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Стратегическо планиране на социалните услуги – състояние и перспективи
Strategic Planning of Social Services - Conditions and Prospects

Author(s): Penka Shishmanova, Evelina Parashkevova-Velikova, Elitsa Lazarova, Mariela Stoyanova, Borislava Slavova-Petkova
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Стопанска академия »Д. А. Ценов«
Keywords: regional strategies for development of social services; quality of planning documents; social policies

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality of regional strategies for the development of social services and to outline the main characteristics of their condition and prospects for development. The objects of study are the regional strategies for the development of social services in Bulgaria in the period 2016-2020. The subject of the study is the quality of these strategies, in order to provide an opportunity for proactive policy in the social sector. Closely related to the defined goal are the research tasks, which are derived from the main research thesis, namely that the approach applied so far for strategic planning of social policies at the district level is characterized by significant weaknesses. They derive both from the regulatory and strategic framework and from the institutional organization and powers in terms of its formulation, implementation, monitoring, reporting, communication and updating. The applied research methods are standard for scientific research and include: content and GAP analysis of documents, benchmarking, critical analysis, method of analysis and synthesis, multicriteria evaluation by defined checklist, analysis of structures and temporal groupings. Induction and deduction have been used in formulating perspectives for the process of formulating social policies. Among the most important conclusions is the need to overcome the existing weaknesses in terms of the organization and institutionalization of the processes of providing social services and the creation of a working mechanism for their quality planning in dynamics.

  • Issue Year: 29/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 145-176
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Bulgarian