Cílem je komparace veřejných politik vůči NNO ve vybraných zemích, identifikace vztahu státu k neziskovému sektoru a podle vymezených kritérií vyhodnocení kvality tohoto vymezeni. Souvisejícím cílem je na základě vlastní metodiky otestovat vybrané teorie neziskového sektoru.
The first field of interest is represented by the public policy towards the nonprofit sector (NS). In fact, such a policy doesn't exist in the Czech Republic. Our project will focus on the comparison of %22nonprofit public policies%22 in selected countries. The main goal of this comparison is to identify the government's relationships to the NS in all examined countries and on the basis of defined criterions evaluate the quality of the particular relationships (or policies). The %22model%22 public policy will be formulated as well. The map of all possible types of relationships between the public administration and nonprofit organizations will be worked out. Underneath formulated public policy should be the understanding the nonprofit phenomenon, typical nonprofit behavior, the strengths and weaknesses of the nonprofit sector. This could be, at least at part, explained of some of so called theories of the nonprofit sector. In this context, we have the intention to examine and analyze the conditions, prerequisites and also results and consequences of particular theories. The most respected theories and their implications explaining the position of the Czech nonprofit sector are being stressed. (en)