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The annual budget of the average non-governmental organization in Eastern Europe (the European Union members) countries is equivalent to 560-670 thousand UAH, with about half of these funds being state funding. The annual budget of a Ukrainian non-governmental organization is an average 50-60 thousand UAH (and only 2.3% of that amount is provided by the government). The lack of a clear state policy of financial incentives to non-governmental organizations’ development hinders the further development of civil society in Ukraine. The analysis of the current Ukrainian legislation concerning the funding of civil society institutions has shown that the Ukrainian current legislative norms mainly correspond to the criteria that are used while providing financial assistance to non-governmental organizations in the European Union. However, there is a significant difference between the theory and the practice of application of the law at the national and local levels. The paper substantiates that further improvements in public funding of non-governmental organizations in Ukraine is impossible without solving systemic problems concerning state and local finances’ functioning (funds’ competitive distribution, improving treasury procedures, etc.). Local authorities save significant part of the social services’ cost to local communities due to non-governmental organizations’ involvement. In average, the state support of non-governmental organizations allows to get a service that costs 4 UAH per every 1 UAH budget money invested. Therefore, the main objective of financial policy incentives for civil society development both at the state and local levels should be the motivation for effective interaction between government, non-governmental organizations and local communities.
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The development of organizations depends on themselves but also on their relationships with the business partners. The greater the integrity and social responsibility of the organization, the greater the trust (confidence) and willingness of the organizations` partners. The importance of trust should also be noticed in the Polish reality, also outside of the business sphere. The conceptual model NGO – LGU cooperation described in this article seems to be an interesting and promising solution. A critical review of this model and its applicability and framework is furthermore presented.
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The Third Age Universities (TAUs) have been operating in Poland for over thirty years. Their goal is to keep their students active, in a broad sense: intellectually, physically, and socially. The purpose of this article is to present various organizational forms of TAUs, and the forms and content of their cooperation with other institutions. TAUs' cooperation aims at improving their operations and quality of life of their students. It also aims at supporting other groups, both inside and outside the local community. The following hypothesis can be put forward: TAUs are becoming a significant tool of carrying out social policies to help the elders.
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The presented paper deals with the motivational factors of volunteering and the concepts of altruism and egoism. It is aimed at presenting the motivations reflected by respondents, but examines also the advantages, disadvantages and other aspects of volunteering. The research sample consists of volunteers in the age range of 19 to 27 volunteering at the non-governmental sector. The statements of respondents are analysed and interpreted through the distinction between endocentric and exocentric altruism by a Polish social psychologist Jerzy Karyłowski.
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The paper analyzes publications on refugees in Poland. It presents the conceptual asymmetries and clichés that might hinder the realization of the postulate that the researchers should be the translators of the worldviews of both the refugees and the members of the host society. Three types of asymmetries are being discussed. The first one concerns the unequal regard to the trustworthy and motives of informants. Many authors treat the relations given by the refugees under study as statements on facts, while the relations of other categories of informants as declarations. By the same token, the explaining of the motives of actions in the case of refugees usually takes into account the broad cultural context, while in the case of other categories of research subjects this context is not embodied yet their actions are being evaluated. The second asymmetry pertains to the explanation of the failure of the adaptation processes, which is not matched by a similar one as far as success stories are concerned. Eventually, the third asymmetry consists of differentiated attitudes with regard to the non-governmental organizations and the state agencies. It is often the case that non-governmental organizations are a priori positively evaluated, while state agencies negatively. The paper also considers another often encountered conceptual cliché which describes the centers for refugees as a total institution. The empirical material under analysis shows that these do not fit Erving Goffman's definition of this phenomenon.
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This dissertation provides comments on the essence of social security and developmental security as a status, process, value, need, and basic civil right as well as the role of the state in eliminating threats to such security. Issues related to the role of welfare as an institution of the state’s social policy in providing security to individuals and families in difficult or crisis situations have also been discussed. The dissertation describes the level of involvement of Krakow non-governmental organizations in running welfare institutions and providing high-quality public utility services as well as presents examples of good practices by Krakow non-governmental organizations providing social and developmental security to selected categories of people.
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The article attempts to answer the question whether the presentation of charity and volunteering in the media gives testimony to the media responsibility to develop civic society. Are the media duty-bound to support a society based upon action, especially charity action? Is the presentation of charity in the media inspiring or rather demotivating the audience to take action as volunteers? What is the cooperation between organizations of volunteers and the media? The author postulates that some possible means of promoting charity in the media and raising the journalists' awareness of the media responsibility, especially with reference to civic society, should be taken into consideration. In the context of 2011, which by the decision of the Council of the European Union is the year of the European Year of Volunteering, this article should be regarded as a valuable study and an incentive to discuss the possibilities of the media engagement in promoting charity and volunteering.
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The article is an attempt of analysis of the presentation of voluntary services and charity actions phenomena in Catholic weekly magazines from Lublin. The author shows fields of volunteers' activities and charity actions conducting by church and secular organizations which weekly magazines are interested in, through examples of chosen articles published by these magazines. A favorable and kind image emerges from this analysis, serving undoubtedly building up the positive atmosphere around aid action and people becoming involved in them. In the context of 2011year that has been proclaimed the European Year of Voluntary Services by the decision of the Council of the European Union, one should accept this article as the precious study and the incentive to discussion on the possibility of becoming involved of local Catholic press in actions for the promotion of voluntary services and charity actions.
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The objective of the study is to analyze basic programs and competitions addressed to communes and non-governmental organizations to encourage improvements living conditions in rural areas in Lower Silesian. Programmes have been associated with the idea of rural renewal, and funding came from EU and regional subsidies. The article describes the role and participation of local government units and social initiatives in raising funds for projects related to meeting the needs of the members of the community in access to public facilities such as community centers or libraries, development of infrastructure and tourist facilities and cultural heritage protection.
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