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NGOs and humanitarian aid
RADOSTOVÁ, Kateřina
This bachelor thesis aims to describe the activities of non-governmental organisations and the provision of humanitarian aid and subsequently to find out what knowledge the citizens of the South Bohemian Region possess within these topics. The theoretical section contains individual information that defines specifically the content of non-governmental organisations, as well as humanitarian aid. The bachelor thesis selects and defines organizations that operate on the territory of the South Bohemian Region, including basic information on the provision of assistance to affected residents. An integrated rescue system is also mentioned in this work, which corresponds with the theme of this bachelor thesis through its activities. The research part is conducted by guided interviews and questionnaire surveys dealing with two research issues. To achieve the first goal and answer the research question "What humanitarian aid do non-governmental organisations provide?" managed interview questions have been set up that target specific non-governmental organisations. The questionnaire focused on the second question of the research section "What is the knowledge of the population of the South Bohemia Region about the provision of humanitarian aid?" In controlled interviews, I was given information such as ways of presenting the public, the most frequent target group or how many voluntary donors the organization has. Their most frequent activities include financial and manual assistance. Responses obtained in the research section showed that residents in the South Bohemia Region have at least a basic overview of the provision of humanitarian aid and non-governmental organisations. Respondents knew who could become a member of a non-governmental organisation and what are the examples of humanitarian aid.
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Integration of families of people with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) into daily life
VANÍČKOVÁ, Kristýna
The bachelor's thesis deals with the issues connected to the life of children with ASD and their families. The main goal of this work is to describe the issues accompanying the family life and to find out how families of these children participate in everyday life, what services they use and in what way these services help them. The practical part is carried out through the form of a qualitative research strategy, the method of questioning and the technique of semi-structured interviews. The research group consists of 8 families of children with ASD, aged from 6 to 18, living in the South Bohemian Region. The snowball sampling method was chosen to select the research set. Interviews are conducted with the mothers of the children. The research results were evaluated by the open coding method. The method created 13 categories with individual codes. Each category contains at least 3 codes and at most 7 codes. The results of the research showed that the participation of the families takes place through non-governmental organizations providing social services. All the families that were interviewed have experience with this form of help and evaluate it very positively. Most often, the families work with the organization Autis Centrum, o. p. s., whose headquarters is located in České Budějovice. The most used services are social activation services for families with children and a relief service. Through these services families gain free time which they devote to rest, the children's siblings and other common activities that are not possible in the child's company. The research revealed how time-consuming the care for children with ASD is and showed the complexity of the family situation. The complex situation involves changes in family, social circles and employment. This bachelor thesis could serve as a source of information for students or also for the larger society. It could also serve as feedback to the aforementioned non-governmental organizations which provide social services.
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The roles of non public non profit organisation Pohoda in increasing quality of people's life mental retardation
Hartlová, Kateřina ; Mužáková, Monika (advisor) ; Zemková, Jaroslava (referee)
Bachelor thesis looks at the issue of quality of life for people with mental disabilities. The thesis informs about the basic categories of non-governmental organizations. Furthermore,it acquaints us with the Association of Welfare and its services. In addition, the thesis describes personality of human with an intellectual disabilities and classes of mental retardation. The practical part consists of notes from the personal experience of NGO's Pohoda. The applied interviews were prepared with clients of the Pohoda. For that purpose has been used qualitative methods of semi-standardized interview. In conclusion, the thesis asks a question of improving the quality of life through self-determination.
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Civic society organizations providing social services and entrepreneurial activities in Pardubice region
Marková, Tereza ; Dohnalová, Marie (advisor) ; Šloufová, Romana (referee)
SYNOPSIS This thesis covers partial universe of civic society organizations that provide social services in Pardubice region. The primary goal of the thesis is to explore, through a questionnaire research, whether the income generated by these organizations is a determining factor in their association with the concept of social economy and social enterprise. The secondary goal is to identify, using semi-structured interviews with the representatives of civic society organizations, how they fulfill principles of social enterprise based to the "softer definition" developed by EMES. The first two chapters introduce concepts of public sector and social economy as well as identify their similarities and differences. It is followed by a description of social services and support of civic society organizations from the view point of several parties. The third chapter is dedicated to the actual research.
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Social Services in the Czech Republic and the Role of Public Institutions in their Provision
Bareš, Pavel ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Kozlová, Lucie (referee) ; Matoušek, Oldřich (referee)
BAREŠ, P. 2013. Social Services in the Czech Republic and the Role of Public Institutions in their Provision. Doctoral Thesis. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Science, Institute of Sociological Studies: Prague. Key words: Czech Republic, municipalities, non-governmental organisations, providers of social services, public administration, public policy, regions, social services, state Abstract: Social services should be perceived as important instrument of the system of social protection in the Czech Republic. The extent of provision of social services by organisation representing different institutional sectors should be considered as key characteristics of this system. Two main groups of organisations should be distinguished in this regard primarily - public and private organisations. However both these broad categories consist of different subjects: state, regional or municipal organisations in the first case and for-profit organisations, entrepreneurs, social enterprises or non-profit organisations in the second. The primary aim of the thesis is to analyse the extent of provision of social services by public organisations (all above mentioned types), however the provision of social services by private organisations has been analysed as well, because this question is complementary to the...
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The impact of educational activities of selected NGOs in the CR on the process of migrant children inclusion to the Czech society
Tučková, Karolína ; Burešová, Karolína (advisor) ; Běhalová, Andrea (referee)
In my Master thesis, I deal with the impact of educational activities of selected NGOs on the process of migrant children inclusion to the Czech society. The thesis is both theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part deals with the process of immigrant integration and with the role of the governmental and non-profit organizations. A large part is devoted to the migrant children's education and to the difficulties which they have and must overcome. The end of the theoretical part presents the educational activities of selected non-profit organizations, which focus not only on helping migrant children, but also on working with schools and families of the children. The empirical part examines the impact of specific educational activities realized at the community center InBáze on the process of migrant children inclusion to the Czech society. Empirical investigation was done through a questionnaire. I used available Czech, English and American sources during writing this thesis. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Citizenship - Theoretical Bases and Teaching Practice
Bucvanová, Eliška ; Moree, Dana (advisor) ; Skovajsa, Marek (referee)
Eliška Bucvanová. Diplomová práce. Citizenship - Theoretical Bases and Teaching Practice ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH Weak civil society can be seen as a possible drawback of Czech democracy. One of the possible ways of building it is citizenship education provided within the compulsory school system. Citizenship is also the main subject of this work, which uses qualitative research methods to find out how the concept of "citizenship" is understood by teachers at a selected primary school, what information they provide to pupils on this subject and how. Since the scope of the paper would be insufficient, it does not intend to map the state of citizenship education in the Czech Republic: its aim is to find out how teachers approach the subject and whether their opinions coincide, and to compare their views with the information contained in literature. The results of the work show that the selected school is at a comparatively high level; however, the teachers' attitudes to citizenship education and its aims lack consistency and comprehensiveness and, also, the pupils' knowledge highly varies. This can be due to the fact that citizenship education has long been in need of an integrated approach and, very probably, also training opportunities for teachers that would help them develop their professional skills. In...
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Strategy variability in anti-corruption NGOs
Kandusová, Veronika ; Frič, Pavol (advisor) ; Novotný, Vilém (referee)
The bachelor's thesis Strategy Variability in Anti-Corruption NGOs deals with the question whether hard human and material resources are related to the choice of strategies used by selected anti-corruption NGOs active in the Czech Republic or not. The thesis aims to reveal this influence by comparing the ascertained information about their resources and strategies according to the resource mobilization theory and to a strategic approach to social movements. The information gained from the organizations' documents and from interviews and questionnaires conducted with their representatives shows that the amount of material and human resources is not related to the strategies. However, the financial resources and time for which the organization has been active are linked to the choice of strategies. Those that have been active for a long time have the widest range of strategies and use the strongly confrontational strategies less often. Another finding is that publicly financed organizations resources have access to the advisory and working bodies of the government and, unlike the rest of the organizations, they have the possibility to use this strategy.
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The Fight against Corruption in Prague - the Anti-corruption Strategy of Government and Civil Society during the "Necas's government".
Urbanová, Hana ; Guasti, Petra (advisor) ; Navrátil, Jiří (referee)
Presented work deals with the issue of fighting against corruption. In a theoretical level the work informs about the causes of corruption and the tools that are currently used for its persecuting. In the practical part I try to find out the way of improvement of corruption range seen throgh the eyes of actors that operate in Prague city. The aim of the work is to identify possibilities of efficiency improvement of nonprofit organizations and the public sector in the field of fighting against the corruption. The analytical part of the work, therefore, maps the situation in relations between selected non-profit organizations and relations between them and the public administration, which is in this work represented by the Prague City Hall - an institution which represents by the local government activities.
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Respit service for foster carers
Štusáková, Andrea ; Pazlarová, Hana (advisor) ; Matoušek, Oldřich (referee)
The broad aim of this thesis is to consider the issues of foster care, specifically a foster parents' need for holidays. The aim is to discuss why legislation regarding holidays for foster parents was needed and to see what options are available for foster parents in the Pardubice region. The work first describes the above considerations, then the practical element, offering a view of the three parties working in this field. Research was conducted to examine foster parent's views on the ways in which both government and non-governmental organizations work. Based on the research conducted it is possible to understand the views of foster parents and their legal right to holiday and to look at the work of social-legal protection of children in this area and find out what respite services and education are offered by NGOs in the Pardubice region. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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