Activities of Non-Profit Organizations in the Service Sphere in the Republic of Tatarstan Under Covid-19 Conditions

Abstract

In the new conditions of the spread of COVID-19, organizations of the non-governmental sector face, on the one hand, new challenges and changes in the conditions of functioning and activities, in general. On the other hand, the conditions of the crisis create new problems for socially vulnerable segments of the population, which gives rise to new objects and requires diversification of the practices of NPOs in the provision of social services. The purpose of the study is a description of the practices of non-profit organizations in the service sector of the Republic of Tatarstan in the context of COVID-19. Research methods. At the stage of collecting information - the method of secondary analysis of cabinet information; method of a written request from the SO NPO of the RT for a description of the daily practices of NPOs in terms of the pandemic in providing services by categories of recipients of NPOs in quantitative estimates. Information processing and analysis have been carried out by the method of: descriptive modeling; summary according to the method of classifying services by forms and categories of recipients. Research results. First, it was revealed: that in the Republic of Tatarstan under the "crisis of 2020" circumstances, like in the Russian Federation as a whole, the tendency of consolidation of public efforts and the third sector, which culminated in the formation of a public movement, is spreading, but the consolidation process did not finalize in the practice of forming coalitions of NPOs, which is typical for other subjects of the Russian Federation. Second, the peculiarities of the implementation of everyday practices of NPOs in a pandemic, conditioned by the characteristics of the areas of activity - maintaining the current activities of NPOs in a pandemic, providing NPO services for NPOs, providing “thematic pandemic” NPO services (food, healthcare services, etc.) etc.). Third, the implementation of anti-crisis support measures for NPOs of the federal government in the Republic of Tatarstan is complemented by regional measures to support SO NPOs, which fits into the concept of an utilitarian-economic approach to the positioning of NPOs.

Assessment of Development Prospects of Non-Profit Organizations: Foreign and Domestic Practices

“…Государственное финансирование в данных странах оказывается обычно не напрямую, а с помощью конкурсов социально важных проектов. При этом от НКО требуется очень строгая отчётность о целевом расходовании бюджетных средств, и новая финансовая поддержка не осуществляется, если организация в какой-то мере нарушила правила, установленные законодательством для получателей денежной помощи от государства [16].…”