1. The Roles and Sustainability of the Estonian Nonprofit Organizations Ülle Lepp Representative Council of Estonian NGOs Roundtable

2. Roadmap n Problem statement n Roles of NPAs in Estonia n Financial sustainability of NPAs n Recommendations

3. The roles of nonprofit organizations n service delivery n innovation n maintaining the value system n lobbying

4. The roles of Estonian nonprofit organizations Public sector viewpoint n Providing public services n Providing recreational activities n Participating in decision-making process Nonprofit sector viewpoint: n Representing stakeholders’ opinions n Promoting civil initiative n Keeping and carrying the democratic values

5. Financial sustainability of nonprofit organizations n diversity of sources of funding n government and/or local government support n government and/or local government contracts with NPAs for service delivery n business sector support n NPA’s ability to attract nonfinancial support and volunteers n the existence of additional revenue sources of NPAs n capacity building

6. The support of LGs to nonprofit organizations Project grants (TOP3): n culture and leisure (73%) n sport (54%) n community and village development (34%) Operational support (TOP3): n culture and leisure (67%) n sport (54%) n social protection (30%)

7. Contracts of service delivery on the local level In 2003 thirty eight LGs (from 131 participated in the survey) had contracts of service delivery with nonprofit organizations in following fields: n social services (14 LGs) n sport (13 LGs) n youth work (13 LGs) n culture (12 LGs)

8. Recommendations to the public authorities on national and local level n to increase considerably the share of operational support of NPAs on the local and national level n to use long-term (min of 3 years) contracts for the provision of public services and use of operational support

9. Recommendations to the nonprofit organizations n to find stable cooperation partners from the public and business sector n to offer new types of services besides the existing public services n to develop knowledge and skills in organizational management and economic activities

10. Thank you for your attention! Ülle Lepp Estonia