TSEP: The Third Sector and the Development of European Public Policy

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 03.0006

Key words (English)

Economic Aspects; Scientific Research; Social Aspects

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: HPSE-CT-2002-50016

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 4.4 Life sciences for developing countries

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Schweizerisches Forum für Migrations- und
Bevölkerungsstudien
Université de Neuchâtel

Abstract (English)

The TSEP network aims to describe and analyse emergence of 'horizontal' European policy toward the third, voluntary, non profit sector understood as a multilevel process involving nations and supranational institutions. TSEP involves country- level networking in 10 countries and at European institutions level. Supporting activities are to scope out parameters, concepts, processes needed to build a relevant policy analytic framework; application of that framework to organise a description of European dimension of salient country level policies, and the form or European institutional level policies, and linkages between levels. Evidence collated and synthesised by the TSEP network can be used to suggest testable research hypotheses to be examined in a full RTD proposal. TSEP working papers, interaction with policy actors in network meetings, and a launch conference in Brussels are crucial for ensuring that network activity benefits a wider audience

The primary objective of the network is to chart the emergence of 'horizontal' European policy towards the third, voluntary, non profit sector understood as a multi-level process involving nations and supranational institutions. Supporting objectives and activities are to scope out the parameters, concepts and processes needed to build a framework for the study of this newly emerging policy field; application of that framework to organise an initial, but systematic description of the European dimension of salient individual country level policies, the form of European institutional level policies, and the form of linkages between these levels; dissemination of this description in order to raise awareness of the current contributions of and future possibilities for European third sector policy; and development of a policy analytic model from this descriptive to

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
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CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 03.0006