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.

Analize corelative pe baza indicatorilor teritoriali identificaţi conform ţintelor Strategiei Europa 2020 – domeniul social şi piaţa muncii

Author(s): Alina Chicoş / Language(s): Romanian / Publication Year: 0

The chapter presents correlation analyses based on territorial indices according to the Europa 2020 Strategy targets: social and labor force area.

ANALYSIS OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF SELECTED GROUPS OF WORKING WOMEN

Author(s): Zdenka Dudić,Branislav Dudić,Branka Agbaba / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2020

Both the 1961 European Social Charter and its revised version of 1996 constitute international social and economic rights treaties ratified by the Member States of the Council of Europe. Together with the European Treaty for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, they are the cornerstones of the contractual system for the protection of human rights in the member countries of the Council of Europe. Moreover, these contracts have contributed significantly to the development of European human rights standards in the areas of personal management, labour law and social security law. Nevertheless, it receives minimal attention from legal theorists. This leads to problems in its interpretation in practice. Through scientific and doctrinal interpretation, authors examine the various provisions of the European Social Charter. They seek answers to practical application problems through scientific literature as well as the case-law of the European Court of Justice. The aim and result of the authors’ work is to examine individual documents, to compare them and analyse the differences. The aim of the authors' work is also to evaluate the impact of the case law of the European Court of Justice in connection with the implementation of the Charter into the legal order as well as application practice. The benefit of this article is also the analysis of the impact of the Charter on the rights of working women.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Anti-Corruption Reforms in Bulgaria: Key Results and Risks

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2007

This is the eighth Corruption Assessment Report providing an overview of the state and dynamics of corruption in Bulgaria and Bulgarian anticorruption policy. It analyzes the main results and risks of the anticorruption process from the period immediately preceding Bulgaria’s accession to the EU through to the first months of EU membership. The report builds on regular monitoring of the spread of corruption, its trends, evaluations of the anti-corruption efforts and initiatives implemented by government institutions and by civil society, as well as a number of suggestions and recommendations on anti-corruption measures, including considerations related to the administration of EU’s structural funds. In addition to the main corruption indexes which have consistently displayed lower values throughout 2006 and early 2007, the report draws on authoritative international surveys to assess corruption levels in Bulgaria in comparison to EU member states. Furthermore, Bulgaria’s EU member status demands that national anti-corruption initiatives are implemented in close coordination with EU and international efforts in this area. Therefore, corruption would be most appropriately measured and assessed by a common EU benchmarking methodology as the most reliable yardstick for international comparisons.

Approximation of Bulgarian to EU Legislation: Protection of Competition, Protection of Intellectual Property and Right of Establishment, August 1995

Author(s): Chavdar Popov,Pavlina Popova,Krasimira Damjanova / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 1995

The significance of the harmonisation of legislation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe (ACCEE) with the legislation of the European Community (EC) was already underlined by the European Council in Copenhagen (21-22 July 1993). The approximation of the Bulgarian legislation with that of the EC is one of the fundamental tasks of the strategy for the preparation of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to join the Union, adopted at the meeting of the European Council in Essen on 9-10 December 1994.

ARE ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS (OCBS) REALLY POSITIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH MEASURES OF ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS?

Author(s): Sofia Bratu / Language(s): English / Issue: 14/2015

The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of personal and organizational elements that are instrumental in the operation of organizational citizenship conducts, the possible beneficial and adverse effects that may arise from stimulating organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) concerning workers, and the relevance of OCB for organizational performance. In this paper I am particularly interested in exploring the connections between OCBs and organizational effectiveness standards, the psychological workings that account for the link between OCB and its end results, and the direct association between carrying out OCB and achieving organizational reward.

Art-Cultural Entrepreneurship and Opportunities for Bulgarian Traditional Crafts Arising from it

Author(s): Ivan Stoyanov / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2017

Modern society faces a problem – the loss of cultural and historical traditions and arts. Entrepreneurship provides an answer and can find a solution to this challenge. Using the full potential of the entrepreneurial process will keep Bulgarian folklore and make it attractive to the younger generation.

Aspekty metodologiczne dynamicznych metod ilościowych w badaniach społecznych: budowa modeli

Author(s): Darya Filatova / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 23/2014

This paper motivates the necessity of the dynamics qualitative methods methodological backgrounds development. These methods have to face to the complexity of the social processes nature. A concept of a stochastic object is introduced. Taking in to account the typical research objectives a stochastic differential equation is selected as a dynamics model of a stochastic object.

Assessing the Integration of Vulnerable Migrant Groups in Ten EU Member States

Author(s): Mila Mancheva,Andrey Nonchev,Slavyanka Ivanova / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2015

This publication presents the results of a comparative monitoring study of the integration policies and outcomes for third-country-national (TCN) women, TCN children and TCN victims of trafficking in ten EU member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Spain. The study produced findings at two levels of analysis: an in-depth assessment of how migrant integration policies and programmes meet the needs of vulnerable migrant groups, and an assessment of their integration outcomes. Drawing on the analysis of these findings, the publication provides recommendations for improving monitoring mechanisms for migrant integration at the national and EU levels and for elaborating policy approaches for better integration of vulnerable migrants.

ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN SLOVAKIA IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Author(s): Dana Jašková / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

Human resources are a primary source for development of a country. The importance of social policies and human resources for social development is a matter of particular consideration in today's globalizing society. Social development, human capital, human resources are factors that are related. The problem of the country's social development is a topical issue throughout the European Union. When analyzing the development of social development of the country,several concepts and methods are applied in practice. The aim of the article is to compare the development of social development in Slovakia using a composite indicator. Composite indicators as a tool for ranking objects are becoming more and more popular. The article describes various methods of its construction, their advantages and disadvantages. The construction of this aggregate indicator is based on the application of more complex and multidimensional statistical methods. The result of the statistical survey is a finding of steady growth of social development in Slovakia. The close negative dependence between social development and unemployment is illustrated.

Atitudini și valori în administrația publică locală

Author(s): Bruno Stefan,Pavel Popescu Neveanu,Ghiurutan Maria Manuela / Language(s): Romanian / Publication Year: 2001

The book analyzes the Romanian public administration in 2001, a few months after its inauguration following the elections, and measures the tools of sociology and psychology (opinion polls among citizens, mayors and counselors, focus groups, psychological tests, interviews in depth) personality traits, values, behaviors and attitudes that exist and are desirable. In 2001 the book offered the first major psycho-sociological diagnosis of the administrative phenomenon in Romania.

Attitudes towards Democracy in Bulgaria: The Importance of Social Inequalities

Author(s): Zhivko Minkov / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

This research is an attempt to examine the developmental relationship between democracy and the socioeconomic conditions in Bulgaria. The assumption is that one of the factors contributing to the negative attitude towards democracy in Bulgaria is the high level of social inequality. After discussing the relevance of studying democracy and socioeconomic conditions from a developmental perspective, the paper traces the socioeconomic development of Bulgaria from 1989 to date and examines public perceptions of social inequality in the country. The research has not revealed any overall negative public attitude towards democracy in Bulgaria. However, the findings have demonstrated a clear tendency for the public support for democracy to decline reflecting the growth of social inequality.

Autentyczność a dojrzałość religijna młodzieży o uzdolnieniach artystycznych

Author(s): Stanisław Radoń / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2 (7)/2012

The theoretical and empirical approaches showing that authenticity are the crucial concept of existentialism, postmodernism and humanistic psychology (be free, autonomic, unique, self-defining, self-creating and integrated, transcend enculturation, invent our own patterns, rise above circumstances, gather the past, present and future into the wholeness of our resolute selves, create our own meanings and goals). This article discuses especially the role of authenticity on religious maturity (Allport’s intrinsic orientation, Batson’s quest and Sandage’s dwelling and seeking). In this paper projection method were used to examine the functioning authenticity among artistically gifted young people and its role on religious maturity. Ss (N=296 aged 15–20 yrs) had to : 1) I’m sadly …, 2) I treasure, I like …, 3) Rational analysis…. The results of qualitative analysis revealed that the authenticity have two aspects: 1) autonomy (the freedom and loneliness, spontaneity, sensuality and creativity, 2) empathy (kindness, sensibility, emotional self-reflection, the acceptance of the imperfection,love and friendship). The findings confirmed validity of the authenticity on religious maturity as well as usefulness of considerations based on new theoretical suggestions in psychology (developmental framework of new concepts of the authenticity and religious maturity). Implications are considered for future research on dialectical understandings of religious maturity (a Wuthnow, Sandage, Shults dialectical model of spiritual development based on dwelling and seeking offers an interesting theoretical base for research)

Background Document on Corruption in Southeast Europe

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2001

Badacz zjawisk trudno dostępnych w terenie – kwestie etyczne, praktyczne i metodologiczne

Author(s): Sylwia Męcfal / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2016

This article is a reflection of the ethical, practical and methodological issues which I experienced whilst conducting my own field research in 2013 and 2014 in four small towns in the lodzkie voivodeship. Although the choice of research method, the case study, made it possible for me to apply various research techniques and to gather rich material, it also left a wide area of flexibility for me to use my intuition rather than methodological knowledge or ethical consciousness. An additional factor that raised many doubts was the fact that the phenomena under investigation were sensitive and controversial (unclear links between political, business and journalistic circles in a local context, conflict of interest, etc.). This influenced my decision to keep the towns’ names confidential in order to protect informants’ confidentiality. This and other problematic situations and decisions are more widely described in this article.

Bayan Taraftarların Stadyumlarda Futbol Maçı Seyretmemelerine Neden Olan Etmenlerin Araştırılması

Author(s): Fatih Çemrek / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 10/2015

In this study, it was tried to investigate the reasons why women supporters do not watch football matches in stadiums. To serve the aim, a 36- item questionnaire with five poit Likert- type questions was prepared. Some of the items in the questionnaire were later excluded from the survey, and remaining 24 items were used. Participants were chosen using a simple random sampling method, and randomly selected 300 women aged 15 and over and living in Eskişehir in May 10- 25, 2013 participated in the study. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was found to be 0.832. This result indicates that the survey was reliable. It was applied to the obtained data with the factor analysis. As a result of factor analysis, 24 items were collected at the rate of 7 factors, and variance explanations were determined as 66.1%. According to the Kaiser- Meyer- Olkin value criteria used to evaluate sample adequacy, KMO value was calculated as 0.792. For Barlett sphericity test employed to study the suitability of data for factor analysis, the value of the test statistic was defined as 2670.220 (p <0.01).