In this interview Lester Salamon talks about the different contributions the Third Sector Impact project has made to measuring the economic, social and sector specific contributions of voluntary associations, social economy initiatives and non-profit organisations.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/news/in-search-of-the-third-sector-interview-with-lester-salamon-by-dg-research-and-innovation/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.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/news/tsi-definition-of-the-third-sector-discussed-at-arnova-conference-in-chicago/This working paper clarifies the meanings of the concepts of civil society, public sphere and third sector in the light of TSI’s work on a conceptualization of the third sector in Europe. First, the paper surveys the genealogy and different meanings of the concept of civil society and introduces the idea of a differentiated “civil […]
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/tsi-working-paper-no-5-measuring-the-impact-of-the-third-sector-from-concept-to-metrics/Open seminar to share TSI outcomes and discuss challenges for the third sector at European level with researchers, policy and third sector stakeholders in Brussels this autumn.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/events/1970/01/01/tsi-scientific-midterm-seminar-and-third-sector-barriers-focus-groups/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.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/first-tsi-policy-brief-defining-third-sector/We are pleased to announce a ‘common core’ definition of the third sector in Europe. A key objective of the TSI project is to address the lack of clarity about the types of entities that form the third sector, who belongs and who doesn’t. With our conceptualization we hope to contribute to a coherent overview […]
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/consultations/concept-towards-common-conceptualization-third-sector-europe/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.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/tsi-working-paper-no-2-third-sector-europe-towards-consensus-conceptualization/A common conceptualization is an important milestone towards measuring the third sector in Europe. We are pleased to announce the second TSI Working Paper “The Third Sector in Europe: Towards a Consensus Conceptualization”.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/news/working-paper-third-sector-conceptualization-published/TSI member Renzo Razzano elaborated on TSI project in relation to data on volunteering used by Istat Italy.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/news/tsis-proposed-definition-third-sector-tested-conference-italy/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.
https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/news/report-tsi-meeting-european-stakeholders-brussels/
