TSI Comparative Report: Learning from Europe In this final report on third sector barriers and coping strategies, TSI’s Annette Zimmer and Benedikt Pahl present findings from national research in a comparative manner.
TSI Working Paper No. 14: Developmental trends in the British third sector This paper examines trends in the level of voluntary activity in Britain and draws conclusions whether it is possible to expand the impact of the third sector through an extension of volunteering.
TSI Working Paper No. 13: Role and impact of the third sector in transformative process n this paper Gijko Bezovan compares role and impact of the third sector in transformative process in Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Croatia.
TSI Working Paper No. 12: Size and scope of the third sector in Europe The purpose of this paper is to provide an estimate of the size of the Third Sector in European Union member countries and Norway.
TSI Working Paper No. 11: Riders on the Storm TSOs operating at EU-policy level do not seem to be in a position to significantly influence the agenda or even address major TSO-related topics, as this latest working paper reveals.
TSI Policy Brief No.12: Growing risks in a demanding environment This policy brief deals with the question of how the unique value the third sector adds to European societies can be preserved or further expanded.
TSI Policy Brief No. 11: Recommendations for sustainable development of TSOs in Europe The civicness of third sector organizations (TSOs) is under threat, undermining citizen participation and contribution to the common good. This Policy Brief proposes two sets of recommendations for public institutions: on infrastructural support necessary to increase the public awareness of the third sector, and on practical mechanisms functional to sustainability of TSOs.
TSI Policy Brief No. 10: Supporting the third sector in Spain This policy brief gives a brief outline of the third sector in Spain, the challenges it faces and the possible policy solution to support TSOs in times of austerity.
TSI National Report No. 8: Third sector barriers in Spain This report describes the diverse third sector in Spain, reflecting on the strong social economy tradition, analyses a subset of four separate crises TSOs are facing in times of austerity, and formulates policy recommendations to support their development.
Voluntas Symposium: Comments on Salamon and Sokolowski’s Re-conceptualization of the Third Sector With their “Beyond Nonprofits: Re-conceptualizing the Third Sector”, Salamon and Sokolowski have made an important contribution to the ongoing debate on how to define the third sector. This Voluntas symposium brings together the comments of five leading scholars both supportive and critical of the new definition. The comments are based on a debate held at […]
“Beyond Nonprofits: Re-conceptualizing the Third Sector” The idea of a “third sector” beyond the arenas of the state and the market is probably one of the most perplexing concepts in modern political and social discourse, encompassing as it does a tremendous diversity of institutions and behaviors that only relatively recently have been perceived in public or scholarly discourse as a distinct […]
TSI Policy Brief on Polish third sector policy The years of post-communist transition in Poland opened a new chapter in the history of the Polish third sector. Poland’s transition to market democracy revived the third sector and stimulated an upsurge in its formation. Therefore, to properly analyse relations between the government and third sector organizations (which in Poland cover non profit organizations, part […]
