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Research Articles Issue 2 · 2019 · pp. 162–175 · Issue page

RELIGIOUS NGOS–EU PARTENERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS OF SOCIAL POLICIES- CASE STUDY THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS NGOS AS EU PARTENERS IN PROMOTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EU PO

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Dragos-Ioan SAMSUDEAN1
1 MA student, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 29 March 2026
Available Online 15 March 2019
Abstract
THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS RESEARCH IS REPRESENTED BY THE MIGRANT CRISIS AND THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS NGOS AS WORKING PARTNERS FOR EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS. IN THIS CONTEXT, I PROPOSED AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY REGARDING THE ACTIVITY OF RELIGIOUS NGOS AS EU PARTNERS IN PROMOTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EU POLICIES IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN AID GRANTED TO MIGRANTS. STARTING FROM FOLLOWING RESEARCH QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE MOST RELEVANT CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS REGARDING SOCIAL COHESION IN THE CONTEXT OF INSURANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND HU MANITARIAN AID POLICIES GRANTED TO MIGRANTS BY EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RELIGIOUS NGOS? I TRIED TO LINK THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS WITH THE DATA IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE BACKGROUND AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE TYPES OF NGOS AS EU PARTNERS I THE MANAGEMENT OF SOCIO -CULTURAL ISSUES REGARDING THE MIGRANTS CRISIS. FROM METHODOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW, I USED THE INSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS. THE CONCLUSION REVEAL THAT A COMPLEX PROBLEM SUCH AS MIGRANT CRISIS REQUIRES AN INTERVENTION FROM A WIDE RANGE OF ACTORS, INCLUDING THE RELIGIOUS NGOS WHO ARE THE MOST PREPARED ACTORS TO MANAGE THE SOCIO -CULTURAL PROBLEMS OF THE MIGRANTS CRISIS DUE TO THE SPECIFIC FEATURES COMING FROM THE RELIGIOUS SPHERE.
Keywords
MIGRANTS CRISIS EUROPEAN UNION RELIGIOUS NGOS HUMANITARIAN AID
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