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1. 1. Aunque les cueste la vida/ Even if it will cost them their life : A study of irregular migration between Guatemala and the United States of America and the effects it has on the Maya communities

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

   Author : Paulina Åström; Esther Elgaard; [2023]
   Keywords : Guatemala; Irregular Migration; Maya Community; USAID; Corruption; IOM; NGO; Return migration;

   Abstract : Today, many Guatemalans flee the country and leave their home communities behind due to poor living conditions and high unemployment. Irregular migration involves many risks yet is for many seen as a necessity to live a purposeful life. READ MORE

3. 2. Managers : Perceived Fully Remote Work Elements in INGOs in Response to COVID-19

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Sebastian Bravo Schaefer; Hala Abu Nar; [2022]
   Keywords : Remote leadership; INGOs leadership; distance leadership; leading virtual teams; virtual; distance or remote teams; remote work; elements of remote work; inhibitors and enablers of remote work; opportunities and challenges of remote work; INGOs management; leadership in INGOs and remote leaders; digitalization in INGOs;

   Abstract : Background Following the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing (a purposeful physical gap between individuals) was adopted as a sound preventative approach, necessitating remote working. Information Computer Technologies enables, to a large extent, employees to operate practically anywhere and at any time. READ MORE

4. 3. Sustainable Development, From Idea to Practice: A Case Study of an NGO in Cochabamba, Bolivia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Ida Emilia Ketonen; [2016]
   Keywords : sustainable development discourse; sustainable development definition; nongovernmental organizations; Complexity theory; Multiple rationales; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sustainable development is a concept that can be interpreted and understood in many different ways. Given that the concept in itself does not provide specific guidance to what is to be achieved, how or when, actors who claim to work with sustainable development needs to know what sustainable development is to them. READ MORE

5. 4. “Inclusion of Participation Rights of Children within Nongovernmental Organizations” Fostering Child Participation in Gothenburg

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Seraphine Namegni; [2012-02-03]
   Keywords : Convention on the Rights of the Child; Child Participation and Nongovernmental organization;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to find out how the concept of child participation is being used within four selected NGOs working with children in Gothenburg. Child participation is just one of the principles of the CRC and many researches have been carried out about the concept. READ MORE

6. 5. Improving lives by interorganizational collaboration : A collaboration analysis on a social development project

   University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

   Author : Anna Lundström; [2012]
   Keywords : social development project; interorganizational collaboration; nongovernmental organization; collaboration analysis;

   Abstract : To organize and implement social development projects through interorganizational collaboration is common, but lack empirical studies from a psychological perspective. The study´s aim was to make a collaboration analysis on the implementing actors within a social development project, to understand how the collaboration was functioning. READ MORE