Digitalization of Agriculture in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Current State and Examples of Good Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danijel Mijic ◽  
Grujica Vico ◽  
Milos Ljubojevic
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Current State

scholarly journals PUBLIC SECTOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REFORM TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: CROATIA AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CURRENT STATE AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

2017 ◽  
pp. 436-461
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State

Property asset management can be defined as the process of decision – making and implementation relating to the acquisition, use, and disposition of real property. This definition applies to both the private and public sectors, even though in the government sector, the term itself was not in common usage until recently. Over last two decades, however, a new discipline has emerged that looks more critically at the important component of public wealth and seeks to apply standards of economic efficiency and effective organizational and resource management. Public sector property management has been regarded as a structured process that seeks to ensure best value for money in serving the strategic public sector needs and enhancing the economic development and competitiveness. There are governments that are only beginning to seek improvements in the management of publicly owned property with a goal of putting into use various types of government asset items, under the supervision of professional management, with a view to ensuring quality public services and welfare to the citizens, governments that have just recently embarked in the long term financial management reforms and strategic public sector property management reform in particular, and governments called “advanced reformers” offering their conceptual and valuable practical experience in the sphere of public property management. Starting from the concept that public authorities have to be fully accountable to the public and that the whole of government assets need and can be effectively managed, and widely accepted thesis that effective government asset management is a very important generator for creating a supportive entrepreneurial environment, and raising the competitiveness of the entire economy, in this paper we analyse the drivers of international property management reforms in the public sector and provide a comment on public sector property management in developed countries and (post) transition countries. Then we analyse the characteristics of commenced public sector property management reform in Croatia which may be considered as challenges ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities in structuring their national public sector property management reform, given the current state of play.

The architecture of resilience in rural towns

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-202
Author(s):  
Karine Dupre ◽  
Cecilia Bischeri
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current State ◽  
Practice Review ◽  
Academic Topic

Purpose Whilst resilience has been a critical academic topic and worldwide issue for many decades, not all territories have been equally investigated. In addition, the role of architecture in contributing to community resilience against climate change has been overlooked. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to shed light on what is the current state of the art of community resilience in rural towns and what type of architectural strategies has been recognised for facilitating resilience. Design/methodology/approach The study has combined literature review and architectural project review. Findings There are four major findings to this research that could impact policy making and decision making if implemented at different institutional levels. First, there is an evident increased academic interest on this topic. Second, there is a need for a greater consultation among the different stakeholders that participate in the planning and implementation of the future-focused adaptation strategies. Third, the potential for the architectural discipline to play an active role in facilitating and ameliorating community resilience has been identified. Fourth, there is a need to integrate placed-based and identity-related factors/components into a community’s framework for resilience amelioration. Research limitations/implications One limitation is the fact that the literature review investigated only English literature. Also, the review relied mostly on online findings and, for the good-practice review, did not take into consideration direct local knowledge, which would have required travelling the globe and all of Australia in order to collect feedback. Thus, some projects and literature might have been missed. Originality/value The value of this research is to compare findings from literature review (scholar activities) and best practices (architectural activities). In combining the two aspects, it merges a gap in research.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Western Balkans Territories Using the Index of Economic Freedom

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (46) ◽  
pp. 320-329
Author(s):  
Elena Kašťáková ◽  
Andrea Chlebcová
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Republic

Abstract The aim of the paper is to assess the current state of economic freedom in the Western Balkans region using the Index of Economic Freedom. From the Western Balkans territories, the best rating in the observed period of 2010 – 2019 is achieved by the Republic of North Macedonia and the worst by Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2020 Index of Economic Freedom, the region belongs to the group of moderately free economies. The investment and business environment of the Western Balkans is at a low level. The reason is poor law enforcement, corruption, organized crime, or the shadow economy.

Quality of health economic evaluations submitted to the Italian Medicines Agency: current state and future actions

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 560-568
Author(s):  
Angelica Carletto ◽  
Matteo Zanuzzi ◽  
Annalisa Sammarco ◽  
Pierluigi Russo
Keyword(s):  
Health Economic ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Relevant Alternatives ◽  
Current State ◽  
Decision Analytic Modelling ◽  
Life Years

ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the current state of health economic evaluations (HEEs) submitted by pharmaceutical companies to the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) as part of their pricing and reimbursement (P&R) dossiers, and to explore potential future actions in order to enhance their quality.MethodsAll company dossiers submitted from October 2016 to December 2018 were reviewed to select those containing pharmacoeconomic studies. The general characteristics of HEEs were described and their quality assessed based on a checklist adapted from Philips et al. (Review of guidelines for good practice in decision-analytic modelling in health technology assessment. Health Technol Assess. 2004;8: 1–158).ResultsOf the 299 dossiers submitted to AIFA, 105 included one or more pharmacoeconomic studies, of which fifty-three were cost-effectiveness analyses. Overall, the compliance of the HEEs with the quality checklist was highly variable: some studies reached high methodological standards whereas others had serious flaws (mean 59.22 percent, range 19.35–90.32 percent). The main weaknesses were the unjustified exclusion of relevant alternatives, poor description and justification of model data and assumptions, and insufficient exploration of uncertainty and study validity. Non-homogeneity across studies was found in study perspectives, discount rates, methods for costing, estimating quality-adjusted life-years and conducting sensitivity analyses.ConclusionsBased on the results of this study, the recommended actions for increasing the quality of HEEs within reimbursement submissions in Italy are twofold: first, to set methodological standards for conducting and reporting HEEs; second, to strengthen the internal assessment process, also through the acquisition of companies' models and re-evaluation of results. These actions will hopefully provide greater contribution to the evidence-based P&R decision making.

scholarly journals Genetic resources of fodder crops in Croatia: current state and future prospects

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 00137
Author(s):  
Aleš Vokurka ◽  
Tihomir Čupić ◽  
Leonarda Sigal ◽  
Hrvoje Kutnjak ◽  
Dubravka Dujmović Purgar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Plant Genetic Resources ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Gene Bank ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Current State ◽  
Fodder Crops ◽  
Xix Century

Plant breeding as an important discipline in agriculture started in Croatia during the last decades of XIX century at several institutions and farms, but was mainly focused on arable grains, but to less extent to fodder, and other crops. The efforts in the research, collecting and evaluation of genetic resources of fodder crops started in the second half of XX century, but were interrupted and ceased by the war in 1990-ies, with a part of material being lost. The activities started almost from scratch by establishing the Croatian Gene Bank in early 1990ties that existed only for few years. A new National Plant Gene Bank was established in 2004 as a network working in synergy with the SEEDNet programme, and was directed by National Plant Genetic Resources Programme based on the valid international treaties on biodiversity, and conducted according to good practice in genetic resources maintenance and research, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and EU funds. The paper presents the short outline of the research of the genetic resources of fodder crops.

scholarly journals DDLM - Quality Standard for Electronic Education Programs in Higher Education of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siniša Tomić ◽  
Dalibor Drljača
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Current State ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Electronic Content ◽  
Electronic Education

The Web-based technological revolution has brought new teaching opportunities and concepts. This expands the range of educational opportunities based on new digital technologies, while certain obstacles and dangers appear that this type of education brings with it at the same time. Electronic education systems should be flexible and it would be ideal if able to meet the specific needs of each student individually. On the other hand, it is extremely important to standardize teaching electronic content, define all vertical and horizontal processes in the electronic education system, and set quality standards that must be respected. Higher education institutions must take an active part in the development and implementation of information technologies in teaching processes. DDLM (Demand-Driven Learning Model) clearly defines the structure of Web-based teaching delivery, so that it essentially defines the quality standard of e-learning programs based on Web technologies. The problem of non-standardization of electronic educational content, poorly defined processes in the system, such as the delivery of electronic content, control activities, personalization or irregular updates, is present everywhere in the world, and so with us. The research conducted in this paper examines the population of students of higher years of study, as well as students of the second and third cycle of study at 5 universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in order to get a clear picture of the current state of electronic education in our country. The survey was conducted on 565 students between October 2016 and January 2017. Following the methodology of scientific research, the empirical research was primarily conducted through a survey questionnaire, where primary quantitative data were stored in a database and further analysed, after which we reached the relevant scientific knowledge.

scholarly journals Possibilities for Sustainable Rural Tourism Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Dunja Demirović ◽  
Adriana Radosavac
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Young People ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Current State

Rural areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina include more than 80% of the country's territory and are inhabited by more than half of the population. In order to preserve the natural environment, traditions and customs, rural tourism is developing and rural areas are getting active for tourism purposes. The authors analyze the current state of rural tourism in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and provide recommendations for its sustainable development. The analysis shows that the basic problems that could slow down the development of rural tourism are: lack of incentives for the development and improvement of the state and government institutions, lack of subsidies for young people who want to live and work in the countryside, inability to use quality land for non-agricultural purposes, lack of defined standards for rural development and underdevelopment of infrastructure.

Unexploited potentials of networking in the hospitality business - Slovenia's case

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
Gorazd Sedmak ◽  
Tanja Planinc ◽  
Saša Planinc
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Ordinal Scale ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Current State ◽  
Strategic Cooperation ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Hospitality Business

In addition to theoretical arguments advocating various advantages of industrial networking, many examples of good practices and positive experiences can be found worldwide. Therefore, in many countries political measures have implemented to boost strategic partnership between companies. Nevertheless, examples of good practices of networking in the hospitality business are still relatively rare. In this paper, results of a study on the potentials for good practice in this regard and some reasons for the current state of poor networking in the Slovene hospitality sector are presented. The research consists of two parts. Managers of hospitality companies and leaders of two formal networks were interviewed for this purpose. The quantitative approach with Likert-type ordinal scale was used with the former group, while semi-structured interview and qualitative analysis was employed for the latter. The results revealed some interesting differences in the operational focus between formal and informal networks in terms of goals sought by their members. Strategic cooperation with the suppliers turned out to be the most common field of networking, while the principal obstacles for more intensive networking seem to lie in the conservative character of managers in the hospitality business, distrust and lack of time and organizational knowledge. This research fills the gap in dealing with industrial networking by confronting formal and informal strategic cooperation praxes in hospitality business.

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