmental organizations which try to help that country’s vulnerable. This study investigates the impact of non-governmental organizations through a case study done at one of ActionAid Denmark’s Global Platforms in Kenya. This Platform works as one of ActionAid’s training hubs where participants from mostly Denmark and Kenya take part in courses focusing on capacity building and global citizenship. Their aim is to provide knowledge to facilitate social change. By using qualitative data in the form of interviews and observation, this study makes an impact assessment and evaluates what impact the Mt. Kenya platform actually achieves and what challenges there might be. Questions about the impact and challenges are asked to a wide range of involved people at the Platform, namely participants, staff, locals and neighbors. This study’s theoretical concept employs the theories “4 Levels of Evaluation” developed by Donald Kirkpatrick and Robert Brinkerhoff’s “The Success Case Method” as well as Jack Mezirow’s theory of transformative learning and Beck’s & Purcell’s theory of social change. The analysis shows that the trainings themselves make a tremendous impact on the individuals participating in the Platform’s trainings. The courses are well structured and executed by the facilitators. The concept where different cultures meet and interact is a success in itself. To make even more impact in the community and for the people in the surrounding area, the Platform needs to be more visible to the locals and improve its marketing and communication activities so the locals want to participate more.

Studien ämnar undersöka hur intressentdialogen initieras och vad som sker mellan ett vinstdrivande företag och ideella organisationer, även kallade NGOs. Företag har idag en stor påverkan på samhället, där NGOs är en av företagens viktigaste intressenter. NGOs kan utöva påverkan på företag genom dialoger och företagen kan med framgång ta hjälp av NGOs i arbetet med ansvar- och hållbarhetsfrågor, även benämnt som CSR. Med utgångspunkt i teorin om intressenter och Triple Bottom Line visar studien, via tre olika intressentdialoger, hur dialogen initieras, vad syftet är samt vilka frågor som diskuteras. Vidare identifieras vilka frågor det råder konsensus och i vilka det kan uppstå konflikter. Genom en intervjustudie med representanter från sex organisationer, framkommer det att det råder till stor del konsensus. Det har sin förklaring i syftet med dialogen, den transparens som föreligger och en ökad medvetenhet hos företagen. De frågor där det uppkommer konflikter har bland annat berört finansiella kunskaper hos NGOs, riktning av donerade pengar och praktiskt arbete med projekt.

Darbo tikslas – sisteminiu požiūriu įvertinti Lietuvos vaikų teisių gynimo organizacijos „Gelbėkit vaikus“ padalinių valdymo ir veiklos efektyvumą. Siekinat įgyvendinti užsibrėžtą tikslą darbe apžvelgiama vieno iš trijų (valstybinis, verslo, nevyriausybinis) nevyriausybinio sektoriaus veiklos sritis. Išanalizuota nevyriausybinių organizacijų samprata, kūrimosi, veiklos teisiniai pagrindai. Išnagrinėti pagrindiniai teisės aktai, reglamentuojantys nevyriausybinių organizacijų steigimą, valdymą ir veiklą Lietuvoje. Apžvelgiami nevyriausybinių organizacijų veiklos principai tarptautiniame kontekste. Tiriamojoje darbo dalyje pasirinkta viena iš tipinių, savo mastu visoje Lietuvos teritorijoje veikianti Lietuvos vaikų teisių gynimo organizacija „Gelbėkit vaikus“ užtikrinanti vaikų teisių įgyvendinimą. Išanalizuoti organizacijos įstatai, padalinių nuostatai, valdymo struktūra, veiklos kryptys. Nevyriausybinės organizacijos veiklos efektyvumui tirti pasirinkti organizacijos „Gelbėkit vaikus“ padaliniai. Atlikta anketinė kiekybinė padalinių valdymo ir veiklos vertinimo apklausa ir kokybinė duomenų analizė. Gauti duomenys lyginami su organizacijos padalinių nuostatais. Pateikiamos tiriamojoje dalyje gautos išvados, rekomendacijos. Atlikus darbą pastebėta, kad Lietuvos vaikų teisių gynimo organizacijos „Gelbėkit vaikus“ padalinių veikla yra nepakankamai efektyvi dėl struktūros neveiklumo. / The goal of work – sistematicly estimate the efficiency of gouvernance and activity of the departement of nongouvernmental organization Save the Children Lithuania. This work reviews the activity of a nongovernmental organization (NGO). It analyses the conception, establishment and the principle legal activities of a NGO. It analyses the principle legal acts, which regulate the establishment, governance and activity of NGOs in Lithuania. It reviews the principal activities of a NGO in an International context. For this research, it was chosen a typical NGO, „Save the Children Lithuania“. This organization protects the rights of children in Lithuania and ensures that these rights are put into practice. In this work was analyzed the organization’s regulations, department regulations, governance structure and focus of activities. In order to analyze the efficiency of the NGO’s activity, it was researched each of the departments in the organization. In this work was devised a questionnaire based on the governance of the departments and the evaluation of activities and was made a qualitative analysis of the results. It was compared the resulting data against the department regulations of the organization. It was presented my conclusions and recommendations in the research section.

Magistro darbo tema – Kaimo pilietinė bendruomenė ir jos sąsajos su švietimo sistema (Kaišiadorių rajono atvejis). Tema aktuali, kadangi būtina stiprinti kaimo bendruomenės ryšius su švietimo sistema, nes kaimo bendruomenei kokybiškai veikti reikia žinių ir įgūdžių, gebėjimų įtakoti savo narių ugdymo procesus. Darbas teoriškai ir praktiškai reikšmingas, nes šalies kaimo bendruomenių sąsajos su švietimo sistema dar mažai tyrinėtos, apibendrinančių tyrimų nėra atlikta. Tyrimo objektas – kaimo pilietinė bendruomenė ir jos sąsajos su švietimo sistema. Tyrimo problema – kaimo pilietinės bendruomenės aktyvesnis įtraukimas į švietimo sistemą. Tyrimo hipotezė: 1) kaimo pilietinės bendruomenės įtrauktumas į švietimo sistemą sąlygoja kaimo bendruomenės potencialą: jos narių kompetenciją, gebėjimą geriau patenkinti kaimo gyventojų poreikius, kaimo bendruomenės konkurencingumą; 2) kaimo pilietinė bendruomenė silpnai arba tik formaliai susijusi su švietimo sistema. Tyrimo tikslas – atskleisti kaimo pilietinės bendruomenės sąsajų su švietimo sistema rezervus bei trikdžius. Tikslas realizuojamas šiais uždaviniais: a) išanalizuoti kaimo pilietinės bendruomenės sampratą bei bendruomeninio judėjimo raidą Lietuvoje; b) aptarti kaimo pilietinės bendruomenės sąsajų su švietimo sistema rezervus; c) išnagrinėti kaimo pilietinės bendruomenės sąsajų su švietimo sistema trikdžius; d) ištirti kaimo pilietinės bendruomenės švietimo veiklos galimybes; e) interviu pagalba išsiaiškinti Kaišiadorių... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The theme of this master’s paper - The rural civic community and it’s connections with the education system (the case of Kaišiadorys district). The subject is very important, because it is essential to the case of Kaišiadorys district strengthen the connections of rural communities with the education system, as at the present time rural communities need special knowledges and skills if they want to work successfully and to influence competences of their members. The paper is theoretically and practically significant because connections of rural civic communities with the education system almost aren’t still studied. The object of this study is the rural civic community and it’s connections with the education system. The problem of the study – more active involvement of the rural civic community in the education system. The hypothesis of this study: 1) involvement of the rural civic community in the education system determines potential of the community (competences of it’s members, possibility to fulfil the needs of community’s members, competitive ability); 2) the rural civic community is connected with the education system weakly or nominally. The purpose of this study is to reveal reserves and encumbrances of rural civic community’s connection with the education system. The purpose is reached by these goals: a) to analyze the conception of the rural civic community and development of the movement of the communities in Lithuania; b) to discuss the reserves of rural... [to full text]

Darbą atliko Vilniaus Pedagoginio universiteto Socialinių mokslų fakulteto Sociologijos ir politologijos katedros Politinės sociologijos magistrantūros studentas Gleb Šuklin. Darbo tema – lyties stereotipas bendruomenėje. Tyrimo hipotezės: 1. Šiandieninėje visuomenėje vis dar vyrauja skirtingi lyčių socialiniai vertinimai, tačiau jaunoji karta vis mažiau dėmesio skiria stereotipams; 2. Bendruomeninis judėjimas yra puiki prielaida stereotipų mažinimui – taip mano daugelis respondentų. Bendruomenė, kaip institucija, įgalinta paneigti nusistovėjusius lyčių stereotipus, daugelis kurių anksčiau ar vėliau turėtų išnykti. 3. Respondentų nuomone, didelę įtaką formuojantis stereotipams turi visuomenės informavimo priemonės, auklėjimo aplinka. Didele dalimi susiformavę stereotipai – auklėjimo ir gyvenamosios aplinkos pasekmė. Tyrimo objektas: pilietinė bendruomenė ir jos sąsajos su socialiniu lyčių stereotipų vertinimu. Tyrimo problema: pilietinės bendruomenės suaktyvinimas naikinant lyčių vertinimo stereotipus bendruomenėje. Tyrimo tikslas: atskleisti kai kurias pilietinės bendruomenės ir lyčių vertinimo šiandienos kontekste tendencijas. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Išanalizuoti stereotipų sampratą ir vaidmenį visuomenėje; 2. Apibrėžti bendruomenės sampratą ir bendruomenės narių svarbą jos gyvenime; 3. Atlikti tyrimą, kuris leistų nustatyti bendruomenės narių poziciją lyčių stereotipų klausimu bei vertinimu. / The work was made by Gleb Šuklin, Political sociology master‘s degree student of VPU Social sciences faculty Sociology and political sciences department. Hypotheses of an investigation: 1. Different social evaluations of the sexes still dominate in modern society, but the new generation pay less and less attention to stereotypes; 2. Communal movement is a great assumption for minifying the stereotypes – many respondents think like this. Society as the institution is empowered to negate settled sexes’ stereotypes, many of which earlier or later should disappear. 3. Respondents think that a very big influence in forming stereotypes has mass media, the education atmosphere. Settled stereotypes largely are the outcomes of the education and living atmosphere. The object of the investigation is civil society and its correlations with social evaluation of the sexes’ stereotypes. The problem of the investigation: is the energisation of the civil society for eliminating evaluation of the sexes’ stereotypes The purpose of the investigation is to disclose some civil society‘s and sexes’ evaluation tendencies in nowadays context. Tasks of the investigation: 1. To analyze the conception of the stereotypes and role in the society; 2. To define the conception of the society and the importance of the society members in its life. 3. To fulfill the investigation that would let to ascertain the position of the society members’ about the questions of sexes’ stereotypes and evaluation.

This diploma thesis deals with characteristics of non-governmental organizations and their respective legal forms as they are defined in the new Civil Code and Business Corporations Act. The aim of this thesis is evaluation of development and present-day situation of legal forms of non-governmental organizations in the Czech Republic with focus on the institute legal form and possibilities of transformation of an institute to an association. Forming the outcome of this thesis the determined effects of transformation are used to make recommendations for associations considering possible transformation to the legal form of institute.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T15:09:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 parte1.pdf: 2500302 bytes, checksum: b48e2a6f223a94187a0910298dc94079 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-06-14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The Planetary Education presents, in the 21st century, as a promising expectancy for the educational projects of human formation. This makes up a strategy for developing, in the individual, the understanding of his or her itinerancy in the planet. In this perspective, we understand that the contemporary educational processes can be conducted by different sectors of society, such as the Non-Governmental Organizations (ONGs) with projects of social action in which such processes are developed. Thus, this research aims to trying to understand how the relation among the educational processes accomplished inside such entities and the theoretical, methodological, ideological and political proposals regarding the Planetary Education occur. Hence, two questions guided the investigation: first, to know from which theoretical and methodological bases, the materiality of the planetary education takes place and secondly, which educational processes attained from such actions, concerning the ONGs´ scope, are related to the Planetary Education. In this analysis, we adopted the case study which is restrained to two social action projects fulfilled in a non-governmental entity, in the town of Cajazeiras-PB. The analyzed data were obtained from the coordinators, managers and the beneficiaries of the social action projects, by means of observation, interviews and documental research, during July/2008 to December/2009. The organization and interpretation of the collected content were achieved by taking into account the phenomenological method. The results were systematized from formulated analysis categories and they showed that all the participants involved know how important these social action projects are for the improvement of life quality of those people who live in undesirable situations. This has enabled that the educational processes, made possible by such proposals, are carried out in a contextualized, participative and sharing way and, thus, have arisen, in the involved participants, the feeling of commitment and responsibility with the building of new social sceneries. The thesis which builds on the investigative course is that the Non- Governmental Organizations, with social projects, promote positive changes in both people s and communities´ lives and, in this way, the planetary education is practiced, once their interventions promote, in the individuals, new ways of seeing as well as being in the world. Such interventions also allow these people to understand their protagonist role while building up their identities and the personal and collective self-accomplishment. Furthermore, they contribute for the pertinent knowledge production by means of solidarity and cooperative participation. / A Educação Planetária se apresenta, neste século XXI, como uma promissora expectativa para os projetos educativos de formação humana, compondo uma estratégia para desenvolver no sujeito a compreensão de sua itinerância no planeta. Nesta perspectiva, entendemos que os processos educativos contemporâneos podem ser conduzidos por diferentes setores da sociedade, como é o caso das Organizações Não-Governamentais com projetos de ação social, enquanto espaços em que tais processos se desenvolvem. Assim pensando, o objetivo deste estudo reside em tentar compreender como se dá a relação entre os processos educativos conduzidos no interior destas entidades e as propostas teóricas, metodológicas, ideológicas e políticas da Educação Planetária. Para tanto, duas questões orientaram a investigação: saber a partir de quais bases teóricas e metodológicas se dá a materialidade da educação planetária e que processos educativos, apreendidos a partir das ações conduzidas no âmbito das ONGs, se coadunam com a Educação Planetária. Nesta análise, adotamos o estudo de caso que está circunscrito a dois projetos de ação social executados em uma entidade não-governamental, na cidade de Cajazeiras-PB. A obtenção dos dados, analisados, foi realizada com coordenadores, executores e beneficiários dos projetos de ação social, por meio da observação, de entrevistas e pesquisa documental, durante o período compreendido entre julho/2008 a dezembro/2009. A organização e interpretação dos conteúdos apreendidos foram feitas à luz do método fenomenológico. Os resultados foram sistematizados a partir de categorias de análise formuladas e mostraram que todos os envolvidos têm a compreensão da importância dos projetos de ação social para a melhoria da qualidade de vida das pessoas que vivem em situações indesejadas. Isto tem possibilitado que os processos educativos, viabilizados por tais propostas, sejam realizados de forma contextualizada, participativa e compartilhada e despertado, nas pessoas envolvidas, o sentimento de compromisso e responsabilidade com a construção de novos cenários sociais. A tese que fundamenta o percurso investigativo é que as Organizações Não-Governamentais com projetos sociais promovem mudanças positivas na vida das pessoas e das comunidades e exercitam a educação planetária, uma vez que suas intervenções desenvolvem, nos sujeitos, novas formas de ser e estar no mundo. Elas possibilitam a estas pessoas, também, a compreensão de seu protagonismo na construção de suas identidades e da auto-realização pessoal e coletiva, além de contribuir para a produção de conhecimentos pertinentes, pela solidariedade e pela participação cooperativa.

Non Governmental Organizations have a mission to improve the conditions of the whole or a part of the local societies in the place where they are active. “Network for children’s rights” is a Greek NGO that mostly aims to fight for and ensure the appliance of children’s rights as these have been embodied in national and European Union legislation and international treaties. Its employees are working hard to fulfill their everyday tasks and serve the children members. The scope of this study is to seek for major obstacles in order to achieve feasible interventions within NGOs with the use of Participatory Design. PD methodology is considered a fruitful one to engage the employees and other stakeholders who are affected by a problematic situation into the following processes: 1) to co-research the situation inside the working, social, financial and legal context, 2) to express their feelings, opinions, ideas on how the situation can be improved according to their needs, 3) to co-design and evaluate the solution. To fulfill the scope, a PD study in the NCR was conducted. The outcome of the study as well as its whole process were evaluated. Two major obstacles were found. The first and most significant one has been the very small percentage of representation of the stakeholders of the NGO who participated in the study. The second one has been the lack of collaborative language games to ensure mutual understanding among participants. A researcher should pay extra attention to overcome these obstacles and future studies may provide with new tools that confront them.

Um importante fenômeno contemporâneo é a presença cada vez maior de organizações do Terceiro Setor, no qual se inserem diferentes tipos de instituições sem finalidade lucrativa - entidades tradicionais, religiosas e laicas, organizações não governamentais, entidades paraestatais, entidades associativas e entidades de iniciativa empresarial. Os textos de marketing discorrem sobre o ambiente característico dessas organizações, e descrevem o processo gerencial de marketing, particularizando e adaptando às especificidades dessa modalidade de organização conceitos, técnicas e instrumentos de marketing destinados a empresas convencionais. Entretanto, as pesquisas sobre o tema normalmente se circunscrevem a contextos específicos de uma organização em particular e se concentram no nível operacional, sem definir uma linha que aborde de forma integrada as conexões entre esse nível e a dimensão estratégica da organização. Além disso, a literatura sobre o tema não tem incorporado o construto valor como elemento fundamental para o desenvolvimento do processo gerencial de marketing em todas as camadas de decisão. Nesse contexto, o objetivo da dissertação foi discutir e descrever o processo gerencial de marketing de organizações do Terceiro Setor, segundo uma perspectiva de valor. Para atingir o objetivo, o percurso metodológico seguido partiu do delineamento de um marco teórico como base para a elaboração de um esquema de análise do processo gerencial de marketing de uma organização do Terceiro Setor, a partir de sua evolução, sob a perspectiva de algumas escolas do pensamento em marketing, tendo por elemento de referência o conceito de valor em suas múltiplas acepções. Numa segunda etapa, foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa empírica, de caráter exploratório e qualitativo, contemplando o processo de marketing de uma organização do Terceiro Setor de causa relacionada. Nesse sentido, uma contribuição do estudo foi o desenho de um esquema analítico integrador, abordando o processo gerencial de marketing gravitando em torno do construto valor. / An important contemporary phenomenon is the increasing presence of Third Sector organizations, which include different types of non-profit institutions - traditional, religious and secular entities, non-governmental organizations, associative entities and corporate initiative entities. Marketing articles discourse on the characteristic environment of those organizations and describe the marketing management process by individualizing and adapting concepts, techniques and marketing tools intended for conventional companies to the specificities of that kind of organization. However, studies on the subject are usually limited to specific contexts in a particular organization and focus on the operational level, without defining a master guideline that address, in an integrated manner, the connections between this level and the strategic dimension of the organization. In addition, the literature on the subject has not included the construct value as a key element for the development of the marketing management process in all levels of decision. In this sense, the purpose of the dissertation was to discuss and describe the marketing management process of Third Sector organizations according to a value perspective. To achieve this goal, the methodological approach chosen first outlined a theoretical framework as a basis for the development of an analytical scheme of the marketing management process of a Third Sector organization, based on its evolution, from the perspective of some schools of thought in marketing, using as a reference element the concept of value in its multiple meanings. On a second phase, the author performed an exploratory and qualitative empirical research, considering the marketing process of a cause-related Third Sector organization. Therefore, one important contribution of the study was the outline of an analytical integrator scheme, covering the marketing management process gravitating around the construct value.