The international literature reveal numerous debates on sustainability of EU Cohesion Policy, among this debates another issues is reveal the absorption capacity of member state. According to the objectives of Cohesion Policy the financial programmes will contribute to economical growth,...

Companies can contribute to the achievement of the sustainability goals through their procurement function when they opt for green procurement. In the current paper, the authors focused on the procurement of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified products. Having known that attitudes...

The international literature reveal numerous debates on sustainability of EU Cohesion Policy, among this debates another issues is reveal the absorption capacity of member state. According to the objectives of Cohesion Policy the financial programmes will contribute to economical growth,...

Globalization is a constant subject of domestic and international agenda fuelling an unprecedented quest for competitiveness. Finding the sources for this needs a good knowledge of both availability of resources and patterns of globalization. In this respect our study contributes by an analysis...

Correlating private and social interests represents a continuous challenge for environmental policy. Traditional implementation tools proved to be not enough for accomplishing the objectives required by the protection of natural systems. Therefore, they were complemented by a number of actions...

Nature conservation is the second environmental priority at global level. Romania has an outstanding biodiversity at European and global level and its environmental policy mirrors, at least in the last years, the global perspective. The paradigm shift in nature conservation and ambitious goals...

Phenomena that take place at a global level, beyond any control of national governments are subject of great controversies. Even if there is a little knowledge about how to control these processes, scientists are interested in assessing effects of globalization. Because a large part of the...

This paper presents the two most important factors that influence the development of quality management in education: the globalization and the sustainable development. The four well known quality management principles (Deming) can be adapted and implemented in the education system case, too.

Environmental issues are enhanced by crowding together pollution sources as it is occuring in urban areas. Meanwhile urbanization is a continuous process that comprises larger and larger proportions of population. Therefore, urban environmental management is amongst the most important challenges...

The phenomenon of globalization in full swing "eroded" the concept of sustainable development. Its principles were replaced with others imposed by transnational corporations by liberalizing product markets, capital, information and labour. The interplay between the effects of globalization...