MAZOWIA Federation is a network of
non-governmental organizations operating in central part of Poland - in
Mazowsze Province.
Mission of
the Federation is to support development of III sector in Mazowsze
Province
The
goal of Federation's actions is:
- supporting
membership organizations
- offering
consultations in field of theory and practise of functioning non
governmental organization
- monitoring
local government's actions and activities
- creating
the lobby and representatives of non-governmental organizations to the
public sector,
- working
for development of III sector in Mazowsze Province
- developing
international cooperation within III sector
Federation MAZOWIA was established in April 2001
MAZOWIA
Federation invites non-governmental organizations which:
are independent:
- They make decisions on their own on their mission,
goals, structure and methods of work
- They work on the basis of diversified sources of
financing
- They are apolitical - they do not support or create
coalitions with any party or political option
are open:
- Within the framework of the organization's mission
everybody can be their client, co-worker and partner
- They respect the distinctness of the clients,
co-worker and partner
- They respect the distinctness of the clients,
co-workers and partners applying no discriminating criteria
- They operate innovatively
subjectively treat their
clients:
- They have clear and public help criteria which do
not violate client's personal welfare
- They provide help which make clients independent
and does not take advantage of them
- They respect clients needs and decisions when
preparing and realizing help strategies
- They inform about other possibilities of help
operate publicly:
- They make their statute, action program and
information about their principles of work available
- They make content-related and finance reports known
to the public
- They do not make organization's authorities
salaries classified
are reliable:
- They engage in tasks within their competence and
possibilities
- They do their duty and meet the agreements
- They operate legally
- They take care of improvement, development and the
highest standard of work
- They evaluate the quality and effectiveness of
their actions
- They create their image truthfully
- They take into consideration influence of their
actions on the image of the whole non-governmental sector
cooperate:
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They work together with
local communities and volunteers
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They seek partners in order
to solve particular problem
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They rely on equality of
rights, partnership and mutual support
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They aim at compromise and
both sides satisfaction
To become the member of the
Federation a non-governmental organization has to:
Few words about the history:
In 1997 leaders of a dozen or so
of Warsaw non-governmental organizations set up an informal group GRIN,
which operated for almost 4 years on the basis of mission and common
principles card developed by its members. During this time GRIN tried
to support interests of Warsaw organizations in contacting local
authorities and cooperated in creating finance principles and local law
on organizations, took part in works of commission granting donations.
In the year 2000 on GRIN's
initiative a conference was held under the title: "Goals and principles
of non-governmental organizations federation in Mazowsze Province",
which was the continuation of a similar meeting organized a year
before. More than 100 representatives from Mazowsze Province discussed
the necessity of setting up their own membership representation. One of
the essential results of the conference was the beginning of the
preparations to set up a federation of associations in the Mazowsze
Region.
In April 2001 the founding meeting
of the Federation MAZOWIA was held and representatives of 18
organizations took part in it. That also gave the possibility of a
formal registration for new membership organizations open to all
interested.
Federation MAZOWIA as a registered entity was
established in January 2003. Now it has 42 member organizations.
Contact:
MAZOWIA Federation
ul. Emilii Plater 47/47
00 – 118
Warszawa
POLAND
phone/fax: +48 22 652 22 66
mazowia@mazowia.engo.pl
