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Wydatki z funduszu pracy na finansowanie polityki rynku pracy

Author(s): Beata Zofia Filipiak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2019

The literature on the subject, as well as the practice, point to the evolution of the concept of the labor market functioning, and thus the principles of policy financing related to intervention in this market. The aim of the study is to present the labor fund as a source of financing active and passive labor market policy from the point of adequacy of intervention of public authorities (government and local government).The article provides a detailed analysis of the income of the labor fund and expenses incurred from this fund for active and passive labor market policy. The article analyzes the case of Poland.

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THE STUDY OF MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN A PARTICULAR SPORTS FESTIVAL

Author(s): Veronika Fenyves,György Szabados,Zoltán Bács / Language(s): English Issue: 19/2019

The Annual Campus Festival is among the summer music festivals in Hungary which targets higher education students and attracts a large number of participants. The organisers of the festival pay special attention to enhancing visitors’ interest in sport and music events. The Campus Sport Festival takes place annually to promote sport and to provide higher education students, fans and participants from Hungary and abroad (Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine) with memorable opportunities to get to know each other and socialize. Based on the results of a survey in 2017 this study analyses higher education students’ motivation to take part in such international events and focuses on similarities and differences identified among students from other countries. A programme for statistical analysis, SPPS, was used to study the differences among students from several countries and event motivational factors were taken into consideration when administering Pearson’s chi-squared and Kruskal-Wallis tests.

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BANKING RISK MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BASEL AGREEMENTS

Author(s): Rawan ABUZARQA / Language(s): English Issue: 19/2019

Risk management has attracted the interest of financial and banking institutions recently. The financial industry has experienced financial problems and crises which lead to heavy losses and bankruptcy. The global intertwining of banking institutions, globalization of financial services, the growth of the bank credit market and its diversification have increased these risks. Therefore new efficient methods and tools need to be developed. The main purpose of this article is to provide a critical review of the concept of bank risk management; in addition, the Basel principles developed over time will be focused on (Basel I, Basel II, Basel III). This paper summarizes the results of the previous studies with a view to helping bank managers understand the banking risk management process and providing guidance for future research.

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BRAND LOGO PERCEPTION IN A GLOBALIZED SOCIETY

Author(s): Emanuela Maria Avram / Language(s): English Issue: 19/2019

Strong brands are rapidly spreading into a globalized society and becoming known to many people. Elements such as name, graphic representation, symbols and colors used are the most important features of a brand. They differentiate the brands and attract consumers thus having a strong impact on their buying decision. That is why looking into consumer perception about brand logo is of crucial importance to organizations. This study offers examples of different brands illustrating how powerful a good logo is. The results reveal the importance of colors and brand logo design and the power of these elements to influence consumers’ decisions and emotions.

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BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ACCOUNTING

Author(s): Delia Corina Mihălţan / Language(s): English Issue: 20/2019

The current paper aims at raising awareness about the differences between theory and practice in accounting. It focuses on the logical path that a student or a novice in this field must follow in order to apply theoretical knowledge into practice. The role, the structure, and the features of the financial information system (as part of the informational system of the entity) are presented in comparison with the accounting ledgers used in the traditional accounting (where transactions were recorded manually). These ledgers are the starting point of any accounting when acquiring the practical knowledge. In addition, the paper considers the didactic principles most suitable to bridge the gap between theory and practice in accounting.

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FINANCING – A PERFORMANCE DETERMINING FACTOR IN THE PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

Author(s): Daniela VITAN / Language(s): English Issue: 20/2019

The pre-university educational institutions are state-funded, from the local budgets of the administrative-territorial units to which they belong. They can be funded additionally by the Ministry of National Education. Basic funding is provided by the state within the standard cost per pupil. Complementary funding is realised from the local budgets of the administrative-territorial units to which the pre-university educational institutions belong. Additional funding is provided by the Ministry of National Education. Educational institutions may also have their own revenues. These are obtained from donations, sponsorships or other legally constituted sources. Pre-university educational institutions cannot function and cannot perform without the allocation of financial resources to cover their expenses. This creates a direct link between funding and performance.

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EDUCATIONAL CHOICES AND PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN ROMANIA

Author(s): Ana-Maria Zamfir,Raluca MOLEA,Anamaria NĂSTASĂ / Language(s): English Issue: 20/2019

Education is a central social institution supporting human capital development and socialisation of youth to adulthood. From this point of view, the passage of individuals through the education system is an important theme of study for social sciences, both for explaining educational attainment, as well as for understanding subsequent outcomes obtained by individuals through their life course (employment, income, health, etc.). Educational trajectories are characterised by various transitions that mark the passing of individuals through the education system. The present paper aims to explore educational choices and participation to higher education in Romania and the way they are being shaped by contextual factors. We analyse statistical and administrative data on participation to higher education, considering the characteristics of the economic environment and institutional settings. Our results are relevant to better inform education related decisions of individuals, as well as for supporting the policy making process.

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THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR THE ENERGY SECURITY OF ROMANIA

Author(s): Mihaela IONESCU / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2019

In this article, the author presents some aspects of the Romanian energy system which undergoes crucial transformations in the conditions of sustainable development. The promotion of energy from renewable resources is one of the challenges currently facing the Romanian economy. Due to the efficient political support so far, the electricity generated by renewable energy already represents a relevant share of 24%. As a result, forced market integration and higher renewable energy supply are considered crucial in the next stages of the transformation process. In the long term, the opportunity of installing new coal and natural gas capacities will be given by the evolution of the prices of the ETS certificates, the necessity of establishing a strategic reserve for the SEN safety, the increase of the demand for electricity, the performance of the installed capacities, of the prices of technologies. Romania is among the 14 EU member states that maintain the option of using nuclear energy and investments in two nuclear power plants. But the energy produced by nuclear power plants can be replaced by electricity obtained from renewable sources with much lower costs under sustainable development conditions.

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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON RISK AND CRITICAL MANAGEMENT FACTORS FOR PRDC FROM THE CENTRAL-EUROPEAN VETS’ AND FARM MANAGERS’

Author(s): László Búza,László ÓZSVÁRI / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2019

In this study the authors surveyed and compared the Central European (Hungarian, Czech and Slovakian) vets’ and farm managers’ opinion on the critical risk factors and effective farm management of Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC). From February to May 2014, 39 farm managers (32 from Hungary, 6 from Czechia, 1 from Slovakia) and 37 vets (26 from Hungary, 10 from Czechia, 1 from Slovakia) working on 75 farrow-to-finish swine farms with 82,500 sows were personally questioned about their opinion on the risk factors and successful management factors for PRDC. The findings revealed that lack of effective farm management and the relating prevalent, recurring, operational problems have the most detrimental effect on the PRDC status on the Central-European pig farms. The results show that the vets considered the majority of the PRDC general risk factors (e.g. housing) to be more reasonable than the farm managers, however, the perceptions of the severity of PRDC pathogens showed much more similarity. It can be concluded that the swine farm managers and vets in Central-Europe should more often conduct a systematic farm monitoring to avoid the operational blindness and to better understand the risk factors of PRDC.

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SOCIETAL RESILIENCE AND THE ROLE OF EU’S ACTORNESS IN THE EASTERN NEIGHBOURHOOD

Author(s): Anatolie Cărbune / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2019

Particularly since the European Union Global Strategy (EUGS) was published in 2016, the EU’s soft power projection in Eastern Neighbourhood revolves around the concept of resilience. EU is promoting the need for building resilience, considering that EaP states are facing many challenges associated with internal vulnerabilities and external threats, ranging from security risks to political uncertainty. However, the EUGS put a special emphasis on societal resilience, as many of states’ weaknesses are linked with internal systemic issues. The aim of this paper is to recount the origins of societal resilience at the core of EU’s narrative towards Eastern Neighbourhood, by focusing on the link between good governance and societal resilience. The concept of societal resilience is analysed in a wider manner; as it involves different dimensions, relevant empirical data is used to support the author’s arguments. With a stronger focus on societal resilience, EU could play a more salient role in exerting its transformative power. More than that, the limits of this approach as a policy goal for long term is discussed. As EU could play only an indirect role, societal resilience can be built only gradually and EaP partners have to actively support the EU in this process. In this context, the connection between good governance, economic development and societal resilience is crucial for long term stability.

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GENERATION Z AND LEARNING STYLES

Author(s): Dumitrita Iftode / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2019

Due to technological evolution and digitalization education has encountered many changes in the last decade. Students as a part of educational system bring their own footprint on it through their learning styles. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the learning styles of a group of undergraduate and postgraduate students. The achievement of this goal is realized through a questionnaire applied to a sample of 114 students. Particularly, I have used the Felder & Soloman Index (ILS), which is specifically evaluating four learning dimensions: processing information; perceiving information; receiving and understanding information. In order to shape the students’ learning styles, the statements were grouped in three categories and had a five - point Likert scale for evaluation. Even if at first glance the problem of learning styles is considered a simple task, through further analysis I realized that it is a complex process. Understanding and defining the students’ leaning styles is particularly important because this is the key of their active involvement. In this context, Z generation is identified with an auto-didactic and independent learning type and also with a strong desire to choose what and how to study.

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GOOD COLLABORATION PUSHES PARTNERS’ BOUNDARIES - THE E-CLASSES PROJECT’S NEW APPROACH TO SCHOOL-COMPANIES COOPERATION

Author(s): Anca Cristina COLIBABA,Irina Gheorghiu,Ramona CIRSMARI,Cintia Colibaba,Stefan COLIBABA / Language(s): English Issue: 13/2019

The article is based on the European project E-Classes (Ref.no. 2017-1-RO01-KA202-037344), which is being developed within a partnership of eight educational and IT institutions from Bulgaria, Italy, Romania and Spain. The project aims at offering solutions to the new educational challenges in Europe; it provides science teachers and trainers with open educational resources (OER) which will enhance their professional, IT and pedagogical competences and facilitate their students’ transition from school to work. The article presents the E-Classes project: its methodology, objectives, target groups and outputs. It looks at the cooperation between students, schools and companies as considered within the partnership. The project partnership led to the creation of videos relying on interviews students had with employers and also issues students appreciated as revealing essential aspects of the job. The testimonials collected from teachers and students participating in a virtual meeting with teachers and students from Bulgaria give some insights into this work-based learning experience.

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Transitions Online_Around the Bloc - 31 March

Author(s): Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 04/06/2020

Our regional news roundup: Russia in quarantine; Georgian and Slovak economies fend off infection; Bulgarian politician arrested; and reviving Soviet ventilators.

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DEPENDENT WORK AND INTERNSHIP

Author(s): Jan Horecký,Michal Blažek / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

The law of the Czech Republic does not explicitly regulate the rights of the university students participating in internship programme. Nor does it regulates the obligations and rights of the internship programme providers. Without the existence of any specific legal regulation, the issue has to be addressed by most of the universities since internship is a necessary requirement for graduation. The absence of legislation makes unclear the legal background of internship programmes. The authors of the article deal with those legal norms that should apply in internship practice and present several arguments supporting the fact that the internship programme should be regulated by labour law Act No. 262/2006. The article also draws attention to the consquences of this conclusion. The aim of the paper is to support the opinion above, providing several arguments. To achieve this objective, the concept of „dependent work“ will be analyzed using deductive research method based on the existing theoretical labour-law knowledge, as well as an inductive method will be applied with the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic.

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USING TAX POLICY TO ADDRESS BRAIN DRAIN AND DEPOPULATION: THE CASE OF CROATIA

Author(s): Stjepan Gadžo / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2019

As the end of the Twenty-Tens approaches, there is a growing public consensus in Croatia that the key challenge facing the country is of demographic nature. Put simply, the accession to the European Union (EU) in July 2013 only exacerbated the negative trends regarding the emigration of mostly young and high-skilled workers to other, more developed countries. However, policymakers have hitherto failed to offer a comprehensive set of countermeasures, with tax policy being no exception. Accordingly, it is the aim of this paper to explore possible tax measures the Croatian legislator may employ in tackling the brain drain phenomenon, with special emphasis on highly skilled workers. More specifically, starting from the assumption that policymakers want to assume a more proactive role in addressing brain drain, the main contribution of the paper is in drawing the contours of a coherent tax-related response to this issue.

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Резултати от приложение на web-базирани образователни ресурси за формиране на здравни компетентности в обучението по биология и здравно образование в VII клас

Author(s): Margarita Panayotova,Zlatka Vakleva,Monika Teneva,Dimo Penkov,Svetoslav Karamfilov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The article analyzes the results of experimentally verified methodical model for the application of web-based educational resources for the formation of health competencies in teaching biology and health education in the 7th grade. Processing and analysis of the results were made using the procedural model BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction), which has not been applied so far in educational research. The subject were children from basic school with a high level of interest and achievement in natural sciences. The obtained results (in-between averages) indicate that the system “teacher – health knowledge” reliably affects the differences in performance of the “difference in gender – teacher – skills”, at that – in favor of girls. The “teacher – health knowledge” system affects the differences in performance of the “difference in gender – web – knowledge” but in favor of boys. High positive correlation was reported between the results obtained in health knowledge and skills in the using of teaching traditional methods (teacher).

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„Осмоза. Осмотично поведение на клетка“ – използване на електронни приложения, облачни технологии и демонстриране на експерименти

Author(s): Silvia Georgieva,Silvia Rusimova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

Prof. ,,Emanuil Ivanov” High School of Mathematics and Science in city of Kyustendil supports the initiative of UNICEF and the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science to promote the Global Goals for Sustainable Development by joining the Global initiative ,,The Biggest Lesson in the World”. The aim of the initiative is to introduce the young generation to the Global for Goals Sustainable Development, to call on everyone together to make the planet fair, healthy and sustainable and to commit to it`s future. This school year, in connection with the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we dedicate the initiative to children with disabilities. The lesson “Osmosis. Osmotic Cell Behavior”, devoted to Global Goal 15 “Life on Earth”, includes the use of electronic applications, cloud technologies and demonstration of experiments on the presentation of osmosis as a chemical process, the osmotic behavior of plant and animal cells.

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Възлагането на задачи за домашна работа в дигитална среда като средство за повишаване мотивацията и резултатите на учениците

Author(s): Zhenya Tellalova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

Digitalization of the learning process and integration of innovative and interactive teaching and assessment methods require a change in attitudes towards students’ work out of the classroom.This article presents models of working practices for enhancing students’ motivation and results through digitalisation of homework, online assigning and evaluating, which are accessible and easy to implement in daily learning activities.

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Използване на образователни мобилни технологии и приложения – едно проучване в Тракийския университет

Author(s): Nadezhda Angelova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The knowledge, readiness and perceptions of the trainees for their possible participation in the process of mobile learning have not been studied so far for the students of Trakia University, Stara Zagora. This paper presents the results of a study on the use of educational mobile applications among students from different faculties of the university. Conclusions on the knowledge, experience and necessary mobile applications for the various specialties are drawn, as well as recommendations for expanding the application of mobile applications in higher education.

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Impact on Research Visibility Using Structured Data and Social Media Integration

Author(s): Nikolay Kasakliev,Elena Somova,Margarita Gocheva / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

The paper presents a study on applicability of structured data(metadata) in increasing of scientific articles’ visibility, published on the Web. The usage of structured data in the description of the scientific content is discussed. The brief analyses of the used approaches for scientific publishing and some academic publishing systems are presented. The special attention is given to the metadata schemas (Metadata Object Description Schema, Dublin Core Metadata Element Set and Schema.org) used successfully for the publishing purposes. The appropriate integration of the information on scientific articles within social media (with OpenGraph and Twitter Card tags) is also examined.

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