Klaipeda University Open Journal Systems
Not a member yet
    1976 research outputs found

    KLAIPĖDA DISTRICT RESIDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS CORRUPTION

    Get PDF
    The article presents a survey on Klaipėda district residents’ attitude towards corruption. It is necessary to evaluate the level of corruption in a particular local area because understanding the incentives for corruption and self-dealing is a precondition for making progress. Citizens’ perceptions are important for local governments where citizens have more direct impact on political representation and service provision in their communities. The research revealed that Klaipėda district residents’ attitude towards corruption is negative and the population is aware of the harm caused by corruption. The respondents rarely face the forms of corruption practices. Most respondents think that excessive bureaucracy and the complexity of the legal framework, which is constantly changing, contribute to prevalence of corruption. Most respondents have given bribes to medical personnel. The respondents assume that the most effective anti-corruption means is the inevitability of punishment, as well as giving publicity to corruption acts. When faced with corruption, residents would turn to law enforcement bodies and use anonymous helpline.KEYWORDS: corruption, local governance, residents’ attitude.JEL CODIES: D73, H79, K40.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v23i3.158

    CAPITAL INTENSIVE CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS: SOME COSTS, BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF USING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

    Get PDF
    Geothermal and hydropower projects tend to be capital intensive and with long repayment periods. These projects can be challenging, especially in developing and emerging countries in transition often characterized by changing and unpredictable political and business environments. Developing and emerging countries are eligible for support from international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank Group and regional development banks and can also receive assistance from bilateral donor institutions. PPPs enable pooling of public, private and donor funds for clean energy investment. A well designed PPP can be a venue for scaling up funding for clean energy investment internationally. However, little point exists in forming PPPs if, for example, the private sector partner captures most or all the benefits, or if the government keeps changing the rules of the game resulting in a non-viable project. The focus of this article is on PPPs, potential benefits and challenges for host governments and various partners, including the private sector, bilateral donors, and multilateral institutions such as IFIs. When disputes occur between the private sector and host governments, IFIs can potentially play an important role in resolving disputes and help ensure the fair sharing of the risks and the rewards of the PPP for all the parties involved. The objective of this article is to review some recent theoretical research recently done on PPP, potential benefits as well as some challenges using this model in developing and emerging countries.KEYWORDS: hydro- and geothermal energy projects, public-private partnerships, international and national financial institutions

    DETERMINERS OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AT LOCAL LEVEL IN POLAND

    Get PDF
    The main objective of this study is to show the willingness of citizens to act through the prism of opportunities offered by participation at the local level. Citizens’ activity in public life is the core of democracy. Their engagement may assume various forms, among which the most common form is participation in elections. When it comes to direct democracy, participation in referendums is most widespread. However, an element of democracy, which is cognitively equally important as the above ones, results from citizens’ engagement in institutional activity through membership in political parties, trade unions, non-governmental organisations or local associations. It is also worth mentioning the participation expressed through signing of petitions, taking part in demonstrations or involvement in local initiatives. Having considered all the above data, one can state that it is clearly visible who undertakes political participation in Poland more often, and for whom this is a less frequent activity. This analysis with its conclusions seems to be a crucial suggestion for people who would like to take effective steps in order to increase citizens’ engagement in politics.KEYWORDS: political participation, local government, Poland

    GAMYBOS ĮMONĖS ĮVAIZDŽIO TRŪKUMAI KLIENTŲ POŽIŪRIU

    Get PDF
    Straipsnyje analizuojamas gamybos įmonės įvaizdis klientų požiūriu. Teorinė analizė atskleidė, kad gamybos įmonės įvaizdžio struktūrą sudaro: organizacijos vidinis, vadovo, darbuotojų, prekės ir paslaugos, prekių ženklo įvaizdžiai. Kadangi klientas pasirenka prekės ženklą, gamybos įmonės įvaizdis turi išsiskirti iš kitų rinkos dalyvių teigiamu aspektu ir būti kažkuo individualus. Remiantis atlikto žvalgomojo tyrimo rezultatais, išskiriami gamybos įmonės įvaizdžio trūkumai: socialinis atsakingumas (7 %), vadovo išvaizda (3 %), darbuotojų paslaugumas (8 %), paslaugos kokybė (7 %), darbuotojų lojalumas prekės ženklui (7 %). Nepašalinus šių trūkumų, galima susilaukti iš klientų netinkamo požiūrio į gamybos įmonę ir taip prarasti klientus. Klientų požiūris į  gamybos įmonės įvaizdį itin svarbus, nes apsprendžia ateities lūkesčius ir galutinius rezultatus.PAGRINDINIAI ŽODŽIAI: įvaizdis, klientai, gamybos įmonė, vadovas, personalas

    REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN DEVELOPMENT BASED ON TAXONOMIC RESEARCH: A CASE OF POLAND

    Get PDF
    Based on sixteen Polish provinces the author discusses, explores, evaluates and diagnoses the regional disparities in development of Poland’s provinces. First, four fields are studied, such as: demographic potential, social development, economic development and technical infrastructure. Next, the author compares sixteen Polish provinces in relation to the level of synthetic measure of socioeconomic development. Research covers the years 2006, 2010 and 2015 and has been conducted using statistical material provided by the Central Statistical Office. The research tools used in the article include literature studies, descriptive analysis and selected methods of multivariate comparative analysis. Multivariate comparative analysis has proved that Mazovia Province is a leader in terms of demographic potential and economic development, while Silesia Province takes the first position in both social development and technical infrastructure. The highest levels of synthetic measure of socioeconomic development have been observed in Mazovia Province and Silesia Province. In addition, the author presents theoretical aspects of socioeconomic development and discusses the relevance of regional policy.KEYWORDS: development, Poland, provinces, multivariate comparative analysis, taxonomic analysis.JEL CODES: O11, R11.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v23i3.158

    KOMUNIKACINĖS KOMPETENCIJOS RAIŠKA PROFESINIO IDENTITETO PAIEŠKOJE

    Get PDF
    Straipsnyje siekiama pagrįsti komunikacinės kompetencijos aktualumą socialinio darbo profesiniotapsmo procese. Atsižvelgiama į sąvokos socialinis sąsajas su ekonomikos, politikos kryptimis irprioritetais, socialinio darbo pokyčiais praktikoje, pabrėžiant komunikaciją kaip veiklos bei patirtiniomokymosi galimybę ir šaltinį. Remiantis teorinės ir empirinės analizės rezultatais analizuojamaspagalbos šeimai procesas, akcentuojant galimybę plėtoti komunikacinę kompetenciją individualiosintervencijos procese ar grupėje. Straipsnyje laikomasi mokymosi paradigmos ir socialinio įgalinimometodologinių nuostatų, išryškinančių aktyvaus ir atsakingo veikėjo poziciją, bendradarbiavimoreikšmę, lemiančias profesinės veiklos sėkmę. Straipsnio pradžioje aptariamas dinamiškas ir nuolatkintantis socialinio darbo kontekstas, lemiantis tarpasmeninės komunikacijos trukdžius ir problemas,pagrindžiama komunikacinės kompetencijos plėtotės būtinybė. Analizuojant mokymosi konstruotiįgalinantį santykį su šeima teorines galimybes, aptariamas patirtinio mokymosi procesas, apibūdinamajo struktūra, dalyvių tarpusavio komunikacija, lemianti turinio konstravimą, naujų žinių kūrimą.Remiantis J. Eidukevičiūtės (2013) disertacinio tyrimo rezultatais, išryškinamos empirinės profesinioidentiteto formavimosi prielaidos, atskleidusios „pasilikimą“ pirminėje profesionalizacijos procesofazėje. Aktualizuojant komunikacinės kompetencijos plėtotę pagalbos šeimai procese, išryškinamiesminiai profesionalizacijos nuostatų realizavimo trukdžiai, nulemti socialinių darbuotojų iršeimos, kaip kliento, komunikacijos problemų. Atskleidžiama eksperto praktiko arba supervizoriauspalydėjimo būtinybė patirtinio mokymosi procese, formuluojama įžvalga, kad toks palydėjimasįgalina praktiką pasitelkus refleksiją plėtoti savo, kaip socialinio darbuotojo, profesionalumą.PAGRINDINIAI ŽODŽIAI: profesionalizacija, pagalbos procesas, šeima, komunikacinėkompetencija, patirtinis mokymasis, refleksija

    NUOSTATOS KAIP SOCIALINIO DARBUOTOJO PROFESINĖS VEIKLOS MOTYVACIJĄ SKATINANTIS VEIKSNYS

    Get PDF
    The focus of this article is on the personality of a social worker as most qualified representative of the profession. The task of the article is to explore social worker’s personal agency and context beliefs as a factor to increase the motivation of social worker’s professional activity. The methodological basis of the research is the Concept of Effective Functioning (Motivational Systems Theory, Ford, 1992). The talk – interview was used to gain factual information about social worker’s capability beliefs related to the main elements of problem solving process. To explore social worker’s context beliefs, a construct embracing essential factors characteristic to social organizations was made. The research  provide information about the mentioned parameters of the beliefs and reveal the dominating patterns of social workers’ professional functioning indicating the level of their  motivation.KEY WORDS: social work, motivation of professional activity; personal agency and context beliefs

    Фонографические записи народной музыки в архивах Львова (Западная Украина)

    Get PDF
    Collections of wax cylinders with records of folk music belong to Ukraine’s unique scholarly and cultural heritage are investigated by Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and historian Iryna Dovhalyuk (Ірина Сергiïвна Довгалюк). Three of these collections, which were recorded between 1900 and 1940, are kept in the archives in Lviv. In particular, these are Osyp Rozdolskyi’s collection (755 cylinders), which is stored in Lviv National Vasyl Stefanyk Scientific Library of Ukraine, Philareth Kolessa’s private collection of wax cylinders (59 cylinders) and the collection of phonograms kept in the archives at the Ethnology Institute (65 cylinders). The given paper describes and analyzes these collections, i.e. determines their formation, the date, the author and the place of recording, typology of genres of the recorded items, and major methods of recording. The author also concentrates on the condition these collections are in now and whether there are copies of the given records on tape and digital media.Key words: phonographical archive, phonographing folk music, Ukrainian folklore, Osyp Rozdolskyi, Philareth Kolessa, digitalization of phonographical cylinders

    Įvadas

    Get PDF
    Jau istorija tapusios Klaipėdos universiteto (KU) Menų fakulteto (MF, dabar – Menų akademijos, MA) Liaudies muzikos katedros (vėliau – Instrumentinės muzikos katedros, šiuo metu – Muzikos katedros Liaudies muzikos studijų programos padalinio) iniciatyva nuo 1994 m. yra leidžiami kasmetinio periodinio mokslo leidinio „Tradicija ir dabartis / Tradition and Contemporarity“ numeriai. Šiame, vienuoliktajame, numeryje leidinio autorių gretas papildė ne vien minėtos katedros, Menų akademijos ar viso Klaipėdos universiteto mokslininkai, bet ir kolegos iš Kauno (VDU). Savo straipsnius čia skelbia ir etninės kultūros paveldo tyrėjai iš mokslo institucijų Ukrainoje (Kijeve, Dnepre, Lucke, Lvove, Vinycioje).Leidinio tematika nuosekliai tęsia etninės muzikos bei visos tradicinės kultūros tyrimų publikavimo tradicijas Lietuvoje bei užsienyje. Tradicijos ir dabarties santykio šioje plotmėje aspektai čia aptariami ir platesniame sociokultūrinės antropologijos ir etninės kultūros paveldo ištakų, jų sklaidos bei kaitos šių laikų kultūrinio gyvenimo kontekste. Leidinį sudaro keturi skyriai

    1,691

    full texts

    1,976

    metadata records
    Updated in last 30 days.
    Klaipeda University Open Journal Systems
    Access Repository Dashboard
    Do you manage Open Research Online? Become a CORE Member to access insider analytics, issue reports and manage access to outputs from your repository in the CORE Repository Dashboard! 👇