Aandacht voor vermaa tschappelijking. Over filantropie en maatschappelijk initiatief.
< /p>In his valedictory speech, Professor of Philanthropy Theo Schu yt looks back at the role of private initiative in the Netherlands at that time. Government and private initiative shared responsibility f or numerous facilities. This came to an end in the last quarter of th e last century, when the government took full responsibility for thes e. However, private initiative did not disappear but sought its own p lace. Thus a new sector emerged, the philanthropy sector. In academia , this development was noticed and made visible by the VU study "Geve n in Nederland" which has mapped social involvement (giving behavior and volunteering) every two years since 1997.
Based on current data from this study and recent research on social initiatives, civic initiatives and collectives, Schuyt shows that social initiative is alive and well in the Netherlands. In his speech, Schuyt then address es the question of what this means for politics, policy, science, res earch and education.
DESCRIPTION: Aandacht voor vermaatschappelijking. Over filantropie en maatschappelijk initiatief. In his valedictory speech, Professor of P hilanthropy Theo Schuyt looks back at the role of private initiative in the Netherlands at that time. Government and private initiative sh ared responsibility for numerous facilities. This came to an end in t he last quarter of the last century, when the government took full re sponsibility for these. However, private initiative did not disappear but sought its own place. Thus a new sector emerged, the philanthrop y sector. In academia, this development was noticed and made visible by the VU study "Geven in Nederland" which has mapped social involvem ent (giving behavior and volunteering) every two years since 1997.Bas ed on current data from this study and recent research on social init iatives, civic initiatives and collectives, Schuyt shows that social initiative is alive and well in the Netherlands. In his speech, Schuy t then addresses the question of what this means for politics, policy , science, research and education. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR