Polish Rural Non-Governmental Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article describes the extent and nature of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of communitybased organisations in rural Poland. The analytical foundation of the study is the research carried out in 2021 on a sample of three hundred and thirty-three rural NGOs. The negative and...
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| description | This article describes the extent and nature of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of communitybased organisations in rural Poland. The analytical foundation of the study is the research carried out in 2021 on a sample of three hundred and thirty-three rural NGOs. The negative and positive impact of the pandemic on the activities of these organisations were noted. Negative phenomena include a significant slowing down of existing tasks, abandonment of the completion of projects, an exodus of volunteers and active members. The bottom-up organised activity of the rural third sector during the pandemic also brought about noticeable positive phenomena: a widening of the activity field of organisations by new dimensions, an expansion of the cooperation network of rural organisations, and a significant increase in the appreciation of civic activity as a result of the speed and flexibility of self-help activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10fe96f9690e413e98b0d8ae6c580ff82023-07-03T10:21:23ZengSciendoEuropean Countryside1803-84172023-06-0115231332710.2478/euco-2023-0017Polish Rural Non-Governmental Organizations During the Covid-19 PandemicKnieć Wojciech0Marcysiak Tomasz1Piszczek Elwira21Institute of Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityToruń, Poland2School of Banking Toruń, Poland3Institute of Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń, PolandThis article describes the extent and nature of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of communitybased organisations in rural Poland. The analytical foundation of the study is the research carried out in 2021 on a sample of three hundred and thirty-three rural NGOs. The negative and positive impact of the pandemic on the activities of these organisations were noted. Negative phenomena include a significant slowing down of existing tasks, abandonment of the completion of projects, an exodus of volunteers and active members. The bottom-up organised activity of the rural third sector during the pandemic also brought about noticeable positive phenomena: a widening of the activity field of organisations by new dimensions, an expansion of the cooperation network of rural organisations, and a significant increase in the appreciation of civic activity as a result of the speed and flexibility of self-help activities.https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2023-0017rural organisationsgrassroots activitiescovid-19 pandemic |
| spellingShingle | Knieć Wojciech Marcysiak Tomasz Piszczek Elwira Polish Rural Non-Governmental Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic European Countryside rural organisations grassroots activities covid-19 pandemic |
| title | Polish Rural Non-Governmental Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Polish Rural Non-Governmental Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Polish Rural Non-Governmental Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polish Rural Non-Governmental Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Polish Rural Non-Governmental Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | polish rural non governmental organizations during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | rural organisations grassroots activities covid-19 pandemic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2023-0017 |
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