Search results for "non-governmental organization"
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The Participation of NGOs in the Dynamics of International Law-Making
2013
Online environmental activism and Internet use in the Indonesian environmental movement
2013
Author's version of an article in the journal: Information Development. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266666913485260 This article investigates the use of the Internet among Indonesian environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) and how this use influences the mobilizing structure of the environmental movement. The discussion is informed by an explorative study of nineteen Indonesian ENGOs working in the domain of forest protection. The study reveals that the Internet empowers the environmental activism of these organizations by enhancing opportunities for political participation. A main finding in the article is that well-established organization…
Corruption and managing the project cycle : the role of corrupt practices in NGO funding in Pakistan
2013
This Master’s thesis research explores the role of corrupt practices in development projects implemented by local NGOs in Pakistan. The intention is not to expose particular cases of corruption, but to study corruption risks and vulnerabilities in different phases of the project cycle and financial management (budgeting, accounting, financial reporting and auditing). It also explores other program support functions, i.e. procurement and human resources, and their vulnerability to corruption. The contribution of this study to academic literature is increasing awareness of NGO corruption and its different forms in Pakistan from the project management point of view. This is a qualitative study…
Teacher Training in Linguistic Diversity within Inclusive Education: Cooperation between Non-governmental Non-profit Organizations and Educational In…
2020
Esta tesis examina la colaboración entre las las organizaciones no gubernamentales sin ánimo de lucro centradas en los alumnos con una lengua materna diferente y los centros escolares de tres zonas geográficas europeas: República Checa, Italia y España. Responde a tres preguntas de investigación: (1) ¿Qué servicios ofrecen las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro a los profesores? (2) ¿Cómo ven las organizaciones no lucrativas la cooperación actual? (3) ¿Conocen los profesores la existencia de organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro en este ámbito y están interesados en dicha cooperación? Se emplea un enfoque de métodos mixtos, aplicando un cuestionario a 34 organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro (9 chec…
NGOs and the implementation of active labour market policies : the case of Finland and Sweden
2012
Making a difference in women's lives? : case study of women's empowerment programme in Rajasthan
2015
The study is placed in an Indian NGO working for women’s empowerment by the means of informal education, vocational trainings and awareness-raising activities. The goal is to find out to what extent this NGO managed to reach gender justice in practice. The evaluation answers to the questions of what the understanding of gender equality and empowerment was among the people working for the NGO, what the conditions of the chosen participants were and how they influenced participation and then how successful the NGO was in terms of changing gender division of labour and women’s cultural value. My theoretical framework is focused on the Empowerment (GAD) approach, and the gender planning framewo…
Civil society institutions in Poland
2018
At the moment it is not very popular among Polish people to use the institutions of civil society in Poland.The article presents the concept of institution and civil society. It is followed by the description of institutions which are used by the civil society in Poland and more specifically the role of local government, non-governmental organizations, volunteering, social resistance and popular initiative.
Working in partnerships : an ethnographic study on volunteers' narratives of establishing, managing and ending partnerships between Finnish and India…
2015
Pro gradu -tutkielmassani tarkastelen suomalaisten ja intialaisten kehitysyhteistyöjärjestöjen yhteisen kehitysyhteistyöhankkeen ympärille muodostunutta yhteistyötä eli kumppanuutta. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on ymmärtää kumppanuuden muodostumiseen, ylläpitoon ja lopettamiseen vaikuttavia tekijöitä. Tutkimuksessa tuodaan esille suomalaisten vapaaehtoisten kertomuksia, kokemuksia ja havaintoja muun muassa uuden kumppanijärjestön valintakriteereistä, järjestöjen välisestä työnjaosta, hankesyklin eri vaiheissa kohdatuista haasteista sekä vastuuvelvollisuuden ja luotettavuuden merkityksestä kumppanuudessa. Tutkimuksen empiirinen aineisto koostuu kuuden informantin etnografisista puolistrukturoi…
Learning and maintaining languages in the workplace: migrant NGO practitioners in Finland
2017
This article reports on a linguistic ethnographic study exploring migrant NGO practitioners’ language learning and maintenance at work. The findings suggest that the migrants learnt not only the language of the receiving society, in this case Finnish, but also English as an additional language through work. The narratives also show that the workplace supported migrants in maintaining both their home language and additional languages. Overall, the study highlights the importance of language learning and maintenance, which promote the linguistic integration and social inclusion of migrant NGO practitioners in the workplace. L’article rend compte d’une étude ethnographique sur l’apprentissage …
Współpraca i partnerstwo : teoretyczne modele relacji organizacji pozarządowych z jednostkami administracji publicznej
2018
Theoretical nmdels were constructed to present and analyse relationships between public administration and non-governrnenlal organizations, cven ifthey difter in terins of central categories, usually point to the symmelry of the posiLion of the parties as the basis for the ąuality of relations between tliem. 'Ihe suggested form is partner ship; that is, co-operation where actors are cqual and as such, despite differences in resóurccs and compclences, tltey share fairly rights-, obligations and responsibility in the process of creating and implemenling social policies. This cąuality is the conscąuence of inereasing the capacity of non governmental organizations to participatc in this field, …