scholarly journals Socios o clientes: educación para la participación ciudadana en el Tercer Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1 Mar-Jun) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Fran J. García-García ◽  
Cruz Pérez-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Service Excellence ◽  
The Third ◽  
Current State ◽  
Educational Implications ◽  
Practice Distribution ◽  
The Third Sector

La participación ciudadana es clave para desarrollar sociedades democráticas y garantizar una educación para todos. En este sentido, el Tercer Sector de acción social y educativa es un escenario imprescindible. Sin embargo, existen problemas en su funcionamiento procedentes de la aplicación de evaluaciones externas sobre la excelencia y calidad de los servicios. Dichos problemas han sido analizados para definir el estado actual del Tercer Sector y sus implicaciones educativas, ofreciendo soluciones y orientaciones para la práctica. Se ha abordado el reparto de responsabilidades para el bienestar, la influencia de la evaluación externa en el Tercer Sector, las carencias de capacidad ciudadana para participar en el mismo, y los retos y funciones de la educación en este marco. El resultado del análisis sugiere proteger el sentido original del Tercer Sector, descentralizar la influencia de las evaluaciones externas y aprovechar las tendencias pedagógicas de los últimos tiempos. Además, se concluye en la necesidad de una alianza entre la educación formal y el Tercer Sector para formar ciudadanos empáticos y moralmente autónomos. Citizen participation is a key to develop democratic societies which guarantee education for all. In this sense, the Third Sector for social and educational action is an essential scenario. However, there are operational problems arising fromthe application of external evaluations on service excellence and quality. These problems are analysed to define the current state of the Third Sector and its educational implications, offering solutions and guidance for practice. Distribution of responsibilities for welfare, influence of external evaluation on the Third Sector, lack of citizen ability to participate in it, and challenges and functions of education within this framework are addressed. The results of the analysis highlight protecting the original meaning of the Third Sector, decentralising the influence of external evaluations and taking advantage of recent pedagogical trends. In addition, the conclusion points to the need for an alliance between formal education and the Third Sector to train empathic and morally autonomous citizens.

Managing Third Sector Organizations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Murdock ◽  
Stephen Barber
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Third Sector Organizations ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Core ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
High Level ◽  
Managerial Perspective ◽  
Stakeholder Environment

What is the state of what can be described as management in the third sector? At its heart, it discusses the long-held assertion that these organizations are reluctant to accept the need for ‘management’. After all, what makes third sector organizations different, by their own estimation, from their commercial equivalents is the deeply embedded concepts of mission and values together with a distinctly complex stakeholder environment. For all that, there are also “commercial” pressures and an instinct for survival. To serve the mission necessarily needs resources. And there is a perennial tension in high-level decision-making between delivery of the mission and maintaining solvency. Third-sector organizations, like any other, are innately concerned with their own sustainability. It is here that the analysis is located and there is an opportunity to examine the topic theoretically and empirically. By introducing the concept of the “Management See-Saw” to illustrate the competing drivers of values and commercialism before exploring these identified pressures through the lens of three real-life vignettes, it is possible to appreciate the current state of play. Given all this, it is important for modern organizations to be able to measure value and impact. From a managerial perspective, the reality needs to be acknowledged that this environment is complex and multi-layered. In drawing the strands together, the discussion concludes by illustrating the importance of leadership in the sector, which is a powerful indicator of effectiveness. Nevertheless, with a focus on management, the core contention is that management remains undervalued in the third sector. That said, commercial focus can increasingly be identified and the longer term trend is squarely in this direction.

scholarly journals Youth and the third sector media in Spain: Communication and social change training

Comunicar ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (48) ◽  
pp. 91-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Lema-Blanco ◽  
Eduardo-Francisco Rodríguez-Gómez ◽  
Alejandro Barranquero-Carretero
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
The Third ◽  
Qualitative Focus Groups ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right

The aim of this paper is to examine the role of community, free and university media in Spain as tools for media literacy and as instruments for creating a more critical and communicative citizenry. After a conceptual section, we analyse training processes in this area with regard to the general population and their reference communities, devoting particular emphasis to the involvement of young people. The triangulation research method was based on quantitative (a survey) and qualitative (focus groups) techniques. The results show that the third sector media in Spain act as invaluable tools for the acquisition of skills and competences that are transferable into young people’s professional and experiential sphere, given the ability of these media outlets to identify with their interests, aspirations and difficulties. In a broad sense, these initiatives contribute to expanding the right of communication in two different ways: on the one hand, because they are open to citizen participation in both management responsibilities and content programming; and, on the other, because their decentralized practices provide a laboratory for creative journalism which, in turn, is linked to social movements and other means of expression for citizens (NGOs, associations, etc.). El siguiente trabajo tiene por objeto acercarse al papel de los medios comunitarios, libres y universitarios del Estado español como instrumentos para la alfabetización mediática y en tanto que espacios para la conformación de ciudadanía crítica y comunicativa. Tras el apartado conceptual, se analizan los procesos de aprendizaje que se implementan con respecto a la ciudadanía en general y a las comunidades de referencia en particular, prestando especial atención al rol y a la participación de la juventud. A partir de la triangulación de técnicas cuantitativas (encuesta) y cualitativas (grupos de discusión), los resultados demuestran que los medios del tercer sector actúan como valiosas herramientas para la adquisición de habilidades y competencias críticas que pueden transferirse a la esfera profesional y vivencial de los jóvenes, dada la identificación de estos medios con los intereses, problemáticas y aspiraciones juveniles. En un sentido amplio, estas iniciativas contribuyen a la expansión del derecho a la comunicación en dos irecciones: por un lado, porque están abiertas a la participación ciudadana en las tareas de gestión y programación de los contenidos; y, por otro, porque sus prácticas descentralizadas constituyen un laboratorio de creatividad periodística que, a su vez, está vinculado al devenir de los movimientos sociales y otras formaciones de la ciudadanía organizada (ONG, asociaciones, etc.).

scholarly journals Celebrating partnership working between the third sector and the NHS

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 724-725
Author(s):  
Alan Glasper
Keyword(s):  
Third Sector ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Third Sector

Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, University of Southampton, discusses the success of partnerships between the third sector and the NHS, which is crucial to improving care for people in society.

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