The Voluntary Sector’s Contribution to Integrated Care: The Case of Cyprus

Despina Cochliou () and Olivia Patsalidou ()
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Despina Cochliou: Department of Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia 2417, Cyprus
Olivia Patsalidou: Independent Researcher, Nicosia 2231, Cyprus

Social Sciences, 2025, vol. 14, issue 8, 1-18

Abstract: At a time when globalisation and the economic crisis have forced a reduction in public expenditure at all levels, social policy and social welfare systems’ efforts for sustainable development are focused on identifying alternative ways to provide integrated services and achieve balanced social development. Post-colonial Cyprus has experienced radical socio-political changes that have demanded rapid responses to address its needs. This paper aims to discuss the role of the Cypriot voluntary sector in the national integrated care. Within the spectrum of ensuring social rights and social justice, the voluntary sector has emerged as a key factor of social policy implementation. Through the exploration and analysis of this context, an in-depth insight is given into socio-political and economic factors, dimensions, relationships, processes, patterns, and critical junctures that, under the influence of history, have shaped the voluntary sector’s path, formed its major stages of transformation, and defined its relationship with structures and institutions.

Keywords: integrated care; Cyprus; voluntary organisations; social policy; welfare state (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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