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• [News Release] Putting Volunteer Work on the Economic Map of the World: Johns Hopkins, International Labour Organization, and United Nations Join Forces (2007)
  News release | 30 April 2007. Announces the agreement between the Center, the International Labour Organization, and the UN Volunteers to develop a manual on measuring volunteer work within the context of national statistics.

• [News Release] The Impact of Rotary Volunteering—47 Million Hours a Year and Counting
  This ground-breaking new report, undertaken by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies with support from Rotary International is the first systematic, empirical analysis of the extent of volunteer activity generated by a major global service organization using the definition of volunteer work and survey methodology outlined in the International Labour Organization’s Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work.

• [News Release] The State of Global Civil Society & Volunteering – Latest Findings from the Implementation of the UN Nonprofit Handbook (2013)
  News release | 11 March 2013. Announces the release of The State of Global Civil Society & Volunteering – Latest Findings from the Implementation of the UN Nonprofit Handbook.

• [Presentation] 10 Great Myths of Global Civil Society (JCA, 10.2013)
  Lester M. Salamon. Presented on 21 October 2013 to a roundtable discussion at the Japan Commerce Association of Washington DC, this presentation explodes several prevailing myths about the U.S. and international nonprofit sector and provides a comprehensive overview of the scope, structure, and character of the sector around the world.

• [Presentation] 10 Great Myths of Global Civil Society (SII, 10.2014)
  Lester M. Salamon. Presented in Glasgow on 13 October 2014 during the Scottish Universities Insight Institute's "In The Age Of Big Data: Examining the Relevance, Emerging Opportunities, and Challenges of Using Data For Scotland’s Third Sector Organisations," this presentation explodes several prevailing myths about the international nonprofit sector and provides a comprehensive overview of the scope, structure, and character of the sector around the world.

• [Presentation] Foundation Realities and Possibilities: An Overview (Beijing, 1.2017)
  Lester M. Salamon. Presented at the China Donor Roundtable Annual Meeting on January 12, 2017 in Beijing, China, this presentation focuses on how foundations in China can think beyond grants to leverage their resources more effectively; the importance of seeing nonprofit organizations as crucial partners in carrying out key philanthropic and social objectives; and the resulting stake these philanthropic organizations have in strengthening and supporting such nonprofit organizations.

• [Presentation] Opening or Closing the Space for Civil Society in China? (2.11.2016)
  Dr. Zhang Yuanfeng. Presented on 11 February 2016 by Johns Hopkins International Fellow in Philanthropy (2013), Dr. Zhang Yuanfeng, this seminar discussed recent changes in the regulation of nonprofits in China that have, on the one hand, opened the space for service-providing nonprofits, and on the other hand, limited the activities of nonprofit advocacy organizations, foreign nonprofits, and organizations with foreign funding. This presentation explored these conflicting strands of official policy toward nonprofit organizations in China and how they are affecting the development of the Chinese nonprofit sector.

• [Presentation] Philanthropication thru Privatization (AGN, 2015)
  Lester M. Salamon. Presented on 2 July 2015 to the African Grantmakers Association Assembly in Arusha, Tanzania, this presentation provides a concise overview of the Philanthropication thru Privatization (PtP) Project, including definitions, basic report findings, prospects, and next steps to bring this phenomenon to Africa.

• [Presentation] Philanthropication thru Privatization (WINGS, 3.2014)
  Lester M. Salamon. Presented on 28 March 2014 to the WINGS Forum Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, this presentation provides a concise overview of the Philanthropication thru Privatization (PtP) Project, including definitions, basic report findings, prospects, and more.

• [Presentation] Philanthropication thru Privatization: Building Permanent Assets for Social Progress (Beijing, 1.2017)
  Lester M. Salamon. Presented on January 12, 2017 at the China Global Philanthropy Institute this presentation provides an overview of the Philanthropication thru Privatization (PtP) Project, including definitions, basic report findings, prospects, and next steps to bring this phenomenon to China—the world's leading privatizer. Video of the full presentation can be viewed here: Part 1 | Part 2.

• [Presentation] Putting NPIs and the Third Sector on the Economic Map of the World (UNSD, 3.2016)
  Lester M. Salamon. Presented on 8 March 2016 during “Measuring the Contribution of Non-profit Institutions, the Social Economy, and Volunteering to the Economy and Well-being,” a side event to the 47th session of the United Nations Statistical Division in New York, this presentation explored the statistical revolution taking place in the measurement of NPIs and the third sector around the world, and highlights key additions to the upcoming revised edition of the UN Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions in the System of National Accounts.

• [Presentation] Putting the Third Sector/Social Economy on the Economic Map of Europe: The Statistical Revolution (Warsaw, 10.2016)
  Lester M. Salamon. Presented on 27 October 2016 at the Central Statistical Office of Poland during the "Seminar on the Development of Third/Social Economy Statistics," this presentation provides an overview of the on-going revolution in Third Sector statistics growing out of the Third Sector Impact (TSI) Project.

• [Presentation] Realizing the SDGs: Matching ambitions with commensurate means of implementation – resources, technology and capacities (HLPF, 7.2015)
  Megan Haddock. Statement and slides presented 8 July 2015 at the High-Level Political Forum meeting, “Strengthening integration, implementation and review- the HLPF after 2015” roundtable discussion on “Realizing the SDGs: Matching ambitions with commensurate means of implementation – resources, technology and capacities.”

• [Presentation] The Third/Social Economy (TSE) Sector: Conceptualization and Operationalization (Warsaw, 10.2016)
  Lester M. Salamon. Presented on 27 October 2016 at the Central Statistical Office of Poland during the seminar "Seminar on the Development of Third/Social Economy Statistics," this presentation provides an overview of the conceptualization and operationalization of the Third Sector/Social Economy arising from the Third Sector Impact (TSI) Project.

• [Presentation] TSE Satellite Account: Identifying In-scope Units (Warsaw, 10.2016)
  S. Wojciech Sokolowski. Presented on 27 October 2016 at the Central Statistical Office of Poland during the "Seminar on the Development of Third/Social Economy Statistics," this presentation addresses the identification of institutional units of the Third/Social Economy (TSE) Sector. The underlying work grew out of the Third Sector Impact (TSI) Project.

• [Presentation] TSE Satellite Account: Key Data Elements (Warsaw, 10.2016)
  S. Wojciech Sokolowski. Presented on 28 October 2016 at the Central Statistical Office of Poland during the "Seminar on the Development of Third/Social Economy Statistics," this presentation addresses the data elements available on the Third/Social Economy (TSE) Sector. The underlying work grew out of the Third Sector Impact (TSI) Project.

• [Presentation] TSE Satellite Account: Measuring Volunteer Work (Warsaw, 10.2016)
  S. Wojciech Sokolowski. Presented on 28 October 2016 at the Central Statistical Office of Poland during the "Seminar on the Development of Third/Social Economy Statistics," this presentation addresses the data elements available on volunteers in the Third/Social Economy (TSE) Sector. The underlying work grew out of the Third Sector Impact (TSI) Project.

• [Presentation] TSE Satellite Account: Using Output and Outcome Measures to Assess TSE Impact (Warsaw, 10.2016)
  S. Wojciech Sokolowski. Presented on 28 October 2016 at the Central Statistical Office of Poland during the "Seminar on the Development of Third/Social Economy Statistics," this presentation addresses the use of output and outcome measures to assess the impact of the Third/Social Economy (TSE) Sector.

• [Presentation] Welfare State or Welfare Society? The Reality of Denmark’s Social Welfare System (12.9.2015)
  Erik Petrovski. Presented on 9 December 2015 by Johns Hopkins International Fellow in Philanthropy (2015), Erik Petrovski, this seminar examined how Denmark's universal welfare state has made use of nonprofit and third sector institutions to satisfy the need for diversified social services. In addition, it explored the ways that third sector cooperatives have been used by government to revitalize challenged city neighborhoods.

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