Public-social partnership: an analysis of institutional capacity of local government units in Poland

The article reflects upon the concept of public-social partnership. Developments within the public sector, in particular shared public management and the aim to initiate civic and civic association activities associated with it, is the background of these considerations. Based on them, partnership is identified as a form of collaboration between the administration and non-government organisations featuring attributes that facilitate reinforcement of competences and performance of public sector operations. It is also connected to the concept of institutional capacity and development of Polish local government units. The primary objective of the article is to assess the functioning of Polish local government units in the area of public-social partnership as well as to analyse its importance to the development of their institutional capacity. The Institutional Development Planning method has been used to accomplish the objective.