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#27 Assisting and reintegrating child victims of trafficking in Bulgaria: legal, institutional and policy framework

Author(s): Miriana Ilcheva / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2012

The report explores the legal, institutional and policy framework of countering child trafficking in Bulgaria and assisting and reintegrating its victims. It looks at Bulgarian criminal law and criminal procedure, as well as other legal norms, relevant to the subject, and the extent to which they comply with international standards. The study presents the different stages of referral victims go through, the various institutions and organisations, involved in the process, and the policies and initiatives they pursue in improving child victims’ situation. A number of recommendations are put forward in terms of possible legislative amendments, strengthening policy framework and furthering capacity building of institutions, entrusted with combating child trafficking.

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#28 Countering police corruption: European perspectives

Author(s): Rositsa Dzhekova,Philip Gounev,Tihomir Bezlov / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2013

This publication reviews the policies and institutional mechanisms for countering police corruption in several EU member states. To be effective, anti-corruption efforts should be based on a system of independent and mutually accountable institutions which are sufficiently empowered to implement their objectives. This report emphasises the last two decades of experience in the UK, Belgium and Austria in modernising their anti-corruption policies and institutions. In addition to the institutional and legal framework, concrete measures and methods (risk assessment, integrity tests, etc.) are also examined. The Bulgarian and Romanian experience in countering corruption in law enforcement institutions is also reviewed with an emphasis on some of the main problems and gaps that undermine effective counter measures.

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5–8 klasių mokinių sveikos gyvensenos žinios, įgūdžiai ir įpročiai, taikant informacijosmotyvacijos-įgūdžių modelį

Author(s): Vida Gudžinskienė,Jūratė Česnavičienė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 2/2014

Currently, institutions of general education are creating preconditions for every learner to acquire knowledge on healthy lifestyle, as well as to develop correspondent skills and habits. The aim of the present article is to define the knowledge, skills and habits of healthy lifestyle of 5-8th form learners by applying the Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model. The research aim is concretised by the following objectives: to define the Information-Motivation- Behavioural Skills model and to identify the knowledge on healthy lifestyle of 5-8th formers, as well as to reveal the subjective evaluation of health-promoting skills and habits. Pursuing to answer the aforesaid tasks, analysis of scientific literature and empirical research, which included anonymous questionnaires for 5-8th formers of comprehensive schools (N=817: 48.7% of girls and 51.3% of boys), have been conducted. The data were processed applying the computer programme SPSS Statistics 16.0 for ‘Windows’. The following methods of mathematical-statistical analysis were applied for the analysis of the collected data: descriptive (percentage frequencies) and analytical (Pearson Chi-Square test) statistics. The Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills (IMB) model validates the combinability of information (as the initial and essential factor of the competence of health protection and promotion), personal and social motivation (as a second important factor), and skills and habits (as a third factor) in developing health protection and promotion competence at the junior stage of adolescence. The empirical research reveals that the knowledge of more than one half of learners about health and healthy lifestyle may be defined as insufficient; whereas more than a half of research participants, i.e. 5-8th form learners, do not demonstrate firm skills of healthy lifestyle: they do not attach sufficient attention to their daily diet, physical activity, have harmful habits, whereas the knowledge on personal hygiene does not always comply with correspondent behaviour. Therefore, despite the fact that the development of learners’ competence of health protection and promotion complies with the Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model and creates preconditions for learners to develop positive changes in their behaviour in terms of healthy lifestyle, it is assumed that different learners need to determine only sufficient and some superficial knowledge on the issues of healthy lifestyle and condition insufficient development of health-promoting habits. It would be expedient for researchers to define the motivation of learners to acquire knowledge on healthy lifestyle and develop skills and behaviour changes in terms of the links between the acquired competences of health education and promotion.

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A 2018-as szlovákiai magyar identitáskutatás elsődleges eredményei

Author(s): Zsuzsanna Lampl / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2019

The joint survey of the Forum Minority Research Institute (Šamorín, Slovakia) and the National Policy Research Institute (Budapest, Hungary) was carried out in the summer of 2018 in 16 districts and 120 municipalities of Southern Slovakia, including the cities of Bratislava and Košice. The sample was constituted of 800 Hungarian adults in Slovakia. The quota is representative from the point of view of the proportion of inhabitants belonging to the Hungarian ethnic minority and living in Southern Slovakia´s mixed districts; and of gender, age group, school graduation level, and the type of municipality they reside in. The subject of the survey was the state of national identity and its changes compared to earlier time periods. The primary results presented here concern the following aspects: quality of life, current attitude toward public issues, national value system, national identity, language arrangements, language regime, language use.

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A crritical analysis on budgetary wadges in Romania

Author(s): Adina Mihăilescu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 4/2019

This study analyzes the importance of work, on onehand, and, on the other hand, the revenues that employees from tertiary education, researchers from ‘hardcare’ research and doctors are obtaining. In the same time, we are enhancing the big wages differences that different jobs depending on the state budget are showing. In this respect we are especially looking at the employees in research domain, as compared with academics and doctors physicians. The work-place is the frame where the following domains are very important: work conditions, revenues, the interpersonal relations at all levels, promoting opportunities, work time, proximity of work place, and work content. All these are making one activity to be more attractive than other one, building also the dimensions of some elements of the social importance of work per se.

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A LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF INCOME INEQUALITY

Author(s): DONCENCO Igor / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2017

This paper provides a summary of current theories and relevant studies on income inequality conducted in the last 10 years. Excessive income inequality is one of the most painful and controversial topics for modern society. A person with high self-awareness has the ability to anticipate his real possibilities, the meanings of the “I”, manifested as a result of actions, and the inequality that generates deprivation among significant groups of the population causes a sense of helplessness, the inability to improve one’s situation, and adversely affects the socio-psychological state of the individual and society. In this case, it not only serves as a source of psychological tension, but also deforms the motivation for social behaviour.

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A tudás forradalma. Az internező ember szociálpszichológiája és szociológiája

Author(s): György Csepeli,Gergő Prazsák / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 30/2016

The latest communicational architecture, the internet has not yet a perfectly transparent effect on the entirety of human being, remodeling and modifying cognition, knowledge, the relationships between people. The network system sub-stantially influences the fields of the social system, listed here politics, economy, culture and the world of life. In this presentation new theories and new research achievements are presented, through these we can understand the new phenomenon of the society moved (migrated) on the internet. A new world has come into exis-tence; its metaphysics is born now.

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ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT: SELF AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION

Author(s): Specified No Author / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2000

Since the end of 1999 Vitosha Research with the Center for the Study of Democracy and Freedom House foundation, has been working on an international project entitled Accountable Government: Self and Public Perception. Activities under this initiative included the conducting of sociological surveys in Romania, Slovakia, and Bulgaria. Fieldwork was conducted in the period March 23 - April 15, 2000. The present paper outlines the findings of the surveys conducted in Bulgaria among the general population and MPs from the 38th National Assembly.

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Adaptačný proces seniorov na prostredie zariadenia pre seniorov

Author(s): Lenka Štefáková / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 1/2020

The contribution zooms the adaptation of older people to the environment of the institutional facility. It describes the phases of the behaviour of the elderly placed in the facility, as well as the behavior and attitudes of people who have entered a serious crisis. It shows the progress of the adaptation process and the problems associated with the adaptation of older people to the environment in the facility.

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Addressing Environmental Crimes and Marine Pollution in the EU: Legal guidelines and case studies

Author(s): Nicola Giovannini,Luigi Melica,Entela Cukani,Marco Giannotta,Malena Zingoni / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2013

The purpose of this handbook is to provide to judges, prosecutors, forensic officers and other legal practitioners an overview of the existing European and international instruments and rules aimed at tackling environmental crimes and in particular marine pollution, as well as an analysis of the challenges faced in their implementation and enforcement process.

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Agressivity and violence in Romanian schools: bullying and mobbying

Author(s): Georgiana Virginia Bonea / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2019

The present study starts from the identification and analysis of the phenomenology and the causality of aggression and violence in school in order to discover new simple but effective ways of preventing and combating this problem faced by both Romania and many other states of the world. Thus, starting from the existing social policies and from the official statistics provided by the Ministry of National Education, a realistic analysis of this phenomenon can be made. The issue of violence in school can no longer be ignored, as it is a serious violation of Human Rights. In such a context, governmental, institutional, social, school and family efforts are required for a more effective and lasting response. At the same time, the causes of violence in school are identified, thus providing possible solutions for preventing and combating the problem, with openings for new future analysis.

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AM I A GOOD CAREGIVER FOR YOUTH AT RISK? SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL WORKERS’ PERCEPTION OF SELF-EFFICACY THROUGH THE LENS OF ATTACHMENT THEORY

Author(s): Levi Sudai Pazit / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

“Have I succeeded in helping the youths I care for? Does our relationship enable the youths to make a progress? To feel better?” These questions are frequently raised during the supervision sessions with the socio-educational workers (SEWs) of the Youth Advancement Units . SEWs provide care for youths, many of whom have dropped out from formal educational frameworks in Israel. The main role of these workers is to enhance the youths, integrating them in society by establishing a personal relationship and promoting interventions. More than once, the SEW have to cope with complex tasks in their work. Moreover, they encounter professional and personal difficulties leading to a sense of frustration, failure, and rejection. A high perception of self-efficacy enables the SEWs to experience the difficulties as challenges, believing that they can promote these youths and attain success in their work, despite the difficulties. Conversely, SEWs with low perception of self-efficacy experience the difficulties as threats and believe less in the ability of the youths to change. This article examines the benefit and importance of another variable that facilitates the work with youths in situations of risk, as such, it may contribute to the perception of self-efficacy, the attachment style of socio-educational workers, when at the core of their work these workers must build a safe and beneficial relationship and be a significant adult for youths at-risk.

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American-Bulgarian Economic Cooperation Forum: Expanding Investment and Trade - How Can Institutions Help?

Author(s): Stephan Kyutchukov,Daniela Bobeva,Svilen Parvulov,Stephan Hadjitodorov,Valeri Kostov / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 1994

The collection of papers presents recommendations to be considered by governmental and non-governmental organizations to improve their coordination and effectiveness in trade and investment promotion activities. The papers were presented at a forum, that brought together approximately 30 representatives of American and Bulgarian institutions involved in promoting bilateral trade and investment. It was organized at the initiative of the Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States — Mrs Snezhana Botousharova - with support from the Open Society Fund. The objective was two-fold: - to identify those factors that currently constrain American investment in Bulgaria and hinder trade expansion; and, - to define a framework of actions to be undertaken by the Bulgarian and American institutions to promote expanded bilateral economic cooperation.

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Analiza krytyczna mechanizmów konsultacji on-line Komisji Europejskiej oraz europejskiej inicjatywy obywatelskiej a propozycje na rzecz zwiększenia partycypacji publicznej w Polsce

Author(s): Radosław Potorski,Rafał Willa / Language(s): English,Polish / Issue: 02/2018

A high level of public participation is a much desired state of affairs as it entails numerous benefits for the participants of the political system. Citizens gain access to legislative procedures, can express their opinions often backed by expert knowledge, have a sense of co-responsibility for the ongoing developments,etc. The authorities, in turn, without any serious weakening of their monopoly on decisions, gain access to, among others, expert knowledge, the possibility to build a broader social consensus around their actions and in this way avoid the danger of political turbulence in the form of mass protests. The problem, however, lies in the fact that such participation both at the EU and domestic level is far below the desired degree – for very different reasons citizens do not join in those processes. This inadequacy has in a way forced decision-making centers to undertake various initiatives aimed at improving the state of things. The article is anattempt to answer the question: which of the remarks and conclusions related to the introduction of twoessential mechanisms of participation at the EU’s supranational level can be implemented into the state system of the Republic of Poland.

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ANALIZA REPREZENTĂRII SOCIALE A CERSETORULUI ÎN ROMÂNIA, ÎN FUNCTIE DE GEN SI VÂRSTĂ

Author(s): Carina Herbei,Monica Albu,Carmen Vasar / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 13/2015

Through this research we aimed to identify the similarities and differences between men and women, and between two groups of age (19–35 years and 36–65 years) in terms of the social representation of the beggar, in Romania. We used four samples of participants, formed depending on gender and age: 26 men aged between 19 and 35 years, 31 women aged between 19 and 35 years, 30 men aged between 36 and 65 years and 31 women aged between 36 and 65 years. We established that, for all the samples, the content of the social representation of the beggar is the same, beeing built-up by nine terms: poor; compassion; lazy; dirty; with disabilities, ill; person who pretends; homeless; exploited (put by others to beg), and gipsy. The central node of the social representation, in all the samples, is the term poor. However, the structure of the social representation differs between the samples.

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Analiza Statusu Organizacji Pożytku Publicznego [OPP]. Stowarzyszenie Niezależne Zrzeszenie Studentów Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego [NZS UWr] jako jednostka planująca uzyskanie statusu OPP – analiza SWOT

Author(s): Anna Maciąg / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 5/2015

The status of Public Benefit Organization is specifically and voluntary work. The provisions of the act define which organizations can gain such status, what benefits they may receive (e.g. tax exemptions) as well as their obligations. An analysis of the regulations assesses if and when the Independent Students’ Association of the University of Wroclaw may acquire the status of Public Benefit Organization and what privileges and obligations this would bring.

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Analysis of the Postprivatization Behavior of Enterprises in Bulgaria in the Period 1992-1994

Author(s): Specified No Author / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 1994

Two years after the adoption of the Privatization Law(1992), even if slowly, privatization in Bulgaria has made considerable progress. It is the only transition country wich implements only market (capital) privatisation. Bulgaria is a middle-income country, which poses a serious barrier to capital privatization. Of course, experience (Chile, for instance) has shown that a successful capital privatization is possible in such countries as well.

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Anti-Corruption in Public Procurement: Balancing the Policies

Author(s): Jens Andvig,Boyko Todorov / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2011

This paper analyzes the mechanisms of corruption in public procurement in the context of the EU policies in this area. The analysis focuses on the implications of governance failures in procurement as experienced in two countries of quite different corruption propensities – Norway and Bulgaria – for the European anti-corruption and public procurement policies. The paper intends to inform the development of the expected EU policy updates in these areas by analyzing the trade-offs that are necessitated when combining competition and anti-corruption goals.

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Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe: First Steps and Policies

Author(s): / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2002

The main goal of the Report is to sensitize politicians and civil society to the specific set of sources of corruption in the region. The first part analyzes the origins of cross border corruption in the region which is seen as a result of the rise of transnational crime caused by the violent break-up of former Yugoslavia. It intends to show that regional factors significantly contribute to national-level corruption and could undermine national anti-corruption efforts. In the second part, the report evaluates the national circumstances in which the regional factors develop. It compares the national legislation and institutional practice in a number of areas critical to anti-corruption efforts: regulatory and legal framework, institutional prerequisites, corruption in the economy, the role of civil society and media and international cooperation. The second part is ultimately a collection of contributions from watchdog organizations in the countries in Southeast Europe. In fact, the nature of regional concerns about corruption is evident in the limitations of this report – namely that the level of institutional development, policy implementation practice and international affiliations of the countries in SEE are varying to such a degree that only a “bird’s eye view” could reveal the source of common problem. This was very much in line with the USAID approach that there is a strong conceptual distinction between law enforcement approaches to corruption, which try to strengthen crime-fighting efforts, and a more holistic approach that addresses poor governance systems more broadly. The countries covered by the RCAR included Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia.

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Anti-Corruption Measures in EU Border Control

Author(s): Philip Gounev,Rositsa Dzhekova,Tihomir Bezlov / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2012

The present study, commissioned by FRONTEX, provides academic and policy perspectives, as well as empirical data on corruption and anti-corruption measures observed in border guard institutions across the 27 Member States of the European Union. The report compares and analyses anti-corruption measures in EU Member States’ border guard services, as well as the strategies and instruments used in corruption investigations of border guards. The purpose of this study was to provide border guards with a general overview of the relevant academic and policy research available on the subject of corruption, as well as to review and analyse mechanisms of corruption and the principal anti-corruption measures targeting them.

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