(Ne)zakonitost imenovanja upravnih odbora javnih ustanova u Tuzlanskom kantonu

Author(s): Ervin Mujkic / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian / Issue: 12/2013

Imenovanje i razrješenje članova upravnih odbora javnih ustanova u Federaciji BiH regulisano je zakonskim i podzakonskim propisima na entitetskom, kantonalnom i općinskom nivou. Odredbama Zakona o ministarskim, vladinim i drugim imenovanjima Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, koji se primjenjuje na svim nivoima vlasti u F BiH, uključujući kantone, općine i gradove, utvrđen je otvoreni postupak izbora kojim se vrši konačno imenovanje i ponovno imenovanje na pozicije u reguliranim organima.

(Prawie) każda władza jest władzą pańską

Author(s): Andrzej Kojder / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 663/2016

A BORDERLAND AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY

Author(s): Ewa Ganowicz,Bozena Wroniszewska / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2014

There is no doubt that the border is a place of power – a local authority. In its essence it involves the existence of a distinct interest in forming a borderland community. This interest is reflected in the institutional form of local government, under which the local authority is exercised. Borderland is always a political force and determines the specificity of power in a given area, often determining systemic solutions in the country. It is obvious that a large role is played by the border strength with which they articulated their needs and the general conditions of political organization within which it operates (system, historical traditions, etc.). In the radically different circumstances, the local government operates in ethnically homogenous Poland. It’s not the borderland who has forced decentralization and the need for efficient governance of new political conditions. The needs of the Borderland, at first loudly articulated, have been met mostly by legislation protecting ethnic and national minorities. However, of significance is the example of the Silesian Autonomy Movement as the identity of the Borderland, which is still not satisfied with his own status. Within the framework of the homogeneous state, there are many opportunities for the borderland to participate in the exercise of local authority. Although the administrative division takes into account the principle of diversity of socio- cultural variety of the country, the administration is a standardized, three-tier system that coexists with government in the area. Each level has a decision-making council or Regional Council in the province and a Board as an executive body. The councils, the Regional Councils and the executive authorities in the municipalities are elected by the local community. Similarly, the tasks are divided equally and harmonized powers, and rules governing the relationship between the administrations in all directions. There is no hierarchical subordination here, the activity is under the protection of the courts of general jurisdiction and is subject to the administrative jurisdiction. The control and supervision of the activities are intended only to verify compliance with the law.

A Critical Insight into Policy Implementation and Implementation Performance

Author(s): Anisur Rahman KHAN,Shahriar Khandaker / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2016

Policy implementation involves translating the goals and objectives of policy into action. Although seen as an integral part of the policy cycle, substantial research has not yet been carried out in this area. This paper examines the state and status of policy implementation as a discipline and the factors associated with implementation performance, based on a review of the literature and analysis by researchers.The assessment in this study confirms the dearth of theoretical development of this subject as a major concern for this discipline and a barrier for perfect execution. It was also found that multiple factors are linked to poor policy performance, such as a lack of coordination, funding, commitment, capabilities among implementers and top-downsupport. Finally, by critically looking into loopholes associated with performance in policy implementation, five theoretical models were developed for improving performance.These respectively had a rational, organisational, political, bureaucratic and management basis. It is expected that the application of these standards would help to overcome issues, leading to successful policy performance.

A European Democracy: Why and How?

Author(s): Phillipe C. Schmitter / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

While democracy in Europe took a very long time to emerge and consolidate itself, the democratization of Europe has only just begun and remains a rather remote prospect. The competing national states that composed this part of the world were originally autocratic – with the historical exception of Switzerland, which somehow continuously managed to practice its peculiar form of democracy. Indeed, Western Europe became uniformly democratic only in the mid-1970s with the regime changes in Portugal, Spain, and Greece. And parts of the former Soviet Union have still to institutionalize the accountability of its rulers by way of competitive processes of representation.

A közigazgatási térfelosztás és a kisebbségi kérdés kapcsolata az 1968. évi román megyereform tükrében

Author(s): László Gulyás / Language(s): Hungarian / Publication Year: 0

A Quintessential Lesson from European Union Integration to African Union

Author(s): Endris Mekonnen Faris,Hasan Korkut / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

The African Union -a multipurpose cooperation platform which most believe inspired by the European Union- came to exist to transform the continents fate into a prosperous one. European Union unprecedentedly becomes the crucial factor to speed up the Europe’s integration. European Union is an economic community and was not meant, first, a political one. Hence European Union can be a quintessential lesson for the African Union if the later understands the formers achievement came because of the exclusive emphasis given to the economic approach. The paper empirically argues that economic integration leads to an outright continental political unity. Accordingly the continent’s integration can only be achieved when economic approach is given prior emphasis. The political approach is a default which by nature follows the achievements gained from economic approach.The African Union -a multipurpose cooperation platform which most believe inspired by the European Union- came to exist to transform the continents fate into a prosperous one. European Union unprecedentedly becomes the crucial factor to speed up the Europe’s integration. European Union is an economic community and was not meant, first, a political one. Hence European Union can be a quintessential lesson for the African Union if the later understands the formers achievement came because of the exclusive emphasis given to the economic approach. The paper empirically argues that economic integration leads to an outright continental political unity. Accordingly the continent’s integration can only be achieved when economic approach is given prior emphasis. The political approach is a default which by nature follows the achievements gained from economic approach.

A system approach in the political-administrative management

Author(s): Igor Reshevets / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2015

The article presents the results of the study on a system approach in the political-administrative management in order to improve the efficiency of administrative activity under the social transformation conditions. The system approach value in the process of a modern Ukrainian state development is grounded.

A View on ECHR Case law for Salary Policy in Romanian Public Sector

Author(s): Mihaela Tofan,Dan Lupu,Mihai Bogdan Petrisor / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

As the economies of other countries in Western Europe, the Romania's economy went through a very difficult period because of the international financial crisis, with GDP falling by over 18%. In the situation of no longer being able to meet its payment obligations and under the pressures of international financial organizations, the Romanian government opted for the radical measure of cutting public sector wages by 25%. Faced with this unprecedented action of country administrative power representatives, the Romanian civil servants attacked this measure in national courts and after that, in front of the ECHR. This article presents the solutions of the Romanian courts, the European jurisprudence on lowering wages and its implications for public solutions Romanian legal systems.

Adam Lityński Prawo Rosji i ZSRR 1917–1991, czyli historia wszechzwiązkowego komunistycznego prawa (bolszewików). Krótki kurs Pierwsze wydanie: C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2010, ss. 396 + XXVI Drugie wydanie C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2012, ss. 402 + XXVI

Author(s): Andrzej Wrzyszcz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2013

A Book Review

Addressing the Threat of Fraud and Corruption in Public Procurement: Review of State of the Art Approaches

Compendium

Author(s): Center for the Study of Democracy CSD / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2013

The present compendium of selected best practices addresses the threat of fraud and corruption from multiple perspectives, with the underlying purpose of providing practitioners from Romania and Greece with a set of state of the art approaches for addressing the threat of fraud and corruption in the complex multi-layered national public procurement systems. This publication is based on ideas presented at the international seminar EU's Financial Interests under Threat: New Approaches in Assessing the Risks from Public Procurement and EU Funds Fraud, organised on 31 October – 1 November 2013 in Sofia, with the support of the European AntiFraud Office (OLAF).

ADMINISTRACJA PUBLICZNA NA RZECZ ROZWOJU GOSPODARKI REGIONU – WYBRANE PROBLEMY KSZTAŁTOWANIA WSPÓŁPRACY Z MSP W REGIONIE ŁÓDZKIM

Author(s): Mirella Baranska-Fischer / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 40/2015

The development of each territorial unit is connected with the influence of many factors, among which on the one hand, a vital role plays the effect of public authorities in creation of a proinnovation environment for the market players which are localized within it and on the other hand - for all those who are potentially interested in the allocation of their resources in these particular area. The method and nature of the impact of both governmental and local administrative bodies for the development of the SME sector constitutes a major challenge for local authorities whose support (at various levels of its functioning) is expected by the entrepreneurs. The paper discusses selected issues related to the cooperation of small and medium-sized enterprises within the region of Lodz with public authorities in order to strengthen and/or re-build the potential of the economy within the represented spatial unit.

Administracja skarbowa w województwie rzeszowskim w latach 1944–1945

Author(s): Andrzej Witkowski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2016

As of 31 December 1945, Rzeszowskie Province was the district of the Tax Chamber in Rzeszów, where 17 tax offices, 3 tax offices of excise and public monopolies, 16 tax inspection areas, Regional Inspectorate for Tax Protection in Rzeszów with 3 Tax Protection Teams (in Rzeszów, Przemyśl and Sanok) used to operate. Meanwhile, the Tax Office which was subject to the authority and supervision of the Delegate of the Department of Treasury for customs matters operated in Przemyśl. This sort of organisational status was the result of efforts initiated at the end of 1944, when Rzeszowskie Province was established informally of areas which belonged to Lviv Province and Kraków Province before the war.

Administracyjno-prawne środki przeciwdziałania tzw. dopalaczom

Author(s): Bartosz Olszewski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2011

Legal Intoxicants, so called Dopalacze consist of various kinds of products that contains wide range of psychoactive substances that are not included on a banned product list as per Counteracting of Drug Addiction Act. These products are capable of causing narcotic effect comparable of those of hard drugs. This paper aims to highlight, that one of the major task of public service official as well as non government institutions is to provide broad legal protection of a child in this aspect. Presented article provide an overview of a legislation enacted to counter problem of Legal Intoxicants. The pivotal point of discussion is the decision of Central Sanitary Inspector effectively shutting down all distribution points of these Legal Intoxicants. The act very controversial from a legal standpoint. This paper is aimed to provide alternative legal solutions in regard to countering Legal Intoxicants problem.

Administrarea pășunilor din orașul Carei în perioada interbelică

Author(s): Cornel Achim / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: -/2016

The management of pastures belonging to Carei during the interwar period is best portrait by the relationship between the Administration and the town. This relationship is emphasized by the social importance the pastoral economy has imprinted on the local community. The installment of the Romanian regime after the Great Union, the public local administrative reform and the agrarian reform in 1921 have re-written and energized the work agenda of the mayors of Carei, a multiethnic and multicultural town, without harming in any way their continuous preoccupation for assuring the necessary pasture areas. By means of the present paper, I wish to awake interest towards this important matter in the history of towns that has been researched in a less pertinent manner, namely the history of the urban pastoral economy.

ADMINISTRATIVE – TERRITORIAL DECENTRALIZATION. COMPARATIVE PRESENTATION OF ROMANIA - FRANCE – REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Author(s): Irina-Adriana BILOUSEAC / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

In this article we intend to study how the principle of administrative-territorial decentralization is applied in a comparative presentation of Romania - France - Moldova. This principle of organization and functioning of local government activity is the basis for the organization of its activity, underlying directly on the efficiency of the administrative apparatus of the administrative - territorial units.We can say that regardless of the specific form in which we find applied this principle in the administration of various countries, the administrative - territorial decentralization is a reality of the present and future society, with important implications administratively, economically and socially.

Administrative Supervision of local Self-Government in the Baltic States: A comparative View

Author(s): Violeta Kiurene / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

The article analyses models of administrative supervision of local self-government in the Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of these models. The research done in this article defines the theoretical concept of administrative supervision of local self-government; gives an overview of the legislative framework underpinning the key administrative supervision bodies of local self-government in the Baltic States; discusses the issue of legal regulation and the present state of administrative supervision over local self-government units in the Baltic States; gives some theoretical and practi-cal suggestions to develop this field in the Baltic States. The research methods employed in preparation of this article are theoretical methods of analysis of scientific literature and sources, legal acts and documents as well as comparative and logical analysis, induction and generalization. Three Baltic States similar in their area, number of inhabitants, and gov-ernmental peculiarities have been chosen for the analysis.

ADMINISTRATIVNA STRUKTURA I STANOVNIŠTVO PLAVA I GUSINJA U XIX VIJEKU

Author(s): Zafer Gölen / Language(s): Bosnian / Issue: 55-56/2013

U današnje vrijeme, Plavsko-gusinjski kraj se nalazi unutar granica Crne Gore. Iako i Plav i Gusinje imaju svojstva male kasabe, njihova istorija je veoma inspirativna. Ovo je jedina oblast koja se nakon 1878. godine sama suprotstavila cijelom svijetu s ciljem da se ne odvoji od Osmanskog carstva. Godine 1800, kako u cijeloj Bosni, tako i u Gusinju vladao je kapetanski sistem. Kapetanskim se nazivao sistem koji je služio za odbranu i očuvanje granica, a činili su ga vojnici. Početkom stoljeća, postojalo je 37 kapetanija, a ukupan broj vojnika je izašao na 26.947.1 U ovom periodu, Gusinjska kapetanija bila je srednje veličine i imala je 860 vojnika. Od ukupno 37 kapetanija, čak i sa ovom veličinom, nalazila se na 14. mjestu i imala je više vojnika od nekih važnih centara, kao što je Mostar. Međutim, kasnije, u doba pobune Bosanca Huseina Gradaščevića i nakon podrške pobuni nekih kapetanija, kapetanski sistem se ukida 1835. godine, a na snagu stupa novi muteselimski sistem. Većina starih kapetana, ajana i spahija su proglašeni muteselimima. Nakon izvjesnog vremena dolazi do ukidanja kapetanije i u Gusinju, te njenog pretvaranja u kazu (okrug) i pripajanja Novopazarskom sandžaku.

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Romania: Current Issues and Future Perspectives

Author(s): Alexandru Clain / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2015

One of the main objectives of the Education and Training 2020 Strategy is to increase participation rates in lifelong learning across EU member states. In spite of the fact that almost six years have passed since the strategy was adopted, empirical data shows that Romania has the lowest participation rate of adults in lifelong learning among EU member states, of only 1.5%. Starting from this premise, the present paper has two main objectives. The first objective is to determine the current state of affairs regarding the participation of adults in Romania in lifelong learning in general, and in adult education in particular, by looking at the main EU benchmarks in the field of lifelong learning. The second objective is to conduct a critical assessment of the current policy framework for lifelong learning in Romania, with special focus on the National Education Law from 2011 and the National Strategy for Lifelong Learning 2015 – 2020, in order to identify the main features of the policy framework, as well as potential issues and risks that could have a negative impact with regard to reaching desired results. Furthermore, several recommendations, which could contribute to increasing the participation of adults in lifelong learning, will be made.

Agencje wykonawcze. W poszukiwaniu nowych narzędzi zarządzania (governance) integracją w unii europejskiej

Author(s): Magdalena Sitek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2016

The civilization changes have forced the implementation of new forms of organization and functioning of public administration, defined as governance, that serve to intensify the European integration. The government agencies are one form of greater integration through the decentralization of the public administration. There were initiated in the UK. In the European Economic Community, such agencies were established in the seventies of the twentieth century. In 2003, the special kind of agency, called the executive agencies were created in the framework of the European Union. Their duty is to perform technical tasks in the field of execution of Union management tasks, including such areas as science, culture, health, transport, consumer protection. In total, six such agencies currently operates in the EU. The organization and functioning of the executive agencies were standardized in the Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 – laying down the statute of executive agencies. The ten-year period of the functioning of executive agencies should be assessed fairly well. The problem area that needs some adjustment is the question of the coherence of activities done by executive agencies with those done by the appropriate national agencies of the Member States, in order to develop and unify the standards of operation.