Name of Center
Centre for Nonprofit-Management (NPM)
Münster University
Germany
www.npm-online.de
About the Center
The Centre for Nonprofit-Management (npm) is an independent research, consulting and training organisation, specialised on shaping and enhancing German and European Civil Society. Founded in 2004, its mission is to improve interdisciplinary links between research and practice in order to contribute to the development of managerial capacity and organisational leadership in non-profit organisations.
The Centre offers the first German University Master’s course in “Nonprofit-management and governance”. It also carries out research projects, surveys and evaluations, for example on the field of foundations or welfare associations in a city or region. Through this, the Centre is actively contributing to the research enhancement in the Third Sector. For this purpose, the Centre is collaborating with ministries, universities, research organisations and business companies throughout Germany.
The Centre is situated in immediate vicinity to Münster University, and is organised as a charitable limited company. It is recognised as a tax exempt charity for pursuing purposes of research by the German tax authorities. Members have a political science, business studies, sociology, psychology and/or urban planning background.
Managing Director: Prof. Dr. Annette Zimmer, Dr. Michael Vilain
Secretary: Markus Behr
Major Education Initiatives
- First German University Master’s course in “Nonprofit-management and governance” educating and qualifying Third Sector-associations and foundations leaders. The programme is aiming at students with a Bachelor or diploma degree and with at least one year fulltime practice in a non-profit organisation. The Master’s course is a two year degree, designed to allow participants to continue their duties at work while undertaking the programme on a carefully designed block release schedule. It is realised in cooperation with University of Münster and it involves practitioners, policy makers and academic staff from a number of different disciplines: www.npm-studium.de
- Training activities and seminars for staff of nonprofit-organisations, such as foundations or welfare and charity associations
- Regular classes at Münster University and University of Applied Sciences of the German Red Cross
Major Research Projects
- Civic engagement of allotment holder associations (2006-2007)
- Survey about nonprofit-management of welfare and charity associations in Münster (2005-2006, publication in German)
- The changing conditions of civic engagement in Germany (2005, publication in German)
Other Projects
- Regional foundation’s network and database: www.stiftungsverbund-westfalen-lippe.de
- Internship agency Münster for nonprofit-organisations: www.praktikumsboerse-muenster.de
Contact Information
Prinzipalmarkt 38
48143 Münster
Germany
T +49 251 510380
F +49 251 5103824
e-mail info@npm-online.de