Caritas et veritas 2022, 12(1):64-79 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2022.006

Possibilities of Non-governmental Non-profit Organisations and Volunteering in Solving the Covid-19 Pandemic and Emergency Events in the South Bohemian Region

Štěpán Kavan

Zdravotně sociální fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, J. Boreckého 1167/27, 370 11 České Budějovice

In addition to state-guaranteed components, NGOs and volunteers are part of a system that can be used to mitigate the eff ects of the Covid-19 epidemic and other emergencies. Non-governmental non-profit organisations are one of the forms of interest groups and can be described as a process of uniting the interests of citizens, which, for various reasons, are not secured by the state. The aim of the paper is (a) to examine the cooperation of crisis management staff of municipalities with extended powers with non-governmental non-profit organisations and volunteers in preparing for and solving emergencies, and (b) to find out the experience and forms of  ooperation of crisis management staff of municipalities with extended powers with non-governmental non-profit organisations and volunteers in dealing with the Covid-19 epidemic in the conditions of the South Bohemian Region. The main research method was a survey in the form of questionnaires. The results of the study show that the cooperation of crisis management staff of individual municipalities with extended powers and non-governmental non-profit organisations/volunteers in the South Bohemian Region should focus on weaknesses and threats. The strategy is characterised by trying to eliminate weaknesses and avoid threats through logical constraints or reorganisations of the system.

Keywords: Covid-19, volunteering, integrated rescue system, emergency, non-governmental, non-profit organisations, civil society, cooperation

Received: January 7, 2022; Revised: March 8, 2022; Accepted: March 8, 2022; Published: December 9, 2022  Show citation