Non-governmental organisations as part of new public management concept

For public administration New Public Management (NPM) constitutes an instrument of boosting the efficiency of activities by means of management techniques and solutions taken from the practice of the business sector. One of the methods to enhance effectiveness is to use the activity and potential of the third sector. This paper aims at providing a theoretical analysis of the concept of the New Public Management and its implementation in practice to investigate if nongovernmental organisations can be included in the process of providing public services. The introduction of the market basics to public administration demonstrated that non-profit organisations, with their strengths and administrative support taken into consideration, can effectively serve as a provider of social tasks. And this builds the foundations for the cooperation between the sectors.