Civilization challenges for local governments and non-governmental organizations

Abstract

Local government and non-governmental organizations are two entities that share manyfeatures. The most important of them include: cooperation, development and mutualbenefit. Acting for the benefit of local communities throughout Poland is key to achievingsustainable civilization development. Therefore, cooperation between local governmentsand various non-governmental organizations, such as foundations and associations,is necessary. In all this, an important role is played primarily by civil society, i.e. onethat works actively for local communities, participating in various charitable campaigns,supporting those most in need, etc. When we talk about supporting individual entities,we should not forget about the Catholic Church in Poland. As a religious institution,the Catholic Church should be an advocate of undertaking various types of initiatives tohelp those most in need. The authority of the Catholic Church should be a guide for numerousnon-governmental organizations that work for local communities. The support provided by the Church to these institutions should not take an exclusively symbolicform, but also a real one, such as the activities of the "Caritas Polska" foundation.However, first of all, it is a big challenge in particular for the local governmentsthemselves, to ensure that their wise policy is guided by real support for foundationsand associations that play a very important role in our society.