TSI Working Paper Series No. 3: “Third sector impacts on human resources and community: a critical review” A new TSI Working Paper reviews the literature on third sector impact on human resources and community. The paper identifies several overarching issues that characterise the state of knowledge in the field of third sector impact studies: Third sector contributions are not equally accessible or spread. The effects of voluntary organizations on participation and group […]
Ruth Simsa explains measuring impact at NPO Day in Austria, 1 June 2015 In this video (in German) TSI researcher Ruth Simsa explains the benefits and challenges of measuring third sector impact.
First TSI Stakeholder Engagement Report This report builds on the first round of TSI consultations with national stakeholders (third sector umbrella organisations, federations and significant third sector aggregations on national level, across all fields of activity), conducted in 6 target countries between April and October 2014.
First TSI Policy Brief: Defining the Third Sector TSI’s first Policy Brief outlines an all-embracing conceptualization of the third sector in Europe that is based on bottom-up definition work by TSI consortium members and stakeholders. European and national-level institutions and third-sector networks are invited to review it.
TSI Working Paper Series No. 2: “The Third Sector in Europe: Towards a Consensus Conceptualization”, A common conceptualization of the third sector in Europe is a key milestone to making the sector visible in Europe. We are pleased to announce this important achievement, which is one of the main objectives of the TSI project.
TSI Working Paper Series No. 1: “Methodological Guideline For Impact Assessment” TSI has published its first working paper on impact assessement, written by TSI researchers Ruth Simsa and Olivia Rauscher, and their colleagues Christan Schober and Clara Moder. It presents the results of a review of existing scientific literature as well as official reports and policy documents on impact measurement methodologies and results. Furthermore, it includes […]
