On Relations between Government and Non-profits: The Case of Slovakia

Abstract

In this chapter, we look at non-profits and civil society as a transit zone for solidarity acts, social innovations and initiatives to influence social policy by means of co-creation and collaboration with government (public sector organisations). The aim is to present collaboration practices between public sector organisations, non-governmental organisation, social economy organisations and citizens, known as co-creation, with a focus on drivers and barriers of this collaboration in Slovakia. The chapter focuses on channelling solidarity produced by non-profits into social policy through co-creation. Introducing the solidarity economy approach allows us to evaluate the relationships between the government sector and non-profit organisations from a broader societal perspective including both economic and democratic dimensions.

Abandoned structures: tools for reuse and repurposing of buildings in Slovak municipalities

“…an old bastion for a literary café or return the property its original Fig. 9: Obstacles to preventing repairs of buildings with a positive influence on the local inhabitants use (Cole et al, 2020;Horvat, 2020); and also activities of communities and informal initiatives (Borseková et al, 2016, Murray Svidroňová, 2021.…”