NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS

CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORSAssoc.Prof.Dr.

ERTAN KAHRAMANOGLUBASKENT UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

CIVIL SOCIETY

CIVIL SOCIETY REFERS TO THE ARENA

OF UNCOERCED COLLECTIVE ACTION AROUND SHARED INTERESTS, PURPOSES

AND VALUES.

CIVIL SOCIETIES ARE OFTEN POPULATED BY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ( NPOs )

NPOs ARE LEGALY CONSTITUTED ORGANIZATIONS.

THEIR OBJECTIVES ARE TO SUPPORT OR ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES

OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INTERESTS WITHOUT ANY COMMERCIAL OR

MONETARY PROFIT.

NPOs

MOST COUNTRIES HAVE

LAWS WHICH REGULATE THE ESTABLISHMENT

AND

MANAGEMENT

OF NPOs.

NPOs

NPOs MAY BE ORGANİZED AS A,NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION,

COOPERATIVE, TRADE UNION FOUNDATION, ASSOCIATION.

NPOs

All voluntary organizations, charıtable organizations and non-governmental

organizations (NGOs) can be counted as non-profit organizations (NPOs).

These are all cıvıl socıety organizations.

NPOs

NPOs ARE INDEPENDENT ENTITIES.

THEY RULE AND REPRESENT THEMSELVES.THEY HAVE

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGIMES.

NPOs

NPOs HAS GOT BOARD MEMBERS,

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND THEIR OWN MEMBERS.

NPOs

NPOs ARE OPERATED BY

EITHER VOLUNTEERS,

PAID STAFF OR

A COMBINATION OF BOTH.

INCOMES OF NPOs

MAIN INCOMES OF NPOs ARE:

Governmental payments,

Donations,

Business earnings,

Their own “real estate” incomes.

NPOs

Community structures are generally organised around three power:

The governments,Business,

Non-profit sectors

NPOs

All these three sectors must bepresent, powerful

and working together for the sake of society.

ROLE OF NPOs

NPOs

PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

ROLE OF NPOs

NPOs

PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN

SHAPING AND IMPLEMENTING PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY

AND ACTIVATING

A COMMON SENSE OF PURPOSE

WITHIN ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY.

ROLE OF NPOs

NPOs

PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE

IN EXPRESSING

COMMUNITY

INTERESTS.

ROLE OF NPOs

NPOs

PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE

IN CIVIL SOCIETY BY

BUILDING AND MAINTAINING IMPORTANT

SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.

ROLE OF NPOs

NPOs provide a means by which people can interact and

work toward common goals.

Such experiences build ties between people and enhance social capital.

ROLE OF NPOs

NPOs offer a means for creating communıty

infrastructure.NPOs often work jointly on common concerns,

sharing ideas, responsibilities and resources.

ROLE OF NPOs

NPOs collobarate with government agencies

and businesses to further

community interests.

ROLE OF NPOs

The social networks formed through

these interactions contribute to

a community’s overall quality of life and

help strengthen it.

NPOs IN TURKEY

FOUNDATIONSASSOCIATIONSTRADE UNIONS

BAR ASSOCIATIONCOOPERATIVES

Etc:

ASSOCIATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS IN TURKEY

Type Total Number

Associations 138.823 Foundations 4.055

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