13.11.2014

First TSI National Stakeholder Meeting in Spain

The first TSI meeting with third sector stakeholders in Spain is scheduled for November 25th in Madrid. TSI researchers Rafael Chaves and José Luis Monzon will present TSI objectives and welcome input by third sector and policy practitioners

12.11.2014

TSI issues Methodological Guideline For Impact Assessment

TSI has published its first working paper on impact assessement. It gives an overview of the existing knowledge on impact and elaborates a consensus-based set of impact indicators determined by TSI and third sector and policy stakeholders.

06.11.2014

European Stakeholders in Brussels: Participation is most important impact

Read the report on the TSI meeting with European stakeholders working in and on the third sector in Brussels on October 15th and find out about the very promising input researchers received from participants.

13.10.2014

Report on profiles of nonprofit organisations in Italy

Based on the 2011 Census of Nonprofit Institutions Istat Italy published information concerning the human resources employed (paid workers and volunteers), services offered, communication tools, and financial resources (revenues and expenditures, funding sources, fundraising techniques).

06.10.2014

Final TSI Brussels meeting agenda online – registration closing October 8th

The very final agenda of the TSI European Stakeholder meeting in Brussels on October 15th is online. If you are interested in attending please hurry – registration is closing soon.

02.10.2014

TSI to be presented at CEV General Assembly in Turin

TSI’s Ksenija Fonovic will introduce our project to CEV members.

30.09.2014

ISTR Münster conference report available

A detailed conference report od ISTR’s conference in Münster, Germany, on civil society and the citizen is available for download. Don’t miss reading it!

19.09.2014

First meeting with third sector stakeholders in the Netherlands, October 24th

Third sector stakeholders in the Netherlands and TSI researchers Taco Brandsen and Ulla Pape will come together in Utrecht to discuss impacts of the national third sector.

17.09.2014

Agenda of TSI Brussels meeting available online

Preparations for the TSI meeting with European stakeholders are under way. Speakers will touch on the role of volunteering for Horizon2020, define the third sector at European level, it’s impact and limitations.

01.09.2014

Meeting with UK third sector stakeholders in London

TSI researchers  Nadia Brookes, Jeremy Kendall and John Mohan met with UK third sector stakeholders at the London School of Economics to present the project and gather input on impact.

07.08.2014

Measuring the performance of voluntary organizations

As TSI researchers are working on gathering and selecting impact and measurement indicators they review relevant literature on these topics. Here is an important article by TSI consortium member Jeremy Kendall from the University of Kent on the issue of measuring nonprofit performance.

28.07.2014

Meeting of TSI impact group in Valencia, 5-7 November 2014

TSI consortium members working on impact will be meeting in Valencia in November to work on methodology, indicators and next steps.