Who is it aimed at?

The course aims to provide advanced training and multidisciplinary refresher courses, as required by current legislation, and is aimed at all professionals—lawyers, accountants, consultants, and profit and nonprofit organizations and operators—who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in the Third Sector, who are committed to professional development and training, and who closely support nonprofit organizations, guiding them through their entry and continued involvement in the Third Sector. Our vision of training in the Third Sector is much more than simply organizing a series of meetings, seminars, and courses. We believe it involves creating or enhancing a networking process, and it is training aimed not only at individuals but also at organizations. It is a training program that is sensitive to the context of the local community and the physical territory, opening up and better preparing for the cultures and needs it represents, going beyond the idea of a one-off 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 relevant legislation in Italy - Types of Third Sector organizations. 2. Civil law framework: Statutory adjustments for 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 ETS tax regime: Direct taxation and tax classification - Financial and accounting management and the new "five per thousand" regulation - Flat-rate schemes. 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: Volunteering legislation - 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 success stories in the Third Sector - Analysis of the main challenges and critical issues in the sector.

What is the Third Sector?

The Third Sector is a term used to refer to all organizations with social, cultural, or environmental purposes that are neither for-profit nor part of the public sector. These organizations are established to pursue, on a non-profit basis, civic, solidarity, and socially beneficial goals through the performance of one or more activities of general interest in the form of voluntary action or the free provision of money, goods, or services, or through mutual aid or the 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, volunteer organizations, and other private entities other than corporations. The Third Sector differs from the profit-driven private sector and the public sector, and is based on a philosophy of solidarity, cooperation, and social commitment. Third sector entities exclusively or primarily engage in one or more activities of general interest for the non-profit pursuit of civic, solidarity, and socially beneficial purposes. Activities considered to be of general interest (Article 5 of Legislative Decree No. 117 of July 3, 2017) if carried out in accordance with the specific regulations governing their operation, include:

a) social interventions and services

b) healthcare 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 to protect and enhance 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) extracurricular training, aimed at preventing school dropout and achieving academic and educational 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, promotional, representation and licensing activities of certification brands, 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) handling 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 each country's national laws and regulations. Generally, Third Sector organizations may be required to fulfill training obligations, for example, to acquire the skills needed to manage operations 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 ultimate goal of training is to develop professionals and create more competitive organizations capable of pursuing their social and environmental objectives. It is important to consider strategic training for the Third Sector, which goes beyond the simple transmission of economic, business, and tax knowledge to Third Sector professionals and organizations, and the certainly necessary focus on innovative processes, the quality of services, and relationships within organizations. Training must, above all, encompass the rich set of values and motivations that must underlie personal services.

Reference legislation

In Italy, the reference legislation for the Third Sector is Law No. 266 of August 11, 1991 (also known as Law 266/1991), "New Rules on Volunteering," which has been a key reference point for the growth and organization of third sector activities in the country. Furthermore, with the 2016 reform of the third sector and volunteering, Law No. 106 of June 6, 2016 (also known as Law 106/2016) was enacted, introducing important innovations regarding third sector entities, social enterprises, volunteering, social solidarity, and services for families and individuals. Finally, there is also the "Third Sector Code," introduced with Legislative Decree No. 106 of July 3, 2017. 117, which established the guidelines for this sector and reorganized the different types of recognized entities, the assistance methods, the tax regulations and the related sanctions.

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

The course has a total duration of 40 hours.