Polish Rural Non-Governmental Organizations During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Knieć Wojciech (), Marcysiak Tomasz () and Piszczek Elwira ()
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Knieć Wojciech: Institute of Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń, Poland
Marcysiak Tomasz: School of Banking Toruń, Poland
Piszczek Elwira: Institute of Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń, Poland

European Countryside, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 313-327

Abstract: This article describes the extent and nature of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activities of communitybased organisations in rural Poland. The analytical foundation of the study is the research carried out in 2021 on a sample of three hundred and thirty-three rural NGOs. The negative and positive impact of the pandemic on the activities of these organisations were noted. Negative phenomena include a significant slowing down of existing tasks, abandonment of the completion of projects, an exodus of volunteers and active members. The bottom-up organised activity of the rural third sector during the pandemic also brought about noticeable positive phenomena: a widening of the activity field of organisations by new dimensions, an expansion of the cooperation network of rural organisations, and a significant increase in the appreciation of civic activity as a result of the speed and flexibility of self-help activities.

Keywords: rural organisations; grassroots activities; COVID-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2023-0017

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