Jakub Daněk, Filip Hrůza
Cooperate or Not To Cooperate? Czech Municipalities’ (De)Motivation as Experience for Other Countries with Space for the Intensification or Professionalisation of IMC
Inter-municipal cooperation is a specific phenomenon in local public administration across the world. It is a concept that has been applied globally, particularly in countries with more fragmented local government. Often its implementation helps to solve problems or challenges associated with the existence of fragmented public administration in the delivery of public services. From the existing investigations dedicated to this specific issue carried out in the Czech Republic, it appears that this model of local public administration is very often mentioned in this country; however, its real use in the territory by public administration even after a long period of its existence in this country still has a great potential for development and use even in comparison with how it is abroad. The aim of this article is to identify and characterise the motivation and willingness of municipalities in the country to cooperate in order to meet the current conditions.
Cooperate or Not To Cooperate? Czech Municipalities’ (De)Motivation as Experience for Other Countries with Space for the Intensification or Professionalisation of IMC
Inter-municipal cooperation is a specific phenomenon in local public administration across the world. It is a concept that has been applied globally, particularly in countries with more fragmented local government. Often its implementation helps to solve problems or challenges associated with the existence of fragmented public administration in the delivery of public services. From the existing investigations dedicated to this specific issue carried out in the Czech Republic, it appears that this model of local public administration is very often mentioned in this country; however, its real use in the territory by public administration even after a long period of its existence in this country still has a great potential for development and use even in comparison with how it is abroad. The aim of this article is to identify and characterise the motivation and willingness of municipalities in the country to cooperate in order to meet the current conditions.
Affiliation:
Jakub Daněk: Masaryk University, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Department of Public Economics, Lipová 41a, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic;
jakub.danek@econ.muni.cz Filip Hrůza: Masaryk University, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Department of Public Economics, Lipová 41a, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic;
filip.hruza@econ.muni.cz Oksana Kovzele, Ilze Kacane, Maija Grizane
Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Festivities and their Celebration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Case Study in the Latvian Context
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges. Comparing pre-pandemic and pandemic experiences led to the re-evaluation of the role of festivities and their associated traditions. Through semi-structured interviews, people’s perceptions of festivities during the two-year-long period of repetitive social restrictions were investigated in Latvia (Latgale region). Data analysis revealed that the quality of festivities related to otherworldliness decreased. Celebration as a powerful practice for developing a sense of togetherness and experiencing collective joy was commonly acknowledged. Festivities were primarily perceived as a tool of socialization and collective identification, as well as an opportunity for entertainment and creative expression.
Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Festivities and their Celebration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Case Study in the Latvian Context
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges. Comparing pre-pandemic and pandemic experiences led to the re-evaluation of the role of festivities and their associated traditions. Through semi-structured interviews, people’s perceptions of festivities during the two-year-long period of repetitive social restrictions were investigated in Latvia (Latgale region). Data analysis revealed that the quality of festivities related to otherworldliness decreased. Celebration as a powerful practice for developing a sense of togetherness and experiencing collective joy was commonly acknowledged. Festivities were primarily perceived as a tool of socialization and collective identification, as well as an opportunity for entertainment and creative expression.
Affiliation:
Oksana Kovzele: Daugavpils University, Centre of Cultural Research, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences; Vienības iela 13-321, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV-5401; ORCID: 0000-0002-9696-4212;
oksana.kovzele@du.lv Ilze Kacane: Daugavpils University, Centre of Cultural Research, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences; Vienības iela 13-321, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV-5401; ORCID: 0000-0003-2754-158X;
ilze.kacane@du.lv Maija Grizane: Daugavpils University, Centre of Regional Studies Latgale Research Institute, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences; Vienības iela 13-321, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV-5401; ORCID: 0000-0002-6986-2376;
maija.grizane@du.lv Taras Vasyltsiv, Olha Levytska, Olexandr Rudkovsky
Consequences of the War for the Labour Market of the Carpathian Region of Ukraine: Priorities of Stabilisation Policy
The article addresses the structural–temporal changes in the characteristics of the labour market in the oblasts of the Carpathian region of Ukraine (Lvivska, Zakarpatska, Ivano-Frankivska and Chernivetska) due to the large-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine. Regional, sectoral and market condition–related changes in the labour market and employment in the region during the war are identified. The article defines the threats to the functioning of the regional labour market, which are related to growing unemployment, increasing pressure on social infrastructure and the domestic labour market, reduction in human resources and the growing trend of relocation of business and skilled workers from the western oblasts of Ukraine to other countries. The policy for social-labour stabilisation of the oblasts in the Carpathian region of Ukraine in conditions of war and post-war recovery is substantiated.
Consequences of the War for the Labour Market of the Carpathian Region of Ukraine: Priorities of Stabilisation Policy
The article addresses the structural–temporal changes in the characteristics of the labour market in the oblasts of the Carpathian region of Ukraine (Lvivska, Zakarpatska, Ivano-Frankivska and Chernivetska) due to the large-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine. Regional, sectoral and market condition–related changes in the labour market and employment in the region during the war are identified. The article defines the threats to the functioning of the regional labour market, which are related to growing unemployment, increasing pressure on social infrastructure and the domestic labour market, reduction in human resources and the growing trend of relocation of business and skilled workers from the western oblasts of Ukraine to other countries. The policy for social-labour stabilisation of the oblasts in the Carpathian region of Ukraine in conditions of war and post-war recovery is substantiated.
Affiliation:
Taras Vasyltsiv: State Institution “Marian Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, Department of Social and Humanitarian Problems of Regional Development – Lviv, 4 Kozelnytska str., 79026, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0002-2889-6924;
tgvas77@ukr.net Olha Levytska: State Institution “Marian Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, Department of Social and Humanitarian Problems of Regional Development – Lviv, 4 Kozelnytska str., 79026, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0001-8174-9918;
o.levytska@gmail.com Olexandr Rudkovsky: Institute of Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Department of Forms and Methods of Management in the Agro-Food Complex – Kyiv, 26 Panasa Myrnogo str., 01011, Ukraine; Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Department of Geodesy – Warszawa, 166 Nowoursynowska str., 21100, Poland; ORCID: 0000-0003-1551-7865;
arudkovsky@gmail.com Mykola Nazaruk, Volodymyr Khudoba
Recreational Ecosystem Services of Environmental Protected Areas of Ukraine: Prospects and Implementation Obstacles
The aim of the work was to analyse the essence of recreational resources as a component of ecosystem services for the planning and development of recreation within the protected areas of Ukraine. This study highlights the features and essence of the ecosystem services concept. The classification, characteristics and possibilities of cultural ecosystem services usage of protected areas are assessed, and the location and importance of recreational services are emphasized. Theoretical and methodological approaches to the recreational ecosystem services assessment of protected areas were performed using GIS tools. The negative consequences of the Russian Federation military aggression on the protected areas of Ukraine and the ecosystem services decline are considered. The main advantages and obstacles of implementing the ecosystem services concept for planning the recreation development of the Ukrainian nature reserve fund are discussed.
Recreational Ecosystem Services of Environmental Protected Areas of Ukraine: Prospects and Implementation Obstacles
The aim of the work was to analyse the essence of recreational resources as a component of ecosystem services for the planning and development of recreation within the protected areas of Ukraine. This study highlights the features and essence of the ecosystem services concept. The classification, characteristics and possibilities of cultural ecosystem services usage of protected areas are assessed, and the location and importance of recreational services are emphasized. Theoretical and methodological approaches to the recreational ecosystem services assessment of protected areas were performed using GIS tools. The negative consequences of the Russian Federation military aggression on the protected areas of Ukraine and the ecosystem services decline are considered. The main advantages and obstacles of implementing the ecosystem services concept for planning the recreation development of the Ukrainian nature reserve fund are discussed.
Affiliation:
Mykola Nazaruk: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Faculty of Geography, Lviv, Doroshenko str. 41, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0002-1210-9666;
mm.nazaruk@gmail.com Volodymyr Khudoba: Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Bobersky, Faculty of Tourism – Lviv, Kosciuszko str. 11, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0002-4472-951X;
khudoba.volodymyr@gmail.com Nataliia Khoma, Ihor Vdovychyn
Anti-war Actionism in the Urbanized Space: A Postmodern Approach to Asserting the Value of Peace
This study aims to clarify the role of actionism as a peacebuilding tool, identify the advantages and disadvantages of its various techniques (performance, happening, art installation, flash mob, etc.), and evaluate their effectiveness in the urbanized space. The research methodology is based on postmodernism and its comprehension of activism, public action and protest. Anti-war actionism is considered an element of the system of socio-political actionism. It is characterized as a set of spectacular forms of non-violent public protest against armed aggression and its consequences. The expansion of today’s anti-war actionism beyond the narrow artistic environment and its entrance into the broad social dimension is demonstrated. The empirical basis for the conceptualization of anti-war actionism includes two groups of actions: (1) anti-war actions carried out since the 1960s in the United States and Western Europe; (2) anti-war actions carried out in various countries in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The regional features of anti-war actionism under the conditions of armed conflicts and wars are determined, and the advantages and disadvantages of anti-war actionism as a peacebuilding technology are identified within the space of modern cities.
Anti-war Actionism in the Urbanized Space: A Postmodern Approach to Asserting the Value of Peace
This study aims to clarify the role of actionism as a peacebuilding tool, identify the advantages and disadvantages of its various techniques (performance, happening, art installation, flash mob, etc.), and evaluate their effectiveness in the urbanized space. The research methodology is based on postmodernism and its comprehension of activism, public action and protest. Anti-war actionism is considered an element of the system of socio-political actionism. It is characterized as a set of spectacular forms of non-violent public protest against armed aggression and its consequences. The expansion of today’s anti-war actionism beyond the narrow artistic environment and its entrance into the broad social dimension is demonstrated. The empirical basis for the conceptualization of anti-war actionism includes two groups of actions: (1) anti-war actions carried out since the 1960s in the United States and Western Europe; (2) anti-war actions carried out in various countries in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The regional features of anti-war actionism under the conditions of armed conflicts and wars are determined, and the advantages and disadvantages of anti-war actionism as a peacebuilding technology are identified within the space of modern cities.
Affiliation:
Nataliia Khoma: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Faculty of Geography, Lviv, Doroshenko str. 41, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0002-1210-9666;
mm.nazaruk@gmail.com Ihor Vdovychyn: Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Ivan Bobersky, Faculty of Tourism – Lviv, Kosciuszko str. 11, Ukraine; ORCID: 0000-0002-4472-951X;
khudoba.volodymyr@gmail.com Sylwia Dołzbłasz, Andrzej Raczyk
Stabilność współpracy transgranicznej w Polsce w wymiarze tematycznym i przestrzennym
Głównym celem pracy była identyfikacja prawidłowości związanych z wybranymi aspektami stabilności współpracy transgranicznej na przykładzie pograniczy Polski. Podstawą analizy było kompleksowe badanie projektów współpracy transgranicznej Interreg, EWT, EIS, EISP realizowanych w latach 2007–2013 i 2014–2020. Badaniem objęto łącznie około 1500 projektów w zakresie stabilności przedmiotu współpracy oraz stabilności struktur przestrzennych współpracy. Analiza pozwoliła stwierdzić częściową stabilność w odniesieniu do wybranych kategorii tematycznych realizowanych projektów oraz stabilność przestrzenną w zakresie rozmieszczenia beneficjentów współpracy według miejscowości.
Stability of cross-border cooperation in Poland in thematic and spatial dimensions
The main objective of the study was to identify regularities related to selected aspects of stability of cross-border cooperation on the example of Polish borderlands. The basis for the analysis was a comprehensive study of cross--border cooperation projects Interreg, ETC, ENPI, ENPI implemented in 2007–2013 and 2014–2020. The study covered a total of about 1500 projects in terms of stability of the subject of cooperation and stability of spatial structures of cooperation. The analysis allowed to find partial stability in relation to selected thematic categories of implemented projects and spatial stability in terms of distribution of cooperation beneficiaries by locality.
Affiliation:
Sylwia Dołzbłasz: Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Instytut Geografii i Rozwoju Regionalnego, Zakład Zagospodarowania Przestrzennego, ul. Kuźnicza 49/55, 50-138 Wrocław, Polska; ORCID: 0000-0002-3206-2690;
sylwia.dolzblasz@uwr.edu.pl Andrzej Raczyk: Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Instytut Geografii i Rozwoju Regionalnego, Zakład Zagospodarowania Przestrzennego, ul. Kuźnicza 49/55, 50-138 Wrocław, Polska; ORCID: 0000-0002-6400-6087;
andrzej.raczyk@uwr.edu.pl