Third Sector

¿Personas o mercado? La competitividad de los Centros Especiales de Trabajo y las Empresas de Inserción: un estudio de caso

by Nicolás Barbieri

Barbieri, N. y Guerra, R. (2011), “¿Personas o mercado? La competitividad de los Centros Especiales de Trabajo y las Empresas de Inserción: un estudio de caso”, Revista Española del Tercer Sector, v. 19, Set-Dic, pp. 171-181

Este trabajo se estructura en tres apartados diferentes. En primer lugar, se presenta el diseño de la investigación:... more Este trabajo se estructura en tres apartados diferentes. En primer lugar, se presenta el diseño de la investigación: objetivos, perspectiva de análisis y estrategia metodológica. Se discute la pregunta de investigación y se definen y caracterizan las EI/CET: actividades y finalidades principales, problemas a los que se enfrentan, imbricación en el Tercer Sector y la importancia de su estudio. En segundo lugar, se presentan los principales resultados de la investigación. Se indaga tanto en las oportunidades de mejora de las organizaciones como en sus ventajas competitivas. Se analiza también el dilema al que se enfrentan las organizaciones en el momento de definir su estrategia de competitividad: su orientación a las personas o al mercado. Finalmente, en tercer lugar, se presentan las aportaciones de la investigación.

Voluntariado y apoyo emocional a la familia cuidadora

by Nuria Garro-Gil

Enlivened Geographies of Volunteering: Situated, Embodied and Emotional Practices of Voluntary Action

by Mike Woolvin

Scottish Geographical Journal 126 (4)

Examining the everyday practices and feelings of volunteering, in particular their situated, emotional and embodied... more Examining the everyday practices and feelings of volunteering, in particular their situated, emotional and embodied nature, serves to place the experiences of volunteers centrally in accounts of what matters in the doing of volunteering and goes beyond service provision or active citizenship. Using qualitative evidence from three collaborative research projects, we present enlivened geographies of volunteering which focus on: the situatedness of formal volunteering in place and the negotiation of local ‘moral economies’ of norms and expectations surrounding access to volunteering opportunities and the practices of volunteering; complex positionings of informal volunteering in biographies of social participation; and intersections of embodiment and emotions in experiences among environmental volunteers. We contribute to the development of social geographies which are ‘more-than-representational’ and argue that connecting insights on everyday practices of volunteering with wider policy and practice agendas requires a focus on the enduring, but also emergent and excessive nature of the spaces of doing volunteering, on the relational nature of volunteering, and on opening up debates in the networks of research-policy-practice which understand spaces of volunteering as entailing more than volunteering.

Mapping the Third Sector in Rural Scotland: an initial review of the literature

by Mike Woolvin

Published by the Scottish Government (February 2012).

Previous research commissioned by The Scottish Government has identified a pronounced knowledge gap relating to the... more Previous research commissioned by The Scottish Government has identified a pronounced knowledge gap relating to the nature and extent of the third sector in more rural areas of Scotland. This is particularly significant given the increased emphasis on the role of the third sector, and volunteering, in contributing to public service reform and the building and sustaining of civil society in a challenging economic climate. This document summarises the key themes emerging from a review of existing literature regarding voluntary activity and the third sector in rural Scotland.

L'associazionismo familiare

by Elisabetta Carra'

published in "Rassegna bibliografica infanzia e adolescenza", 8, 2 (2008), 5-25

Cadre conceptuel pour définir la population statistique de l'économie sociale au Québec

by Marie J. Bouchard

L'innovation sociale en économie sociale

by Marie J. Bouchard

A propos de l'hétérogénéité des formes organisationnelles de l'économie sociale: isomorphisme versus écologie des organisations en économie sociale

by Marie J. Bouchard

Co-authored with Damien Rousselière, to be published in Revue canadienne de sociologie/Canadian Sociology Review

This paper addresses the problem of the diversity of social economy organizational forms. Two theoretical approaches... more This paper addresses the problem of the diversity of social economy organizational forms. Two theoretical approaches (organizational ecology and neo-institutionalism approach focusing on institutional isomorphism) establish the main forces and determinants of these organizational forms. With data from a survey on Montreal social economy, we use non-parametric (K-nearest neighbors discriminant analysis) and parametric (latent class analysis) methods to test these two concurrent theories. As a conclusion, we discuss the established stylized facts. Our results are supportive of the organizational ecology approach.

Sweden Role of Civil Society (Wijkström, Yonsei 2004)

by Filip Wijkström

Problématique d'insertion et logement communautaire: enquête dans le quartier Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

by Marie J. Bouchard

Civil Society Generating Innovation: Co-operative and Associative Housing

by Marie J. Bouchard

Database on social economy organizations: The qualification criteria

by Marie J. Bouchard

Quando a ajuda chega por mail: o voluntariado online como oportunidade e realidade

by Alcides A. Monteiro

A Lógica Socioeconómica do Terceiro Sector

by Vasco Almeida

Interacções, 8, Outubro de 2005, 55-81

Terceiro Sector e Economia do Conhecimento

by Vasco Almeida

Interacções, 11, Outubro de 2007, 55-83

Capitalism, Institutional Complementarities and the Third Sector. The Private Institutions for Social Solidarity (IPSS) in Portugal

by Vasco Almeida

Conference Working Papers Volume, International Society for Third Sector Research, 2008

O lugar do Terceiro Sector na Governação das Sociedades Contemporâneas

by Vasco Almeida

Interacções 19, 2010, 77-114

Decommissioning

by John Hoadly

Editor and co-authored with OPM and NCVO

Decommissioning

How to decommission public services delivered by civil society organisations and... more Decommissioning

How to decommission public services delivered by civil society organisations and maintain value for money

The Decommissioning guide seeks to provide practical advice on how to plan for and manage the decommissioning of public services delivered by civil society organisations (CSOs) and maintain value for money while doing so. It is designed for commissioners at a local level e.g. in local government and local health services but its messages are relevant to all commissioners and will be of interest to CSOs and other stakeholders.

Decommissioning is a natural part of the commissioning process.  Services become obsolete as users and their needs change and as the techniques, technology and approaches to meeting those needs change also. Ending obsolete services, and re-commissioning others where appropriate, is part of the continuous cycle of commissioning.

The public sector is under increasing pressure to reduce costs and the focus on decommissioning is that much greater. But the scale of cost reduction required means looking beyond immediate short-term efficiencies and thinking more radically of ways to reduce cost in the long term. Uniform top-slicing of budgets can leave organisations exposed and unprepared for the future and can lead to higher overall costs or the displacement of costs elsewhere.

In the context of the Government’s commitment to improving and delivering better, more responsive public services with the help of the civil society sector, and the Compact that underpins the relationship between Government and the sector, decommissioning of services provided by CSOs needs to be addressed carefully and sensibly.

The guide is based on research conducted for the NAO by the Office for Public Management (OPM) and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), between December 2010 and February 2011, which looked at existing guidance and the experience of stakeholders in commissioning and provider roles for local authorities and primary care trusts.

Intelligent Monitoring

by John Hoadly

Editor and co-author

Intelligent Monitoring

An element of: Financial Relationships with Third Sector Organisations'
... more Intelligent Monitoring

An element of: Financial Relationships with Third Sector Organisations'

"Intelligent Monitoring" is the term we use for putting into practice the principles of good monitoring and for avoiding the pitfalls of poor practice in monitoring. This guidance offers a clear, robust framework for intelligent monitoring. Along the way, we offer examples and practical tools and techniques. It has the support of the United Kingdom's Office of the Third Sector, HM Treasury and the Commission for the Compact.

It expands on the guidance given in the National Audit Office Decision Support Tool ‘Financial relationships with third sector organisations’ (www.nao.org/betterfunding) ; and 'Successful Commissioning: how to secure value for money through better financial relationships with third sector organisations' (www.nao.org.uk/successfulcommissioning).

Successful Commissioning

by John Hoadly

Editor and co-author

Successful Commissioning

How to secure value for money through better financial relationships with third... more Successful Commissioning

How to secure value for money through better financial relationships with third sector organisations

Successful commissioning means delivering the right outcomes at the right cost.  Compare that with our definition of good value for money: ‘the optimal use of resources to achieve the intended outcomes’.  Successful commissioning is, almost by definition, good value for money.

’Successful Commissioning’ aims to help local commissioners in the public sector get better value for money from third sector organisations (TSOs).  It also aims to help third sector organisations become more informed about the commissioning process, and about what they should expect from financial relationships with the public sector.  Where the third sector can help deliver value for money then commissioners should make the best possible use of it.

Rather than telling commissioners how to do commissioning, our guidance focuses on those aspects of the process that are most likely to affect financial relationships with third sector organisations. We look at how commissioners can help the third sector to deliver services and outcomes that represent value for money.  The guidance aims to:
- clearly set out the main issues for effective financial relationships with third sector organisations;

- make use of existing guidance in an accessible and practical way;

- dispel some of the "myths" that exist around commissioning with the third sector; and

- improve practices to achieve greater value for money.

This guidance is by the National Audit Office and is endorsed by the Audit Commission, the Commission for the Compact, the Department of Communities and Local Government, the Department of Health, HM Treasury,  the National Council of Voluntary Organisations, and the Office of the Third Sector.