Abstract

The approaches to the definition of civil society are analised. Author used indicators such as the number of non-governmental organizations, the number of people participating in the activities of NGOs, funding, number of participants in protests, such as the size of the tangent values of state support “third” sector, the volume of financial assistance on the part of the public, philanthropists and international funds. Non-governmental organizations are not always a sign of the presence of civil society. Their causes may be different, in particular, far enough from the principles of voluntary civic activities and cooperation. Organizations may be fictitious, be the realization of someone’s leadership ambitions, they sometimes have a narrow functionality. Surface quantitative approach to determine the parameters of its development will give us the opportunity to understand valid status and identify areas of public policy and social development of civil society. Focus on the number of civic organizations, the number of their members, as determined by the statistics most NGOs, the amount of money they received - can lead us astray. A more sophisticated methodology that separates the real from the fake NGOs are necessary. As part of this methodology is necessary to investigate citizens of Ukraine participating in the activities of non-governmental organizations, the amount of work that he obtained as a result of non-governmental organizations active volunteers, the structure of their financial income and expenses.