Financing and other framework conditions

How are Norwegian voluntary organisations financed?
How do they ensure financial independence?
How do various ways of financing and financial sources affect the organisations’ activities, structure and degree of voluntary participation?
To what extent is public financing adjusted to the organisations’ activities, their distinctive characters and changes?
To what extent do private entities finance voluntary organisations?
To what extent are voluntary organisations commercialised?
Governance: What kinds of new organisational forms and ways of cooperation emerge between voluntary organisations and the government?
Measures: What instruments of governance does the government have for civil society?
How do citizens participate in policy creation? To what extent do these changes lead to a democratisation of society?
The Nordic Model: To what extent is it possible to identify a Norwegian or Nordic model?
To what extent is the Norwegian model characterised by the same international trends as other countries?