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Search results for: DECENTRALIZATION, PUBLIC FINANCES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC REVENUE, EUROPEAN UNION

  • Assessing the Risk in Urban Public Transport for Epidemiologic Factors

    Pandemics have presented new challenges for public transport organisers and operators. New diseases (e.g., influenza H1N1, severe acute respiratory syndrome—SARS, as well as, more recently, SARS-CoV-2) increase the need for new protection measures to prevent epidemic outbreaks in public transport infrastructure. The authors’ goal is to present a set of actions in the area of public transport that are adjusted to different levels...

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  • Cooperation between NGOs from Tricity and public administration entities

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    Research is an element of the Project “Civil Society Development for Participatory Democracy in Shida Kartli Region implemented by Instytut Badań nad Polityką Europejską (Research Institute for European Policy) in cooperation with Information and Socio-Economic Problems Research Center (Georgia), Agria Universitas Association (Hungary) and Civipolis,...

  • Public relations w służbie demokracji

    Publication

    - Year 2008

    Artykuł pokazuje, jak realizowanie zasad demokracji jest warunkowane stosowaniem narzędzi public relations. Wolność wypowiedzi, możliwość współdecydowania o przyszłości społeczeństwa, udział w wyborach to działania charakterystyczne dla krajów demokratycznych, a urzeczywistnianie ich jest możliwe dzięki i poprzez profesjonalne PR. Historia demokracji pokazuje również, że prowadzenie działań PR jest możliwe tylko w ustroju...

  • Efficiency of European public higher education institutions: a two-stage multicountry approach

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    The purpose of this study is to examine efficiency and its determinants in a set of higher education institutions (HEIs) from several European countries by means of non-parametric frontier techniques. Our analysis is based on a sample of 259 public HEIs from 7 European countries across the time period of 2001-2005. We conduct a two-stage DEA analysis (Simar and Wilson in J Economet 136:31-64, 2007), first evaluating DEA scores...

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  • Ecological and Health Effects of Lubricant Oils Emitted into the Environment

    Lubricating oils used in machines with an open cutting system, such as a saw or harvester, are applied in forest areas, gardening, in the household, and in urban greenery. During the operation of the device with an open cutting system, the lubricating oil is emitted into the environment. Therefore, the use of an oil base and refining additives of petroleum origin in the content of lubricants is associated with a negative impact...

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  • Public relations - czy to się sprawdzi?

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    - Year 2004

    Książka jest analizą najczęstrzych problemów związanych z prowadzeniem działań public relations, ilustrowaną rysunkami Zbigniewa Jujki. Książka zawiera też słownki PR.

  • Looking for New Ideas of Public Space – Public Space Projects in Gdansk Reinforced by Art Activities

    Publication

    - Year 2012

    Revitalization of public open spaces is a complex enterprise in Poland in terms of the art, cultural andinformation aspects of this process. Simultaneously the public space should play an important role whenbuilding the quality of revitalization programs and the quality of city development. The new art and culturalactivities are the revitalization tools, which are also the good examples of bottom up ideas helping to start aprocess...

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  • Promocja biblioteki i public relations

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    - Year 2019

    W artykule omówiono problematykę promocji, kreowania wizerunku i public relations bibliotek. W opracowaniu przedstawiono organizowanie działalności promocyjnej na przykładzie pracy zespołu ds. promocji Biblioteki Politechniki Gdańskiej.

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  • CIVILIZING THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PRACTICE IN POST-TRANSITION COUNTRIES

    The phenomenon of public participation is not so new to both planning theory and practice. In fact, involving local community in the decision-making process regarding local urban development directions is widely discussed and a number of various forms of these are being introduced. This paper deals with a number of

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  • Public relations - refleksje prawie filozoficzne

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    - Year 2005

    Artykuł podejmuje próbę całościowej analizy zjawiska tak bardzo rozpowszechnionego w ostatnich latach w Polsce, nazywanego potocznie czarnym public relations. W artykule przedstawiono nie tylko różne znaczenia tego pojęcia, sytuacje, w których ten rodzaj działalności jest najczęściej stosowany, ale też stosowane na świecie nazwy dla tego rodzaju działań.Artykuł podejmuje próbę całościowej analizy zjawiska tak bardzo rozpowszechnionego...

  • Travel Time of Public Transport Vehicles Estimation

    Effective prediction of speed is central to advanced traveler information and transportation management systems. The speed of public transport vehicles is affected by many external factors including traffic volume, organization and infrastructure. The literature presents methods for estimating travel time on sections of a transport network and vehicle arrival at stops, often making use of the AVL (automatic vehicle location). The...

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  • Marek Czachor prof. dr hab.

  • Public relations w organizacji - Nowy

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    • E. Hope

  • PHONEME DISTORTION IN PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS

    Publication

    - Year 2015

    The quality of voice messages in speech reinforcement and public address systems is often poor. The sound engineering projects of such systems take care of sound intensity and possible reverberation phenomena in public space without, however, considering the influence of acoustic interference related to the number and distribution of loudspeakers. This paper presents the results of measurements and numerical simulations of the...

  • Public relations jako funkcja zarządzania.

    Publication

    - Year 2004

    Artykuł w książce.Artykuł pokazuje ważną rolę działań public relations w każdym przedsiębiorstwie/organizacji, sytuując te działania w sferze zarządzania. artykułm pokazuje strategiczną funkcję działań PR, jako prac związanych z kreowaniem - komunikowaniem dobrej reputacji, opinii.

  • Revenues from operating activities of non-public universities in Poland in 2010 (PLN thousand)

    Open Research Data
    open access

    In 2010, in non-public universities, 90.2% of revenues from operating activities were revenues from teaching activities. Revenues from research activity accounted for 2.8%, and other types of activity accounted for 6.9% of total operating revenues.Income from teaching activities of universities may be obtained from budget subsidies, funds to local governments...

  • General grants and development – a relationship without a future? The effects of the structure of general grants on the development of local government units in Poland

    The purpose of this paper is to attempt to identify the reasons for the lack of relationship between general grant revenue and investment expenditure of local government units. The author formulated the hypothesis that there is no link between general grants and investment expenditure and that the reason for this are the current spending on education, absorbing the entire amount of general grants received by local government units....

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  • Distinctive facades of commercial buildings and the quality of public space,

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    Mutual relations between the retail center and public spaces of the city are varied. They depend on the type and size of the commercial structure. Other ones are for multifunctional shopping centers and other for high streets. In megastores and shopping malls the essential for their functioning is their interior and entrance, which is sometimes the only place of interpenetration of the commercial structure with the surrounding...

  • Health by Art: the Remedial Role of Artistic Installations in Public Space

    Publication

    Designing public spaces has become one of the most relevant issues in contemporary cities thanks to their integrating and inclusionary character. Public spaces are playing a far more important role in promoting a healthy lifestyle and encouraging us to do different activities. Therefore, contemporary public spaces should enhance creativity, stimulate physical activity and influence mental health. The methodology used in the research...

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  • PUBLIC SOURCES OF FINANCE FOR CULTURE AS AN ELEMENT OF CULTURAL SECURITY IN POLAND

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    - Year 2016

    Culture is an important element of the country, playing an important role both for its security and the economy. It cannot be only seen as a cost-creating sector, but may be a significant factor in economic development. For this to happen, it is necessary to create a system of financing this economic sector. This article’s aim is to analyze the use of funds from public sources in Poland to finance culture-related activities. The...

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  • Solar-wind system for lightning of public areas

    Publication

    - Year 2011

    Solar-wind system was developed for illumination of public large areas. The energy of this system becomes from renewable sources. Furthermore, they are relatively inexpensive, and the production of pollutants or greenhouse gases are reduced.

  • Are We Facing a Tsunami of Vaccine Hesitancy or Outdated Pandemic Policy in Times of Omicron? Analyzing Changes of COVID-19 Vaccination Trends in Poland

    Publication

    - Vaccines - Year 2023

    In this study, we analyzed Polish COVID-19 vaccination data until January 2023 from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to understand individual decision making during the milder Omicron wave. Our findings show a general decline in subsequent vaccine uptake. As the number of government-provided doses increased, completion rates among certain low-risk groups dropped to less than 1%. Elderly individuals, especially...

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  • Etyka w zawodzie specjalistów public relations

    Publication

    - Year 2013

    Książka traktuje o zasadach,wartościach, normach, dylematach etycznych w zawodzie specjalisty PR, analizuje również rolę instytucji i dokumentów, które mogą pomóc w wyborach, podejmowanych decyzjach w pracy public relations.

  • Public relations uczelni: kreowanie tożsamości wizualnej

    Publication

    - Year 2003

    Praca jest analizą podstawowych, najczęściej popełnianych błędów, w procesie kreowania tożsamości wizualnej przez uczelnie polskie. Praca jednocześnie podkreśla rangę umiejętnie wykreowanej i stosowanej tożsamości wizualnej jako jednego z elementów public relations.

  • Role of public space in designing complex urban structures

    The aim of this article is to present the main assumptions about design studios as held in the Faculty of Architecture at Gdańsk University of Technology (FA-GUT), Gdańsk, Poland, adapted to the development of key competencies in the urban planning of complex urban structures. One of these competencies is the design of public spaces. The main goal of the studios was to deliver knowledge of the role of public spaces in the design...

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  • Karta Przejrzystości Mediów - Public Relations a dziennikarstwo.

    Artykuł zawiera analizę nowo powstałego zbioru zasad regulujących pracę dziennikarz - Charter on Media Transparency, wskazującego na najczęściej występujące naruszenia norm moralnych w tym zawodzie i ich przyczyny, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem relacji: dziennikarz - specjalista public relations.

  • Module of priorities for public transport vehicles in the TRISTAR system

    Publication

    One of the most important elements of the intelligent traffic control systems is the ability to control movement in such a way as to privilege the selected users movement, in particular public transport vehicles. Implemented at the Tri-City the TRISTAR system will also have a module for prioritizing public transport vehicles. The article presents a characteristics of the priority action system: the way of communication with the...

  • SKYSCRAPER'S PUBLIC AREAS: THE IMPACT ON SPACE AND SOCIAL LIFE

    Publication

    - Year 2015

    In recent years, more careful consideration is taken into social issues of designing skyscrapers by humanizing adherent internal and external public areas. Case studies of The Shard (London: 2012), 122 Leadenhall Street (London: 2014), 20 Fenchurch Street (London: 2014), Heron Tower (London: 2011), Tower 25 (Nicosia: 2013), Zoofenster (Berlin: 2012), DNB House (Oslo: 2012), Centrum Biurowe Neptun (Gdansk, 2014), Skytower (Wroclaw:...

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  • Contemporary bottom-up tools for public spaces activation. Współczesne oddolne narzędzia aktywizacji przestrzeni publicznych

    This article attempts to figure out the current understanding of public spaces and the contemporary tools for bottom-up activation of public spaces to make them more friendly and functional. The paper investigates contemporary public spaces' challenges and what tools can be used to improve them. In this research, the main issue will be the question: what kind of tools and actions can be offered to maintain the quality of public...

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  • The Efficiency of Public and Private Higher Education Institutions in Poland

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    Changes introduced to Poland’s education system in 2011 and 2014 amid efforts to adjust it to the needs of the labour market had an effect on the country’s institutions of higher learning. This paper provides an analysis of the efficiency of public and private Polish universities and examines the impact of selected factors in the years that followed. To estimate this efficiency, a Banker, Charnes and Cooper (BCC) model of the...

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  • Planning the City Against Barriers. Enhancing the Role of Public Spaces

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    Contemporary cities are being fragmented by growing number of technical barriers like roads, railways, infrastructural objects, that generate variety of problems of different nature. The aim of the research is to present the issues connected with such barriers in the city and the ways of solving them. Main problems are e.g.: the destruction of the complexity of urban fabric, functional disadvantages, environmental and landscape...

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  • Public Lighting in a Context of Regeneration Processes in Polish Cities

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    The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the role of electric lighting design in urban regeneration processes. The landscape of the modern city is the result of an accumulation of the various physical, economic, social and cultural layers over the centuries. Urban lighting may be described as one of the physical layers which due recent developments in the technology of efficient light sources overcomes a major evolution. With...

  • EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

    Journals

    ISSN: 1101-1262 , eISSN: 1464-360X

  • Pola nadużyć w działaniach public relations

    Publication

    - Prakseologia - Year 2008

    artykuł przedstawia i analizuje najczęściej występujące dylematy etyczne specjalisty public relations, stara się nakreślić obszary, w których tych dylematów jest najwięcej i uzasadnia, dlaczego postępowanie zgodne z najwyższymi standardami w tej dziedzinie jest nie tylko gwarantem jej istnienia, ale i w kontekście szerszym - pomyślności społeczeństwa, w którym te działania są prowadzone.

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  • Analysis of Reasons of Accidents Between Cyclists and Public Transport Vehicles in Cities

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    - Year 2018

    In European cities, a bicycle is now or is systematically becoming an equal means of transport. Unfortunately, the growth of bicycle traffic is associated with an increase in the number of accidents involving cyclists. Some of these accidents, are events with cyclists and public transport vehicles - and therefore means of transport, which together are to constitute a serious alternative to a car. Although the share of these kind...

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  • Understanding the containment of public spaces: upgrading public domain

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  • Public spaces connecting cities. Green and Blue Infrastructures potential.

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    A city fragmentation causes a lot of negative effects in urban environment such as: disconnecting the environmental, functional and compositional relations, a loss of urban compactness, chaotic development, visual chaos, a domination of technical landscape, reduction of security. This is why one of main challenges for urban planners is to connect the fragmented structures by creating friendly, attractive and safe public space....

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  • Public Finance in Poland in a COVID Fog: A Look Through the Lens of Fiscal Transparency and Accountability

    Abstract. Goal– The aim of the article is to identify dysfunctional phenomena (implementation of specific mechanisms/solutions and actions taken), generating increased opacity and limit the responsibility/accountability of public f inance in Poland, exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. Methods– descriptive analysis, comparative analysis and financial analysis methods were used. Results– fiscal transparency and accountability in...

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  • The function of the sculpture in public space and its reception occupants of the city

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    Sculpture has been with people for thousands of years. Its destiny, subject and scale have changed over the centuries. Public art, along with sculpture, began to appear in a new form (not only to commemorate important figures and events) only in the 1960s. This paper aims to answer what functions are currently performed by the sculptures located in a public space and how they are perceived by the inhabitants of the city.

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  • Euro 2012 in Gdańsk, Poland. Is it worth using public funds?

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    The aim of this study is to estimate the willingness - to - pay (WTP) among the community of the Pomeranian region, Poland in connection with intangible benefits and costs st emming from hosting the Euro 2012 in Gdansk. A survey conducted among 407 respondents was the source of information. The results of the study show that the average value of WTP benefit for the whole sample was 45,72 PLN2012 and WTP cost...

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  • Public relations w hotelarstwie - kaprys czy konieczność?

    Publication

    - Year 2005

    Artykuł pokazuje konieczność prowadzenia działań public relations w polskicj hotelach - jak i w całej turystyce, biorąc za punkt wyjścia prognozy oi analizy ekonomiczne dotyczące tej branży gospodarki.

  • System of specific grants for local government units in Poland

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    - Year 2009

    The article analyses the system of specific grants in local governments in Poland. First, main revenue sources of local self-governments are presented. Their presentation is based upon the consideration of one of the basic important principles in democratic states today, i.e. decentralization. The text then, in more details, describes specific grants with respect to the European Charter of Local Self-Government. Subsequently, the...

  • Towards Digital Anti-Corruption Typology for Public Service Delivery

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    - Year 2019

    Digital anti-corruption refers to a family of digital technology tools that are used to fight corruption. Many such tools have not performed well in practice due to their non-alignment with forms of corruption they are supposed to fight against and persistence of corruption-enabling conditions. The aim of this paper is to contribute to filling this gap by offering a typology of digital anti-corruption in public service delivery...

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  • Activating Public Space: How to Promote Physical Activity in Urban Environment

    Physical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle. The quality and equipment of urban public space plays an important role in promoting physical activity among people (residents, tourists). In order for recreation and sports activities to be undertaken willingly, in a safe and comprehensive manner, certain spatial conditions and requirements must be met. The distinctive feature of contemporary large cities is the...

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  • Indoor air quality in public utility environments-a review

    Indoor air quality has been the object of interest for scientists and specialists from the fields of science such as chemistry, medicine and ventilation system design. This results from a considerable number of potential factors, which may influence the quality of the broadly understood indoor air in a negative way. Poor quality of indoor air in various types of public utility buildings may significantly affect an increase in the...

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  • The structure of revenues of non-public universities in 2010 from didactic activity by sources of financing (in%)

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    Income from teaching activities of non-public universities accounted for almost 1/5 of income from teaching activities of all types of universities. Non-public universities generated the highest revenues from fees for teaching classes, which accounted for over half of the revenues from this title in relation to all universities.The average cost of education...

  • The Relation Between Art and Physical Activity in the Public Space of the Contemporary City

    Publication

    - Year 2018

    Art has always been and still is a mirror in which human activity is reflected. One of the basic human activities is physical activity, thanks to which humans are able to satisfy their needs, improve health and also function in society. Therefore, there are different relationships between physical activity and art. Both of them are present in the public space of cities and this aspect of connection is addressed in the article. The...

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  • Etyka public relations - jak uczyć, dylematy nauczyciela akademickiego

    Publication

    - Year 2008

    Artykuł porusza niezmiernie ważny problem - jak przekazywać wiedzę o fundamentalnych zasadach etycznych w prowadzeniu wszelkiej działalności gospodarczej, jak kształcić postawy odpowiedzialnego przedsiębiorcy i pracownika. Dziedzina Public relations w ostatnich latach cieszy się bardzo złą opinią - tak w Polsce jak i na świecie - autorka artykułu porusza ten problem wskazując, że istotą public relations są działania , mające na...

  • Does system of local government subsidisation fulfil revenue equalisation function? Evidence from Poland

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    The article will discuss functions that should pursue general grants. One of them is revenue equalization. To achieve it after applying the mechanism of subsidising revenues should be reduced. In addition, to be completed, the size of the support should be inversely proportional to achieved own revenues. Besides the theoretical analysis, which will present the general grants structure and the ability of fulfilling revenue equalisation...

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  • Art of Space – Art in Space / The Role of Sound Art in Public

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    - Year 2015

    The article presents a discussion of the crossroad between art and architecture. It sketches out the theoretical and practical aspects of space revitalisation and improving its quality in the context of multisensory dimension of public spaces. The unique manifestation of art and creativity in public space could be detected and stimulated using participatory architecture, for instance interactive installations, projects related...

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