scholarly journals APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE ACTIVITY OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-61
Author(s):  
O.M. Zamrii
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Authorities

Spatial and Institutional Analysis of the Voivodships Expenditure on Culture in the Years 2003 – 2015

e-Finanse ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Adam Mateusz Suchecki
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Institutional Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Location Quotient ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
National Heritage

AbstractFollowing the completion of the process of decentralisation of public administration in Poland in 2003, a number of tasks implemented previously by the state authorities were transferred to the local level. One of the most significant changes to the financing and management methods of the local authorities was the transfer of tasks related to culture and national heritage to the set of tasks implemented by local governments. As a result of the decentralisation process, the local government units in Poland were given significant autonomy in determining the purposes of their budgetary expenditures on culture. At the same time, they were obliged to cover these expenses from their own revenues.This paper focuses on the analysis of expenditures on culture covered by the voivodship budgets, taking into consideration the structure of cultural institutions by their types, between 2003-2015. The location quotient (LQ) was applied to two selected years (2006 and 2015) to illustrate the diversity of expenditures on culture in individual voivodships.

scholarly journals The specifics of applying value added tax for local authorities

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
Miloš Grásgruber ◽  
Petra Mísařová
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Value Added Tax ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Common System ◽  
Council Directive ◽  
The Impact

If local authorities units carry out an economic activity, are considered to be taxable under Act No. 235/2004 Coll., On Value Added Tax as amended. Adjustment of VAT in all countries of the European Union is based on Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax as amended. The application of this directive is binding for all EU member states and national treatment of VAT may diverge from the Directive only in cases where the Directive permits. Decisions of the European Court of Justice are of considerable importance during the interpretation of the Czech VAT Act.For the municipalities and regions article defines the activities that are considered to be an economic activity and activities that are deemed to exercise of public administration and are not therefore subject to VAT. Further the paper defines the concept of turnover of local authorities. At paper there are evaluating the impact of the application of VAT on municipalities and regions in the provision of the individual fulfillment. Great attention must municipalities and region devote to the problem of correct application of claim to tax deduction if they carry out the exercise of public administration, taxable activities and fulfillments exempt from VAT.

Scalar Politics in Flood Risk Management and Community Engagement

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Thaler
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
The Government

Recent extreme hydrological events (e.g., in the United States in 2005 or 2012, Pakistan in 2010, and Thailand in 2011) revealed increasing flood risks due to climate and societal change. Consequently, the roles of multiple stakeholders in flood risk management have transformed significantly. A central aspect here is the question of sharing responsibilities among global, national, regional, and local stakeholders in organizing flood risk management of all kinds. This new policy agenda of sharing responsibilities strives to delegate responsibilities and costs from the central government to local authorities, and from public administration to private citizens. The main reasons for this decentralization are that local authorities can deal more efficiently with public administration tasks concerned with risks and emergency management. Resulting locally based strategies for risk reduction are expected to tighten the feedback loops between complex environmental dynamics and human decision-making processes. However, there are a series of consequences to this rescaling process in flood risk management, regarding the development of new governance structures and institutions, like resilience teams or flood action groups in the United Kingdom. Additionally, downscaling to local-level tasks without additional resources is particularly challenging. This development has tightened further with fiscal and administrative cuts around the world resulting from the global economic crisis of 2007–2008, which tightening eventually causes budget restrictions for flood risk management. Managing local risks easily exceeds the technical and budgetary capacities of municipal institutions, and individual citizens struggle to carry the full responsibility of flood protection. To manage community engagement in flood risk management, emphasis should be given to the development of multi-level governance structures, so that multiple stakeholders share fairly the power, resources, and responsibility in disaster planning. If we fail to do so, some consequences would be: (1), “hollowing out” the government, including the downscaling of the responsibility towards local stakeholders; and (2), inability of the government to deal with the new tasks due to lack of resources transferred to local authorities.

Seminar on Urgent Administrative Problems of African Governments

1963 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-242
Author(s):  
Edward Laberge
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
International Union ◽  
The Third ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Social Affairs

This seminar was held in accordance with a resolution of the third session of the Economic Commission for Africa, which sponsored it jointly with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations; it was the first U.N. activity in the field of public administration in Africa. The participants included representatives from 17 African countries, and from the following specialised organisations: F.A.O., I.C.A.O., I.L.O., W.H.O., E.C.A., and the International Union of Local Authorities.

scholarly journals Rola terenowej administracji publicznej w przygotowaniu ludności do przetrwania w sytuacjach kryzysowych

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 135-144
Author(s):  
Maciej Błażewski
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Crisis Situation ◽  
Crisis Situations

THE ROLE OF LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PREPARING THE POPULATION TO SURVIVE IN CRISIS SITUATIONSThe aim of the article is to define the scope of activities of local public administration in preparing the population to survive in crisis situations. The research included an analysis of the provisions concerning the crisis situation, which are expressed in the Act on Crisis Management and the Act on Press Law. The research was conducted using the analytical and dogmatic method. The research has shown that activities of the local authorities cover information and ensure survival of the population. These activities are interrelated and can be distinguished as direct and indirect. Every person can take action in order to survive in the time of the crisis situation, taking into account the activities of the local authorities.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE UNITED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF DECENTRALIZATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svitlana Sliusar ◽  
◽  
Ludmila Levaieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Legal Foundations ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Radical Transformation ◽  
Practical Implications

In the context of the reform of decentralization in Ukraine, which envisages a set of changes, the main purpose of which is the transfer of significant powers and budgets from State bodies to local self-government bodies, the issue of providing high-quality public services to local self-government bodies is extremely important. To do this, you need to first of all not only create the constitutional and legal foundations for improving the quality of public services provided by local authorities, but also expand their number. Methodology. During the writing of the paper, the following research methods were used: the search for available methodological and scientific literature, comparison, clarification of causal relationships, systematization, analysis of documentation and results of researchers' work on the problem of the conducted research and expert evaluation. Results. These processes require not only the renewal or improvement of the elements of the management system that do not function properly, but also a radical transformation of the mechanisms of the state, in particular legal and organizational and functional, ensuring the processes of regulation of decentralization, which is an important factor in achieving the effectiveness of public administration. Practical implications. This issue becomes even more relevant not only from the rosbalanciousness of the system of regulation of procedural elements in the relations of state and local authorities with citizens, but also because of the lack of a slender, clear and understood ideology of such relations, built on the principles of equality, openness and the rule of law. The solution to this problem is especially important in the context of the formation of civil society – it is the quality of administrative services and the qualification of their provision that is evidence of the attitude of the entire mechanism of state power to the person, the degree of respect for his rights and freedoms. Value/originality. The paper proposes to adopt a code "On public services" in order to improve public relations in the provision of public services by subjects of public administration, analyzed legal and regulatory acts on the basis of which local authorities provide public services, as well as legislative acts that define standards for the provision of public services.

scholarly journals Local Autonomy in Action: Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Policies

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Chou
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Zero Sum ◽  
Ways Of Life

This paper investigates how Beijing governs its two special administrative regions (SARs) of Hong Kong and Macau through leverages on their local autonomy. First, a conceptual analysis of local autonomy will be provided. Local autonomy is more than a zero-sum game between the central and local authorities over how much power should be granted or taken from the local authorities; it also concerns the space for cultural expression and the use of local customs in public administration. Second, the degree of local autonomy in Hong Kong and Macau will be critically examined. On paper, both SAR governments are able to freely make decisions on a wide range of policies. In practice, however, Beijing has the absolute authority to override the decisions of Hong Kong and Macau. It is argued that the autonomy in cultural expression can compensate for the institutional constraints on the two SARs’ decision-making power and is thus able to alleviate public discontent – as long as the constraints do not conflict with the people's core values and ways of life.

scholarly journals Rola terenowej administracji publicznej w zapobieganiu sytuacjom kryzysowym

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 123-134
Author(s):  
Andrzej Pakuła
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Government District ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The One ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
Council Of Ministers

THE ROLE OF LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PREVENTING CRISIS SITUATIONSCrisis management is a specific area of public safety protection. Competent authorities in this area include on the one hand, Council of Ministers and on the other, territorial local authorities belonging both to local administration voivodes and local government district governors and municipal executive officers/town mayors/city presidents. The territorial local authorities play a critical role here as they are a specific structure set up for crisis management.

The Baratillo and the Enlightened City

2018 ◽  
pp. 36-60
Author(s):  
Andrew Konove
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Apparent Contradiction ◽  
The Government ◽  
A Site

This chapter examines the Baratillo’s role in Enlightenment-era reforms to Mexico City’s public administration and built environment. While New Spain’s Bourbon rulers took a number of steps to transform the physical and social worlds of Mexico City’s poor, the government never targeted the Baratillo—a site that was synonymous with crime, license, and plebeian sociability. To understand this apparent contradiction, the chapter examines the politics of urban reform in eighteenth-century Mexico City, which saw royal, viceregal, and local authorities jostle for control over urban public spaces.

scholarly journals "The Gypsy issue” in Hungary during the interwar years (I)

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Tamás Hajnáczky ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Creation

During the interwar years in Hungary, the authorities approached the issue of Gypsy settlements mainly through regulations concerning public health. Measures to try to settle the so-called “wandering Gypsies” resulted indirectly in the creation of new Gypsy settlements. The conflicting interests of government ministries and the local authorities became all the more apparent, as they both expected the provision of the accompanying necessary funds to resolve the “Gypsy issue” from the other party. The implementation of the decrees issued by the central authorities were often obstructed and faced criticism from officials, doctors, and gendarmerie responsible for their implementation at the local level. During the period in question, the content of the “Gypsy issue” gradually changed: during the 1920s it mostly meant the setllement of “wandering Gypsies”; while later, in the 1930s, along with the old ones new challenges arose related to the Gypsy settlements, which increased both in size and number. The author uses little-researched primary sources: resolutions approved by the Hungarian authorities and Hungarian interwar periodicals such as: the Csendőrségi Lapok (Gendarmerie Journals), Magyar Közigazgatás (Hungarian Public Administration) and Népegészségügy (Public Health).

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