Social Economy in Post-communist Romania: What Kind of Volunteering for What Type of NGOs?

Dragan, Alexandru; Popa, Nicolæ

doi:10.1080/19448953.2017.1277088

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“…According to Dragan and Popa (2017), from a legal and institutional point of view, social economy organizations can be grouped in three categories of organizations: non-governmental organizations (associations and foundations, the non-market sub-sector of the social economy), cooperatives and mutual societies (the market or business sub-sector of the social economy). In this context, there are some common characteristics that allow one to classify an organizations as belonging to the social economy, as for example: independence of action, self-government and autonomy from government authorities; freedom of involvement, implying voluntary and open membership; democratic control by members; the person and the social objective taking precedence over capital, reconciling the interests of the members and the general interest; provision of services aimed at members and communities; and the protection and enforcement of the principles of solidarity and responsibility.…”

Section: Social Economy and Social Economy Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Europe, social economy activities contribute to about 10% of the output of the European business sector, with a share of about 6% in total employment (about 11 million people), revealing an industry that will be called to give a greater contribution to the current problems of unemployment and social cohesion due to the social and economic transformation under way (Dragan & Popa, 2017). According to the CIRIEC (2016) report, in spite of this important role of the social economy in Europe, its impact and weight differs among EU countries.…”

Section: A Brief Description Of the Portuguese Social Economy Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The main sources of funding for social economy organizations are (Dragan & Popa, 2017): public funds; private sources; revenues from the sale of goods and services and user contributions. However, it should be noted that, especially, for those organizations that are primarily aimed at responding more directly to the satisfaction of social needs, public funding is the major source of funds (López-Arceiz, Bellostas & Rivera-Torres, 2017).…”

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Innovation, Sustainability, and Organizational Change in a Social Portuguese Organization

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Social economy has been a prominent topic among scholars, politicians, and practitioners. Social economy organizations are mission-driven with the purpose of creating social value, overcoming a social problem, and contributing to attain sustainable social development. In this chapter, a particular weakness underlying those organizations is addressed: lack of managerial skills and the importance of a well-structured process of strategic management and organizational innovation. Based on the analysis of a Portuguese case study, the goal is to increase the knowledge on the facilitating factors and barriers to the improvement of the quality of service and the efficiency of the management of a social economy organization, in order to understand how it creates and delivers social value and ensures its future sustainability. The findings highlight a number of best practices in the design of a structured innovation process which were supported by the Portuguese program Q3-qualifying the third sector, which may help similar organizations to improve their innovation and organizational processes.

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Section: Social Economy and Social Economy Organizationsmentioning

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“…Other authors review the concept of cultural quarter and of making a typology (Montgomery, 2003(Montgomery, , 2004. In Romania, redevelopment is discussed related to territorial identity (Ilovan, Jordan, & Havadi-Nagy, & Zametter 2016a;Ilovan, Scridon, Havadi-Nagy, & Huciu 2016b;Nicula, Stoica, & Ilovan 2017;Scridon & Ilovan, 2016), to resilience (Bănică & Muntele, 2015Bănică, Istrate, & Muntele, 2017), to social economy (Drăgan & Popa, 2017), to spatial restructuring (Jucu, 2016) or to industrial restructuring (Voiculescu & Jucu, 2016).…”

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Learning Challenges And Benefits During The International Workshop On Urban Regeneration

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2019

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…Cultural variables such as expectations for mutual assistance (care or the help others if necessary) [24], loyalty (support for friends or for the family even if there is a conflict of interest) can influence the type of migration in which the migrant participates. He can, for instance, migrate after observing the success of other migrants, as in the theory of Manski [25] or organize networks and migratory chains.…”

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Channels to West: Exploring the Migration Routes between Romania and France

2017

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Abstract:The integration of East European Countries in European Union has long-term consequences, with migration being one of the main social effects of this process. From an economic perspective, the research on migration has attracted considerable attention, whereas the analyses focused on the social networks are more scarce. The importance of these social networks becomes more substantial due to their quality and ability to reduce costs, risks of movement and uncertainty. Although the migratory networks are known at national levels, there are very few data related to the territorial distribution of migration network between origin and destination areas. In this context, Romania registered the highest level of emigration toward Western European countries, and this case study offers illustrative insights for the broader literature. In order to illustrate the territorial distribution of migrants' network between Romania and France, we used an exhaustive analysis of the trajectories of all clients who used one of the largest transport companies operating between Romania and France (8094 cases). Using the benefits of this evidence-based approach, we identified the regions and the Romanian towns most affected by the migration phenomenon. Complementary, we illustrated the territorial distribution and the preferred destination regions in France for the Romanian immigrants. We present the migration networks that exist between the towns of the two countries and identify the intensity of each migration circuit.

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Social Economy in Post-communist Romania: What Kind of Volunteering for What Type of NGOs?

Cited by 14 publications

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Innovation, Sustainability, and Organizational Change in a Social Portuguese Organization

Innovation, Sustainability, and Organizational Change in a Social Portuguese Organization

Learning Challenges And Benefits During The International Workshop On Urban Regeneration

Channels to West: Exploring the Migration Routes between Romania and France

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