This article addresses the subject of training for democratically elected volunteers (and therefore not the paid managers or directors) who administer and manage associations. It identifies certain traits of these individuals and proposes educational guidelines for their training in light of Italian and international studies. In a field short on data and systematic research, this analysis acknowledges certain features of administrators: volunteerism, partial availability, freedom, support and auditing, vision; each one has specific pros and cons. Based on these characteristics, the following educational approaches are proposed: pedagogical training, which can be helpful in identifying areas to include in the managers' individual programs, recognizing the skills they possess and those upon which they can improve; sustainable training, in keeping with a volunteer who donates his or her time, reconciling it with his or her other commitments; specific training, in order to occupy this strategic role shifting between state, profit, and nonprofit with a full-fledged identity; multidisciplinary training, to support the array of skills needed in this role; cooperative training aiming at providing the management with the skills to interact with paid and non payed staff, with different nonprofit organizations and institutions; continuous and reflective training, to craft the ability to interpret change and redirect associations by viewing reality through new eyes. Training shortcuts focused on managing for profit or institutional bureaucracy do not appear to contribute in volunteerism. This reshaped training offered for the governing boards opens the door to collaborative training opportunities among a wide range of training agencies committed to supporting volunteerism and to fully fulfilling this role, which is fundamental to democratic life and helps bind society together.

L’articolo affronta il tema della formazione dei dirigenti delle associazioni di volontariato democraticamente eletti (non i collaboratori retribuiti, dunque), che amministrano e governano le organizzazioni impegnate nei diversi campi della solidarietà; ne individua alcuni tratti e ipotizza linee formative per la loro qualificazione alla luce di studi italiani e internazionali. In un quadro carente di dati sistematici, l’analisi riconosce agli amministratori alcuni tratti: volontarietà, disponibilità parziale, libertà, supporto e verifica, visione: ognuno denso di luci e ombre. Sulla base di tali caratteristiche, si ipotizzano alcune seguenti linee educative per rafforzare il ruolo dell’associazionismo: una formazione pedagogica capace di inserirsi nelle biografie dei dirigenti e dei consigli, riconoscendo le skills acquisite e quelle migliorabili; sostenibile, compatibile con un volontariato che regala il suo tempo spesso conciliandolo con altri impegni; specifica per svolgere quella funzione strategica tra stato, mercato e non profit con una piena identità; pluridisciplinare per supportare le diverse competenze necessarie per svolgere la funzione di governance; cooperativa per stimolare ad interagire con i collaboratori retribuiti e volontari, con altre organizzazioni non profit e istituzioni; continua e riflessiva per leggere i cambiamenti e riadattare le associazioni ad essi. Non appaiono funzionali al volontariato scorciatoie educative orientate al managerialismo del profit né al burocratismo istituzionale. Il ripensamento della formazione dei dirigenti proposto apre la strada a percorsi di collaborazione tra diversificate agenzie impegnate a qualificare il volontariato affinchè possa svolgere quella funzione fondativa della vita democratica e collante della società.

Mostarda, M., Quali competenze e quale formazione per i dirigenti delle associazioni di volontariato?, <<EDUCATIONAL REFLECTIVE PRACTICES>>, 7; 2017 (1): 151-165 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/104555]

Quali competenze e quale formazione per i dirigenti delle associazioni di volontariato?

Mostarda, Maria
2017

Abstract

This article addresses the subject of training for democratically elected volunteers (and therefore not the paid managers or directors) who administer and manage associations. It identifies certain traits of these individuals and proposes educational guidelines for their training in light of Italian and international studies. In a field short on data and systematic research, this analysis acknowledges certain features of administrators: volunteerism, partial availability, freedom, support and auditing, vision; each one has specific pros and cons. Based on these characteristics, the following educational approaches are proposed: pedagogical training, which can be helpful in identifying areas to include in the managers' individual programs, recognizing the skills they possess and those upon which they can improve; sustainable training, in keeping with a volunteer who donates his or her time, reconciling it with his or her other commitments; specific training, in order to occupy this strategic role shifting between state, profit, and nonprofit with a full-fledged identity; multidisciplinary training, to support the array of skills needed in this role; cooperative training aiming at providing the management with the skills to interact with paid and non payed staff, with different nonprofit organizations and institutions; continuous and reflective training, to craft the ability to interpret change and redirect associations by viewing reality through new eyes. Training shortcuts focused on managing for profit or institutional bureaucracy do not appear to contribute in volunteerism. This reshaped training offered for the governing boards opens the door to collaborative training opportunities among a wide range of training agencies committed to supporting volunteerism and to fully fulfilling this role, which is fundamental to democratic life and helps bind society together.
2017
Italiano
Mostarda, M., Quali competenze e quale formazione per i dirigenti delle associazioni di volontariato?, <<EDUCATIONAL REFLECTIVE PRACTICES>>, 7; 2017 (1): 151-165 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/104555]
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