Democratizing the Welfare State. Revisiting the Third Sector and State in Democratic and Welfare Theory:
Victor Pestoff is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Mid-Sweden in Ostersund. We have published a chapter from a new book that Pestoff is writing on this CIES website. The main thesis is the need to foster non-profit organisations as school of democracies as a mechanism to guarantee the consolidation of political democracies in the world.

• Author: Victor Pestoff
  Year of publication: in process
  Country: Sweden

The Corporate Strategy of Philanthropy. Corporate Donations in Hungary:
First academic balance on the evolution of donation activities and philanthropic activities by companies that operate in Hungary, a country that used to be part of the old Communist Europe and which, since 1 May 2004, is integrated in the European Union.

• Editor: Eva Kuti
  Year of publication: 2005
  Country: Hungary
  

The Barcelona declaration on the diasporas of Europe:
Conference: Europe's Diasporas and European Citizenship Barcelona, January 27-29, 2005.
European citizens working for the better understanding of diasporas' place and contribution in European society : academics, civil society leaders, members of diasporas, officials, parliamentarians....

Intermon-Oxfam. Report-Summary of Activities. 2003-2004:
Balance of the activities carried out by Intermon-Oxfam. An NGOD, which in the year 2003-2004 reached the figure of 210,276 members and collaborators who supported the work of 1,320 volunteers, 389 employees, 409 local organisations and 73 fair trade organisations.

• Responsible organisation: Interpón - Oxfam
  Year of publication: 2004
  Country: Spain

Finland's First Social Enterprises:
Social enterprises begin to assume importance and their institutional recognition is always well-received. In Finland, one of the important objectives of social enterprises is to hire difficult-to-employ people.

• Responsible Organisation: Ministry of Work. Government of Finland
  Year: 2004
  Country: Finland

The Global Civil Society. The Dimensions of the Non-profit Sector. Comparative Study Project of the John Hopkins University:
Results of the second phase of a macro-project led by Prof. Lester Salamon from the John Hopkins University during the nineties. The objective of the project was to have access to the state of the situation of cooperatives, mutual associations and foundations in each of the participating countries.

• Responsible organisation for the Spanish case: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation
  Year of publication: 2001
  Countries: several