Update on TSI’s cooperation with Volonteurope

TSI’s cooperation with Volonteurope to measure the impact of volunteering goes into the next round.

New research on changes in employment in public, for-profit and nonprofit sectors in Scandinavia

New TSI Policy Brief on Impact Measurement

A new TSI Policy Brief spells out the project’s contribution towards a coordinated European approach to identify third sector impacts.

Study to advance non-profit sector legitimacy in Balkans and Turkey

A new study by TSI stakeholder BCSDN sheds light on the non-profit sector in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

TSI travelling to Hong Kong

TSI’s Taco Brandsen will present the research results on internal and external barriers for the third sector at the next IRSPA Conference in Hong Kong in April 2016.

Progress on empirical analysis of the impact of the Third Sector in Europe

With a series of Working Papers drawing from existing data TSI is one step closer to test the methodological validity of the project’s set of third sector impact indicators.

TSI definition and impact work at ARNOVA conference in Chicago

Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowsk and Ruth Simsa presented TSI’s consensus conceptualisation of the third sector and the project’s work on impact assessment in Chicago.

TSI Midterm Seminar with EU third sector stakeholders shows multiple barriers

TSI’s Midterm Seminar on 13 October with stakeholders from mostly Brussels based third sector organisations and networks focused on opportunities and barriers for third sector participation in EU policy making, TSI’s concept of the third sector, social impact and its measurement. Third sector organisations and social enterprises alike are under increasing pressure to demonstrate impact […]

TSI Midterm Seminar with European stakeholders

TSI has invited European third sector and policy stakeholders to give their input during a one day seminar on Tuesday, 13 October to ongoing research on the impacts of third sector activities, framed within the definition of the third sector as part of the project, and the barriers the sector is facing at different institutional […]

OECD Policy Brief on Social Impact Measurement for Social Enterprises

A recent policy brief by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) identifies key issuess and recommendations for  impact measurement of social enterprise activity.

TSI Working Paper uncovers important gaps in research literature on third sector impact

A new TSI Working Paper identifies several issues and gaps that characterise the state of knowledge in the field of third sector impact studies.

TSI at seminar on strategic NGO alliances in Spain

TSI stakeholder NGO Platform for Social Action is organising this interesting seminar on 1 October in Madrid, bringing together 150 stakeholders to discuss strategic alliances to foster social rights and deliver sustainable projects that are economically feasibility for NGOs. Participants will hear experiences advocating for social rights within the EU’s Active Citizenship Programme and from initiatives […]