Origins, global evolution and prospects of the Third Sector 1 Origins, global evolution and prospects of the Third Sector Eduardo Lindarte Middleton, PHD 1 (2021, revised in 2024) 1 . This paper was written as a faculty member at Universidad Autónoma de Manizales in Colombia prior to my retirement in 2021, and in the context of a research project on the Third Sector funded by the University.