Straipsnyje pateikta termino „gatvės vaikas“ analizė bei išnagrinėtos pagrindinės vaiko tapimo „gatvės vaiku“ priežastys: prastas šeimos mikroklimatas, netinkamas tėvų pedagoginių pareigų atlikimas, motinų užimtumas darbe, destruktyvaus ugdymo šeimoje modeliai, žemas šeimų ekonominis statusas. Visi šie veiksniai vienas su kitu yra betarpiškai susiję ir veikia kaip visuma, o ne pavienis rizikos faktorius. Nevyriausybinės organizacijos turi galimybę teikti pagalbą „gatvės vaikams“ dienos centruose, kurių paslaugos yra plataus spektro-laisvalaikio organizavimas, šeimos konsultavimas, elgesio modeliavimas, prevencinės programos, ugdymas irkt. Adikto tyrimo duomenų analizė atskleidė, kad nevyriausybinių organizacijų vaikų dienos centrų teikiamos integruotos socialinės paslaugos teigiamai veikia „gatvės vaikų“ elgesį bei jų artimiausią aplinką.

The article focuses on developing links between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and those Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that are concerned with social understanding, tolerance and respect for human rights, in developing the citizenship education/developing identities curriculum in higher education. Scholars from Ireland, Lithuania, Finland and Poland share ideas about the cooperation between HEI and NGO in developing curriculum for education for Active Citizenship. Some general conclusions are based on the results of case studies.

The article reveals the demand for social pedagogical (complex) support in different educational, social and other institutions of Lithuania. The research was conducted in randomly selected institutions. 525 questionnaires were randomly distributed among the principles of different educational and other institutions providing social services aiming to explore the demand for social pedagogical support, as well as to investigate the demand for modern and innovative training of specialists in cooperation with Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. 232 replies were received. The research results revealed the demand for social pedagogical (complex) support in different educational institutions. Out of all the respondents (N = 232), most (N = 214) maintained that there was a demand for social pedagogical (complex) support in their institutions and that specialists providing such support were needed. The research also highlighted a demand for social pedagogues having special knowledge and abilities in small NGOs that provided specialised services; however, they are expected to pay 20 % of the costs related to training a future specialist, which is not demanded from the institutions in the public sector. Public institutions that need a social pedagogue are reluctant to sign an intended cooperation agreement to train social pedagogues for their institutions, as they are afraid that they will not have a possibility to employ the specialist in three years.

Straipsnyje, naudojant stochastinių ribų analizę, nustatomi veiksniai, kurie įtakoja nevyriausybinių organizacijų veiksmingumą Brazilijoje. Pateikiami įrodymai apie tarpininkavimo problemų svarbą NVO.

In this article the nongovernmental organization is named as the closest environment to the individual returning from imprisonment institution and this environment helps them to integrate into the society. In social work most of the services are based by human relationships quality. L. C. Johnson (2003) points the importance of the relationships between the client and social worker. The relationships motivate to solve the problem and to accept the help, give the feeling of safety. The aim of this article is to highlight the importance of the relationship between the social worker and the client in the intervention process. The research showed that in nongovernmental organization the relationship with social worker becomes the base of client’s thinking, self-evaluation and emotional changes, and helps to sustain these changes in such way promoting the integration of individuals returning from imprisonment institutions. The social worker through the acceptance, exaltation of human value, support increases the client’s self-evaluation, motivation and develops internal client’s resources which help to grow as personality and integrate themselves to the society.

Dalyvauti NVO veikloje suomius skatina įvairios priežastys, ne tik naudos sau siekimas. Anot G. Jakobo, yra išskiriami penki aspektai, dėl kurių piliečiai įsitraukia į savanorišką veiklą. Visų pirma žmones dalyvauti organizacijose skatina tai, kad jie turės galimybę gerai praleisti laisvalaikį ir užsiimti kokia nors naudinga veikla. Antra, savanorystė gali padėti žmogui atrasti tą sritį, kurioje jis norėtų vėliau dirbti arba tobulinti tuos įgūdžius, kurių jam reikės kopiant karjeros laiptais. Trečia paskata susijusi su dalyvavimu NVO yra ta, kad žmonės siekia atrasti save (Pohjola 2000, 49), t. y. siekia atrasti savo vietą visuomenėje. Ketvirtu atveju, žmonės suvokia svarbiausias savo gyvenimo vertybes dalyvaudami NVO veikloje. Penktasis žmonių tipas dalyvauja NVO siekdamas realizuoti save ir įprasminti savo veiklą kitų akivaizdoje. Šio tipo žmonės NVO dalyvauja nežymiai ir nedaug.

The focus of this study is the role of NGOs in rural communities in Lithuania. The method of the study is the analysis of scholarly literature and in-depth interviews.

Pursuing to review the characteristics human rights of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), this article aims to determine the state of NGOs among other organizations, analyzing the world wide distributions of human rights NGOs, and to review the state of human rights NGOs in Lithuania overlooks the peculiarities of activities of such organizations and establish their place in the world context. The article presents a hypothesis that Lithuanian human rights NGOs to the extent of their activities belongs to the global south region. [...].

Climate change politics which is based on the Kyoto Protocol is one of the main issues in transatlantic relations. The Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997 but aftwewards a lot of questions arose regarding the implementation of the Protocol; there were many dicusions such as whether climate change is real, what mechanisms should be used for Protocol’s implementation and control, who should participate in Kyoto Protocol and other technical, scientific, political and economics questions. The ratification of the Kyoto Protocol was a long and very complicated process. The world leaders, NGO‘s, intergovernmental organizations and businessmen have participated in the Kyoto process. Developed coutries which are now accountable for 63% of world CO2 emission declare the climate change as a real threat but in reality they used the Kyoto Protocol as a tool which helped them to reach their political or economics aims.