SUPPORT OF RUSSIAN COMPATRIOT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BALTIC STATES

This article discusses the main problems and contradictions of interaction between the Russian Federation and organizations of Russian compatriots in the Baltic States. Practical aspects of interaction with organizations of compatriots (issues of granting grants, financing activities) are analyzed. The article examines the international legal framework for the activities of organizations of compatriots against the background of opposition to their activities by state bodies in the countries of their location. Russia cannot completely curtail the program of support for compatriots abroad, as this would contradict its state priorities as a regional leader in the post-Soviet space. It is in its interest to continue to provide assistance to the coordinating councils, but only with the specific interests of our country in mind. A critical analysis is presented, as well as practical recommendations for overcoming the existing problems.

Individualization of punishment in the context of the public’s fear of crime

The individualization of punishment is largely formalized and axiomatically limited by the normative prescriptions of the General and Special parts of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, when assigning punishment, judges always consider all the circumstances related to the commission of a crime and the identity of the perpetrator, not to mention consideration of public opinion, social and group victimization, and the fear of the population before criminal manifestations. Unlike in Russia, the foreign criminal justice system for a long time accepts the opinion of ordinary citizens on this matter, focusing on their fears of separate crimes. Sometimes, within the framework of this system, there is a manipulation of the individualization of punishment to demonstrate a preventive effect to society. Based on the above, this article is aimed at generating a discourse on the need to study and consider victimological information in the formation of criminal law policy in general and the individualization of punishment, in particular. The statistical and sociological research methods used in the study allowed obtaining and summarizing information on the indicators of the fear of residents of Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk (2017-2018) regarding ordinary crimes; reflecting the relationship between these data and the types of punishment imposed by the courts for the commission of theft, robbery, hooliganism. Systemic synthesis and analysis allowed identifying a number of patterns in this area, and justifying them. The novelty of the article is that it represents one of the few attempts to fill the gap in scientific knowledge about the mechanism of individualization of punishment as a tool of social protection, implemented through general and private prevention and requiring consideration of political-social and ethnocultural peculiarities. The results of the study allowed to articulate proposals for optimizing the activities of federal and regional coordinating councils for the prevention of offenses.

Modeling and prediction of indicators of dynamics of diseases of residents of regions coronavirus COVID-19

Background: To carry out mathematical modeling of key indicators of the spread of the coronavirus epidemic and, with their help, evaluate the forecast of the dynamics of its completion time. Aim: Due to a substantial request for the practice of making informed decisions to isolate the population in the face of the uncertainty of the increased risks of infection. Methods: The regression analysis was used as a method that uses the best parameter estimation of mathematical models, providing high quality dynamics of key indicators of the spread of the epidemic. To build the models, statistical data were used, which are generated by monitoring by coordinating councils to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the regions of the Russian Federation. Results: The proposed methodological apparatus allowed, based on the monitoring data of the coordinating council to combat the spread of St. Petersburg coronavirus, to carry out modeling and prediction of the course of the disease in the region. Conclusion: The proposed approach makes it possible to justifiably recommend management decisions to the administration and health authorities to create normal economic and social living conditions for residents of Russian regions, their employment, including training, during the spread of coronavirus. Recommendations: Continue to improve the apparatus for modeling and forecasting key distribution indicators of COVID-19.

DETERMINATION OF THE COMPETENCE OF THE AUTHORITIES EXERCISING SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF COMPLIANCE WITH LABOR LEGISLATION OF UKRAINE, AND THEIR INTERACTION

The relevance of the article is that today, the powers of control and supervision have a large number of public authorities that can be applied to any relationship or only compliance with labor laws. Such bodies are in complex administrative, legal, economic relations with each other, but may belong to different branches of government or may not be subject to the standard division into legislative, executive and judicial branches of government. This situation is quite ambiguous. Of course, the presence of a large number of bodies that control and supervise compliance with labor legislation provides an opportunity to conduct inspections of most of the growing number of enterprises in Ukraine, guarantees specialization and the availability of special professional knowledge of officials. However, it is necessary to qualitatively regulate and establish the limits of their competence, which seems to be a difficult task in the context of constant reform of the system of control bodies, separation of competences of individual authorized bodies or, conversely, its absorption. The article is devoted to the analysis of delimitation of competence of bodies supervising and control over observance of labor legislation of Ukraine, and their interaction. The article analyzes the terms "state control", "administrative supervision", "state control ». The purpose of control and supervisory activity of public administration bodies on the example of the economic sphere of relations is revealed. Legislative consolidation of the concept of "state control (supervision)" in modern control and supervision legislation is substantiated. It is concluded that the competence of the bodies of control and supervision over the observance of labor legislation allows to cover the maximum number of types of labor activity and to ensure labor protection and hygiene. The division of competence between control and supervision bodies allows for professional supervision and control of even the most technologically complex issues, such as the use of nuclear energy, radiation safety, and work with potentially hazardous materials. In addition, the presence of a hierarchical structure allows you to control and manage the activities of control and supervision bodies, to determine a common goal for them, to introduce new concepts of communication. At the same time, the interaction between the bodies of control and supervision over the observance of labor legislation needs to be improved. Coordinating councils need to be established to communicate with all control and oversight bodies, as each of them reports to different ministries or to the Cabinet in general, which complicates the process of merging and optimizing control and oversight.

Analysis of the outcome features of effective monitoring and evaluation in construction project delivery

Purpose This study aims to analyze the outcome features of effective monitoring and evaluation in construction projects delivery. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a quantitative research approach. Questionnaire survey was administered to 230 participants who were drawn from metropolitan, municipal, district assemblies and regional coordinating councils in Ghana. Data collected were analyzed to determine the key and underlying monitoring and evaluation outcome features in project delivery. A Cronbach’s α value of 0.953 was achieved based on standardized items, while the Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin measure of sampling adequacy recorded was 0.876. The result of Bartlett’s test of sphericity also revealed a significance level of 0.000 (p < 0.05). Findings The study discovered that value for money, successful project closure, end-user satisfaction, timely completion of projects and fitness for purpose were the top five monitoring and evaluation outcome features. Similarly, three principal monitoring and evaluation outcome features were identified, namely, performance, satisfaction and value outcome. Practical implications The study, thus, seeks to guide project planning and implementation of effective construction project M&E. Originality/value The study contributes to the body of knowledge by establishing top and key success outcomes (KSO) in the implementation of monitoring and evaluation.

Coordination of policy for the HIV/AIDS epidemic response: comparative analysis

The article discusses the theoretical basis for the study of the issue of coordination of policy for the HIV/AIDS epidemic response and the comparison of Ukrainian and foreign practices on coordinating councils’ activities on these issues are presented. The existing coordination mechanisms do not meet the political traditions and practices of most countries. Recommendations on the establishment of more effective functioning of the coordination councils are suggested.