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• ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work (Italian, 2012)
  Questo Manuale, elaborato dal Centro Studi della Società Civile in collaborazione con l'OIL e un gruppo di tecnici esperti internazionali, rappresenta il primo approccio a livello internazionale sanzionato per la raccolta di dati ufficiali sulla quantità, il carattere e valore del volontariato . Questo approccio genera dati cross-nazionale comparabili, compreso il numero di volontari, e ha il vantaggio di essere economicamente efficace, efficiente, affidabile e realizzabile in una vasta gamma di paesi. Questo download contiene il Manuale completo, compreso il modulo per sondaggi e tutti gli allegati.

• ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work (Montenegrin, 2012)
  This Manual, drafted by the Center for Civil Society Studies in cooperation with the ILO and an international Technical Experts Group, represents the first internationally sanctioned approach for gathering official data on the amount, character, and value of volunteering. This approach will generate cross-nationally comparable data, including the number of volunteers, and has the advantage of being cost-effective, efficient, reliable, and feasible in a wide variety of countries. This download contains the full Manual, including the survey module and all annexes.

• In Search of the Nonprofit Sector I: The Question of Definitions (1992)
  Comparative Nonprofit Sector Working Paper #2 | Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier. Identifies the voluntary/nonprofit sector as the Third Sector, and suggests a conceptual approach for defining the nonprofit sector. Derives a definition for the sector and then applies it to various countries to assess its appropriateness.

• In Search of the Nonprofit Sector II: The Problem of Classification (1992)
  Comparative Nonprofit Sector Working Paper #3 | Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier. Redefines the nonprofit sector by giving it a structural/operational definition that breaks up organizations in the nonprofit sector into five structural/operational features. Explains the need for such a classification system and explains why existing systems are lacking in their definition of the sector. Also provides an alternative to the Proposed International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations and tests a cross-national application of the alternative.

• India: Defining the Nonprofit Sector (1993)
  Comparative Nonprofit Sector Working Paper #12 | Siddhartha Sen. Attributes the complexities of Indian society in religion, ethnicity, cultural diversity and politics as causes for the lack of an underlying trend in the Indian nonprofit sector. Divides the development of voluntarism into three periods of Indian history and links them with ancient religious scriptures. Explains the role of the British in the development of this sector during their colonization of India and the emphasis on philanthropic works by three major religious movements, Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh. Chronicles the development of the nonprofit sector following independence in 1947 and underlines differences between the conceptual and legal status of nonprofits in India.

• India: Defining the Sector in India - Voluntary, Civil or Nonprofit (PRIA, 2000)
  PRIA Working Paper #1. The first of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper focuses on the definition and classification of nonprofit organizations as part of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in India.

• India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in Delhi (PRIA, 2004)
  PRIA Working Paper #13. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of a survey on philanthropic giving and volunteering by the general populace undertaken as a complement to the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in the state of Delhi, India.

• India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in Maharashtra (PRIA, 2003)
  PRIA Working Paper #11. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of a survey on philanthropic giving and volunteering by the general populace undertaken as a complement to the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in the state of Maharashtra, India.

• India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in Meghayala (PRIA, 2003)
  PRIA Working Paper #8. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of Meghayala, India.

• India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in Meghayala (PRIA, 2003)
  PRIA Working Paper #9. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of a survey on philanthropic giving and volunteering by the general populace undertaken as a complement to the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in the state of Meghayala, India.

• India: Dimensions of Giving and Volunteering in West Bengal (PRIA, 2003)
  PRIA Working Paper #7. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of a survey on philanthropic giving and volunteering by the general populace undertaken as a complement to the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in the state of West Bengal, India.

• India: Exploring the Nonprofit Sector in India - Some Glimpses from Delhi (PRIA, 2004)
  PRIA Working Paper #12. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the preliminary findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of Delhi, India.

• India: Exploring the Nonprofit Sector in India - Some Glimpses from Maharashtra (PRIA, 2003)
  PRIA Working Paper #10. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the preliminary findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of Maharashtra, India.

• India: Exploring the Nonprofit Sector in India - Some Glimpses from Tamil Nadu (PRIA, 2002)
  PRIA Working Paper #4. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

• India: Exploring the Nonprofit Sector in India - Some Glimpses from West Bengal (PRIA, 2002)
  PRIA Working Paper #6. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in the state of West Bengal, India.

• India: Invisible Yet Widespread - The Nonprofit Sector in India (PRIA, 2002)
  One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, this paper presents the preliminary findings of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project in India.

• India: Legal Framework for Nonprofit Institutions in India (PRIA, 2001)
  PRIA Working Paper #2. One of a series of working papers produced by the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, as part of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, this paper examines the contemporary legal framework in which the nonprofit sector is active in India.

• India: Nonprofit Institutions Satellite Account, 2008-2010 (2012)
  The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Information (MOSPI) produced this nonprofit institutions satellite account for India, reporting on the Central Statistics Office comprehensive, nation-wide study on societies registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860/Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 and its State variants.The survey was conducted between 2008-2010 and identified 31,74,420 such societies. The satellite account report can also be found at the MOSPI website here.

• India: Workforce, expenditures, and revenue data (2000)
  Adapted from Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Associates, Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector, Volume Two (Bloomfied, CT: Kumarian Press, 2004). Data circa 2000.

• Institutionalizing the Measurement of Volunteering: Insights from the European Volunteer Measurement Project (English, 2012)
  Daniela Bosioc, Ksenija Fonović, and Lester M. Salamon. Presented at the 2012 International Society for Third Sector Research and included in the ISTR Conference Paper Series, this paper discusses the implementation of the ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work in Europe. To do so, it provides an overview of the development and methodology of the Manual's approach to measuring the volunteer work, and describes the European Volunteer Measurement Project's (EVMP) efforts to promote the adoption of the Manual in Europe, and identifies the next steps needed to realize the potential impact of this measurement. This paper is also available in Italian.

• Institutionalizing the Measurement of Volunteering: Insights from the European Volunteer Measurement Project (Italian, 2012)
  Daniela Bosioc, Ksenija Fonović, and Lester M. Salamon. Presented at the 2012 International Society for Third Sector Research, this paper discusses the implementation of the ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work in Europe. To do so, it provides an overview of the development and methodology of the Manual's approach to measuring the volunteer work, and describes the European Volunteer Measurement Project's (EVMP) efforts to promote the adoption of the Manual in Europe, and identifies the next steps needed to realize the potential impact of this measurement.. This paper is also available in English.

• Ireland: Chapter 6 in Global Civil Society, Volume 1 (English, 1999)
  Chapter 6 of Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector, Volume 1. Resulting from the second stage of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, this chapter analyses the scope, size, composition, and financing of the civil society sector in Ireland. Data is circa 1995.

• Ireland: Chapter 6 in Global Civil Society, Volume 1 (Español, 1999)
  Capítulo 6 de la La Sociedad Civil Global: Las dimensiones del sector no lucrativo, Volumen 1. Como resultado de la segunda etapa de la Johns Hopkins Proyecto Comparativo del Sector sin Fines de Lucro, en este capítulo se analiza el alcance, tamaño, composición, y la financiación del sector de la sociedad civil en Irlanda. Los datos son alrededor de 1995.

• Ireland: Defining the Nonprofit Sector (1998)
  Comparative Nonprofit Sector Working Paper #28 | Freda Donoghue. Provides an overview of the Irish nonprofit sector, better known domestically as the voluntary sector. The author suggests that, although government support for voluntary activity in the education and health fields has been strong, a coherent policy toward growing self-help and community efforts is needed.

• Ireland: Uncovering the Nonprofit Sector - Its Economic Value and Significance (1999)
  Summarizes the findings of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project work in Ireland. The findings sow that, including volunteering, the total income of the Irish nonprofit sector in 1995 was £3.7bn, or 9.45% of GDP and 10.66& of GNP and employed 15% of the country's FTE workers. Data is circa 1995.

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