Strengthening government-nonprofit relations: International experiences with compacts

Publisher:
Policy Press
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Voluntary Sector Review, 2010, 1 (1), pp. 59 - 76
Issue Date:
2010-01
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Governments around the world have sought to strengthen their relations with nonprofit organisations. In many jurisdictions this has led to the development of written framework agreements between government and the nonprofit sector, most commonly known as compacts. They have had widely differing impacts â some are seen as successful initiatives that have significantly strengthened relations between government and nonprofits, while others have had little effect and have been quickly discarded or ignored. This paper documents the recent evolution of such processes in the UK, Canada, Australia, the US, France, Estonia and Spain, and explores the parallels between them. The narratives from these countries illustrate an emerging common discourse, but also that the peculiarties of each polity have led to significantly different substantive outcomes.
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