NGOs are facing challenges across the financial spectrum
Whereas the pandemic hit both developed and less developed countries, NGOs are disproportionately affected in areas where the sector was already fragile, with lower chances of recovery. Central and Eastern EU Member States, Western Balkan countries, Eastern Partnership countries) the non-profit sector was already fragile due to democratic erosion and was struggling to develop properly.
Despite increased risks posed for the vulnerable communities the NGOs usually work for, the capacity of the non-profit sector to meet those needs is under pressure.Īs the pandemic generated relatively similar effects (social interaction restrictions, new forms of running activities, sustained digital presence for citizens and other actors) in most areas of the world, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Europe have encountered similar challenges to those in other democratic societies from around the world (the impossibility to run activities as before, the need to adapt budgets, volunteers’ safety etc.). An assessment carried out by UK Youth, a British national charity, showed that 64 percent of the youth organizations questioned were likely to lose sources of funding and the percentage is likely to have increased following the lockdown measures applied at the end of March. įor what can be analyzed at the moment, the European non-profit sector has taken a considerable hit across the board as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the continent, bringing both impediments for work continuity, as well as social and financial challenges. The crisis also brought additional challenges for the non-governmental sector that was already experiencing a shrinking in the civic space in various parts of Europe and around the world. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described the situation as being a “crisis like no other” with “an uncertain recovery” and a “catastrophic hit” to the global labor market, with more than 430 million jobs losses in the first two quarters. The new coronavirus has drastically reshuffled both economies and societies in the past months.
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This is part of a series on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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