scholarly journals Can We Talk about European Public Policy in the Field of Sport?

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Gyöngyi Földesi
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
European Union ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Sport Policy ◽  
European Public ◽  
The Social

Can We Talk about European Public Policy in the Field of Sport?Despite the continuous deepening, development and enlargement, the members of the European Union still diverge in their policies and have to find a way to diminish this divergence. The social, economical and cultural significance of sport is well known in the whole of Europe. Accordingly, in the recent past, the various institutions of the European Union have come to pay more attention to sport issues. An important milestone of this was the European Commission issuing a White Paper on sport, and the inclusion of sport in the Lisbon Treaty. However the question is raised: Is there a European public policy of sport? The author's objective was to investigate this question. This paper aims to highlight the European sport policy and tries to find the answer to the following question: can we talk about European public policy in the field of sport? The research examines through the analysis of documents whether sport can be regarded as an element of public policy. We can talk about common public policy of a certain area if it corresponds to the following five criteria: content, social competence, coercive factor, normative orientation and programme. In the first part, the content and the social competence are analyzed, and then some critical issues of the definition, namely of the public policy will be discussed. In the opinion of the author, the most problematic criterion is the programme, which presumes at least a mid-term European sport conception. It is especially important that sport could fulfil its community building, identity-forming role to which it is suited in the continuously enlarging Europe. Finally the author draws the conclusion that the European sport policy corresponds partly to the above-mentioned criteria; however, the realization of the Pierre de Coubertin Action Plan included in the White Paper, and the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty can create opportunities for sport to become a public policy of the European Union.

Two Charters and a Pillar

2020 ◽  
pp. 191-202
Author(s):  
Bruno de Witte
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Social ◽  
Charter Of Fundamental Rights

This chapter retraces the post-enlargement trajectory of the protection of fundamental social rights in Europe. The chapter selects three years that signpost this trajectory: 2000, when the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights was adopted, with the inclusion of a social rights chapter; 2009, when the Lisbon Treaty seemed to contain a renewed promise of social progress in the Union; and 2017, when the European Union launched a European Pillar of Social Rights, as part of an effort to revitalize the social protection agenda of the European Union after the disappointing post-Lisbon years.

E-Government at Supranational Level in the European Union

2011 ◽  
pp. 501-506
Author(s):  
F. Amoretti
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Information Society ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
White Paper ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Common Information ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Community Programmes

The term “e-government” became part of the political vocabulary toward the end of the 1990s. Previously, with the onset of new technologies, it found its place in the wider “semantic container,” the information society. To respond to the United States and Japan’s economic challenge, the European Commission drew up a “White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness, and Employment: Challenges and Ways Forward to the 21st Century” (the so-called Delors’ White Paper). The construction of the IS is considered one of the five fundamental priorities of the Union to create a “common information area” based on ICTs and telematic infrastructure. E-government was the key element of significant community programmes (i.e., IDA [Interchange of Data between Administrations] and TEN-TELECOM [from 2002 renamed eTen]). A decisive step toward the development of EU policies for e-government came with the approval, in June 2000, of the Action Plan “eEurope 2002: An Information Society for All.” Guidelines were fixed for greater use of the Internet, and the initiative “Government online: electronic access to public services, [which] aims to ensure that citizens have easy access to essential public data, [...] [and, in order to improve] efficiency in the public sector, will require a re-thinking of internal organisation and of electronic exchanges between institutions” (Council of the European Union & Commission of the European Communities, 2000, p. 22). A few months previously, based on numerous EC documents, the Council of Europe of Lisbon indicated an ambitious objective for the European Union: “to become the most competitive and dynamic economy based on knowledge in the world, capable of achieving sustainable economic growth, creating new and better jobs and more social cohesion.” The so-called “Lisbon strategy” to permit Europe to recover the delay accumulated compared to the U.S., was intended to guide community policies up to 2010. It is in this context, interwoven with different and often conflicting pressures (economic competition and social cohesion, market logics, and the language of rights) that action plans are formulated and policies for e-government implemented in Europe.

E-Government at Supranational Level in the European Union

2011 ◽  
pp. 1047-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Amoretti
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Information Society ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
White Paper ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Common Information ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Community Programmes

The term “e-government” became part of the political vocabulary toward the end of the 1990s. Previously, with the onset of new technologies, it found its place in the wider “semantic container,” the information society. To respond to the United States and Japan’s economic challenge, the European Commission drew up a “White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness, and Employment: Challenges and Ways Forward to the 21st Century” (the so-called Delors’ White Paper). The construction of the IS is considered one of the five fundamental priorities of the Union to create a “common information area” based on ICTs and telematic infrastructure. E-government was the key element of significant community programmes (i.e., IDA [Interchange of Data between Administrations] and TEN-TELECOM [from 2002 renamed eTen]). A decisive step toward the development of EU policies for e-government came with the approval, in June 2000, of the Action Plan “eEurope 2002: An Information Society for All.” Guidelines were fixed for greater use of the Internet, and the initiative “Government online: electronic access to public services, [which] aims to ensure that citizens have easy access to essential public data, [...] [and, in order to improve] efficiency in the public sector, will require a re-thinking of internal organisation and of electronic exchanges between institutions” (Council of the European Union & Commission of the European Communities, 2000, p. 22). A few months previously, based on numerous EC documents, the Council of Europe of Lisbon indicated an ambitious objective for the European Union: “to become the most competitive and dynamic economy based on knowledge in the world, capable of achieving sustainable economic growth, creating new and better jobs and more social cohesion.” The so-called “Lisbon strategy” to permit Europe to recover the delay accumulated compared to the U.S., was intended to guide community policies up to 2010. It is in this context, interwoven with different and often conflicting pressures (economic competition and social cohesion, market logics, and the language of rights) that action plans are formulated and policies for e-government implemented in Europe.

scholarly journals The social and educational dimension of the European Union sport policy and the impact at national level

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Σταυρούλα Σακκά
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
National Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Sport Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Η παρούσα εργασία προσπαθεί να αναλύσει τις επιπτώσεις της Ευρωπαϊκής Ολοκλήρωσης στην χάραξη της αθλητικής πολιτικής που σχετίζεται με την κοινωνική και εκπαιδευτική πτυχή του αθλητισμού και να διαπιστώσει πώς και σε ποιό επίπεδο οι πρωτοβουλίες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (Ε.Ε.), όπως αυτές προτείνονται στη Λευκή Βίβλο για τον Αθλητισμό, εφαρμόζονται σε εθνικό επίπεδο. Ο στόχος είναι να προσδιοριστούν οι πιέσεις της Ε.Ε., οι μηχανισμοί και ο βαθμός της αλλαγής σε εθνικό επίπεδο, υπό το πρίσμα της νέας αρμοδιότητας της Ε.Ε. στον τομέα του αθλητισμού μετά την επικύρωση της Συνθήκης της Λισαβόνας. Αυτό θα επιτευχθεί με τη χρήση του Εξευρωπαϊσμού ως οριζόντια διαδικασία «πολιτικής μάθησης» και θα αποτελέσει το θεωρητικό πλαισίο για τη μελέτη της επιδρασης της Ε.Ε. στην περίπτωση της Ελλάδας. Παρουσιάζεται μια ιστορική αναδρομή στις Ευρωπαϊκές πολιτικές εξελίξεις στον τομέα του αθλητισμου από το 1985. Διερευνάται ο ρόλος των θεσμικών οργάνων της Ε.Ε. που σχετίζονται με την χαραξη της αθλητικής πολιτικής, ενώ παρατίθεται μια επιστημονική αιτιολογία για την διαμόρφωση της πολιτικής ατζέντας για τον αθλητισμό και τη συμμετοχή των ενδιαφερόμενων φορέων του αθλητισμού σε ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο. Παρουσιάζεται το θεσμικό πλαίσιο της ελληνικής αθλητικής πολιτικής με ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον στον κοινωνικό και εκπαιδευτικό τομέα. Σχετικά με τη μεθοδολογία, η έρευνα αφορά στην περίοδο εφαρμογής των πρωτοβουλιών της Λευκής Βίβλου για τον Αθλητισμό 2007-2013. Πρόκειται για μια μελέτη περίπτωσης όπου γίνεται ποιοτική ανάλυση των εργαλείων ήπιας πολιτικής και νομοθέτησης της Ε.Ε., των πρωτογενών και δευτερογενών πηγών πληροφόρησης όπως είναι τα ευρωπαϊκά και εθνικά έγγραφα και οι συνεντεύξεις με πρόσωπα-κλειδιά χάραξης της αθλητικής πολιτικής. Ενώ κάποιος βαθμός εξευρωπαϊσμού είναι εμφανής στην περίπτωση της Ελλάδας, που αφορά στις ευκαιρίες χρηματοδότησης του αθλητισμού, τη μεταφορά γνώσης και διάδοσης πολιτικών πρακτικών μέσω της συνεργασίας των Κρατών Μελών, το δομημένο διάλογο, τη δικτύωση και την υιοθέτηση των γενικών στόχων πολιτικής της Ε.Ε. για τον αθλητισμό, παρατηρείται ότι οι προτιμήσεις, οι αξίες και οι δράσεις των εθνικών προσώπων της αθλητικής πολιτικής αποτελούν καθοριστικό παράγοντα για την έκβαση του Εξευρωπαϊσμού στην Ελλάδα.

La corrupción en el seno de las instituciones de la Unión Europea: responsabilidades, investigación administrativa y control judicial

2016 ◽  
pp. 237-266
Author(s):  
David ORDÓÑEZ SOLÍS
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Disciplinary Actions ◽  
National Courts ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
European Public ◽  
Financial Interests ◽  
Set Up

LABURPENA: Europako Batasunaren erakundeetan ere ustelkeria dagoela egiaztatu da. Bruselako politikariak eta funtzionarioak politika, diziplina eta, jakina, zigor kontroleko prozeduren mende daude. 1999an, eta Europako Batzordean detektatutako ustelkeria dela eta, Europako erakundeak hartutako erabakiari esker, martxan jarri zen Iruzurraren aurkako Borrokatzeko Europako Bulegoa (OLAF), ustelkeria eta ez-betetze larriak ikertzeko. 2009an, Lisboako Tratatuan Europako fiskaltza eratzea proposatu zen, Europako mailan egindako delituen —bereziki, Euro¬pako Batasunaren finantza interesetan eragina duten delituak— ikerketa judizialak egiteko. Kasu bietan, ikerketen ondorioz, diziplina eta zigor neurriak ezar daitezke. Eremu horretan, epaimahaiek xede berezia dute, alegia: politika eta diziplina erantzukizuna badago, justizia auzitegiak du legalitatearen kontrola; aldiz, nazioko zigor epaileek baino ezin dizkiete ezarri zigor zehapenak Europako Batasuneko politikariei eta funtzionarioei. RESUMEN: En el seno de las instituciones de la Unión Europea también se ha comprobado la existencia de corrupción. Los políticos y los funcionarios de Bruselas están sometidos a procedimientos de control político, disciplinario y, desde luego, penal. En 1999 y a raíz de la corrupción detectada en la Comisión Europea se puso en marcha la Oficina Europea de Lucha contra el Fraude (OLAF) en virtud de un acuerdo de las instituciones europeas con el fin de investigar la corrupción y los incumplimientos graves. En 2009 el Tratado de Lisboa ha previsto el establecimiento de una Fiscalía Europea que impulse las investigaciones judiciales relacionadas con los delitos europeos, en particular los que afectan a los intereses financieros de la Unión. En ambos casos las investigaciones pueden concluir con la imposición de medidas disciplinarias y penales. En este ámbito los tribunales tienen una misión esencial: en el caso de la responsabilidad política y disciplinaria el control de la legalidad corresponde al Tribunal de Justicia; en cambio, las sanciones penales a los políticos y funcionarios de la Unión Europea solo pueden imponerlas los jueces penales nacionales. ABSTRACT: Corruption also lives within the institutions of the European Union. Members and officials of the European institutions are responsible and submitted to political, disciplinary and criminal actions. As a consequence of the corruption unveiled in the European Commission in 1999, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) was set up by the agreement of the European institutions in order to investigate frauds and serious misconducts. Moreover, the Lisbon Treaty has foreseen the setting up of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office whose mandate is to investigate, prosecute and bring to judgment the perpetrators ofoffences against the Union’s financial interests. These organisms allow performing administrative and criminal inquiries regarding European officials. Tribunals, both European and National, are committed to control the disciplinary actions (European Courts) and criminal lawsuits (National Courts) against European politicians and officials.

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY OF INCLUSIVE TOURISM

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Marta Barna ◽  
Iryna Tuchkovska
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
European Union ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Social ◽  
Effective System

The article considers the state of international tourism for people with disabilities. It has been studied that inclusive tourism area has great potential for development, as more than 15% of the world’s population can be defined as inclusive tourists. The volume of inclusive tourism market development is constantly increasing. Taking into account the world experience of development of “tourism for all” and analysis of statistics on the number of people with disabilities and socially disadvantaged people, the prospects for the development of the inclusive tourism market are determined, which is especially important given its social significance. Therefore, it has been expedient to analyze the prospects of creating an effective system of inclusive tourism. The purpose of the article is to determine the prospects for the formation of an effective system of public administration for the development of inclusive tourism on the basis of international experience in supporting the entrepreneurial activity of inclusive tourism. The authors propose a system of integrated approach to ensure effective public policy in shaping the conditions for the development of inclusive tourism and creating a barrier-free environment for tourism destinations. Harmonization of the mechanisms for improving the effectiveness of public policy in the field of inclusive tourism requires the development of an organizational mechanism for implementing the concepts of “tourism for all” with the identification of practical aspects of its implementation in accordance with international norms and standards. Given the limited state funding for tourism in Ukraine, the development of inclusive tourism cannot be highly efficient, which is primarily due to the social direction of the area. The international documents and Ukrainian normative acts and laws regulating tourist activity for people with disabilities are analyzed and studied. To create an effective system of social protection for all categories of the population, including people with disabilities, it is necessary to take into account the experience of foreign countries, where a resembling system has been operating quite successfully for a long time. From this point of view, firstly, it is necessary to consider the social protection systems that have been introduced in the countries of the European Union, where the disabilities rights movement has been launched. In the countries of the European Union, social policy and the participation of social partners in its formation have undergone significant transformations, and a fundamentally new supranational and suprastate course of social protection and welfare of citizens has emerged. As a country aspiring to join the European Union, Ukraine must take into account the best foreign experience of the world’s leading countries in the field of state policy to support persons with disabilities and its implementation. The European and world experience of adaptation of the tourism industry for people with disabilities (on the example of Slovenia, Israel, Spain and the USA) is analyzed. The problems that hinder the development of international tourism for people with disabilities in Ukraine and measures to solve them are identified.

scholarly journals Hungary’s employment policy from the point of view joining the European Union

2009 ◽  
pp. 189-197
Author(s):  
Andrea Szabó
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Eu

What is a place of work? Is it a commitment to work, or continuous pressure under work, or hunting for income? This article is a brief review about the main milestones of the employment history of the European Union and Hungary. In 1989, the Social Charta about the social principles of employee was issued. In 1997 the employment policy became the part of the acquis communautaire. Finally, in 1998, the EuropeanEmployment Strategy was developed, which contains the community employment guidelines. In the year of millennium, the new long term concept of the EU, the Lisbon Strategy was approved. In this document the EU was targeted as the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the World till 2010. The Tens joint to the EU in 2004, and a bit later it became clear, that the EU is light-armed against some of the world economy challenges. As a consequence, many objectives of the Strategy could not be reached. Recently member states of the EU have to develop the national action plan for employment year by year. The hungarian plans were developed as well, but the wrong labour market’s parameters haven’t been changed since 2004.

E-health developments in the system of health services in Hungary and the European Union

2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (21) ◽  
pp. 822-827
Author(s):  
Ágnes Váradi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
European Union ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Contemporary Issue ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Basic Features

The question of electronic solutions in public health care has become a contemporary issue at the European Union level since the action plan of the Commission on the e-health developments of the period between 2012 and 2020 has been published. In Hungary this issue has been placed into the centre of attention after a draft on modifications of regulations in health-care has been released for public discourse, which – if accepted – would lay down the basics of an electronic heath-service system. The aim of this paper is to review the basic features of e-health solutions in Hungary and the European Union with the help of the most important pieces of legislation, documents of the European Union institutions and sources from secondary literature. When examining the definition of the basic goals and instruments of the development, differences between the European Union and national approaches can be detected. Examination of recent developmental programs and existing models seem to reveal difficulties in creating interoperability and financing such projects. Finally, the review is completed by the aspects of jurisdiction and fundamental rights. It is concluded that these issues are mandatory to delineate the legislative, economic and technological framework for the development of the e-health systems. Orv. Hetil., 2014, 155(21), 822–827.

European experience in transition to circular economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 598-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.V. Ratner
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
National Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
European Experience ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Eu

Subject. The article considers the concept of circular economy, which has originated relatively recently in the academic literature, and is now increasingly recognized in many countries at the national level. In the European Union, the transition to circular economy is viewed as an opportunity to improve competitiveness of the European Union, protect businesses from resource shortages and fluctuating prices for raw materials and supplies, and a way to increase employment and innovation. Objectives. The aim of the study is to analyze the incentives developed by the European Commission for moving to circular economy, and to assess their effectiveness on the basis of statistical analysis. Methods. I employ general scientific methods of research. Results. The analysis of the EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy enabled to conclude that the results of the recent research in circular economy barriers, eco-innovation, technology and infrastructure were successfully integrated into the framework of this document. Understanding the root causes holding back the circular economy development and the balanced combination of economic and administrative incentives strengthened the Action Plan, and it contributed to the circular economy development in the EU. Conclusions. The measures to stimulate the development of the circular economy proposed in the European Action Plan can be viewed as a prototype for designing similar strategies in other countries, including Russia. Meanwhile, a more detailed analysis of barriers to the circular economy at the level of individual countries and regions is needed.

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