12. Ombudsmen

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Thompson ◽  
Michael Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Wide Range

Extracts have been chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts and to show how legal principles are developed. This chapter examines the institution of the ombudsman, its origins, the conditions of access and the jurisdiction of the parliamentary and local government ombudsmen. It also considers the meaning of injustice in consequence of maladministration with which the ombudsmen are concerned. The chapter also reviews how ombudsmen investigate and resolve complaints and seek improvement, as well as the outcome of investigations and remedies recommended by the ombudsman. Finally, the chapter discusses the process developed by the ombudsmen in dealing with dissatisfied complainants.

RESEARCH ON INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION ACTIVITY IN UKRAINE: TRENDS AND PROBLEMS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 5-73
Author(s):  
Anatoliy Ivanovich Bogdanenko
Keyword(s):  
State Policy ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Intellectual Potential ◽  
Innovation Processes

In the monograph the theoretical identification of concepts and categorical series of state regulation of investment-innovation processes are investigated; the directions of optimization of the state policy of innovation and investment development management in Ukraine are determined; the organizational and legal principles of the state regulation of development of intellectual potential of the population are substantiated; the areas of development and improvement of the national innovation system as an object of state policy are highlighted and assessed. The monograph will be interesting for scholars, lecturers, doctoral and graduate students, and will also be useful to practical politicians, journalists and media workers and a wide range of readers interested in investment and innovation activities.

6. Parliament: Scrutiny of Policy and Administration

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Thompson ◽  
Michael Gordon
Keyword(s):  
House Of Commons ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ministerial Responsibility ◽  
The Government

Extracts have been chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts and to show how legal principles are developed. This chapter examines the role, policy, and administration of Parliament. It focuses on the House of Commons, exploring the principles of ministerial responsibility and the accountability of the government to Parliament. The chapter describes various procedures and reforms of select committees and looks at activities on the floor of the House of Commons. It also considers reforms seeking to rebalance power between Parliament and the Executive, and to enhance the contribution of back-bench MPs.

scholarly journals PROSPEK PENINGKATAN KUALITAS KOMPONEN PARIWISATA DI KERATON SURAKARTA

Jurnal IPTA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Devi Rusdiana Putri ◽  
Agam Marsoyo
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Component Development ◽  
Component Quality

Surakarta and Yogyakarta Palace are two palaces that historically connected and both are located in the middle of Surakarta dan Yogyakarta region. They offer nearly the same tourist products, but they have significantly different tourist numbers. Whereas, Surakarta Palace itself has various potential tourist attractions to visit. This study aimed to measure quality and define the prospect of tourism component development in Surakarta Palace. This research used questionnaire with random sampling technique which later supported by observation and interview to the parties concerned. This study found out that : (1) the tourism component quality in Surakarta palace is different compared to Yogyakarta palace due the lack of diversity in attractions and limited amenities choices. (2) But Surakarta Palace has wide range of potential that can be well-developed. (3) The support from local government and community have not enough yet to encourage the improvement of tourism component’s quality in Surakarta Palace.

What Really Matters Concerning Local Government Evaluation: Community Sustainability

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Caldas ◽  
Brian Dollery ◽  
Rui Cunha Marques
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Community Sustainability ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Sustainability Index ◽  
Evaluation Community ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Evaluation Models

How to evaluate local government or what really matters concerning local government evaluation and who cares about it are questions which are on the table currently across the world. This paper carry out a survey on the wide range of indicators and evaluation models of local government used worldwide and shows that they are based mainly on performance evaluation and financial sustainability ratios. We conclude that they address only part of the problem of strategic management, financing, and sustainable development issues of local government. In particular, the governance dimension is absent. Therefore, a broader vision is proposed that integrates our usual local government evaluation into the important issues of governance and sustainability. This article focus on “measuring what matters” in local government and presents the need of a new evaluation model, a Councils’ Sustainability Index, based on the integration of council’s financial performance with communities’ sustainability and governance dimensions. Thus, it might be an important contribution for the creation of a new paradigm on local government evaluation and councils’ strategic management. The Portuguese case is used to illustrate this purpose.

A survey of the repository of groundwater potential and distribution using geoelectrical resistivity method in Itu Local Government Area (L.G.A), Akwa Ibom State, southern Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ibuot ◽  
G. Akpabio ◽  
N. George
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Average Depth ◽  
Current Electrode ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Southern Nigeria ◽  
Maximum Current

AbstractVertical electrical sounding (VES), employing a Schlumberger electrode configuration, was used to investigate the sediments and aquifer repositories in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state, southern Nigeria. This was done in sixteen (16) locations/communities with the maximum current electrode spread ranging between 800–1000m. The field data were interpreted using forward and iterative least square inversion modeling, which gives a resolution with 3–5 geoelectric layers. The observed frequencies in curve types include 31.25% of AKH, 18.8% of AAK and HK and 6.25% of K, QHK, AKH, KA and KHQ, respectively. These sets of curves show a wide range of variabilities in resistivities between and within the layers penetrated by current. The presence of K and H curve types in the study area indicates the alteration of the geomaterials with limited hydrologic significance to the prolific groundwater repository. A correlation of the constrained nearby borehole lithology logs with the VES results shows that the layers were all sandy formations (fine and well sorted sands to gravelly sands or medium to coarse-grained sands as described by nearby lithology logs) with some wide ranges of electrical resistivity values and thicknesses caused by electrostratigraphic inhomogeneity. The geologic topsoil (motley topsoil) is generally porous and permeable and as such the longitudinal conductance (S) values for the covering/protective layer is generally less than unity of Siemens (S < 1Ω−1), the value considered for efficient protection of the underlying aquifers by the topmost and overlying layer. The spatial orientations and the leveling patterns of the most economically viable potential groundwater repository within the maximum current electrode separations has been delineated in 2-D and 3-D contoured maps. The estimated depth range for the desired groundwater repository is 32.6–113.1m and its average depth value is 74.30m. The thickness of this layer ranges from 27.9–103m while its average depth has been evaluated to be 63.02m. Also, its resistivity range and average value have been estimated to be 507–5612m and 3365.125Ωm

scholarly journals Efficiency of solid waste management methods in Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, North Central, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-329
Author(s):  
Ademu Tanko Ogah ◽  
Mohammed Alkali ◽  
Obaje Daniel Opaluwa
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
The Body ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Household Heads

The efficiency of solid waste management in Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State was studied through the administration of questionnaires to heads of household using systematic sampling methods. The study covered a wide range of socio-economic and demographic variables from the households, such that income of household heads, household size, educational status of household heads, methods and frequency/efficiency of waste collection; waste bins by households and disposals facilities used as well as the role played by government in waste management in the study area were investigated. The study area was divided into Masaka, Karu and Mararaba communities. The results were largely based on the data generated through the administration of questionnaires. 300 copies of questionnaires were administered to household heads in the three areas selected, where Masaka area had 75; Karu area had 108 while Mararaba area had 117. It was deduced that solid waste generated in all the areas remained for days or weeks without been evacuated and containers used for waste collection are not adequate, majority of household heads in the three areas use either plastic or metal buckets to collect and disposed their waste at the locations designated containers for such are placed and also that the socio-economic characteristics varied in all the three areas. Furthermore, at 5% level of significance, H-calculated (as against Ho, efficient waste management) for the three communities were 0.178<5.99<9.21, and are all higher than 0.05 with the implication that solid waste management is not efficient in all the areas. It is therefore, recommended that Nasarawa State should as a matter of priority release more funds to the body that is responsible for management of wastes through Nasarawa State Berau of waste management, a unit under Nasarawa Urban Development Board to cope with the increasing volumes of wastes in the study area. This will help to reduce the high rate of the likelihood of outbreak of epidemic.

scholarly journals Infection Control Practices among Laboratory Healthcare Workers in an Urban Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-96
Author(s):  
Omobola Ojo ◽  
Adeyinka Adeniran ◽  
Olayinka Goodman ◽  
Bisola Adebayo ◽  
Esther Oluwole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Limited Availability ◽  
Wide Range

Background: Laboratory healthcare workers do handle a wide range of potentially dangerous materials which exposes them to numerous hazards. This study aimed to assess the practices of laboratory health care workers towards safety, infection control and the associated factors to its practices. Case Presentation: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 181 laboratory healthcare workers in all registered 33 laboratory facilities in Ikeja Local Government Area in 2017. Data were collected with pre-tested, structured self-administered questionnaires. Data analysed with SPSS version 20 and p-value of < 0.05. The mean age of respondents was 35.0 ± 2.45 years, most of whom were females (57.7%) and married (61.1%). The majority (98.9%) demonstrated good knowledge of infection control. A total of 62.3% identified hand washing as the most important infection control practice while HIV and Tuberculosis were diseases respondents majorly considered as high risk of contracting. A total of 84.6% of the respondents showed good practices. Limited availability of personal protective equipment in the laboratories was a major barrier identified by 98.1% of respondents. Respondents displayed good knowledge, attitude and practice of infection control. Discussion and Conclusion: Barrier to infection control was the limited availability of personal protective equipment. Therefore, concerted efforts should be mustered to ensure continuous training and retraining with the provision of personal protective equipment.        

scholarly journals THE CONCEPT OF NORMATIVE BASIS OF ORGANIZATION JUDICIARY IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4(106)) ◽  
pp. 177-184
Author(s):  
О. В. Щерблюк
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Status ◽  
Normative Basis ◽  
People’S Perceptions

The article analyzes modern views on the concept of principles and principles of organization of the judiciary in Ukraine. It is determined that the judiciary of Ukraine is based on four basic legal principles: separation of powers, rule of law, independence and impartiality of the court (judges). All four of these principles are specified in the principles of the organization of the judiciary and are the basis for building different methods of accountability. It has been shown that legal principles and principles may have different weights in different societies depending on their objective circumstances and people's perceptions of these circumstances, as different societies may give priority to some of these principles and principles at certain periods of their development. The result of this socio-historical development is the presence of a wide range of institutional organizations that are part of the judiciary, but they all base the organization of their activities on certain general legal principles and principles. Analysis of the Constitution of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine "On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges" revealed that the basics of the organization of the judiciary include the principles of the judiciary and the legal framework for organizing the judiciary (structural elements, powers, tasks, etc.) principles and principles are closely related but not identical. Accordingly, the legal principles and principles of the organization of the judiciary in Ukraine are the normative bases, rules of organization and activity of judicial bodies and institutions implemented by state authorities (legislative, executive and judicial) within their competence. It is concluded, however, that: 1) the judiciary of Ukraine is based on four basic legal principles: separation of powers, rule of law, independence and impartiality of the court (judges). All four of these principles are specified in the principles of the organization of the judiciary and are the basis for building different methods of accountability; 2) legal principles and principles may have different weights in different societies depending on their objective circumstances and people's perception of these circumstances. The point is that different societies may give priority to some of these principles and principles at certain periods of their development. The result of this socio-historical development is the presence of a wide range of institutional organizations that are part of the judiciary, but they all base the organization of their activities on certain general legal principles and principles; 3) the principles of organization of the judiciary in Ukraine are divided into general and special. The general principles of the organization of the judiciary include those relating to the organization of the entire judicial system, and the special ones that relate to individual structural elements of this system (judicial bodies and institutions).

scholarly journals NETWORKED ECONOMIC VALUE CREATION IN EVENT TOURISM, AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF TOWNS AND SMALLER CITIES IN THE UK

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Norman ◽  
Nana Nyarko
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Business Model Canvas ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Event Tourism ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Survey Responses

This study explores the role of networks in generating economic value for event tourism in towns and smaller cities in the UK. While networks have been shown to create a wide range of value, research in this context is limited and little is understood of if or how economic value is generated. The lens used in this study was the value creating side of the business model canvas with local government organisations as the focal node examining the flow of economic value from partners, activities and resources. There were survey responses from 112 different town and city organisations across the UK. The study found that only the ‘activities’ element of the network contributed significantly to creating economic value in an event tourism context. The network components of ‘partners’ and ‘resources’ were not on their own significant to the creation of economic value. The outcomes of this paper suggest that practitioners in towns and cities should strategise their engagement with local networks through a formal event tourism strategy that clearly defines how they operationalise engagement activities within that network in order the facilitate economic value creation. In addition, the paper raises questions around what resources are needed at the focal node (local government organisations) in order to maximise the economic value created by the network.

scholarly journals Information Duties Stemming from the Insurance Distribution Directive as an Example of Faulty Application of the Principle of Proportionality

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-54
Author(s):  
Marta Ostrowska
Keyword(s):  
Focal Point ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Member States ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Principle Of Proportionality ◽  
Proportionality Test ◽  
Proportionality Principle ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

AbstractIDD directive constitutes a piece of EU primary legislation and therefore it is obliged to respect the legal principles ruling the way in which EU acts towards the Member States, among which proportionality principle is of special importance. A legal act complies with the principle of proportionality if the measures adopted by the EU do not exceed the limits of what is appropriate and necessary to attain the objectives legitimately pursued by the legislation in question. According to IDD’s recitals, the measures adopted therein are proportional to the aim pursued by the IDD, i.e. customer protection. However, a live discussion boosted over the focal point of the IDD, i.e. a wide range of information duties, may lead to different conclusions and thereby put proportionality of the IDD in doubts. To verify this thesis, the author attempts to carry out the ‘proportionality test’ of the discussed information duties.

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