Recenzia na knihu: Verejná politika a verejná kontrola

Author(s): Katarína Liptáková / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2016

Pojmy verejná politika a verejná kontrola sa v modernej demokratickej spoločnosti používajú často a v rôznych súvislostiach. Kontrola je dôležitým predpokladom zákonnosti a ústavnosti vo verejnej správe. Skúmanú problematiku pokladám za veľmi aktuálnu a oceňujem snahu o ich skúmanie vo vzájomnej interakcii. Dvaja kolegovia a dlhoroční spolupracovníci z Fakulty politických vied a medzinárodných vzťahov Univerzity Matej Bela v Banskej Bystrici prichádzajú s pokusom prepojiť verejnú politiku a verejnú kontrolu. Predkladaná učebnica v anglickom jazyku ich spracúva ako samostatné časti skúmania. Obe sú podrobne analyzované s vysvetlením ich vnútornej štruktúry. Snaha nájsť medzi nimi určitý vzťah, podľa môjho názoru predstavuje jedinečný a inovátorský prístup k riešenej problematike.

LA REGULACIÓN JURÍDICA DEL TELETRABAJO EN ESPAÑA

Author(s): Carrillo Djamil Tony Kahale / Language(s): Spanish Issue: 2 (31)/2016

Law 3/2012, of 6 July, on urgent measures to reform the labor market, promoting new ways to develop the workforce. In this sense, it accommodates teleworking as being a particular form of work organization that fits perfectly in the productive and economic model pursued by this reform. On the one hand, to promote flexibility of enterprises in the organization of work. Furthermore, increasing employment opportunities and, finally, to optimize the relationship between work and personal and family life. The study focuses on determining whether telecommuting is configured as homeworking or teleworking under the provisions of Article 6 of Law 3/2012, of 6 July, on urgent measures to reform the labor market and promoting permanent contracts and other measures to promote job creation, which gives a new wording of the former Article 13 of Legislative Royal Decree 1/1995 of 24 March, approving the revised text of the Statute Law approved Workers; which is currently governed by Article 13 of Legislative Royal Decree 2/2015 of 23 October, approving the revised text of the Law of the Workers' Statute is approved.

Klasyczna i partycypacyjna ocena technologii

Author(s): Piotr Stankiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

The article discusses selected aspects concerning Technology Assessment (TA) as an institutionalised way of supporting public policy in the area of technology governance. In the last forty years numerous approaches, concepts, perspectives and practices have been developed and resulted in many research projects conducted in various institutional settings. This vast experience and richness of TA solutions allows an attempt to summarise and critically present its evolution from classical model to more recent approaches based on participation, stake‑holder involvement, public dialogue and good governance. The article begins with a brief overview of the history of TA development in the USA and Europe. In the next part a comparison between the classical and participatory model of TA is presented. Main focus is placed on various types of participatory ap‑ proach and its use in different settings like technology conflicts and innovation management.

PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY – FORM OF PROTECTION AND CARE FOR LAWMAKERS

Author(s): Razvan Viorescu / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2015

Parliamentary immunity is intended to protect and care for lawmakers in contradiction with parliamentary responsibility. The idea assumes to ensure the necessary Parliament conditions during his mandate, he should enjoy social protection. Narrowly, it may be included in the safeguards of the mandate parliamentary immunities. This paper seeks to materialize under the normative frame, this concept from which the parliament benefits. Parliamentary immunity is an institution that cares for both the constitutional law ("the Statute of Deputies and Senators”) and for parliamentary law (principally aspects of immunity, including elements of the case resulting from the regulations of the two rooms). When Romania joined the European Union and has representatives in the European Parliament, parliamentary immunity is necessary in the context of constitutional law compared, at European level.

CURRENT POLICY OF LANGUAGE TEACHING AT EUROPEAN LEVEL

Author(s): Daniela Cătău-Vereș / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2015

Plurilingualism and intercultural education is a construction site. The teachable objects are not defined, the effects are not evaluated. These weaknesses are very important. Hence the need felt by its promoters of intellectual work to impose multilingualism as a dominant ideology and make multilingual and intercultural education a key paradigm.

Despre personalizarea și prezidențializarea politicii în România

Author(s): Gabriela Tănăsescu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 185/3/2015

The paper aims to examine the measure in which the process of politics personalization impacted the presidentialization of power in Romania after 1989. The general assumed thesis is that the personalization of politics, along with the style of political leadership, is the basic characteristic of intra-executive presidentialization in Romania. As such, the analysis of the main aspects of the politics personalization in post-communist Romania is preceded by some remarks on the categories of politics personalization and presidentialization.

THE REFUGEES AND THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE EU STATES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Author(s): Laura Diaconu / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2015

Nowadays, one of the major concerns of the EU leaders is how to cope with the large inflows of refugees that are coming from the Arab region, because of the prolonged conflicts and civil wars. While some EU leaders consider that this is a humanitarian crisis and the member states should act accordingly, others consider that these people are migrants and not refugees. From the economic perspective, the opinions are also divided. Some analysts see this large influx of refugees as an opportunity for the economic and social environment, while others consider that the refugees can negatively influence the well-being of the host countries. In the present paper we investigate the impact of the refugees’ inflows on the economic growth and development of the EU countries. In order to reach this purpose, our arguments are based on a multidisciplinary analysis of the specialised literature and of the empirical investigations.

Around the Bloc: Russian Authorities Act Against Crimean Tatars

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 04/26/2016

Ban on political body called attempt to stamp out remaining critical voices on peninsula.

Viešojo sektoriaus reformos ir jų sėkmė: kaip paaiškinti reformos iniciatyvų įgyvendinimą Europoje ir Lietuvoje?

Author(s): Vitalis Nakrošis / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 4/2015

Europos Sąjungos parama gerinant valdymo sistemų kokybę administracinėse institucijose Lenkijoje

Author(s): Urszula Kobylińska / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

In many countries of Europe and the world, in the past several years, management in the public sector has been radically changed. The experience of the administration of each country shows that organizations in this area have a significant impact on the economies, taking over increasingly more responsibilities in solving many complex socio-economic problems. In order for the task of public entities to be effectively executed and correspond to social expectations, it becomes necessary to implement structures of management tools, in particularly, quality standards. Implementation of practical solutions in the field of quality management results in the establishment of corporate standards, more efficient use of resources and greater citizen satisfaction with the work of public institutions.Quality management systems have become the standard in public administration offices in Poland. The most common tool in this area is ISO 9001. Some offices choose to improve the quality of services with the use of the CAF self-assessment. Many authorities improve their services by utilising project financing from the European Union funds. This paper analyzes the effectiveness, relevance and sustainability of the implementation of quality management tools in local government units in Poland.

Komunalinių biologiškai skaidžių atliekų tvarkymo sistemos efektyvumo vertinimas Kauno miesto savivaldybėje

Author(s): Karolina Skorupskaitė,Algis Junevičius / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 1/2016

This paper analyses one of the municipal waste management system component – municipal biodegradable waste and evaluates its management’s efficiency in Kaunas City Municipality. The first part of this paper is devoted to the waste management concept dynamics analysis, public government evaluation criteria and its methods identification, especially focusing on efficiency. The part of research evaluates the efficiency of the municipal biodegradable waste management system in 2013 which is ruled by Kaunas City Municipality. The main research object is an infrastructure of technical equipment of municipal biodegradable waste management system. Efficiency is valued using cost-effectiveness method. The study established that the currently existing system of municipal biodegradable waste management system is ineffective.

Mecenavimas ir kultūros politika Lietuvoje: mecenavimo dalyvių požiūriai

Author(s): Eglė Vaidelytė,Eglė Butkevičienė,Erika Furman / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 1/2016

The governmental promotion of culture philanthropy as a significant issue in culture policy is widely discussed in scientific literature. Many authors (Sulek 2010, Payton, 2000, etc.) argue that, though philanthropy concept has antique origins, at present still there is no comprehensive perception of its full meaning and no well-thought-out definition exists, thus, it is not astonishing that understanding of philanthropy is pretty much embedded in social, cultural and political settings. Culture philanthropy process involves different philanthropy actors – donors, intermediaries and recipients. The paper aims to discuss theoretical and practical aspects of culture philanthropy, using three differents approaches – perceptions by all three groups of actors in culture philanthropy. The paper analyses the concept of philanthropy as well as perceptions of culture policy in Lithuania. Data analysis is dwelling on the findings of the qualitative research conducted in 2014 on culture philanthropy actors’ perceptions and experiences.

Participatory Democracy: Mechanism of Better Regulation in Europe

Author(s): Neliana Rodean / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2011

Abstract: This paper aims at analyzing the concept of participatory democracy in the European context. In the era of globalization, tools such as Internet filled the gap between civil society and political institutions. The new information and communication technologies contribute to the involvement of citizens in decision-making process. The democratic deficit is bridged through increasingly active participation of civil society at various levels of policy. Through e-democracy tools is realized a direct action of citizens, or even certain categories, which for various reasons do not have the possibility to be informed or have voice on political decisions. In addition, the European institutions, through mechanisms of “better regulation”, promote processes of simplification rules find a remedy for an excessive law-making.

Legal and Administrative Intricacies of the Romanian Healthcare Policies in the Field of the Human Organs Transplants

Author(s): Juanita Goicovici / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2011

Abstract: Objectives: The article elaborates on the intricacie brought on the Romanian Law by the adoption, on 7 July 2010, of Directive 2010/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation, raising for the Romanian legal system the question of rapidly adapting its regulations and procedures to the newly introduced European standards, as well as the question of harmonizing its essential legislation by transposing Directive 2010/45/EU provisions into national law. Prior Work: Liability Administration for damages caused by unsafe transplant procedures represents one of the major themes, in the recent specialized literature. The problematic of informed consent to organ donations,as well as that of organ traceability represents an interesting, though insufficiently explored and exploited issue, in contemporary Romanian Law. Approach: The author applies, as research method, the analysis of jurisprudence, doctrinal writing and legal provisions in force referring to the problematic of the human organs transplant and donations. The paper also discusses Directive 2010/45/EU on standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation. Results: The “opting-in – opting out” dichotomy is discussed, as common for informed consent in the field of organ donations. The author also formulates de lege ferenda proposals. Implications: The paper interests legal practitioners confronted with the problematic of human organs donations, law students, as well as jurists specialized in Consumer Law and Administrative Law, since the problematic of organ transplantation also reverberates on the protection of the consumers of medical services. Value: The analysis insists on the degree of compliance of national law to the EU’s regulations when removing disparities on donor’s consent procedure or on standards of safety related to the transport of human organs. The paper is also enriched by a presentation of the new European standards on the National Register of living donors and on the National Data bases on serious adverse events.

The Quality of Regulation

Author(s): Emil Bălan / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2011

Abstract: Good governance also involves the affirmation and practice of some principles that allow the structures of the public space to administrate the general interest in the respect of the democracy and of the state of law pre-requisites, as well as the ones of a good administration: trust and predictability, openness and transparency, responsibility, efficience and efficacy. The assurance of such desideratum imposes that the rules invested with the force of law, applicable to the juridical rapports to be clear, not equivoques, predictable, to allow both the protection of public interest and the respect of the citizens’ dignity and interests. The evaluation of the quality of regulation represents a necessary process of the appreciation of the impact that juridical norms are intended to produce and measures in which the outcomes of the implementation correspond to the ones established during the stage of formulating the public policy. The study tries to identify ways of evaluating the quality of regulation, valid in a social and political space governed by democratic rules and principles.

Odnosi s javnošću u državnoj upravi

Author(s): Zoran Tomić,Ante Markić,Davor Pavić / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/2011

The author gives a theoretical framework for the state (political) Public Relations. Then he points to the state of the Public Relations profession in the European Union and Croatia. The author analyzes Public Relations in the state administration of BiH through research conducted in 33 public administration institutions in BiH. The results of the research indicate many problems faced by professionals in Public Relations. Studies indicate a clear path that Public Relations in Bosnia and Hercegovina should go in the future.

Risk Management in Future Romanian e-Government 2.0 projects

Author(s): Otniel Didraga / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2015

E-government public services in Romania must follow unitary procedures considering the new re-quirements of the European Union from the Digital Agenda for Europe Strategy 2020. E-government 2.0 has to be implemented because of the cultural and behavioral transformations in the interaction between governments and users of e-services. E-government 2.0 projects use tools and techniques of social media to accomplish their goals. This article examines the possible risk categories and the risk management procedures needed to mitigate risks in future Romanian e-government projects, accord-ing to the strategic lines of development for the Digital Agenda. We propose a risk management plan for the e-government lines of action within the strategic lines of development that includes identifying, assessing, and mitigating the risks. New and modernized government services through e-government 2.0 projects that apply risk management will bring a significant improvement in how citizens and busi-nesses relate to government and will increase the use of e-government services.

REALIZACJA ELEKTRONICZNEJ ADMINISTRACJI W POLSCE – STUDIUM KRYTYCZNE

Author(s): Agnieszka Pawłowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 06/2009

The level of development of e-administration in Poland is discussed in the paper. Factors determining implementation delays in this area are indicated, including weaknesses of strategic thinking; absence of unified and stable leadership; undue reliance on legal instruments coupled with insufficient potential to take advantage of them; absence of monitoring of the implementation of the strategy to develop e-administration. The implementation of e-administration projects is evaluated by reflecting upon the case of PESEL2 programme. The strategic as well as specific (i.e. exemplified by the PESEL2 programme) dimensions of the implementation of e-admninistration in Poland are evaluated critically.

PROBLEM SAMORZĄDU TERYTORIALNEGO W OBRADACH „OKRĄGŁEGO STOŁU”

Author(s): Piotr Olszewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 04/2007

In the course of negotiations known as the “Round Table” in 1989, the opposition- Solidarity party pushed for a discussion of issues related to political system reforms. “Solidarity” postulated a reconstruction of self-government at the lowest level of territorial division of the country, that is in gminas (municipalities). According to the opposition-Solidarity party, territorial self-government should be the subject of civil and public law. Self-governing should entail law-making competencies, executive competencies and be complemented with adequate financial means, originating both from its own sources and from state budget grants, being at free disposal of self-governing authorities. The state government’s control over the self-government should follow the criterion of accordance with the law first of all and only in exceptional cases the criterion of purposefulness as well. The self-government was to be entitled to the right of a court protection. During the “Round Table” negotiations, the governmental party was against part of the postulates tabled. According to the governmental party, the resolution making organs of the self-government should also attend to the functions of a state authority. Similar solutions were proposed in the case of self-government executive organs. Moreover, the governmental party supported simultaneous creation of selfgovernment at the voivodeship level. “Solidarity” was against such a move because it could further consolidate the existing territorial division of the country which was criticized by the opposition. Furthermore, “Solidarity” saw the state voivodeship as a guarantor of stability of the occurring changes. The “Round Table” debate on the local authority system ended in the defeat of “Solidarity”. The compromise between “Solidarity” and the governmental party had not been reached as far as the most essential issues. One of the reasons was a strategy adopted by “Solidarity” which had primarily aimed at legalisation of the “Solidarity” trade union. Members of “Solidarity” were not enough appreciative of the issues of local governance whereas the union’s top representatives did not want to put the final agreement with the government at risk only to defend secondary aims such as the creation of self-government.

PODSTAWOWE PRIORYTETY POLITYKI GOSPODARCZEJ WŁADZ WOJEWÓDZTWA RZESZOWSKIEGO W LATACH 1975–1989

Author(s): Paweł Grata / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 03/2006