Local Authorities constitute the statutory expression of the local state. Amongst the policies they implement, social interventions are of particular importance, as they aim at the welfare and development of local society. The aim of this study is to examine the restrictions of social...

Together with an extensive review of recent literature in the area of civic participation and drawing upon a series of interviews with citizens of a neighbourhood in a large city that experimented with the use of NICT and Internet in order to reinforce citizen’s participation and voice, this...

This article explores the criticalness of decentralized governance as a solution towards service delivery challenges experienced by urban centres. But, in Zimbabwe centre-local relations are a phenomenological reflection of a tendency towards (re)centralization than decentralization. This is...

This paper presents the authors’ vision about the planning foundation for the new residential areas from the large cities outskirts, in a sustainable development framework. One considers the great generation potential of the high and very high income population in case of the used products...

According to the World Bank and United Nations indicators, Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa. During the one party autocratic rule of Dr Banda from 1964 to 1993, the government encouraged people to work on their farms; hence the informal sector was largely suppressed. When the...

Aceasta lucrare descrie rolul pe care il au instrumentele extraordinare in reexaminarea unei politici publice. Accentul este pus pe comisiile regale, care au ca scop asigurarea revizuirii fundamentale a politicilor publice. Necesitatea utilizarii Comisiilor regale in solutionarea problemelor din...

Cele mai multe studii si cercetari efectuate in domeniul calitatii serviciilor evidentiaza faptul ca baza evaluarii calitatii serviciului este experienta individuala a clientului cu un anumit serviciu. Cercetarile care promoveaza aceasta idee se regasesc atat in "scoala europeana" (mai exact,...

Acest articol pune accentul pe rolul cunostintelor in organizatiile publice si pe modul in care acestea pot fi transferate de la o generatie la alta, luandu-se in considerare faptul ca fiecare generatie in parte are specificul ei. In aceasta lucrare sunt evidentiate de asemenea si principalele...

Cetatenii au tendinta de a se implica in viata publica a comunitatii din care fac parte atunci cand simt ca opinia lor contreaza si este luata in considerare de catre autoritati. La modul general este acceptata ideea ca majoritatea cetatenilor nu au un punct de vedere pertinent vis-a-vis de o...

Obiectivul cercetarii a constat in identificarea unor indicatori pentru masurarea gradului de utilizare a tehnologiilor informatice si de comunicatie (TIC) in dezvoltarea urbana si de concepere a unui Sistem Decizional Suport in vederea Imbunatatirii serviciilor electronice din orase....