Civil Society in the 'Visegrad Four': Data and Literature in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia

The first of three publications on the '25 Years After -- Mapping Civil Society in the Visegrád Four' project contains an overview of existing data and literature in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. It looks at where and what kind of research on civil society has been and is being done, who is doing it and where the gaps are.To be consistent and comparable, the four country reports include the same core sections: relevant publications on civil society in the respective country; existing databases and other data sources; active centres of research, training, and policy studies. More than providing just a list, this report looks at how they can be evaluated in terms of scope, accurateness and depth. Finally, it considers the question of what the most crucial gaps in research and funding in the countries are.An academic volume is slated for the end of 2014. For other publications in English and German, see www.maecenata.eu

Active Citizenship and the Nongovernmental Sector in Slovakia : Trends and Perspectives

This study was written by experts from the Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) and the Center for Philanthropy (CpF). The authors map the key milestones, successes and dilemmas of the nongovernmental sector in Slovakia; summarize information on its influence on society and its democratic transformation; mark past and ongoing points of critical importance; identifies possible trends in the sector's development; and lay out a vision for the future that would allow for greater realization of the potential of active citizenship.The report is also available in Slovak on the following page: https://www.ivo.sk/6797/sk/studie/aktivne-obcianstvo-a-mimovladny-sektor-na-slovensku-trendy-a-perspektivy

Active Citizenship and the Nongovernmental Sector in Slovakia. Trends and Perspectives

This study was written by experts from the Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) and the Center for Philanthropy (CpF). The authors map the key milestones, successes and dilemmas of the nongovernmental sector in Slovakia; summarize information on its influence on society and its democratic transformation; mark past and ongoing points of critical importance; identifies possible trends in the sector's development; and lay out a vision for the future that would allow for greater realization of the potential of active citizenship.The report is also available in Slovak on the following page: https://www.ivo.sk/6797/sk/studie/aktivne-obcianstvo-a-mimovladny-sektor-na-slovensku-trendy-a-perspektivy

Assessment of the Impact of the Percentage Tax Designations: Past, Present, Future

The subject of this study is the percentage tax designation system as a phenomenon in the nexus of public finance allocation, public benefit/civil society realm and taxation. Its focus is Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), where the system has remained to be a popular policy instrument over twenty years.This research had been prepared in 2014 and was conducted during 2015 in five CEE countries that use the percentage tax designation system: Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. It focused on four areas: 1) What the percentage tax designation system actually is and what it is not, 2) What is its role in funding of the non-profit sector, 3) What are its side effects and 4) What is the connection between the policy making and the results? The research had a form of expert panel through country research associates that worked according to the unified methodology, using secondary quantitative and qualitative data. The data including the expert opinion were organized into the project's database

Intelligent Money - Private Resources for Development: Regional Summary

This document presents a regional summary of findings of a qualitative research on the effectiveness of private giving practices in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, and Romania. The research focused on three themes in all four countries: changes in the landscape of private giving; prevailing giving practices and the understanding of "effectiveness" in these practices; and the roles and position of the organizations that directly mobilize or indirectly support the mobilization of private resources