Initiatives Of Non-governmental Organizations Research Articles

You are not alone…Polish Psychiatric Association supporting Ukraine

AbstractImmediately after Russia commenced aggression against Ukraine, the Polish Psychiatric Association publicly called for humanitarian support for Ukraine and initiated meetings with representatives of Psychiatric Societies operating in Ukraine in order to identify current needs in the war-stricken areas and coordinate aid.The PPA allocated its financial resources to humanitarian aid and, through the EPA, appealed for condemnation of military operations as well as support for Ukraine by individual NPAs.According to the UHNR data over 4 million displaced people, refugees, came to Poland so far and some of them benefited from such help.The Polish Psychiatric Association supports the initiatives of non-governmental organizations supporting refugees and monitors and responds to the needs reported by the Ukrainian side on an ongoing basis. At present, the PPA activities focus on the following priorities:1. Need-adapted-help: Provision of customized aid - not only medications but also power generators, technical equipment. And so, the PPA shipped to Ukraine some basic equipment, sleeping mats, bedding, mattresses, backpacks, cleaning products, personal hygiene products, as well as tools for renovation and construction.2. Awareness - highlighting the consequences of Russia’s aggression on people with mental disorders in Ukraine and its impact on the entire population (PTSD, grief ). Inviting and lobbying for dissemination of personal reports of Ukrainian health care workers and patients at international conventions, forums, events3. Empowerment of personnel - strengthening competences required in provision of assistance in war-related disorders, training, projects of activities both across Poland and Ukraine4. Supporting and responding to the needs reported by local psychiatric assistance centers facilitating and strengthening the competence of personnel in helping refugeesDisclosure of InterestNone Declared

Period Poverty in Lebanon: A Call for Action

As the country of Lebanon sinks deeper into economic turmoil and healthcare devastation, period poverty has been recorded to reach its all-time high, whereby it was estimated that 66% of adolescent Lebanese girls cannot afford menstrual products to manage their menstrual cycle. The following descriptive paper aims to discuss the overall situation of period poverty in Lebanon, particularly during the economic crisis that hit the country and that coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will then highlight nongovernmental organization initiatives and community-based partnerships that have been carried out with the goal of alleviating the significant physical, mental, and socioeconomic impact of period poverty on Lebanese girls and women. Finally, this paper will provide socioeconomic and policy recommendations to accomplish and sustain positive menstruation outcomes in Lebanon. This paper is necessary as it highlights the humanitarian impact of such an important women’s rights issue in Lebanon. It helps fill a gap in the literature because limited data are available on the status of period poverty in the country to raise awareness and take action.

PEOPLE'S DIPLOMACY IN CENTRAL ASIA: 5 IMPORTANT WAYS OF INTEGRATION

People's diplomacy is based on the initiatives of non-governmental organizations, which act as an element of self-government in civil society, aimed at assisting official diplomatic services, and its purpose is to participate in the peaceful resolution of internal and external problems in the country. This article reveals 5 important ways of people's diplomacy in Central Asia.

Farmer Institutional Dynamics in Vegetable Agribusiness Development Efforts in Kelurahan Talang Keramat, Banyuasin District

Farmers' institutions, whether fostered by the government or those that have emerged from the initiatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), have an important position in developing vegetable agribusiness. This research aimed to compering the institutional dynamics of government-assisted farmers and non-government organizations and to formulate a collective learning institutional framework. The survey method was carried out by taking disproportional stratified random sampling, the data were analyzed using scoring, chi-square crosstabs and SWOT analysis. The results of this study indicate that the institutional dynamics of farmers are on average in moderate criteria with differences in dynamic indicators. Government-assisted groups prioritize achieving agribusiness goals, while NGO-assisted groups develop an egalitarian structure. Factors that significantly influence the institutional dynamics of farmers are farmer age, education, status in the organization, and access to credit. The joint learning framework from the technological aspect is aimed at discovering, sharing and using vegetable agribusiness development technology. Meanwhile, from the institutional aspect, it is aimed at strengthening organizations and networks.

ПРО ІНСТИТУЦІОНАЛЬНЕ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНИХ ІННОВАЦІЙ В УМОВАХ СТАЛОГО РОЗВИТКУ

The article considers the main forms of social security and social guarantees at the national level, in accordance with the current legislative and regulatory support, state target programs and existing infrastructure. The aim of the article is to represent modern directions of institutional support of social innovations for balanced development of social and economic systems. It has been determined that one of the main directions that contribute to the processes of generation, production and dissemination of social innovations is the institutional support of innovation. Accordingly, the basic bases of state support for these processes are ensuring the institutional development of innovation infrastructure and the interaction of civil society with state and regional authorities and local governments. The coordination of the activity of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine by areas of activity, the most significant world tendencies of support of social innovations and institutional support of social innovations by leading educational institutions through the implementation of educational programs have been analyzed. It has been established that a necessary prerequisite for intensifying social development and implementation of social innovations is institutional support at the national level, which will coordinate the implementation of social initiatives, which can be further produced as social innovations. Therefore, the imperatives for the development of the social component are social innovations, which are characterized by non-standard, but effective solutions to social problems, the priority of which is the social (qualitative) rather than economic (financial) effect. The diversity of social activities of the Ministry of Social Policy and the diversity of ways of its interaction with civil society, but program-targeted conceptual areas, measures and programs to promote social innovation at the national, regional and local levels are currently absent, but the main interest in a wide range manifestations of social innovations and opportunities to raise funds for their financing belong to the initiatives of non-governmental organizations and social entrepreneurship. Accordingly, the main institutional structure that can provide support for the generation, production and dissemination of social innovations is the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, respectively, at the regional level, such structures may be local state administrations. Key words: innovative activity, innovations, social innovations, sustainable development, institutional support, social and economic system.

Examining the role of external factors in influencing green behaviour among young Indian consumers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the influence of peers, and the Government and non-governmental organization (NGO) initiatives on an individual’s attitudinal drivers such as environmental knowledge and environmental concern, which are the reasons for their green purchasing intentions. This concept was applied among the Indian young consumers. Design/methodology/approach For the research, a structured online questionnaire was used to obtain responses from 342 Indians from various cities. The participants were 20-25 years of age. SPSS software package was used to refine the data while SmartPLS was used to test the validity of the hypotheses. Findings The findings revealed that the Government and NGO initiatives along with peer influence do have a significant effect on a consumer’s environmental knowledge and environmental concerns. Further, this study found a significant positive effect of environmental knowledge and environmental concern on perceived value. In turn, the perceived value had a direct positive impact on green attitude leading to green purchase intention. Practical implications This paper provides critical insights for marketers, as well as for governmental agencies and NGOs promoting the conservation of the environment through environmental-friendly practices. These parties aim to generate greater awareness among consumers and impart knowledge about the benefits of green practices. Originality/value The studies measuring the impact of external factors on green consumption are scarce. Even the few studies available have measured the direct impact of external factors on green purchase intention. Governmental and NGO initiatives along with peer influence are the stimuli impacting operational factors such as environmental knowledge, environmental concern, perceived value, and green attitude, which, in turn, lead to the response of green purchase intention. This study provides new insights to this relationship by using a stimulus – organism – response framework.

Interview with Muhammad Affan Othman on Small Changes

Interview with Muhammad Affan Othman on Small Changes

P.S. for post-Soviet: A glimpse to a life of persons with intellectual disabilities.

This article focuses on the situation of persons with intellectual disabilities in the developing post-Soviet countries and aims to review the extent to which services offered to them promote values of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and empower these persons to lead fulfilling lives. Interviews with experts revealed that post-Soviet countries form a peculiar cluster among other developing countries, which has specific attributes. First of all, there prevails a strong stigmatization, which consequently leads to the predominant silent mandate to isolate those with intellectual disabilities in big residential care institutions. Second, the governments' lack political will to start the reforms and initiatives of nongovernmental organizations which they do not sustain (or, assumingly, are even suppressed). As a result, persons with intellectual disabilities find themselves stuck between the Soviet tradition of exclusion and simulated superficial reforms.

A quick indicator of effectiveness of “capacity building” initiatives of NGOs and international organizations

The article offers an easy-to-use indicator for scholars and practitioners to measure whether NGOs, international organizations, and government policies and projects meet the criteria for design and implementation of “capacity building” projects that have been established by various international organizations and that are recognized by experts in the field. The indicator can be used directly to address failures that are routinely reported in this key and growing development intervention. Use of this indicator on more than a dozen standard interventions funded today by international development banks, UN organizations, country donors, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) reveals that while many smaller organizations are working to change institutions and society in ways that effectively build long-term capacity, most of the major actors in the field of development have failed to follow their own guidelines. Many appear to be using “capacity building” as a cover for lobbying foreign governments to promote international agendas (“purchasing foreign officials”) and/or to increase the power of particular officials at the expense of democracy, with the public lacking simple accountability tools. The indicator points to specific areas for holding development actors accountable in order to promote development goals of sustainability and good governance. The breadth of the field of “capacity building” also allows this indicator to be used, with some modifications, for a large variety of development interventions. This article also offers several examples of where current capacity building projects fail, along with a sample test of the indicator using UNCDF as a case study.

Corporate-NGO: Need of Hour for Premeditated Improvement of Indian Tribes

The paper highlights the tribal situation and their problematic areas in the country. It further investigates and evaluates the various initiatives taken by corporate and NGO for the empowerment of poor tribe. Finally, in the light of initiatives of corporate and NGO, limitations in development of tribal has been identified and is recommended to integrate the philosophy, politics, and economics of corporate and NGO at practical level for the benefit of poor tribal by unfolding the successful examples of partnership. Partnership between corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are the best way for the promotion of sustainable development of the Indian tribe. The partnership is aimed at the mutual benefits of all i.e., corporate for CSR, NGOs for their mission and tribes for sustainable development

Hong Kong-Mainland Innovations in Environmental Protection since 1980

Cross-boundary collaboration in environmental protection between Hong Kong and mainland China from the mid-1980s to the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, and during the post-reunification years, is examined. Emphasis is put on the respective roles of governments, the private sector, and non-governmental organization initiatives focused on air quality management, a key to public health.

NGOs Address Structural Racism: After the Storm in New Orleans

The long history of institutional and historical racism found an explosive expression in the events around Katrina in New Orleans. Racial inequalities were evident in the actual destruction caused by the hurricane and even more significantly in the government response to the disaster. The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) sector provided alternative approaches to recovery and reconstruction, but such alternatives were inadequate to counter the formidable forces of capitalism arrayed against them. NGOs provided substantial direct service to the most distressed residents of the city and, in some cases, provided important advocacy roles in addressing the inequities caused by government action and/or inaction. The specific initiatives of six NGOs are reviewed here, including the work of the New Orleans Habitat for Humanity, the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, the Common Ground Collective, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, the Peoples Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition, and the People's Organizing Committee. NGO initiatives were not structurally capable of generating a broad militant anti-racist mass movement of New Orleans’ working class for social change. Five years after the storm the working class of New Orleans faces deepened racial and economic distress. A return to the strategy of bold anti-racist mass movements confronting capital and the state would seem to be in order for the coming period of time.

Algumas Questões Jurídico-Políticas do Direito de Acesso aos Medicamentos

O acesso aos medicamentos tem sido negado por muitas circunstâncias, incluindo o monopólio das multinacionais farmacêuticas nos países da América do Sul e África. O discurso de mão única da medicina erudita e o poder da titularidade das patentes são outros propósitos para fechar o acesso aos medicamentos.

New states, new NGOs? crises and transitions among rural development NGOs in the Andean region

This paper discusses the challenges faced by rural development nongovernmental organization (NGOs) in the Andes and Chile within current contexts of public sector reform and economic liberalization. These changes, and the recognition that previous NGO initiatives have had limited impacts on rural poverty, have helped trigger crises of institutional identity, legitimacy and sustainability among NGOs. Among some NGOs, these crises have begun to elicit institutional responses that address the underlying weaknesses of the NGO sector, and identify more appropriate future roles and identities for NGOs. The paper discusses several such responses, and argues that these changes begin to remove long-standing distortions in the relationships between NGOs and their societies and economies, and thus offer the possibility of longer term institutional sustainability.