Jansen, Tim (2020) One Hand does not Applaud - A research on partnerships to achieve goals between Syrian and Dutch organizations in The Netherlands. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Since the conflict in Syria, the Syrian diaspora in The Netherlands has seen a significant increase. In this growing community of Syrians, organizations started to sprout. These diaspora organizations’ aims differ, but for all, organizing in a new country, within a new community and culture, brings a lot of challenges. That is why these Syrian diaspora organizations seek to partner up with Dutch organizations to improve their activities and ultimately achieve their goals. By having conversations with these diaspora organizations and their partners, this research tries to find out how Syrian diaspora organizations and their Dutch partner organizations build successful partnerships to increase the capacity to achieve their goals. The literature on this topic shows that diaspora organizations can have different reasons for existence. In the case of the Syrian organizations, two major types can be identified. One of the types is the organization with a focus on better integration for the Syrian community, the other being an organization with its emphasis on providing aid to victims still in Syria and surrounding countries. Regardless of the goals of an organization, general factors for a successful partnership can be defined. This research shows that institutionalization and patronization have a direct negative influence on the success of such partnerships. On the positive side, transparency and trust are highly valuable when engaging in partnerships with diaspora organizations. By conducting in-depth interviews, this research found that most of these factors have a positive and negative effect they are predicted to have. The exception is institutionalization, which appeared to be completely absent in all partnerships. Next to confirming the factors proposed by the literature, new factors are brought to attention. For the Syrian conflict, specifically, the political alignment of organizations is a real barrier to a successful partnership. Another unique factor, in this case, is the cultural attributes Syrians have. Due to the closed-off state of Syria, it takes more energy from both the Syrian community and its partners to build an open and successful partnership.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Zhao, Y. |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2020 10:29 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2020 10:29 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3215 |
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