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Development or Education

in 12 New Member States

Volunteers as catalysts for social engagementIVCO conference Budapest

19th October 2009

Rilli Lappalainen

Secretary General of Finnish NGDO platform to the EU 

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My experiences 

1) Scout  

2) European Voluntary Service

3) European networks

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1) Some definitions 

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Development:

International development or global development  is a concept that lacks a universally

accepted definition, but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human

development – the development of greater quality of life for humans, (i.e developed healthcaremeans longer life which is greater quality of life). It therefore encompasses foreign aid,

governance, healthcare, education, gender equality, disaster preparedness, infrastructure,

economics, human rights, environment and issues associated with these.

Education:

Education in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the

mind, character or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense education is the

process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values 

from one generation to another.

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Development education:

Development education is an active learning process, founded on values of 

solidarity, equality, inclusion and co-operation. It enables people to move from

basic awareness of international development priorities and sustainable humandevelopment, through understanding of the causes and effects of global issues

to personal involvement and informed actions.

Development education fosters the full participation of all citizens in world-wide

poverty eradication, and the fight against exclusion. It seeks to influence more

 just and sustainable economic, social, environmental, human rights basednational and international policies.

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EU New Member States

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary,

Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, Cyprus

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Volunteering:

Volunteering is the practice of people working on behalf of others without beingmotivated by financial or material gain. Volunteering generally considered an

altruistic activity, intended to promote good or improve human quality of life.

People also volunteer to gain skills without requiring an employer's financial

investment.

Volunteering takes many forms and is performed by a wide range of people.

Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work in, such as

medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others volunteer on an as-needed

basis, such as in response to a natural disaster.

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Catalyst:

• Catalysis is the process in which the rate of a chemical reaction is either 

increased or decreased by means of a chemical substance known as a catalyst.

Unlike other reagents that participate in the chemical reaction, a catalyst is not

consumed by the reaction itself. The catalyst may participate in multiple

chemical transformations. Catalysts that speed the reaction are called positive

catalysts. Catalysts that slow down the reaction are called negative catalysts or inhibitors. Substances that increase the activity of catalysts are called promoters

and substances that deactivate catalysts are called catalytic poisons.

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Levels of organisation of NGOs 

1st level: Grassroots organisations /community-based organisations

2nd level: Legally registered organisations

3rd level: Umbrella organisations andthematic networks

4th level: Platforms

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Terminology

- Civil Society Organisation (CSO)

as one of citizens, for citizens

- Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)

is a legally constituted organization created by

physical or legal persons with no participation

or representation of any government

- Non-State Actor (NSA)Civil society in all its diversity, according to

national characteristics; Economic and social

partners, including trade union organisations

and; The private sector.

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Terminology (2)

- BINGO is business-oriented international NGO or biginternational NGO

- CSO is a civil society organization - DONGO is a Donor Organized NGO

- ENGO is an environmental NGO

- GONGO is a government-operated NGO 

- INGO stands for international NGO 

- QUANGO is a quasi-autonomous non-governmentalorganization - TANGO is a technical assistance NGO

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2) Added value of NGOs

independance

real representation and

participation

flexibility,

effectiveness

innovations

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The Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU

Kehys

• offers services to NGOs on EU development policy issues

• 37 member NGOs

Focuses on:

Advice and training on EU funding

Development Policy Advocacy

- engagement in the debate on EU development policy

- support for Finnish NGOs (information-sharing, training onadvocacy)

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• Kehys is the Finnish national platform within the

European NGO confederation for relief anddevelopment, CONCORD.

• CONCORD represents development NGOs on EUlevel

• tool for common NGO action

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ΜΚΟΕλληνική Επιτροπη Μη Κυβερνητικων ΟργανωσεωνΓια Την

Ανάπτυξηllenic Committee οf Non Governmental DevelopmentOrganisations NGO

Belgian Platform

The confederation

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Networking

NGO Network (20)National Platform (22)

The Finnish Platform

Civil Society Contact Group

Social, Environmental, Human

rights confederations, 

Trade union confederation …

Southern Civil Society

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CONCORD Survey 2005 (Figures 2003)

Key sectors of EU NGO intervention

Health, Education &

Social Services

18,8%

Relief &

Humanitarian Aid

13,2%

Development

Education & PublicAwareness

8,0%

Health, Education & Social Services

Relief & Humanitarian Aid

Development Education &Public Aw areness

Human Rights & Democracy

Gender & Children

Capacity Building of Southern NGOs

Food Security & Hunger 

Agriculture & Rural Development

Environment

Policy Influencing & Advocacy

Other 

Economic, Social & Cultural rights

Integrated Development Projects *

Migration

International Financial Matters **Peace & Conflict Prevention

Academic Studies & Research

EU policies

Infrastructure

Sectors of NGO Intervention acrossEuropeNo dominant sector – a confirmation of the wide scope

of expertise and experience

Latvia 45%: Health, Education & Social Services(ave. 17,4%)Denmark 20%: Human rights & Democracyave. 7%

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3) General remarks on NMS

• 12 different countries

• Volunteer work in sports, culture etc.

• NGO work limited and not coordinated

• Lot of changes

• After independences strong economical growth and now

huge gap

• No need to change the world

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NGO rolesThree major roles for NGOs:

1) Service providers (or implementing agencies)

Objective: improve the living conditions of populations

2) Partners in dialogue (or advocacy agents)

Objective: represent the views of NGOs

3) EducatorsObjective: Change people´s minds to understand global issues

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Challenges

• Global issues quite far away

• Personal exchange happend more often through

studies

• Development policy or cooperation very limited and

not ”hard business”

• Governments not interested in financing

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Some good experiences• GLEN - Global Education Network of Young Europeans - is a joint non-profit,

politically independent initiative of eleven organisations from old and new

member states of the European Union: Czech Republic, Estonia, France,

Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

GLEN qualifies multipliers in global education. Its uniqueness lies in the

combination of seminars/trainings with practice/experience and in the

combination of North-South exchange with inner-European exchange.

GLEN aims at contributing

to a better understanding of global interdependency,

• to fair and sustainable ways of living,

• to a responsible development policy and

• to North-South relations based upon equal partnership and mutual respect.

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More good experiences…• FEST –project

(Finland, Estonia, Sweden Together = development ngos joint

project)

 – Trainings

 – Study trips

 – Summer school

 – Networking

 – Mentoring

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More good experiences…

• Trialog: NMS and accession countries

• Regional partnership programme: Austria,Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia

• European Voluntary Service

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What we can do?

- Work in networks

 – CSO effectiveness

 – Actively recognise and promote volunteer activityin EU policies

- Acknowledge the role of volunteering to foster 

Active European Citizenship and to tailor EU

programmes – Information, interesting knowledge, media attention

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• Find more resources from governments different levels,

private sector 

• Acknowledge the powerful effect of volunteering on the

inclusion and empowerment of traditionally excluded social

groups such as immigrants or elderly people

• Acknowledge the role of volunteering in fostering the

development of skills and competences needed within aknowledge-based society and in contributing to employability

• Acknowledge the need for a better understanding of the

volunteering landscape in the EU and the need for European

comparative research in order to obtain data on

volunteering, its scope and characteristics at European level

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• Support certification schemes for volunteers aimed at

recognising the development of competencies throughvolunteering in the educational systems of the member 

states

• Stimulate national governments to formulate national

volunteering policies, to create the volunteering

infrastructure necessary for their implementation and toprovide a legal framework for volunteering

• Promote the exchange of ideas and knowledge about

volunteering among all EU member states in order to

promote a shared vision and a common strategy• Facilitate an exchange of information on good (and bad)

practices

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Thank you !

rilli.lappalainen@kehys.fi

www.kehys.fi