THE DYNAMIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURE OF ENTERPRISES AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES UNDER THE EUROPEAN REGULATION AND THE PRESSURE OF FINANCIAL CRISIS - EVIDENCE FROM ROMANIA

AbstractSuccessful public conservation policies at various governmental levels have increased some populations of protected species to the extent that they are causing damage to human activities, like fisheries. As a reaction public authorities are developing biodiversity reconciliation policies. Finland and Germany have both created reconciliation policies for the conflicts between nature conservation and fisheries including a package of measures like management of population, support of technical measures and various types of compensation payments. All these measures are affected by European policy and law, though no special reconciliation policy has been adopted at European level. This article explores the options European regulation offers and the restrictions it imposes on Member States. Based on experiences with German and Finnish biodiversity reconciliation policies, the interrelationship between European and national regulation is elaborated, leading to suggestions for better coordination of reconciliation policies between different governmental levels.

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The Simple Truth: Ambiguity Works. Discursive Strategies by Swedish Public Authorities During the 2008 Financial Crisis

International Journal of Business Communication ◽

10.1177/2329488417710439 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 55 (2) ◽

pp. 220-236 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Catrin Johansson ◽

Lars Nord

Keyword(s):

Financial Crisis ◽

Global Financial Crisis ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Public And Private ◽

The Public ◽

Discursive Strategies ◽

Private Organizations ◽

Analytical Point ◽

The 2008 Financial Crisis ◽

The Global Financial Crisis

The global financial crisis that broke out in 2008 affected a large number of governmental, public, and private organizations. This article explores communication of public authorities in Sweden during the crisis, and highlights their discursive strategies between 2008 and 2010, analyzing press releases. As an analytical point of departure, complexity theory is combined with theory on strategic ambiguity in order to analyze which communication strategies were employed by the authorities. Results show that the public authorities embraced complexity and ambiguity differently in their communication, and consequences of their different approaches are discussed. The study also confirms that the different roles of significant actors during a crisis influence the selection of possible message strategies.

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An Assessment of the Implementation of Performance Budgeting in Poland with Reference to the Experiences of Other Countries

Comparative Economic Research ◽

10.2478/cer-2013-0004 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 55-69

Author(s):

Beata Guziejewska

Keyword(s):

Financial Crisis ◽

Local Government ◽

Global Financial Crisis ◽

National Level ◽

Public Expenditures ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Main Thesis ◽

Performance Budgeting ◽

Local Government Level ◽

Government Level

Since the last global financial crisis, public expenditures have been experiencing increasing budget constraints. Therefore, public authorities search for solutions that would foster efficient and transparent expenditures at both the national and local government levels. One of the tools at their disposal is the performance-based budget, which is not, however, cheap or easy to implement. The aim of this paper is an assessment of the implementation of performance budgeting in Poland, and a formulation of proposals de lege ferenda. The assessment discusses selected aspects and conclusions which emerge from the experiences of other countries. The main thesis, set forth in the conclusion of this article, is that in many countries, including Poland, the implementation of a performance-based budget takes place at the national level, not at the local government level, which seems to be questionable, or even incorrect.

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