This latest national report on third sector barriers takes us to Poland. It describes challenges of multiple nature: lack of funding, scope for improvement of legal frameworks, decrease in volunteering, painting a picture similar to other TSI countries.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/tsi-national-report-no-7-third-sector-barriers-poland/This policy brief addresses a range of challenges experienced by TSOs in Germany. Based on country-specific research, it nevertheless reflects challenges in other EU countries.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/removing-barriers-third-sector-development-policy-recommendations-germany/TSI’s research on barriers to third sector development in Germany not only highlights old and new challenges, it also analyses the coping strategies of TSOs, showing a number of trends that essentially lead to hybridization.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/tsi-national-report-no-6-external-internal-barriers-third-sector-development-germany/The role of third sector organizations in policy making in Croatia has been strengthened to some extent, but significant barriers to third sector development remain. This policy brief makes a number of recommemdations that could address legal and financial challenges as well as issues of public trust.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/tsi-policy-brief-no-6-croatian-third-sector-2015-barriers-way-forward/Now that the TSI project has completed the work on barriers and the project is drawing to a close in other working areas, consortium members are engaging in many dissemination activities. TSI’s Rafael Chaves will share results with researchers and practitioners.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/news/tsi-ciriec-conferences/The third sector is still rather unknown to policy-makers and the wider public in Croatia, while the professional community is becoming aware of the concept. There is a significant overlap between the terms in case of their legal forms, where the distinctiveness is not always clear. Also, there is an overlap in public discourse between […]
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/tsi-national-report-no-5-identifying-external-internal-barriers-third-sector-development-croatia/In April 2016 third sector stakeholders from 10 European countries discussed barriers for third sector development with focus on governance, access to finances, and human resources. TSI developed policy recommendations for each topic, aware that the three dimensions are interrelated. Governance is closely linked to the embeddeness and legitimacy of TSOs and hence deeply affects […]
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/consultations/policy-recommendations-to-remove-barriers-for-third-sector-development/TSI stakeholder organisation IGO – Interessenvertretung Gemeinnütziger Organisationen is organising the annual event “Non-Profit Update”, featuring TSI.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/events/1970/01/01/tsi-results-and-recommendations-at-austrian-non-profit-umbrella-event/Recommendations for both policy makers and third sector organisations on how to alleviate negative impacts of new pressures and challenges for third sector development in Austria.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/tsi-policy-brief-on-removing-third-sector-barriers-in-austria/The relationships between French TSO’s and public authorities have profoundly changed. Policy-makers should support the restructuration processes that organisations have to go through, so that they do not loose their specific character as non-profit and/or volunteer-based entities.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/tsi-policy-brief-no-4-on-third-sector-barriers-in-france/
