An evaluation of the effectiveness of government–non-profit organizations partnership in the delivery of social services

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Sokeibelemaye Nwauche
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Benevene ◽  
Ilaria Buonomo ◽  
Michael West

Despite the relative scarcity of studies on the impact of leadership styles on satisfaction and commitment of volunteers within non-profit organizations, this relationship plays a crucial role in fostering sustained volunteerism and volunteers' well-being. A questionnaire was administered to more than 200 volunteers involved in delivering social services in non-profit organizations from Central and Northern Italy. The questionnaire contained the Volunteer Satisfaction Index, the sub-scale on Affective Commitment of the Organizational Commitment Scale, and two sub-scales of the Key Leadership Behaviors, namely: Helping people to grow and lead, and Enabling learning and innovation. Socio-demographic data were collected as well. Findings revealed that leaders' actions oriented toward the enablement of learning and innovation have an effect on volunteers' affective commitment, through the full mediation of volunteer satisfaction. Leaders' actions oriented toward the growth and empowerment of volunteers, instead, did not show significant relationships with volunteer satisfaction and affective commitment.


2020 ◽  
pp. 74-85
Author(s):  
Mariya Poltavskaya ◽  
Elena Danilova ◽  
Elena Abashkina

The article provides an analysis of the formation of the social services market in the Volgograd region since the adoption of a federal law that introduced fundamental changes in the field of social services, allowing non-profit organizations to act as full participants in the social services market. A review of domestic publications addressing key issues is presented: economic and managerial aspects of access of non-profit sector organizations to the social services market, infrastructure support, the formation of a state support system, successful regional practices. The role of non-governmental suppliers in the social services market is shown, the specifics of the modern institutional structure of the social services market are described. The current state of the social services market is characterized, the data of the report of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia for 2018 on the implementation by the constituent entities of the Russian Federation of measures to ensure access to non-profit organizations to budgetary funds are presented. The main quantitative indicators of the social services market of the Volgograd region are highlighted. The results of a sociological study showed that the majority of the population does not use the services of non-profit organizations, the popularity of their services is low, and free services are most in demand. The possibilities of non-profit organizations when entering the social services market of the Volgograd region were identified: extensive experience in providing services, the availability of proven social technologies, targeted nature of assistance, customer focus. Despite the creation of conditions for expanding the access of non-governmental organizations to budget financing, there are barriers to accessing the social services market: delayed cost recovery when services are completed, economically unjustified tariffs, insufficient compensation to non-state suppliers, unnecessarily bureaucratic reporting procedure of non-profit organizations for services provided. To develop the demand and supply of non-profit organizations, it is necessary to inform the beneficiaries in more detail about the quality of the services provided, tariffs, increase the level of public confidence, introduce successful experience in other regions. Creating favorable social and economic conditions, consolidating the efforts of all interested parties can create an effective system of social services in the Volgograd region on the principles of interagency cooperation.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
YANWEI LI ◽  
XIANLIN NI ◽  
HAN WEI

Abstract Social services in China nowadays are increasingly coproduced by both government and non-profit organizations (NPOs). However, we still know little about how NPOs perceive their government partners in social service delivery. Using a Q methodology, this study remedies this gap and identifies three profiles – namely, government as a distant facilitator, government as a hands-off collaborator, and government as a prudent principal. Also, it has been found that two conditions – namely, NPOs’ development stage and funding resources – influence their perceptions on government in social service delivery. These three profiles provide new insights into NPOs’ perceptions of their government partners in social service delivery, and they add new building blocks to existing literature, specifically on the government–NPO relationship in China.


Author(s):  
Brilanda Lumanaj

Family is an important human capital. Family support with social services is an obligation for local government structures and non-profit organizations. The process of decentralization increases the responsibility of local government structures to support families with social services. This study aims to analyze the theoretical approaches regarding the role of local government and non-profit organizations with a focus on social services family. The study is focused on the analysis of national and international documents related to the field study. The paper also has the objective to present an overview of the role of local government and NGOs in the regions of Northern Albania regarding the provision of social services for family. The field study was done in the northern region of Albania, including her four Districts, in its main cities: Shkodër, Lezhë, Kukës and Peshkopi. In the study participated 44 subjects in total, 23 of them are representative of local, regional and central institutions and 21 representatives of NGOs that operate in the filed study. A qualitative research method has been used. The findings of this study reflect the fact that, families in Northern Albania profit a small amount of services from public sector and a variety of services from non-profit organizations. The conclusions of this paper represent the theoretical elements in national and international context toward the role of local government and NGOs focused in social services for families.


Author(s):  
А. В. Старшинова ◽  
Л. А. Платонова

На основе статистической, нормативно-правовой и социологической информации проведен анализ основных условий развития НКО в Хабаровском крае и Республике Саха (Якутия), относящихся к группе регионов, лидирующих в России по показателям вовлечения некоммерческого сектора в сферу социального обслуживания населения. Результаты исследования дают основание утверждать, что наряду с правовыми, организационными, управленческими, иными факторами, определяющими развитие социально ориентированных НКО, решающее значение приобретают собственные инициативы СОНКО, способность к инновациям, сотрудничеству с основными акторами формирующегося рынка социальных услуг, гибкому реагированию на запросы населения. On the basis of statistical and sociological information, the analysis of the main conditions for the development of non-profit organizations in the Khabarovsk Territory and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), which belong to the group of regions leading in Russia in terms of the formation of the non-profit sector in the field of social services to the population, is carried out. The study showed that along with the legal, organizational, managerial, and other factors that determine the development of socially oriented NGOs, SONGO’s own initiatives, the ability to innovate, cooperation with the main actors of the emerging market of social services, flexible response to population requests are of decisive importance.


2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Osborne ◽  
Vic Murray

Explores a conceptual approach to understanding the processes of collaborative relationships. It is applied to a case study of non‐profit collaboration. It both uses it to understand the dynamics of collaboration among a group of four non‐profit agencies in Canada, which might otherwise have developed competitive relationships, and uses this case study to explore the utility of this conceptual model as an aid to the actual management of such collaboration by practising managers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
E.R. Nurullina ◽  
◽  
Y.R. Khairullina ◽  

The article discusses the process of interaction between non-profit organizations and public authorities in the area of the development of talented children and youth, and the role of this process in the formation of family policy. A comprehensive system of measures is proposed to support the development of talent of children and youth, and recommendations for all participants of cooperation: state authorities, non-profit organizations, social protection agencies, talented children and youth, their mentors and parents. The necessary measures are shown to ensure the practical implementation of family policy for State authorities on the basis of the socio-economic potential of the regions and the fundamental role of the third sector of the economy, which implements social services in the field of development of talent of children and young people, is considered. The article proposes recommendations to managers for the introduction into the state family policy of activities to support families where talented children are raised, recommendations to increase the effectiveness of non-profit organizations in the field of family policy. Special attention is paid to the need to create a single information platform, which will focus information on the activities of non-profit organizations of different directions in one information context so that all participants of the interaction can learn about their activities and opportunities: talented children and youth, mentors, parents and state authorities.


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-128
Author(s):  
Надежда Геннадьевна Сироткина ◽  
Елена Евгеньевна Зуева ◽  
Светлана Владимировна Павловская

Non-profit organizations deliver a wide range of meaningful resources to communities in such diverse areas as education, arts, social services, etc. However, compared to the private sector, their funding potential is much more limited. The increasing social and economic impact of the non-profit sector is a reason why there is a need to persistently enhance these opportunities. State contracts have the potential to be regarded as one of the most essential sources of funding for non-profit organizations in the social sphere. In Russia, recently passed laws ensure substantial benefits for 'socially oriented' non-profit organizations that participate in public procurement. Nevertheless, despite the existence of norms allowing socially oriented NPOs to be granted preference in tenders, the presence of the non-profit sector in the Russian public procurement market is still insignificant. This study seeks to analyze the peculiarities of Russian public procurement legislation. The main question of the study is why state procurement failed to become a driver for the development of the non-profit sector in Russia? To answer this question, firstly we consider the functioning mechanisms of socially oriented NPOs in the public procurement market. Then, we analyse the results of expert interviews, which let us identify the following barriers limiting the participation of NPOs in public procurement: economic, financial, social, and organizational. Finally, we draw the conclusion that, for the majority of non-profit organizations, state procurements are an optional source of funding in view of the barriers identified above. This study is relevant for government and public authorities as it can serve as a starting point for improving the mechanisms of attracting the non-profit sector to the sphere of public procurement.


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