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8th ISTR Asia Pacific Regional Conference

Seoul, Korea
24-26 October 2013

Nonprofit Law, Policy and Practice: Evolution and Evaluation

The third sector in the Asia Pacific region is very large and dynamic - it is claimed that China and India have 1+ million third sector organizations. The major growth in the third sector in Asia had been in the 1970s and 1980s - during the prodemocracy movements. The third sector activities and organizations, in the recent past, have also been influenced by many tax laws e.g. in Australia, Japan, Korea. Sadly democratization and recent extremist activities have prompted new legislations constricting the third sector in many countries. Laws affecting the third sector in the Asia Pacific region having been in existence for about 150 years have grown rapidly in the last two decades.
Is this development for better or for worse?

MAJOR THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE INCLUDED:

Government, laws, and the third sector
Tax regime and the third sector activities
Third sector and policy making: Impact and Evaluation
Wellbeing/welfare systems and the role of the third sector
Non-profit history and 'her-story'

Conference Venue

The conference was held in the Kim Koo Museum and Library, Seoul.

Host Institution

The NPO Research Centre at the East-West Institute of the Yonsei University, Korea, carries out research on non-profit organizations, laws and policies. The NPO Research Centre also is a research hub for non-profit sector in Korea, and has participated in many international joint research projects. The NPO Research Centre also played an important role in the formation of the Korea Association of Non-profit Sector Research (KANPOR) in 2000.
The KANPOR was co-hosting this Conference.

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