Who is it aimed at?

The Course aims to provide advanced training and multidisciplinary updating, as required by current legislation, and is aimed at all those Professionals, Lawyers and Chartered Accountants, Consultants, Organizations and Operators, both profit and non-profit, who want to develop knowledge and skills in the Third Sector, who want to take care of professional updating and training and who closely assist non-profit organizations, to accompany them in the phase of entry and permanence in the Third Sector. Our idea of training in the Third Sector is much more than a training act of mere organization of a series of meetings, a seminar and a course, but for us it is the creation or increase of a network process, and it is training not only aimed at individuals, but also at organizations. It is training that is attentive to the context of the local community and physical territory, which opens up and prepares more for the cultures and instances it brings, going beyond the idea of a spot training event, or a mere response to calls for proposals and funding channels.

Course Program

1. Introduction to the Third Sector: Definition and characteristics of the Third Sector - The reference legislation in Italy - The types of Third Sector organizations. 2. Civil framework: Statutory adjustments of non-profit organizations and non-profit organizations - RUNTS, The single national register of the Third Sector and registration procedures - Religious entities and ETS branches. 3. Reporting in ETS: The tax regime of ETS: Direct taxation and tax qualification - Financial and accounting management and the new five per thousand regulation - Flat-rate regimes. 4. Communication and fundraising: Internal and external communication - The use of social media in the Third Sector - Fundraising and fundraising. 5. Volunteering and civil service: The legislation on volunteering - Management of civil service - Organization of work with volunteers. 6. Best practices and case studies: Analysis of best practices in the Third Sector - Study of successful cases in the Third Sector - Analysis of the main challenges and critical issues of the sector.

What is the Third Sector?

The Third Sector is a term used to indicate the set of organizations that have social, cultural or environmental purposes and that are neither for profit nor belong to the public sector, and that are established for the pursuit, without profit, of civic, solidarity and social utility purposes, through the performance of one or more activities of general interest in the form of voluntary action or free provision of money, goods or services, or mutuality or production or exchange of goods or services. Some examples of organizations belonging to the Third Sector are social promotion associations, philanthropic entities, social enterprises, including social cooperatives, associative networks, mutual aid societies, recognized and unrecognized associations, Foundations, Social Cooperatives, Voluntary Organizations and other private entities other than companies. The Third Sector differs from the profit-driven private sector and the public sector, and is based on a logic of solidarity, cooperation and social commitment. Third sector entities exclusively or primarily carry out one or more activities of general interest for the pursuit, without profit, of civic, solidarity and social utility purposes. Activities having as their object are considered to be of general interest (art. 5 Legislative Decree 3 July 2017, n. 117), if carried out in compliance with the specific rules that govern their exercise:

a) social interventions and services

b) health interventions and services

c) social and health services

d) education, instruction and vocational training

e) interventions and services aimed at safeguarding and improving environmental conditions and

to the careful and rational use of natural resources

f) interventions for the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage and landscape

g) university and post-university education

h) scientific research of particular social interest

i) organization and management of cultural, artistic or recreational activities of social interest

j) community-based sound broadcasting

k) organization and management of tourist activities of social, cultural or religious interest

l) extra-curricular training, aimed at preventing school dropout and achieving academic and training success, preventing bullying and combating educational poverty

m) instrumental services to third sector entities provided by entities composed of no less than seventy percent third sector entities

n) development cooperation

o) commercial, production, education and information, promotion, representation and licensing of certification brands activities, carried out within or in favour of fair trade supply chains

p) services aimed at the insertion or re-insertion of workers into the labour market

q) social housing, as well as any other temporary residential activity aimed at satisfying social, health, cultural, educational or work needs

r) humanitarian reception and social integration of migrants

s) social agriculture

t) organization and management of amateur sports activities

u) charity, distance support, free transfer of food or products pursuant to Law 19 August 2016, no. 166, or provision of money, goods or services to support disadvantaged people or activities of general interest pursuant to this article

v) promotion of the culture of legality, peace between peoples, non-violence and unarmed defense

w) promotion and protection of human, civil, social and political rights, as well as the rights of consumers and users of the activities of general interest referred to in this article, promotion of equal opportunities and mutual aid initiatives, including time banks and solidarity purchasing groups

x) management of international adoption procedures

y) civil protection

z) redevelopment of unused public assets or assets confiscated from organised crime

Training obligations

Training requirements in the Third Sector depend on the national laws and regulations of each country. In general, Third Sector organizations may be required to fulfill training requirements, for example to acquire the skills needed to manage activities and plan future activities, as well as to improve their effectiveness in solving social problems. Depending on the country and the type of organization, training requirements may consist of specific training courses, internships, professional development courses, seminars or networking events. In any case, the final goal of training is to train operators and create more competitive organizations capable of pursuing their social and environmental goals. It is important to think about a strategic training of the Third Sector, which is not limited to the simple transmission of economic/business/fiscal aspects and knowledge to Third Sector operators and organizations, to the certainly necessary attention to innovative processes, to the quality of services and relationships within organizations, but to a training that must first of all be capable of understanding the rich set of value and motivational aspects that must underlie personal services.

Reference legislation

In Italy, the reference legislation for the Third Sector is Law 11 August 1991, n. 266 (also known as Law 266/1991) containing “New rules on volunteering”, which has constituted a fundamental point of reference for the growth and organization of third sector activities in the country. Furthermore, with the reform of the third sector and volunteering in 2016, Law 6 June 2016, n.106 (also known as Law 106/2016) was enacted, which introduced important innovations in the field of third sector entities, social enterprise, volunteering, social solidarity and services for families and individuals. Finally, there is also the "Third Sector Code" introduced with Legislative Decree 3 July 2017, n. 117, which established the guidelines for this sector and reorganised the different types of recognised bodies, the methods of assistance, the tax discipline and the related sanctions.

Professionals who have attended the course will be issued a Certificate of Attendance with Profit of the Professional Training Course in the Third Sector, which will be sent via email to the address indicated in the Registration Form.

The course has a total duration of 40 hours.