scholarly journals Sustainable Management of Chemicals in Russia - Improving the Use of Chemicals and Minimizing the Danger for Nature and Human Beings

10.12737/6630 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 3-11
Author(s):  
Тарасова ◽  
Natalya Tarasova ◽  
Макарова ◽  
A. Makarova ◽  
Аткиссон ◽  
...  

In this article we have analyzed the system of chemicals management in Russia. We have used the TSIS (“Trends & Indicators, Systems, Innovation, Strategy”) method as a tool for the analysis of the current state and for the elaboration of the concept of sustainable management of chemicals in Russia. The analysis showed that sustainable management of chemicals in Russia today might most effectively consist of: • The creation of the legal framework, including legislative support for many existing best practices; • Involvement of chemicals businesses and the general public in the process of promoting management, including creation of a culture of consumption and production of sustainable chemicals; • In addition to the state regulation, the implementation of business initiatives and the tools of self-regulation for business. We have found out that the organization of sustainable management of chemicals in Russia will require changes in chemical production (including internalizing the expenses now externalized to nature) and the consumption chains. The time to act is now, otherwise the planned growth in the production and consumption of chemicals is very likely to lead to catastrophic consequences both for the nature and for the human health. For the most part, best practices in sustainable management of chemicals (practices that could have a positive impact on the situation) are known in Russia. However, their effectiveness is low. The situation reflects the absence of a Russian legal framework on chemicals safety, and the current low motivation of business to adopt the best practices in the absence of clear signals from the state that it should be so. In order to create the system of sustainable management of chemicals, the state authorities should not only use the state regulation, but also actively promote and develop business initiatives and involve the society.

Lex Russica ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 54-61
Author(s):  
K. V. Mashkova ◽  
M. V. Varlen ◽  
A. Yu. Shirokov

A secular trend of the development of medicine in the 20th century was on the ways of strengthening the foundations of public health, formation of systems of affordable medical care. Human genome deciphering opens wide prospects for using the obtained data in medicine. In recent years commercial medical organizations have been developing genetic research and personal genomic testing services. The paper is devoted to the analysis of the importance of legal self-regulation in the field of genomic counseling in the Russian Federation. The authors investigate the prospects of the introduction of personalized medicine and limitations that arise today in one of the areas of the approach under consideration, namely: forecasting predisposition to diseases of mixed nature, which is related to the peculiarities of development of medical and demographic situation in the world. The question is raised about the need for broad population studies to verify the risk values for diseases with low genetic determinacy. The authors conclude that it is impossible to predict what medicine of the future will be, but the results of genome decryption and increasing availability of personal data represent a unique social phenomenon that should be developed within the legal framework. In the coming years, the debate on the role of legal mechanisms in the self-regulation of genetic research and genetic services will become increasingly important. At the international level, this discussion will be focused on the fundamental issue of respect for individual rights in the interpretation of the data received. As genetic advice evolves, the issue of responsibility for the information provided and the availability of national regulatory mechanisms within the framework of state regulation or self-regulated professional associations will become a key concern.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-111
Author(s):  
Dmitriy Sizov

In this article the author considers ensuring the personal security of a convicted person who is in prison as a necessary condition for full, comprehensive observance and enforcement of human and civil rights and freedoms. The author analyzes the concept of “personal security of convicts”, as well as examines the legal framework governing this activity. At present, issues of ensuring the personal safety of prisoners in places of deprivation of liberty are becoming increasingly relevant, since crime in institutions of the penal system is one of the most dangerous criminogenic factors. Currently, in places of isolation there is a risk of committing illegal acts on the part of the convicts themselves, as well as on the part of other persons who visit such institutions for various reasons. The author concludes that convicts’ security in correctional institutions is a multidimensional activity and contains many factors. Security in correctional institutions is provided by the employees with mandatory interaction with other law enforcement and government agencies. In order for the state, represented by institutions and bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, to perform its direct duty to ensure the safety of convicts, it is necessary: constant and enhanced supervision of these persons; strict observance by convicts of the established rules in correctional institutions, the procedure for applying incentives and penalties to them; conducting educational activities; transferring convicts to a safe place, etc. All these measures are aimed exclusively at ensuring human and civil rights and freedoms in places of detention, which in turn is an additional factor that has a positive impact on the development of the state and society.


Author(s):  
A. Zhuk

The paper studies the historical and legal background of the formation and development of government procurement in Ukraine. It analyzes the essence and significance of public procurement for the effective development of budgetary enterprises, institutions and organizations in different historical periods. It has been established that public procurement took various forms long before the independence of Ukraine. State orders are considered in the context of the broader problem of state regulation of the economy, namely one of the most serious and ambiguous economic problems is the rational interaction of the state and the market system in the process of public procurement. It is substantiated that a full-fledged national economy largely depends on how transparent and economically justified public expenditures on the maintenance of institutions financed from the state budget. Detected that one of the most promising ways to implement the concept of rational and efficient use of budget funds is the widespread introduction of a single structured system in the procurement of goods, works and services for public needs, based on competition, transparency, non-discrimination and decentralization. The paper reviews specifics of legislative regulation of public procurement in the relevant periods. The stage of transition of the system of centralized production planning, distribution of material and technical resources, the function of the state order as an absolute state regulator in the production of products and services to the means of meeting the needs of material resources, products, works and services of consumers supported by the state budget. It identifies the main differences in the approaches to understanding the essence of public procurement. The paper provides a detailed description of the influence of factors and circumstances on the development of the legal framework of public procurement. It determines and substantiates government procurement development periods. The paper analyzes the negative effects of omissions and non-finalization of the legal framework of each respective period. It studies the methods of and reasons for changing the terminology in the formation of the conceptual apparatus of the modern legal framework. Conclusions on changes, additions and adjustments to the legal framework of public procurement are provided. The paper assesses the main differences between the adopted public procurement laws.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-68
Author(s):  
Rinitami Njatrijani

Abstract Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCE) is all the intangible cultural heritage, developed by local communities, collectively or individually in a non-systemic manner and that are inserted in the cultural and spiritual traditions of the communities. The catagories of TK and TCE ... “expressions of folklore in the form of  tekstual fonetic or verbal, music, dances, theater, fine art, ritual ceremony”. The legal framework of TCE in Indonesia that can be implemented as contained in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (Fourth Amendment) Article 32 (1), Article 38 and 39 on Copyright Law Number 28 Year 2014 on Copyright, Law Number 5 Year 2017 on Futherance Culture, Presidential Regulation No.78 Year 2007 on the Convention on Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage), Permendikbud N0.106 of 2013 on Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia. Further provisions by the state are required to immediately ratify the Traditional Knowledge Bill and EBT into a separate law in Indonesia  Defensive protection TCEin Blora community is urgent to be protected as a whole so as not to be abused by others. The process of recording, stipulating, proposing to the Indonesian Conservation Heritage Agency on ICH Unesco's list is the final process of digital documentation in the database of intangible cultural heritage as official data of the state which has a positive impact on the welfare of its supporting community. This research indicates that there are only 16 cultural works for the community in Blora Regency that have been designated as Indonesian Culture Heritage / Intangible Cultural Heritage in accordance with UNESCO Convention Year 2003. While there are still many cultural works that need to be prioritized for immediate recording for next year. (Barong, batik motif etc). Keywords : Defensive Protection, Traditional  Cultural Expressions (Tce), Misappropriation, Digital Document. Abstrak TCE/Ekspresi budaya tradisional (EBT) adalah semua warisan budaya tak benda, yang dikembangkan oleh masyarakat lokal, secara kolektif atau individual dengan cara yang tidak sistemik dan disisipkan dalam tradisi budaya dan spiritual masyarakat. Kategori warisan budaya tak benda meliputi tradisi lisan, seni pertunjukkan, praktek-praktek sosial, ritual, perayaan-perayaan, pengetahuan dan praktek mengenai alam dan semesta atau pengetahuan dan ketrampilan untuk menghasilkan kerajinan tradisional. Kerangka hukum EBT di Indonesia  yang dapat diimplementasikn sebagaimana terdapat  dalam UUD RI Tahun 1945 (Amandemen ke empat) Pasal 32(1), Pasal 38 dan 39 tentang Undang-undang Hak Cipta Nomor 28 Tahun 2014 tentang Hak Cipta, Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 2017 tentang Undang- Undang Pemajuan Kebudayaan yang lahir dalam rangka melindungi, memanfaatkan dan mengembangkan kebudayaan Indonesia, Perpres RI No.78 Tahun 2007 tentang Konvensi Perlindungan Warisan Budaya Takbenda), Permendikbud N0.106 Tahun 2013 tentang Warisan Budaya Takbenda Indonesia. Diperlukan ketentuan lebih lanjut oleh negara untuk segera mengesahkan RUU Pengetahuan Tradisional dan EBT menjadi Undang-Undang tersendiri di Indonesia.Perlindungan defensif EBT di masyarakat Kabupaten Blora sangat mendesak untuk dilindungi secara keseluruhan agar tidak disalahgunakan oleh pihak lain. Proses pencatatan, penetapan,  pengusulanke Badan Warisan Budaya Takbenda Indonesia dalam  daftar ICH Unesco merupakanproses akhir dokumentasi secara digital dalam database warisan budaya takbenda  sebagai data resmi negara yang memberikan dampak positif bagi kesejahteraan masyarakat pendukungnya.Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa baru ada 16 karya budaya bagi masyarakat di Kabupaten  Blora yang telah ditetapkan sebagai Warisan Budaya Tak Benda Indonesia/Intangible Cultural Heritagesesuai Konvensi UNESCO Tahun 2003.Sementara masih banyak karya-karya budaya yang perlu diprioritaskan untuk segera dilakukan pencatatan untuk tahun-tahun mendatang.(Barong, motif batik dll). Kata Kunci: Perlindungan Defensif, Ekspresi Budaya Tradisional (EBT), Penyalahgunaan,  Dokumen Digital.


2020 ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
L.M. Parente

The article examines the historical and legal preconditions for the formation of self-regulation in Ukraine and other countries. On the basis of the conducted research, the peculiarities of the development of self-regulation in the territory of Ukraine in different historical periods are determined. The preconditions for the formation of the institution of self-regulation in the field of management and professional activity are described. It is determined that self-regulation has been inherent in society since the beginning of the primary forms of the common cause. The primary forms of SROs developed rules of professional activity, performed the functions of control and supervision due to the vacuum of state regulation in such areas. The peculiarity of such organizations was certain legalization by the state. Such SROs regulated their own activities at the level of development and adoption of local acts. A feature of national self-regulation was the transition from voluntary to compulsory regulation. to distinguish three periods of development of legislative support in the field of self-regulation. Declarative (from 1991 to 1996): this period is characterized by the formal consolidation at the legislative level of the right of participants in public relations to create an SRO. However, the status of SROs was practically not regulated at the legislative level. At the state level, there was no strategy for the development of self-regulation in the field of management and professional activities. Institutional (from 1996 to 2016): during this period the system of delegation of powers from public authorities of the SRO, the system of legalization of the SRO is introduced. However, the rules on SROs are still chaotic, there is no clear mechanism for control and supervision of SRO activities by public authorities, the concept of participation in SROs as business entities and persons of certain professions is not defined. In a number of areas, despite the consolidation of the right to create SROs at the level of laws, SROs have not worked. Reformation (from 2016 to the present): characterized by the development at the legislative level of the Concept of reforming the institution of self-regulation, which outlines the problematic issues of the institution of self-regulation in Ukraine, identifies areas for improvement. Keywords: self-regulation, a self-regulatory organization, the sphere of management, professional activity, a delegation of powers.


Author(s):  
Sergey Georgiyovych Bugaytsov ◽  
Vasyl Anatoliyovych Shoyko

The article describes the objects of administrative influences from the position of development of the sphere of fire safety. Mechanisms of state management of the fire safety sphere in Ukraine are investigated. The main causes of fires in Ukraine are identified according to experts. Proposals have been made on the necessary changes to the law of Ukraine “On the Fundamentals of National Security of Ukraine”. The proposed scientific and theoretical foundations of mechanisms for the implementation of state governance in the field of fire safety. It was determined that the state should always act as a reliable guarantor of mandatory liability of organizations operating hazardous industrial facilities, establish criteria for determining the amount of financial security for civil liability for damage caused by an emergency situation related to the occurrence of a fire; introduction of scientifically sound approaches to the assessment of fire damage with the involvement of independent expert organizations; development of the regulatory and legal framework for the implementation of supervisory functions and ensuring the responsibility of managers of enterprises (institutions, organizations) and executive authorities in the field of fire safety. At the same time, it is justified that the main indicators in the state regulation should be considered: the frequency of fires, losses, the costs of measures to prevent and eliminate emergencies associated with the occurrence of a fire and prevented damage. It is specified that the understanding of the importance of fire safety as a priority component of national security is not very deep in our opinion, is also due to the fact that the losses that result from the occurrence of fires are not always properly calculated. In our opinion, the calculations of only a set of known losses can not expose all the costs that the state and society bear on the results of fires. The most obvious example is the consequences of a fire in the forest.


Stroke ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Cysyk ◽  
Anna Aycock ◽  
Susan Groman ◽  
Lucinda Kahoe ◽  
Megan McHugh ◽  
...  

Background and Issues: Approximately 83% of acute-care hospitals in Maryland are designated as primary stroke centers. The Maryland Stroke Center Consortium (MSCC) is a network of representatives from all hospitals in the state of Maryland that have been designated as stroke centers. In collaboration with the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medicine Services Systems (MIEMSS)--the body that provides state oversight, the American Heart Association (AHA), and the Maryland Stroke Alliance (MSA), the MSCC works to improve stroke care outcomes statewide. Since 2007, the MSCC has met bi-monthly to network, review data, mentor, educate, and share best practices. Registry participation and data collection are standardized across the state. Purpose: To determine if a statewide consortium can have a positive impact on the quality of care for patients with stroke via the nursing-focused measures of Dysphagia Screening and Patient Education. Methods: All primary stroke centers in Maryland participate in AHA’s Get with the Guidelines (GWTG) Stroke Program. Data were collected using the internet-based Patient Management Tool TM (Outcome, Inc.). A 4-year retrospective review was performed of the Stroke Core Measures and Dysphagia Screening data in the Maryland Stroke Registry. Results: Although over time, improvement was seen in all Stroke Core Measures at both state and national levels, in 2010, Maryland stroke centers demonstrated a higher level of compliance in seven measures compared to all centers participating in the GWTG stroke registry. Moreover, statistically significant higher levels of compliance were found for Dysphagia Screening (82.1% versus 78.3%, p = <0.01) and Patient Education (85.4% versus 81.1%, p = <0.01). Conclusions: Participation in a statewide consortium, paired with oversight at the state level, results in a positive impact on the quality of stroke care and patient outcomes. The critical thinking, open communication, and sharing of information that occur at the consortium level translate into improved care consistent with evidence-based best practices at individual facilities.


Author(s):  
Tetyana Zbrytska ◽  
Vladislav Minin

The article investigates a modern state of youth employment in the labor market. The purpose of the article is to consider of youth segment in the labor market, to study the dynamics of youth employment in recent years and to develop proposals for improving the state of youth employment in Ukraine. Current trends in youth employment and unemployment in the labor market are analyzed. In the process of analysis, such methods of scientific research as analysis and synthesis, comparison and generalization were used, which made it possible to ensure the validity of the study. Based on the results of youth employment issues analysis, the main problems faced by young people in finding a job (specific problems in the youth segment of the labor market) are determined, namely: imperfection of the legal framework that regulates labor relations; young people after graduation cannot put their skills and abilities into practice; imbalance in the professional and qualification structure of the labor supply, which does not correspond to the demand in the labor market; lack of professional experience among young people; gender inequality by sex and age; labor migration due to the non-competitiveness of wages in Ukraine compared to wages in Europe. For a systematic solution to the problems of youth labor market, it is necessary to improve the existing mechanism for increasing the level of youth employment, thereby a new impetus will appear for the development of the Ukrainian economy. The main directions of improving the state regulation of the youth segment of the labor market in Ukraine are proposed, namely: the creation of effective interaction between public employment agencies, business and education. An improvement and systemic implementation of the mechanism for increasing youth employment will reduce the outflow of labor force abroad and ensure the competitiveness of the national economy in the long term.


Author(s):  
Laura Baamonde Gómez

Resumen: El objetivo es reflexionar acerca del concepto de Estado regulador, y cómo el rol del Estado como Estado social ha evolucionado en las últimas décadas a partir de los procesos de liberalización económica. La crisis del modelo del Estado prestacional ha dejado espacio a los agentes privados del mercado en régimen de competencia. El Estado, por su parte, se ha reservado el papel de regulador, garante o supervisor del funcionamiento eficiente de los mercados que requieren de una intervención pública más intensa para la satisfacción de las necesidades colectivas. En este marco, se abordará, asimismo, cómo esta nueva situación ha impactado en la tradicional división de poderes: protagonismo de las autoridades independientes, surgimiento de nuevos poderes normativos y dificultades para el control judicial de las decisiones de las agencias reguladoras. Finalmente, se propondrán algunas líneas de actuación para el futuro. Palabras clave: Estado regulador, Estado social, derecho regulatorio, liberalización, derecho de la competencia, servicio de interés económico general, autoridades independientes, autorregulación. Abstract: The aim is to reflect about the concept of regulatory state, and how the role of the state as welfare state has developed in the last decades since the first economic liberalization processes. The crisis of the provider state scheme, has let space for the market private agents in a competition regime. The State, for its part, has reserved for itself the authority of regulator, guarantor and supervisor of the efficient functioning of markets that demand more intensive public intervention for the collective needs satisfaction. Within this framework, this article will also address how this new situation has impacted on the traditional division of powers: role of independent authorities, emergence of new regulatory powers and difficulties for judicial review of the decisions of regulatory agencies. Finally, some lines of action for the future will be proposed. Keywords: regulatory state, welfare state, regulation, liberalization, competition law, service of general economic interest, independent authorities, self-regulation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
KLAUS DIETER WOLF

AbstractThis article is a critical examination of the claim that the emergence of private self-regulatory regimes in the transnational sphere signals a new trend of self-constitutionalization outside the limits of nation-state based or intergovernmental control. It deals with the question to what extent the diffusion of public authority in the sphere beyond the state affects the responsibility of the state(s) to procure the legitimacy of such private self-regulation. First, a conceptual argument is developed which identifies private self-regulatory regimes as rule systems nested in a specific constitutional order of the international society, here described as ‘neo-Westphalian’ (Section I). Second, implications for the responsibility to procure the legitimacy of collectively binding regulatory functions performed by private actors in the sphere beyond the state are considered (Section II). Often cited as a model example of autonomous societal self-regulation, thelex sportivarenders particularly strong plausibility for the claimed non-existence of purely private self-regulation. The regulation of performance-enhancing substances can serve to demonstrate the complex interactions between multiple public and private sites of constitutional authority (Section III). In conclusion (Section IV), I argue that, although the ultimate responsibility for providing legitimacy continues to lie with the state/world of states, the political order of the international society as construed in neo-Westphalian terms provides a dispersed and fragmented constitutional-style legal framework with few reliable guarantees that states are capable or willing to enact their background role. Therefore, a substantial part of the burden of – initial – legitimation must be carried by those directly involved in private self-regulation by constituting and exercising public authority.


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