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Program Overview |
Thursday, May 24, 2018 14:00 - 15:30
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X. Working Group on Non-Governmental Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe |
Session 1: NGO Operations and Performance |
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Room III.9 – Matei Cantacuzino 1st floor |
Related to |
X. Non-Governmental Organizations in CEE |
WG Programme Coordinators: |
Michael Brintnall, Montgomery College, Rockville, United States Gyorgy Hajnal, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Reka Zsuzsanna Mathe, Ludovika University of Public Service , Budapest, Hungary
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The Working Group’s aims are to better understand the role of NGOs in governance in the CEE region (in the geographically broad sense), to analyse the activities and performance of this sector, and to explore multi-sector strategies for meeting the public interest, amongst other things. Our definition of NGOs is broad and involves informal organisations, cooperatives, non-profits, civil society organisations, and so forth. Our focus is particularly on those NGOs whose mission is strongly related to the public interest and that work in the areas of governance, social and health services, public policy, citizen participation, human rights, and/or humanitarian aid. We also intend to explore the role that NGOs play – independently and in multi-sector collaboration with government institutions – in defining and achieving the public good.
The main theme of the Working Group on NGOs panel for the 2018 conference is the relationship between the state and the third sector regarding service delivery, broadly understood.
The WG is especially interested in learning about the following topics:
- What is the role of NGOs in delivering services at the national and local level in CEE countries?
- What are examples of existing cooperation between NGOs and national and/or local government in the region to deliver services in various policy arenas?
- How is such cooperation between various NGOs and the state occurring, and how do various countries compare to each other in this respect?What prompted this cooperation to occur and what form does it take?
- How is such cooperation – its process, outcomes, and success – influenced by government policy, legislation, financial support and public attitudes?
- How does this cooperation influence the internal structure and operational procedures of NGOs? What factors in NGO practices or structure facilitate or impede the success of collaboration with government?
- What methods of measurement are used in evaluating organisation and programme performance with respect to service delivery and inter-sector cooperation?
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Paper: What are the Best Practices of Good Governance for Operating the Nonprofit Organization in the Czech Republic? Author/Presenter: Dina Abdelhafez, Charles University, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Paper: Nongovernmental and Public Organisations – Learning Organisations. Methods, Results and Impact Author(s): Corina Georgiana Antonovici, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania Carmen Savulescu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania Cristina Sandu, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania Presenter(s): Corina Georgiana Antonovici, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
Paper: Harm Reduction Services in V4: Barriers and Challenges in Effective Service Delivery Author/Presenter: Iga Jeziorska, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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