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Social communication has and requires a specific terminology which sometimes
also the experts find difficult to understand. This glossary aims exactly at
providing a useful reference tool for anyone working in this sector.
The term refers to the 71 countries from frica, the Caribbean and of the
Pacific joining the Convention of Lomè and tied by a partnership relationship
to the fifteen members of the EU.
Signed for the first time in 1975 and then renewed. The convention aims at favouring the economic, social and cultural development of the Acp members, through bonds and cooperation projects with developed countries, based on the "equality between partners" principle.
It is a process involving two persons: the first is asking for help while the other, who is adequately formed to do the listening, is able to provide support. The counselling foresees an intervention not on the problem itself, but on the person, helping him/her to use his/her resources.
Least developed countries or Developing Countries. The definition dates back to the Sixties, and was chosen by the international institutions to refer to the third world countries. It is a sort of "escamotage" to avoid to define them as " underdeveloped ", a term that could have suggested pejorative interpretations.
It aims at making the Italian local bodies autonomous from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at creating political subjects capable of coordinating the different forces on their own territories ( Ngo's, trade unions, associations ) to build projects and cooperation and interchange twinnings with bodies from the South of Italy.
It is a meeting place for all the savers that feel the need of having a more conscious and responsible management of their money, and all those social-economic realities whose aim is the realization of common good.
Fair Trade intends to redress the economic relationships with the third world countries, to favour the access to the market of disadvantaged producers and improve their life and work conditions.
Fund raising is financed through donations and contributions made by private citizens to foundations, associations and other non-profit cooperatives with non-profit making objectives. Fund raising has mainly developed in Anglo-Saxon countries, in particular, in the United States, where it is estimated that more than 40 billion dollars is raised each year by charity organisations alone. This activity is encouraged by the tax system that allows contributions to be deducted from taxes. In Italy, however, fund raising campaigns have not developed to the same extent. Only recently, with Decree 460/97 “Law establishing the non-commercial bodies and non-profit organisations for social benefit", a limited tax deduction was outlined, allowing the potential development of this sector. Structuring a fund raising campaign, however, requires firm preparation and communication investments: statistically, in fact, these contacts can transform themselves into donations that vary between 1% and 5%. This means that without a careful planning phase there is a risk of suffering heavy financial loses.
Through small loans and thanks to the access to other financial services, the poorest are able to found small enterprises and thus redeem their condition. The global campaign, launched in 1997, aims at financing 100 million of families in the poorest countries (women in particular ) and to help them start an entrepreneurial activity on their's own.
No governmental association. A ngo has not been founded by a government, and as such, it doesn't live on government founds. It is a non-profit-organization. For example, Greenpeace is a ngo, the Agency for Environmental Protection is not.
The term refers to all the non-profit-making-organizations whose aim is the production of goods and services for the community.
Non-profit organization of social utility. To be such, a body has to comply with some rules such as being private (public bodies are excluded), exclusively pursuing solidarity aims, observing budget transparency, not distributing profits, not transferring goods or services to the associates at more favourable conditions.
The expression refers to the of economic and social theories and behaviours sustained by the developed countries' élites or by the same international organizations (GATT, WHO, IMF, World Bank ) and "forced" on the entire world.
The term refers to the tasks performed by civil and military qualified and trained personnel in war zones.
Public services for drug addictions. They are over 500 all over Italy. Their task is preventing. treating and rehabilitating drug addictions. Every structure is made of a team of doctors, social workers, nurses, psychologists and sociologists.
It aims at finding a job to all those citizens that would otherwise remain confined in jail or in charitable institutions. It provides territorial and domiciliary interventions, establishing relations with the workers' communities.
It aims at finding a job in a cooperative to all those people who are particularly disadvantaged, that is people with serious physical and psychic disabilities.
The term includes the no profit's sector and voluntary service, that
is the bodies, the voluntary associations and some cooperatives dealing with
social and civil matters, and not making a profit. Because of their nature,
the third sector's organizations enjoy a privileged fiscal regime.