“I believe that communication skills, teamwork and commitment to volunteer work are very important and are related to each other and also highlight to knowledge of local legislations and political support and cooperation's as fundamental in the precise of working with volunteers can positively influence our performance in as regards the forwarding of information and guidance of volunteers.” (Portugal) Finally, the work of a voluntary work coordinator includes a series of skills of cooperation with various types of groups. “Another important skill needed is open-mindedness, as a manager of volunteers you should include everybody, be able to work with diverse groups, understand cultures and different backgrounds that the volunteers come from and manage to reach cohesion within the group.” (Romania)
In the second part of the interviews, the experts were asked for comments to the proposed scenarios of NGO sector development. The technical scenario is indicated as the most probable scenario of development due to the generational change in this sector, which will be linked with changes in the patterns of operations of organisations, e.g. greater importance of remote communication within the activities of an organisation. "The organisational structures will include volunteers who represent a modern network society, characterised by extended mobile communication competences, and understand voluntary work as an activity aimed at inclusion of units in their technosocial structures and offering support in the implementation of initiatives typical for a network society, associated with among others self-employment in the IT-related sector or computer-assisted education." (Poland). “The naturalness of social transition and the expention of information technology in all areas also in the Third sector. Infırmation technologies could serve NGOs in different ways; it could improve productivity, increase the 52