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Now Available: Portuguese translation of “Philanthropication thru Privatization” from IDIS

September 30, 2016September 30, 2016Chelsea Newhouse

We are very happy to announce the publication of a Portuguese translation of Philanthropication thru Privatization: Building Permanent Endowments for the Common Good, Filantropização via Privatização: Garantindo Receitas Permanentes para o Bem Comum. This translation was undertaken and published by Brazil’s IDIS–Instituto para o Desenvolvimento do Investimento Social with the guidance of Marcos Kisil, IDIS founder and a consultant for the PtP Project. In addition to the full text of the English version of the report, this new translation includes a forward by Mr. Kisil that sheds light on the history of privatization transactions in Brazil and the relevance of the PtP model for in that country going forward. Below, is an English translation of Mr. Kisil’s insightful forward. ______________________________ Foreword to Filantropização via Privatização: Garantindo Receitas Permanentes para o Bem Comum: The publication of the book Filantropização via Privatização, an IDIS initiative, is the result of the project directed by Professor Lester Salamon who explored the potential to create or strengthen the endowments of civil society organizations through the processes of privatization. Endowments resulting from privatizations conducted by governments demonstrate that the assets do not belong only to the State, but also to...

NEWS RELEASE | The State of Global Civil Society & Volunteering – Latest findings from the implementation of the UN Nonprofit Handbook

March 11, 2013April 22, 2015Chelsea Newhouse

Today, we are happy to announce the release of our new report, “The State of Global Civil Society and Volunteering – Latest findings from the implementation of the UN Nonprofit Handbook,” which compares data from the 16 countries that have produced nonprofit satellite accounts. Please see the news release below. You can also see an infographic here, and you can download the full, 16-page report here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NONPROFITS A MAJOR SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT GROWTH GLOBALLY SAYS NEW JOHNS HOPKINS REPORT A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies reveals that nonprofit organizations are major employers and major sources of employment growth in countries throughout the world. The report draws on new data generated by statistical offices in sixteen countries that have implemented a new United Nations Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions. This Handbook calls on national statistical offices to report on the economic scale and composition of nonprofit organizations in their countries for the first time. Key findings to date from implementation of this Handbook, as summarized in this report, include these: A major employer In 6 of the 16 countries for which data are available, nonprofits employ 10...

New international comparative data from the implementation of the UN Nonprofit Handbook

March 8, 2013January 8, 2015Chelsea Newhouse

On Monday, March 11, we will be releasing our newest data comparing the nonprofit sectors in 16 countries. This data is the result of the implementation of the United Nations Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions in the System of National Accounts. This data sheds new light on the true scope and scale of the nonprofit sector in these countries. Below is a small taste of the data featured in the report “The State of Global Civil Society and Volunteering: Latest Findings from the implementation of the U.N. Nonprofit Handbook.” click to download....

Brazil becomes first country to adopt ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work

March 31, 2011May 14, 2015Megan Haddock

Brazil today became the first country to adopt the International Labour Organization (ILO) Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work since its official release on March 23, 2011. This comes on the heels of a successful pilot test of the survey module embodied in this Manual by IBGE statisticians. The formal announcement of Brazil’s intention to implement this Manual was made by Eduardo Nunes, President of Brazil’s Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), during a meeting with Center for Civil Society Studies Director Dr. Lester M. Salamon. The IBGE-Johns Hopkins meeting came at the culmination of a five-year cooperative project between the Center, the United Nations Volunteer Programme, and IBGE aimed at putting the civil society sector and volunteering on the economic map of Brazil. It was preceded by a seminar in São Paulo during which Dr. Salamon presented the results of a pilot “satellite account” on Brazil’s nonprofit institutions that was a major output of this project. This report was produced in cooperation with Ms. Neide Beres, who served as a United Nations Volunteer at IBGE as part of this joint Johns Hopkins-UN Volunteers-IBGE Project. It revealed, among other things, that the value added to the...