This paper proposes that, through a comparative analysis, performed on public administration in the Balkan area, to highlight the public system reform and its evolution, and the influence of European legislation and also the programs promoted by the European Union in this area. Balkan states,...

Implementation of EU legislation on european funds in the national public administration produces a legislative harmonization, between Union and Member State and between Member States, and an institutional approximation between state's structures. In this respect, the member state develop a...

The paper presents the research, experience and results of the use of collaboration and multimedia technologies in the field of administrative management processes and their democratization both in the business and public administration, realized by team of the Technical University-Sofia. The...

Most EU and the Balkans countries have been actively reforming their public sectors for two decades. Initially the problem seemed to be a relatively straightforward one of improving efficiency, reforming management practices, and divesting public involvement in commercial enterprises. These...

Developing professional and accountable administrative systems in the newly emerged Balkan countries is not an easy mission. Like in other post-communist states, there is an urgent need to support weakened public institutions to break with former governance practices and resume their basic role...

For nearly 60 years, the EU member states have continued to deepen and enrich their cooperation. In the course of the European integration, they pledged to promote economic and social progress in developing an area of freedom, security and justice and to affirm the role of the European Union on...

This paper offers a social interpretation of the generational divide emerging from Spaniards' patterns of accessing music and their socioeconomic correlates. The three robust music consumer segments (inactive, buyer and downloader), determined with latent class models, suggest a digital...

La construction d'une Europe sociale est un thème récurrent dans l'histoire de l'Union souvent présentée comme trop libérale. En vertu du principe de subsidiarité les questions sociales relèvent pour l'éssentiel de la compétence de chaque État membre plutôt que de l'Union. Qu'il...

Much research has been devoted to the emergence and development of a European administrative space (EAS). This paper seeks to address the issue of whether this space limits the EU member and candidate states' sovereignty. Therefore, it is structured as follows: first, it will try to define the...

This text considers the challenges in front of Bulgarian public administration in the light of the expanding European administrative space. It makes an attempt at outlining the way for changing the pattern of Bulgaria's institutional environment and the necessity of significant change in the...