This diploma thesis deals with corporate volunteering from the perspective of non-profit organizations. The aim was to get practical experience from non-profit organizations that can be used by other non-profit organizations and companies to make more effective partnerships. The experience has been modified through in-depth interviews with representatives of eight non-profit organizations. Non-profit organizations are mostly positive about corporate volunteering experiences according to the interviews which were made. The empirical part of the work presents specific experience of organizations and summarizes benefits and negative corporate volunteering from their point of view. At the end of the thesis I summarize lessons gained from all interviews that can serve as recommendations for non-profit organizations and companies.

Diploma thesis "Integration of volunteering in social services for the elderly in the Czech Republic" deals with nowadays ageing population has become substantial part of the development of society. One of the important instruments of social policy to fight the adverse effects of the ageing population should be prevention and also the quality of social services for old people, support for civil society and volunteering, which contribution to the society is important and is going to strengthen in the future. Generally, the importance of a volunteer for a old person is as an intermediary with the world outside, and as an associate who has time only for him. The volunteer helps developing civic virtue and solving social problems usually as a partner of the state services and of the non-profit sector. In the consequence of a significant change in the legislation, which was put into practice by a new law in social services, I focus my work primarily on what the new law brings and how it has changed the scope of its social services in practice during its year-and-half force. And what role the phenomenon of volunteering defines too.

Orientador: Maria de Lourdes Spazziani / Resumo: A Ciência-Cidadã propõe fertilizar o saber científico com outros saberes, como o conhecimento popular, sendo realizado por pessoas que se interessam pela Ciência e se preocupam com a questão ambiental. Atrelado a isto têm-se a perspectiva da Educação Ambiental crítica que visa uma reaproximação do ser humano com a natureza e o repensar das ações em ambientes naturais. Os parques nacionais, afilados ao Instituto Chico Mendes de Biodiversidade (ICMBio), se constituem em locais abertos à visitação e possuem estreitas relações com as comunidades do entorno. Desta forma, têm sido considerados locais privilegiados para a contextualização de pesquisas envolvendo pesquisadores de universidades, organizações não-governamentais (ONG) e a própria comunidade local. Assim, a pesquisa aqui apresentada tem como principal objetivo analisar a contribuição do Programa Consciência-Cidadã na formação socioambiental crítica e no engajamento social dos sujeitos. O tipo de pesquisa é qualitativo, tendo por base os fundamentos da psicologia histórico-cultural Vigotskiniana, a qual deve considerar a concretude, a totalidade e a dinâmica dos fenômenos sociais construídos historicamente. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram: questionários e entrevistas aplicadas aos sujeitos participantes dos três cursos realizados pelo Programa ConsCiência-Cidadã no Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (PARNASO) e observações das aulas dos cursos e de reuniões dos pesquisadores do Programa. Se utilizou da “Análise ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Science-Citizen requested fertilizers or scientific flavors with other flavors, such as popular knowledge, being carried out by people who are interested in Science and are concerned with an environmental issue. Linked to this, it has a critical Environmental Education perspective that aims at bringing human beings closer to nature and paying for actions in natural environments. National parks, affiliated with the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity (ICMBio), can exhibit a visit in open places and present close relations with the surrounding communities. Thus, these places were considered privileged for the contextualization of research by researchers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the local community itself. Thus, the research presented here has as main objective to analyze the contribution of the Citizen Consciousness Program in the critical socio-environmental formation and in the social engagement of the subjects. The type of qualitative research, based on the foundations of historicalcritical pedagogy and Vygotskynian historical-cultural psychology, must consider the concreteness, totality and dynamics of historically constructed social phenomena. It uses the Content Analysis proposed by Bardin, the questionnaires and interviews of the subjects participating in the three courses offered by the Conscience-Citizen Program in the Serra dos Órgãos National Park (PARNASO), in addition to observing the course classes and meetings of the project search. The resu... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

The paper examines the extent to which the prestige value of a retiree’s former occupation increases the likelihood that they will make a transition into volunteering after retirement. Following social production function theory, we assume that when a person retires, the prestige value attached to their former occupation fades. The fact that volunteering has the character of a collective good provides the opportunity to gain social prestige to offset the loss of occupational prestige. However, the extent of the incentive to volunteer will be distributed unequally across occupations: the higher the former occupational prestige value, the higher the perceived loss of prestige after retirement. Thus, doing a job with high prestige value increases the incentive to volunteer in retirement. This assumption is tested, using data taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) 1992-2013. The sample contains 1,631 workers and 589 retirees, 278 of whom transitioned into volunteering during the observation window. Based on Kaplan-Meier-Failure-Estimates and complementary log-log hazard models, findings show a positive effect of occupational prestige on the transition into volunteering. Thus, the loss of high occupational prestige can be compensated by the social prestige associated with volunteering. Formal volunteering in retirement follows, albeit to a lesser extent, the logic of the occupational social strata.

Das Projekt „Lesestark!“ ist das Lese-, Sprach- und Schreibförderprojekt der Städtischen Bibliotheken Dresden für fünf bis acht jährige Kinder. Zwanzig gut ausgestattete Stadtteilbibliotheken und hundert ehrenamtliche Lesepaten bilden die Basis für diese stadtweite Leseförderung. Vier Projektkoordinatoren betreuen die Lesepaten im Alter von 19 bis 75 Jahren, die unterschiedlichen Berufsgruppen angehören und sich durchschnittlich zwanzig Stunden im Monat engagieren. Obwohl unsere Lesepaten eine sehr heterogene Gruppe bilden, fühlen sie sich gemeinschaftlich verbunden. Sie schätzen es, Teil des Projektes zu sein und Kindern Lust am Lesen zu vermitteln.

The aim of the thesis is to identify those German citizens, who were fighting in the Yugoslav wars, determine their background, actions on the ground and post-war trajectories, as well as suggest probable motivations for joining the combat in the way they did. The thesis raises the question, how these German war volunteers can be best described and if they are somehow specific within their subgroup of predominantly Western anti-Yugoslav foreign fighters. I argue that Nir Arielli, one of the few scholars dealing with the role of Westerners in the conflict, falls short by qualifying them merely as "meaning seekers" and thus overlooks the multitude of political connections and references, first and foremost among the Germans. I will offer a critique by pointing out differences and nuances, especially in origin- based motives, ideological underpinning and perspectives on the conflict. In doing so, I will raise the question of what we do know about the political situation in both Germany and Croatia in the early 1990s, and how each of that might that have facilitated decisions to join combat abroad. In addition, I will classify their appearance both within the well-known theory of "new wars" as well as within the phenomenon of foreign war volunteering, arguing that there is not much reason why this group should...

Volunteering in emergency situations requires comprehensive knowledge of the context of these situations: crisis management issues, including legislation, involving of NNO in the integrated rescue system and cooperation with a local government, the principle of access to those who are affected; including first aid, teamwork and self-care. The training of volunteers is very important for both, the quality of volunteer work and for volunteers themselves and humanitarian organizations pay special attention to it.The aim of this work is to summarize the findings from the literature, to prepare them for the use of volunteers and to map the training system of volunteers and members of the Czech Red Cross in general, and on the specific example of regional associations in the South Bohemian region. To achieve the objective, an analysis and summary of the domestic literature on training volunteers in emergencies was realised. Furthermore, the case study, using data from secondary sources, internal documents and from expert interviews was compiled. Attachments now contain information useful for training volunteers as a separated document. The conclusion of this work summarizes the findings and defines recommendations for a practical use. Key words Volunteering, volunteer management, disaster, humanitarian...

The diploma thesis deals with the intersectoral cooperation between the non- governmental organizations (NGO) and the expert volunteers from the market sector. In the theoretical part, the work is devoted to individual sectors of the economy with an emphasis on the market sector and the civil sector, the causes of intersectoral cooperation, the intersectoral cooperation models and the phenomena that the intersectoral cooperation can potentially bring about. The aim is to find out how this cooperation is perceived by NGO staff through the theoretical framework of professionalisation and commercialization of civil society organizations. Using a qualitatively oriented research, the thesis examines the intersectoral cooperation of a participants in the Vodafone Foundation Year Differently project.

(in English) This diploma thesis focuses on the topic of training and support of volunteers from the HoSt Home-Start CR organization. The aim was to find out an opinion of volunteers and coordinators on the quality of their training and support, provided by the organization. The second aim was to find out how much are the volunteers ready to volunteer in a client's family. Gathered information will serve coordinators as a guideline for improving the services for volunteers. The outcome of this diploma thesis is a questionnaire, which will help the organization to get a feedback from future absolvents of the training. The theoretical part focuses on four main topics - volunteering, volunteer, family and options of its support, volunteering in the field of family support. Results of my research inside the organisation are presented in the practical part. I chose semi-structured interviews as my research method. They were done with volunteers and coordinators of the organization. Recommendations for changes in particular subjects of training and support have resulted from the answers of the respondents. These results are summarized at the end of my thesis.

in English: The thesis has two goals: determine the extent of support maternity centers provide to the career development of their active female members. And the second goal is to find out how active female members see the role of volunteerism in maternity centers in their pursuit of employment and career development. The theoretical part describes elemental definitions of career, differences between feminine and masculine careers, female career types, what women face in the labor market and informal learning in female career. Description of volunteering and the contribution motivation in volunteer activities has in career development is also included. Finally, the aforementioned maternity centers intended for women on maternity and parental leave and seeking a place to support them in self-fulfillment and development are also addressed. Empiric part is led by quantitative method of data collection utilizing questionnaire survey designated for both current and former active center members cooperating with association "Síť pro rodinu, z.s.". Research result is represented by collected answers to designated research inquiry.