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Becoming business-like: the determinants of NGOs' marketization turning into social enterprises in Poland

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Mikołajczak P.

Oeconomia Copernicana

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2019

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vol. 10

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issue 3

537-559

EN

Research background: NGOs face an increasing expectation to be more business-like. They are becoming involved in selling services by performing a commercial activity, which, in turn, is a basic condition for creating social enterprises. The changes related to this approach are an essential condition for their survival and a significant reason for developing their new form as social enterprises. On the other hand, there is no lack of critical opinions related primarily to mission volatility. Currently, a discussion is taking place in the literature on factors that may affect NGOs' marketization; these, however, have not been empirically verified yet. The identified research gap constituted a major challenge for the author. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this paper is to verify whether conducting a business activity influences the entrepreneurial way of NGOs' operation, and to indicate the factors that have a significant impact on their marketization. Methods: On the basis of a representative national survey of 3,800 NGOs, including 412 social enterprises in Poland. a one-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) and a stepwise backward regression analysis were carried out. Findings & Value added: The analysis of the results confirms that there are significant differences between NGOs operating as social enterprises and NGOs not performing a business activity. In contrast with the existing literature, this study indicates that social enterprises have less diversified revenue sources and use a more or less democratic governance model. Moreover, Polish social enterprises less frequently adjust their policy direction to donors' interests. The factors significantly affecting NGOs' marketization include action strategies for several years, activity in favor of external benefit takers, close business cooperation, lack of permanent financing sources, and regular activity combined with flexible working time.

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The role of organizations of the non-profit sector in the employment of people disadvantaged in the labour market in Slovakia

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Polačková Z.

Problemy Polityki Społecznej. Studia i Dyskusje

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2020

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vol. 50

27-41

EN

The Slovak Republic is currently experiencing a period of historically low registered unemployment. On the other hand, the long-term unemployment rate and participation of disadvantaged groups in the labour market has for a long time been showing alarming values. Several countries have responded to the challenges associated with employment of disadvantaged groups by intensive and systematic involvement of non-public sector, specifically non-governmental organizations (NGOs), either in the role of employment services providers or employers. The possibility to involve NGOs in providing public employment services (PES) intended for groups farthest from the labour market is starting to be considered also in Slovakia. In this debate, however, there are also opinions that doubt the capacity of the NGO sector in Slovakia in connection with employment increase of disadvantaged groups. This article, therefore, seeks to describe the roles that NGOs are playing in the field of employment of disadvantaged groups in Slovakia.

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Sources of Funding and Revenues of Social Enterprises in Poland in Comparison to Selected European Countries and World-Wide

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Mikołajczak P.

Bezpieczny Bank

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2018

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vol. 71

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issue 2

113-125

EN

The fundamental ideas and values of the social economy find their expression in the goals of social enterprises and in the ways of their activity. However, they are not the only determinants of their social activity. Diversified financial resources are also necessary to stimulate the creation and development of these enterprises. The objective of the paper is to indicate to what extent social enterprises in Poland use various sources of funding their activity, compared to chosen European countries and world-wide. The analyses were carried out on the basis of data from international SEFORIS reports, covering 1000 social enterprises in Hungary, Romania, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Russia and China and a sample of 412 Polish social enterprises. The findings of analyses indicate that revenues from business activity are significant financial source of social enterprises in many European countries, including Poland. However, they are not the only way to gain capital. Among other forms of capital contribution, subsidies, donations or membership fees can be singled out. The share of social enterprises using those sources significantly varies in individual countries.

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Społeczna odpowiedzialność w relacjach międzysektorowych

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Szymankiewicz M. J., University of Lodz, maria.szymankiewicz@uni.lodz.pl

Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym

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2015

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vol. 18

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issue 1

EN

The performance and development of an organisation depends not only on the organisation itself, but – to an increasing extent – on its relationships with its surroundings. This also refers to cross-sector relationships outside the world of business. Thus, the purpose of the article is to analyse the cross-sector collaboration between public administration and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and to highlight its fundamental terms and conditions, e.g. trust and social responsibility. The more honesty there is in such relations, the more trust and willingness to co-operate there arises in both parties. The analysed model of collaboration between public administration and NGOs seems to be a helpful tool for the development of collaboration based on social responsibility.

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Ženská obřízka v soudobé společnosti

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Jaroslava H.

Littera Scripta

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2008

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vol. 2

95-108

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Female Genital Mutilation (also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia (clitorodotomy, reduction, infibulation – pharaonic circumcision). The practice exists despite of modernizing, public education and legislative procuration. About 100 million girls and women in the world are estimated to have undergone such procedures approximately in 40 countries, especially in Africa. Most resources say that female genital cutting is primarily a cultural practice, no religious matter. The practice is a global problem too. Migrants and immigrants produce their tradition into final destination to retaine their cultural identity. Female genital cutting is an institutionalised manifestation of force commited on women.

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Public-social partnership for enhancing the value of human capital in local production systems. Lodz Region case study

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Przygodzki Z.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica

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2016

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vol. 2

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issue 320

EN

Inter-sectoral cooperation is one the most important elements of contemporary, place-based policy. Deriving from the conditions of the environment, also the global one, local actors should join their forces by investing in the resources determining today’s’ development – knowledge and human capital – in the most effective way. However, internal national or regional conditions, very often do not allow for efficient adaptation of development mechanisms, even when they have been already tested in other places. By narrowing the area of analysis to the relationships between territorial self-government and non-governmental organisations, this paper is an attempt to answer the question on what scale, in the Polish conditions, public-social partnerships are being built and what is their scope. Analysis concerns the institutions involved in the investment in knowledge and human capital, operating in the region of Lodz.

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The impact of the diversification of revenues on NGOs? commercialization: evidence from Poland

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Mikołajczak P.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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2018

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vol. 13

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issue 4

761-779

EN

Research background: The commercialization of non-governmental organizations through undertaking an activity based on the commercial sale of services and products is a phenomenon which raises controversy among numerous researchers. Traditionally, NGOs act in a sector of social services to solve problems, such as homelessness, exclusion or social pathologies. They also provide different services which cannot be provided by the market, for instance in education, the healthcare system, culture, or art. Driven by a social mission, NGOs introduce their concepts, strongly relying on fees to perform their activity. They also obtain funds in the form of public donations or payments from private or institutional donors. Growing social needs and changes in the governmental policy aimed at reducing social-aid spending have put pressure on NGOs to develop entrepreneurial strategies to gain financial support. Purpose of the article: The aim of the paper is to investigate how particular funding sources affect the probability of non-governmental organizations? commercialization. Methods: Data for the analyses have been collected from a national survey of Polish non-governmental organizations. In the analysis of logistic regression, a specially-developed model was used to estimate the probability of NGOs? commercialization, depending on the selected categories of funding sources. Findings & Value added: An analysis of the results indicates clearly that the likelihood of NGOs? commercialization slightly decreases as a greater number of private external financial sources is used. In contrast with existing literature, which claims that government funding is crowding out commercial activity, this research finds that, to some extent, public funds positively stimulate the commercialization of NGOs. The contribution of this research is that it introduces the category of internal financing sources of non-profit organizations, which have been overlooked in previous studies. The article provides clear statistical arguments demonstrating that private internal revenues strongly affect the commercialization of the organizations surveyed. The paper is the first to present a model that comprehensively considers the probability of NGOs? commercialization, including private external and internal, as well as public, sources of funding.

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The Non-Governmental Sector in the Transfer of Knowledge and the Development of Human Capital in the Region

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Przygodzki Z.

Barometr Regionalny. Analizy i prognozy

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2014

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issue 2(36)

35-40

EN

Inter-sectoral cooperation is one the most important elements of contemporary, territorially-focused policy. Deriving from the conditions shaped by the environment, on a global-scale as well, local actors should join forces by investing in the resources determining today’s’ development – knowledge and human capital – in the most effective way. However, internal national or regional conditions very often do not allow for efficient adaptation of development mechanisms. By narrowing the area of analysis to the relationships between territorial self-government and non-governmental organizations, this paper is an attempt to answer the question as to the scale and scope, in Polish conditions, public-social partnerships are being built. The analysis concerns the institutions involved in the investment in knowledge and human capital operating in the region of Lodz.

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Współpraca międzysektorowa jest jednym z ważniejszych postulatów aktualnie promowanej polityki ukierunkowanej terytorialnie. Wykorzystując warunki otoczenia, również tego o charakterze globalnym, lokalni gracze powinni jednoczyć siły inwestując w czynniki w największym stopniu determinujące rozwój — czyli w wiedzę i kapitał ludzki. Często jednak wewnętrzne uwarunkowania kraju czy regionu nie pozwalają na sprawną adaptację mechanizmów rozwojowych, nawet jeśli zostały one już przetestowane w innych przestrzeniach. Zawężając obszar analizy do relacji na płaszczyźnie: samorząd terytorialny — organizacje sektora pozarządowego, w pracy postawiono więc pytanie w jakiej skali w polskich warunkach budowane są partnerstwa publiczno-społeczne oraz jaki jest ich zakres. Analiza dotyczy instytucji zajmujących się w swojej działalności inwestowaniem w wiedzę i kapitał ludzki. Badania zostały zrealizowane na przykładzie regionu łódzkiego.

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What affects employment by NGOs? Counteraction to precarious employment in the Polish non-profit sector in the perspective of COVID-19 pandemic crises

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Mikołajczak P.

Oeconomia Copernicana

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2021

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vol. 12

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issue 3

761-788

EN

Research background: The precarious employment in non-governmental organizations has not been the subject of thorough scientific considerations so far. Meanwhile, the dominance of flexible forms of employment in an organization evokes a sense of instability, insecurity and uncertainty among employees. It weakens the relationship between staff and the organization, which, by not providing employees with prospects for permanent employment, creates a threat to its own development. The COVID-19 pandemic is reinforcing these fears as the situation in the labour market continues to deteriorate. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting NGOs employment of contract employees, as a key condition for crowding out precarious employment. Methods: Logistic regression analysis was conducted based on a national representative survey of 1500 Polish NGOs. Findings & value added: Its results indicate that NGOs are increasing the employment of contract staff in order to cope with the excessive bureaucracy of public administration. A stimulating impact on employment is also provided by difficulties in maintaining good staff and volunteers, as well as when there is no sense of security in running an organization. In turn, the lack of people ready to selflessly get involved in an organization's activities, as well as difficulties in accessing premises appropriate to NGOs both reduce the desire among staff to be employed full-time. The monitoring of precarious employment (PE) in NGOs is of key importance in the shaping and effectiveness of national policies aimed at improving the living standards of society as a whole. NGOs are an important element, as they fill the gaps remaining in the implementation of such policies. In the long term, improving the quality of full-time employment in such entities by reducing the barriers to their activity will increase their potential for fulfilling their social mission. To date, such barriers and their relation to employment have not been considered in research literature. However, a considerable proportion of employees in the Polish NGO sector may join the ranks of those excluded from employment and deprived of income due to the crisis on the job market caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article contributes to the existing literature and practice by identifying the influence of wide spectrum of barriers of NGOs activity on permanent employment.

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Resilience, Ambiguous Governance, and the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis: Perspectives from NGO Leaders in the Czech Republic

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Kolar Bryan T., Lea M., Hyánek V.

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2022

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vol. 10

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issue 57

35-49

EN

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February of 2022 caused a humanitarian refugee crisis on a scale unseen since World War II. The scale and speed at which refugees surged into other European countries required significant resources to respond to this influx. This study explores the perspectives of those working in NGOs about the resilience of their organisations in responding to the Ukrainian refugee crisis in the Czech Republic. Drawing on interview data collected at the beginning of the refugee response in the Czech Republic between February and June of 2022, our findings suggest that NGOs face capacity and governance challenges, and these system-level barriers inhibit NGO resilience and their ability to respond effectively to the Ukrainian refugee crisis in the long term. These lasting effects influence NGO resilience in the face of the unprecedented Ukrainian crisis. Despite these barriers, NGOs acted with flexibility and agility in delivering humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian refugees in the first few months of the crisis. The findings from this study indicate NGOs engage in organisational resilience strategies within a policy and governance system that lacks the adaptability and coordination needed to be resilient.

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Working with children with migrant experience – a case study of the organization Stadtpiraten Freiburg e.V. in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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Januszewska E., Markowska-Manista U.

Studia z Teorii Wychowania

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2022

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vol. XIII(4 (41))

275-290

EN

It is the objective of this article to present the case study of a non-governmental organisation conducting supportive activities for the benefit of children with the experience of immigration in Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany. In this article, the theoretical context depicting the policy of the intercultural opening of services and institutions to immigrants and refugees, and also the conception of ’interinclusion’ in the policy of intercultural opening, is presented. In the further part of this article, the analysis of the practical activities of the non-profit organisations as exemplified by Stadtpiraten Freiburg e.V. in the context of the presumptions behind the policy of the intercultural opening of services and institutions is presented in more of a detail.

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LOKALNE ORGANIZACJE, KONFLIKTY I DIALOG

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Zalewski D.

Polityka Społeczna

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2011

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vol. 38

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issue 7(448)

19-23

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Conflicts between ngo’s and public administration, and inside of the III sector, we should treat as something obvious. This phenomena we can much more understand if we abandon the language of analysis, in which the crucial role plays the civic society idea. Local conflicts are, first of all, the result of endeavours aiming to maximization particular interests, both ngo’s and public administration. The care for particular interests not necessarily to be opposite to common interest. Both side of the negotiation process should make agree the cooperation area take into account the main aims, as well as vehicles, which they handle.

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New media, NGOs and civic engagement: Qualitative research in the borderland between the “offline” and “online” worlds

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Petrjánošová M., Lášticová B.

Human Affairs

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2015

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vol. 25

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issue 2

238-248

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The paper addresses the question of how to explore Slovak NGO use of new media to foster civic engagement. We argue that it is not possible to focus solely on the NGOs’ online communication; that would make sense only in the context of the overall communication. Hence, this paper deals with the borderlands between online and offline communication. It focuses on five main theoretical and methodological challenges: the fact that the existing body of research focuses on peak periods of public unrest, the predominance of an etic perspective, the predominance of quantitative studies, the blending of activities done on- and offline, and the complex, changing nature of the object of research. We sketch out several analytical strategies, focusing on qualitative approach and emic perspective

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Possibility of Knowledge Sharing Between the Old and the New Social Movements Sociological Reflections Based on Qualitative Research in Silesia

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Kamińska-Berezowska S.

Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology

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2012

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vol. 4

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issue 7

109-132

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The paper presents similarities and differences in the perception of women's problems on the present Polish labour market by leaders of old and new social movements (i.e., trade unions and women's organisations respectively). Based on the qualitative research conducted in 2010-2011 in Silesia, the paper focuses on the issue of mutual perception of union leaders in trade industry and female leaders in women's organisations. It also analyses factors facilitating the integration of the both movements and their actual cooperation so far and emphasises the potential of their synergic cooperation.

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Inactive at Home – Inactive Abroad: Civic Participation of Polish Migrants

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Nowosielski M., Cichocki P.

Studia Socjologiczne

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2023

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issue 2(249)

61-79

EN

This paper examines the patterns of civic participation among Polish migrants in nine European countries. The study is based on an internet survey (with 5000 respondents) and qualitative research with activists and experts. The paper serves two principal research goals: (1) exploring formal civic participation in NGOs of the country of residence among the post-2004 Polish migrants, and (2) establishing the principal predictors of Polish migrants’ involvement in the host-country NGOs. Our research leads to two principal conclusions. Firstly, the level of civic activity before migration constitutes a crucial factor in predicting the propensity to engage with host-country NGOs after migration. Our results suggest a robust country-of-origin effect on the patterns of civic engagement abroad. Secondly, however, the likelihood of civic participation grows with time, i.e., the higher the length of stay, the higher the propensity to participate, suggesting the socialization process towards the host-country civic norms and away from the country-of-origin legacy.

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Exclusion from Healthcare Services and the Emergence of New Stakeholders and Vulnerable Groups in Times of Economic Crisis: A Civil Society's Perspective in Greece

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Zafiropoulou M.

Social Change Review

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2014

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vol. 12

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issue 2

141-160

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The exclusion from access to basic health services, medical examinations, hospital and pharmaceutical care has affected a large number of Greek citizens during the economic crisis. The first aim of this paper is to focus on the analysis of those new vulnerable groups who face access problems to healthcare services. The second aim of the paper is to examine the new stakeholders and to explore the civil society's emerging initiatives. Unfortunately, so far, there have been only a few cross national surveys that analyze and identify new vulnerable groups, new stakeholders and problems of access to healthcare services in times of crisis. This problem is related to the lack of information and data available for these specific groups even during periods of economic florescence. In order to resolve the problem of data, this paper is based on two large scale European projects in Greece during the latest years of the crisis: the Eurofound research project on ‘Access to healthcare in times of crisis’ (2013-2014) and the ongoing Fragmex ‘Fragmentation and Exclusion: Understanding and Overcoming the multiple impacts of European crisis’ research project (2013-2015) using a multi-method approach combining macro and micro perspectives from respectively quantitative official national and international data and qualitative data based on interviews of NGOs and ecclesiastic organizations. The alternative model of civil society's empowerment has not only become one of the most visible symptoms of the crisis but presents, as well, a conceptual construct that attempts to place citizens' synergies in a central place, in a space that emphasizes inter-relationships too often ignored by policymakers.

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Implementation of the idea of lifelong learning in NGOs on the Polish-Czech-German borderland

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Hojny P., Narkiewicz-Niedbalec E.

Rocznik Lubuski

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2020

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vol. 46

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issue 1

75-89

PL

W artykule podjęta została problematyka całożyciowego uczenia się (Lifelong learning), realizowana w stowarzyszeniach i fundacjach działających na pograniczu polsko-czesko-niemieckim, działających w obszarze edukacji i kultury, angażujących przedstawicieli przynajmniej dwóch sąsiadujących z sobą narodów. Do analizy zakwaliﬁkowano osiem organizacji. Autorki wskazały na różne teoretyczne ujęcia idei LLL, od takich które powiązane były z wykonywanym zawodem lub takim, na który dotychczasowy należało zmienić, do ujęć najnowszych, w których LLL obejmuje różnorodne for-my edukacji, realizowane przez całe życie jednostki, od dzieciństwa po czas emerytury. Analiza zebranego materiału koncentrowała się na wskazaniu form działalności, spełniających deﬁnicyjne kryteria LLL, realizacji nieoﬁcjalnej edukacji obywatelskiej, polegającej głównie na kształtowaniu postaw obywatelskich powiązanych z ideą zjednoczonej Europy oraz specyﬁki organizacji pozarządowych na pograniczu. Ta ostatnia polega na budowaniu lepszych relacji między sąsiadami, formułowaniu i upowszechnianiu „odkłamanej” wersji historii (zwłaszcza od okresu II wojny światowej).

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The article addresses the issue of lifelong learning implemented by associations and foundations working in the spheres of education and culture on the Polish-Czech-German borderland and involving representatives of at least two of these neighbouring nations. The analysis involved eight such organizations. The authors indicated various theoretical conceptualizations of the idea of lifelong learning. The presented conceptualizations range from those linked to the performed profession, or the profession to which one should switch, to the latest conceptualizations, i.e., those in which lifelong learning encompasses various forms of education implemented throughout the individual’s life, from childhood to the retirement. The analysis of the gathered materials concentrated on pointing to those activity forms that comply with the deﬁnition criteria of lifelong learning and provide the unoﬃcial civic education that shapes civic attitudes related to the idea of uniﬁed Europe and the speciﬁcity of NGOs on the borderland. The latter consists in building better relations between neighbours, formulating and proliferating the ’put straight’ version of history, particularly after WWII.

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Biodiversity conservation and monitoring – engagement and motivations of citizen scientists

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Grodzińska-Jurczak M., Kobierska H., Tusznio J.

Papers on Global Change IGBP

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2018

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issue 25

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Local partnerships in the social security system of the region

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Łoś-Tomiak A.

Management

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2014

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vol. 18

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issue 2

146-159

EN

This paper looks at the state of social security through the lens of the local cross-sector partnerships. The foundations of cooperation undertaken by NGOs and the local government have been determined. The analysis was made on the example of the cooperation between the city of Zielona Góra and the NGO sector in the years 2009-2013

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W artykule dokonano interpretacji stanu bezpieczeństwa społecznego przez pryzmat lokalnego partnerstwa międzysektorowego. Określone zostały podstawy współpracy podejmowanej przez organizacje pozarządowe i samorząd terytorialny, ze wskazaniem na współpracę fi nansową. Analizy dokonano na przykładzie współdziałania miasta Zielonej Góry i sektora pozarządowego, w latach 2009-2013

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Społeczne negocjowanie prawa do pomocy. Socjologiczna analiza wybranych przypadków działalności w obszarze wykluczenia

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Kwarcińska K.

Prakseologia

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2012

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issue 153

185-214

EN

The article deals with the phenomenon of social exclusion, and speciﬁcally with the differential access of people and groups to aid given by mainstream society, and the rise of a category deﬁned as “the excluded among the excluded”. The starting point for the current analysis is the observation that aid does not reach to the same degree all members of society who need it. Aid is rationed and distributed among the recipients according to non-accidental rules created by communities. These rules are constructed with consideration given to material and technical limitations, but they also reﬂect social awareness of who and how should be helped. The aim of this article is to answer the question of how deﬁnitions of the situations which lead to granting or taking away of the right to aid are established, which social actors gain control over social deﬁnitions of the situation of need and help, and what the consequences of this control. I use the case study method to analyze the practices of NGOs which address their actions to people and groups afﬂicted by different types of social exclusion.

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Becoming business-like: the determinants of NGOs' marketization turning into social enterprises in Poland

The role of organizations of the non-profit sector in the employment of people disadvantaged in the labour market in Slovakia

Sources of Funding and Revenues of Social Enterprises in Poland in Comparison to Selected European Countries and World-Wide

Społeczna odpowiedzialność w relacjach międzysektorowych

Ženská obřízka v soudobé společnosti

Public-social partnership for enhancing the value of human capital in local production systems. Lodz Region case study

The impact of the diversification of revenues on NGOs? commercialization: evidence from Poland

The Non-Governmental Sector in the Transfer of Knowledge and the Development of Human Capital in the Region

What affects employment by NGOs? Counteraction to precarious employment in the Polish non-profit sector in the perspective of COVID-19 pandemic crises

Resilience, Ambiguous Governance, and the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis: Perspectives from NGO Leaders in the Czech Republic

Working with children with migrant experience – a case study of the organization Stadtpiraten Freiburg e.V. in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

LOKALNE ORGANIZACJE, KONFLIKTY I DIALOG

New media, NGOs and civic engagement: Qualitative research in the borderland between the “offline” and “online” worlds

Possibility of Knowledge Sharing Between the Old and the New Social Movements Sociological Reflections Based on Qualitative Research in Silesia

Inactive at Home – Inactive Abroad: Civic Participation of Polish Migrants

Exclusion from Healthcare Services and the Emergence of New Stakeholders and Vulnerable Groups in Times of Economic Crisis: A Civil Society's Perspective in Greece

Implementation of the idea of lifelong learning in NGOs on the Polish-Czech-German borderland

Biodiversity conservation and monitoring – engagement and motivations of citizen scientists

Local partnerships in the social security system of the region

Społeczne negocjowanie prawa do pomocy. Socjologiczna analiza wybranych przypadków działalności w obszarze wykluczenia