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An Analysis of Upbringing Program for Informal Environmental Educator in Environmental NGOs (환경 NGO의 사회환경교육자 양성 프로그램 분석)

  • Koh, Woon-Mee;Seo, Woo-Seok
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.187-195
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    • 2005
  • The objectives of this study were to analyze present status and to suggest for the future upbringing programs for informal environment educator of Environmental NGOs in Korea. Based on the findings from reviewing environmental educators’ certification systems in Environmental NGOs, the following suggestions should be considered for improving the certification systems. 1) Government and environmental NGOs should adopt a certification system by implementing qualifying examination for employing specification of informal environmental educator. 2) Applicants to obtain a certification of informal environmental educator in environmental NGOs should be qualified through standard processes including taking required curriculum and programs. They must be evaluated informal environmental educator’ ability accurately through their portfolio, teaching ability, professional responsibilities and so on. 3) Standardized curriculum and programs should be adopted by government for the initial preparation of environmental educators reflecting the guidelines from the KOSEE (The Korean Society for Environmental Education) and NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education) in the future.

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Current status and prospects of oral health services exchange from South and North Korea through nongovernmental organizations (비정부기구를 통한 남북한 구강보건의료 교류의 현황과 전망)

  • Han, Dong-Hun;Shin, Teo-Jeon;Myoung, Hoon;Lee, Seung-pyo;Kim, Chong-Chul
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.53 no.10
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    • pp.705-711
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    • 2015
  • South Korea's oral health care non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played a crucial role in South-North relations, although a formal intergovernmental relationship is difficult to establish and also easily breaks down. Humanitarian assistance by NGOs in the oral health care sector is an area that receives wide support from South Korean society for its urgency and for its appeal to humanity. This humanitarian assistance started in the late 1990's and continued to grow until the late 2000's. This assistance continued throughout the tension between the two administrations that resulted in a radical decrease in overall assistance from South Korea to North Korea. However, concerns remain about the transparency and efficiency of NGO activities. In this article, the NGOs and their major activities are delineated, and South Korean legislation is examined. A current act, the Law on the Development of South and North Korean Relations serves as a basis for governmental regulation and support of NGO's. Humanitarian assistance in the oral healthcare area is directly related to the oral health of the North Korean people, and it should not be influenced by political changes. Long-term planning and close discussions between NGOs, their North Korean counterparts, and the South Korean government are needed. NGOs need to overcome their shortcomings such as a lack of expertise and shortage of financial support. For this, NGOs must improve their administration transparency and professionalism.

A Study on the Trend of NGOs' Rally and Struggle during Multi-Summit Meeting (ASEM정상회의시 NGO집회 및 시위 성향性向에 따른 대응방안)

  • Yang, Jae-Yul
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.4
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    • pp.169-187
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    • 2001
  • NGOs occupy so high international position that it is said the age of NGOs or Renaissance of NGOs has came. Recently, they continuously succeeded in hindering and blocking large-scale international events through their violent struggles. This paper studied the concept of NGO, examples of NGO struggles during recent international events and stated anticipated struggles during ASEM III and their trend. Thereafter, with future prospect of NGO activities, some measures for successful 2002 World Cup and 2005 APEC were provided in this paper. The contents of this paper is as follows ; Chapter I : Introduction Chapter II : The concept of NGO and aspects of their struggles during recent international events Chapter III : Struggles during the 3rd ASEM, Seoul and their trend Chapter IV : Future prospect of NGO activities Chapter V : Conclusion

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Global Civil Society from Hyperlink Perspective: Exploring the Website Networks of International NGOs

  • Meier, Harald
    • Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.64-77
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    • 2016
  • This case study takes a look at the hyperlink networks extracted from the websites of 367 international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with datasets from 2010, 2012 and 2014. The first level of evaluation focuses on connections between the NGOs, identifying important nodes, groups and their relations. The second level takes into account the broad range of networked websites from the World Wide Web delivering insights into general networking patterns. The third level explores the underlying spatial configurations of the network which offers a great variety of geographic insights on information flows between and within continents, countries and cities. The most interesting findings of this study are a low level of interconnectedness between the NGOs and at the same time a strong spatial concentration of all embedded network actors.

Non-Governmental Organizations' Perception on Housing Welfare Policy and Local Governance (비영리민간단체를 대상으로 한 주거복지 의식조사 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Tae;Kim, Young-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.97-104
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    • 2007
  • Today, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are considered to be an important actor in the policy process. Based on this fact, this study aims to analyze the perception of the housing-related NGOs in Korea. Questions were prepared around two main themes: housing welfare policy and local governance. The data were collected in 11 cities where multi-party talks on housing welfare were held in April and in May 2007. The results are as follows. When it comes to housing welfare policy, housing supply should be combined with rehabilitation policy of low-income households. The roles of local government are strongly emphasized. Stabilization of housing market is important, but concrete measures should be necessary to help those who cannot participate in housing transaction. Concerning local governance issues, local government is expected to play a great role in setting up a productive policy network; NGOs are inclined to rely on public aid; An emphasis is put on professional and academic education which can make housing welfare delivery system more effective. With the questionnaire survey results, evolution and characteristics of the NGO movements in the Korean housing sector and the recent change of housing policy orientations are explained. And, strengthening communication channel between central and local actors, participation of NGOs in the various housing surveys, establishing a regular forum on the local level, and so on, are proposed in the conclusion.

Philanthropic Experience and Giving Intention: The Mediating Role of the Trust and Positive Attitude towards NGOs (나눔 경험과 기부의도: 신뢰 및 긍정 태도의 매개효과 연구)

  • Lee, Seonho;Park, Woosung
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.56-67
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    • 2017
  • This study aims to examine the influence of the philanthropic experience on the giving intention. There are many precedent studies arguing this influence but the empirical results are mixed or sometimes contradictory. We stipulate that this could be resolved by introducing the mediating variables such as trust and positive attitudes towards NGOs. Results of the empirical analysis based on the 189 person living in Seoul area show that philanthropic experience directly influence the giving intention, and it exert an influence on the giving intention directly through the trust and positive attitudes towards NGOs. And it is shown that the indirect effect produced by the mediating variables and process in less than the direct effect. Results support precedent studies emphasizing the important role of the philanthropic experience in the giving intention, and shed light on the process through which philanthropic experience determines the giving intention. A practical implication might be that we have to do a great effort to experience philanthropic activities in one's early age, and a theoretical implication be that researchers need to pay attention to find another mediating variables having explanatory power.

The Impact of Leadership Skills on Food Security Intervention: A Comparative Study between Males and Females

  • NASSAR, Samia;NAARNE TOTH, Zsuzsanna;VASA, Laszlo
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.9 no.9
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    • pp.131-141
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    • 2022
  • Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), whether international (INGOs) or local (NGOs), are the primary engines of humanitarian assistance in almost all national economies. Food security and these organizations are inextricably linked. They include a wide range of activities that need shared management or ventures to ensure food security in the Gaza Strip. Between December 2021 and January 2022, the survey was delivered online using Google forms. The target demographic for the research was those who worked for NGOs, whether it is local or international, in the Gaza Strip in the field of food security. Furthermore, 250 employees (N = 250) were used for this research. Women's contributions to these organizations' innovation in the Gaza Strip are highlighted in this research, which has crucial ramifications for policymakers and leaders. As a first step, NGOs should encourage more female leaders to enter this organization to boost female roles in this field. Leaders in Gaza Strip could also help promote the innovative management of top female leaders. Hence, these firms should offer training programs to assist women in their advancement in innovation.

Evaluating the Performance of Housing Service Centers by NGOs in Housing Welfare Delivery System - An Implication of Collaboration with Lower Level Local Governments - (주거복지전달체계에서 주거복지센터의 활동 평가 - 기초지자체와의 협력가능성을 중심으로 -)

  • Nam, Won-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.63-72
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of Housing Service Centers in terms of a new attempt made by NGOs and to then determine the implication of collaboration with lower level local governments in a housing welfare delivery system. The evaluation of the performance of the Housing Service Centers focused on three aspects: the performance outcomes for three years, comparative advantages to lower level local governments, and the vulnerability as an NGO. As a result of evaluating the outcome of Housing Service Centers and comparative advantages of Housing Service Centers to the local government, it is expected that a more effective housing welfare delivery system is able to be constructed when Housing Service Centers and lower level local governments collaborate. However, fiscal vulnerability of Housing Service Centers as NGO's will restrict the sustainability of the collaboration of both organizations. Therefore, as a conclusion, this study proposed that the governments should make use of Housing Service Centers as a public policy agency and projects should be based on a contract.

A Study on the Better Development Plan of Housing Estates for National Rental Housing in Development Restricted Zones (개발제한구역내 국민임대주택단지의 합리적 개발방안 연구)

  • Yoo Seong-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 2006
  • Government uses some sections of intended areas of abolition in Development Restricted Zones(DRZ) to construct a million national rental houses. It has been opposed by environmental NGOs, local governments and land owners. Therefore, government carried out a questionnaire survey to make plans for the better development of housing estates for national rental houses in DRZ. The results of the survey are as follows: First, using abolished DRZ has to be kept to a minimum, though the continued construction of this kind of houses is inevitable. Second, it has to be designed using pro-environmental techniques. Third, the discussion between the interested groups was not enough. Fourth, residents were dissatisfied with the compensation package. The policies based on this research, are as follows: First, meetings for projects presentation and public hearings have to be held on a regular basis. In addition, the consultative council with residents, local NGOs, and local governments should be combined. Second, The plan should promote social integration through the mixing of rental and owner-occupied houses. Third, a compensation policy, which offers land or houses, and not only cash, needs to be introduced.

Internal Based Cooperative Network Model for University's Internship Abroad with Cooperation of International NGOs: Cooperative Case of CBMC (대학의 해외인턴쉽을 위한 인터넷에 기초한 국제NGO 협력 Network Model - CBMC와 협력사례를 중심으로)

  • Kang Young-Moo
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.159-174
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    • 2006
  • Employment rate of graduating students has been one of the most important issues at universities. Recently interest on internship abroad has been increased significantly due to globalization of the society In particular, central and local governments have developed policies and encouraged university students to participate in internships abroad. However, activities and resources for internships abroad are very limited to a few organizations. This paper investigated the current status of internship in the U.S. and Korea. Then, this paper analyzed differences in demand and supply of the internship and matching mechanism of the internship between the U.S. and Korea. From the results of those analyses, this paper developed an international network model which can help effective and efficient increase in the demand and supply of the internship as well as the internship matching mechanism in Korea. This network model utilizes international NGOs in order to develop internationally cooperative environment. This model provides mechanism for (1) effectively identifying intern applicants who like to work abroad and evaluating thent (2) effectively identifying new internship positions and evaluating companies which plan to hire interns, (3) efficiently matching demand for and supply of internship by identifying appropriate candidates, (4) monitoring companies for their quality of working conditions and interns for their qualities of work This model for internship has been applied for a NGO which is International CBMC (Christian Businessman Committee International)

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