The rising of third sector and non-government organization emerged from the civic consciousness, and made a great influence on governmental governance. Third sector has become a main force of public service, changed the relationship between the government and third sector, influenced society and politics, and plays an important role on social welfare and service supply in the world.
Recently, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as emails, blogs, MSN, and some related soft/hardware, has had great improvement. ICTs not only has changed the actions of persons and of organizations, but also has influenced the management and the interaction of the third sector. Revealed by a research (The research of using ICTs to fulfilling the ideals of civic participation), almost a half organizations in which interviewer joined have their own websites, and most interviewers get the experiences or have habits in using ICTs. Other foreign studies also show the same trend.
Through the research, we find that the third sector faces the problem of lacking money, manpower and soft/hardware. The deficiency of manager and professional knowledge limit the range that the third sector uses the ICTs directly. Similarly, the short of software/hardware makes the third sector difficult to provide information service, or extend their service range. All these factors restrain the E-development of the third sector.
The pervasive use of ICTs shows the trend of E-Society. Thus, this article tries to show the importance and influence of ICTs to third sector. Furthermore, the conclusion supports the utilization of ICTs for the development of the third sector.