Conflict and environmental degradation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are interrelated and complex. The authors conducted a case study of a community-based environmental restoration project in Eastern Congo and provide early results which suggest a link between community environmental action and multidimensional outcomes such as peace and reconciliation. The project examined in this study is based on a framework (Theory of Change) which networks communities through autonomous savings groups, churches, mosques, schools, and a community leadership network with the goal of catalyzing sustainable farming, reforestation, and community forest management. The primary project input was training, and the resulting voluntary community action included tree planting and the management of common forest areas. A mixed-methods approach was used to evaluate project results comparing two watersheds, and included a difference in differences analysis, participatory workshops, remote sensing analysis, and community activity reports. Positive change was observed in the treatment watershed in terms of ecosystem health and household economic condition. Results suggest a possible influence on peace conditions which, while fragile, offers hope for continued restorative action by communities. This study provides evidence that a community-based approach to environmental restoration may have a positive influence on multidimensional issues such as forests, watershed health, economic well-being, and peace.
В статье рассматривается проблематика, связанная с повышением качества профессиональной подготовки (обучения) руководителей органов государственного управления, в частности руководителей органов внутренних дел, через широкое применение информационных технологий и инновационных подходов в образовании. Целью разработки рассматриваемого метода и создания соответствующего алгоритма является совершенствование процесса подготовки обучаемых (слушателей, курсантов) путем эффективного применения в учебном процессе возможностей автоматизированных систем. Предлагаемый метод анализа и оценки графических документов, содержащих управленческие решения, а также алгоритм, основанный на использовании данного метода, позволяет автоматизировать процесс оценивания результатов учебной работы будущих руководителей. Это, в свою очередь, ведет к усилению персонализации взаимоотношений педагог обучаемый, позволяет реализовать индивидуальный подход к каждому из слушателей, что в результате дает возможность повысить качество обучения в целом. Метод основан на универсальном (с точки зрения содержания документов) подходе к анализу и интерпретации графических документов (изображений), с целью последующей оценки качества управленческих решений в них содержащихся. Результаты исследования основаны на опыте применения автоматизированных систем в ходе проведения практических занятий со слушателями Академии управления МВД России. Отдельные методологические подходы, пути решения поставленных задач основаны на анализе ошибок и противоречий, возникших в ходе применения для оценки метода сравнения с эталоном, который по объективным причинам не может обладать свойствами универсальности. В методе применяются процедуры анализа изображений, соответствующие стратегии решения задач интерпретации, используемой в экспертных системах анализа изображений. Что касается оценки, то она производится исходя из соответствия принятых управленческих решений установленным нормам и правилам. Набор правил размещения условных знаков, соответствующий законам управления и учитывающий специфику конкретной сферы деятельности, в которой осуществляется управление, используется как универсальный образец, с которым сравнивают все подготавливаемые документы с содержащимися в них управленческими решениями. На основе рассмотренного метода разработан соответствующий алгоритм работы автоматизированной системы, предназначенной для обработки и интерпретации изображений. В общем виде в статье представлен также и математический аппарат, используемый при реализации данного алгоритма. ; Article considers the problem improving the quality of vocational training (training) heads of government, in particular the heads of the police, based on a broad application of information technologies and innovative approaches in education. The proposed method of analysis and evaluation of graphic documents containing administrative decisions, as well as the implementation of the algorithm of this method allows you to automate the process of evaluating the results of the training of future leaders. This leads to high personalization of the relationship between teacher and learners, allows for an individual approach to each, resulting in an opportunity to improve the quality of education in general. The method is based on the universal (in terms of the content of the documents) approach to the analysis and interpretation of image documents (images) for subsequent evaluation of the quality of management decisions contained therein. Results are based on many years of experience in the use of automated systems in the business of games, exercises and training staff with the students of the Management Academy of Ministry Internal Affairs of Russia. Some methodological approaches, ways of solving tasks based on the analysis of errors and inconsistencies encountered in the application of the method to assess the comparison with the standard. Assessment of the quality of decisions made after the analysis on the basis of the conformity of administrative decisions with established norms and regulations. A set of rules placing symbols on the scheme, which reflects the management decision-making, management, and relevant laws into account the specifics of a particular field of activity is used as a universal pattern, which is compared to all the prepared documents contained in their management decisions. The presented method is the basis for developing an appropriate algorithm of the automated system for analysis, interpretation and evaluation of images. As an explanation, the article briefly presents the mathematical tools used in the implementation of certain procedures of the method and algorithm.
The concept of "quality" is quite complex and challenging. In higher education, quality might be defined very differently by the various stakeholders: the students and graduates might see quality in terms of making sure they get well-paid jobs, the academics might define quality from the perspective of being able to enter in scientific debates, the ministries might define quality in terms of the efficient use of resources for reaching certain goals. But even when such issues of clarification of meanings are solved, what are the tools which work. And what does quality mean with respect to internationalisation? A number of papers in this book address quality management from various angles, and provide food for thought for those who seek for good answers. This book is the third in a series, and assembles contributions from authors who participated in the International Deans Course, a programme for leaders in higher education from East and West Africa and Southeast Asia respectively.
У статті розглядаються специфічні особливості організації підвищення кваліфікації фахівців служб персоналу у збройних силах США. До таких особливостей можна віднести: відсутність підготовки офіцерів для служб персоналу на тактичному рівні, обов'язковість проходження курсів підвищення кваліфікації під час кожного просування по кар'єрним щаблям, підготовку офіцерів генерал-ад'ютантської служби підрозділів управління кадровими ресурсами у військових навчальних закладах за суміжною військово-обліковою спеціальністю, типовість нормативно-правових документів, які використовуються у процесі організації навчально-тренувальних курсів і підвищення кваліфікації для всіх видів збройних сил США, постійну зацікавленість та всебічне сприяння військового керівництва США в самостійному підвищенні професійного рівня фахівцями служб персоналу. ; The article deals with the specific features of organization of advanced training of specialists of personnel services of US armed forces. These features include lack of training of officers for personnel at the tactical level, the obligatory completion of advanced training courses during each career advancement, training of officers of the adjutant general service of the personnel management units at the military education institutions for the adjacent military-account specialty, typology of normative legal documents used in the process of organization of training courses and advanced training for all types of US armed forces, constant interest and full support of the US military leadership to independently enhance professional level by the specialists of personnel services of US armed forces. In this context, it is noted that many American civilian education institutions have programs that can be followed by training in the field of human resources management, labor relations, training and staff development. Special courses in human resources care can be completed at such departments (or other structural units) as business management, teaching methodology, organization development, services for people, communication, government, or in selected specialized institutes (structural subdivisions) for training specialists in the field of human resources management.The article presents peculiarities of organization of training and taking advanced training courses by military specialists of the US Army personnel services at the appropriate education institutions.
After a semantic analysis of the notion of Good Governance, to light the sense of this complex notion, notion the origins of which go back up to a rather distant time. This principle, which built itself through centuries, concerned at first the world of companies, before invading the field of the politics, in the quest of the best management of the public affairs, to satisfy at best the affairs of the State. As therapy, organized by the international institutions, to bring out the African states, often corrupted States, of the tunnel of the poverty and the underdevelopment, it showed itself ineffective. The good governance in its implementation, in Africa and in Ivory Coast, faces a world where the political game set, is influenced by clan, family, tribal links, which put the interest of the groups above the general interest, engendering a decay of the State, with an absence of ethics, responsibility of brightness in the decision-making, in the societies where the quest of the democracy is marked with the seal of the demagoguery, with a premium granted to the opacity in the management of the public affairs. This quest of efficiency is counterbalanced by the weight of the traditions and the practices inherent to the world of the Third World, the things which return the with difficulty effective management of the public affairs. However, the political arena does not escape the influence of the outside world, which influences decision-making, with public actors often subjected to the orders of this capitalist world, in a world marked with the seal of the globalization and with the globalization.Termes : Démocratie-Transparence-Etat de droit- Globalisation - Gestion Publique ; Après une analyse sémantique de la notion de Bonne Gouvernance, afin d'éclairer le sens de cette notion assez complexe, notion dont les origines remontent à une époque assez lointaine. Ce principe, qui s'est construit à travers les siècles, a d'abord concerné le monde des entreprises, avant d'envahir le champ de la politique, dans la quête de ...
Важным элементом обеспечения безопасности международного движения капитала и за-щиты национальных интересов России и государств СНГ является гармонизация норм законодательства о контроле за обменом, куплей-продажей активов как долей капитала, другими сделками по движению капитала, путем размещения капитала как инвестиций и управляемых активов в доверительное управление. Такой правовой режим устанавливается не только гражданским, но и налоговым и банковским законодательством государств СНГ. Проводится сравнительно-правовой анализ правового регулирования доверительно-го управления активами по праву России, ЕС и праву государств СНГ как фактора обеспечения безопасности инвестиций. ; An Important element of ensuring the security of the international movement of capital and protection of national interests of Russia and CIS countries is the harmonization of the legislation on the control of the exchange, the sale of assets as shares other transactions on capital flows, by placing the capital as investments and managed assets in the Trustee. Such a legal regime is established not only civil, but also tax and banking legislation of the CIS States. Conducted a comparative legal analysis of the legal regulation of asset management according to Russian law, EU law and the CIS States as a factor of safety of investments.
The evolution of international environmental policies and national and local conservation contexts gives increasing importance to the anthropic dimension within the national parks (category IIUICN). Not only does this dimension takes into account the local population that lives permanently in these various natural areas, but also the economic actors who, legally or illegally, benefit from those protected areas (tourism, gold-washing, wood, etc.) or participate directly or indirectly in the process of the territorial elaboration of a national park. The integration of the anthropic aspect definitely help the emergence of new dynamics and strategies of collaborative management and policies. Building on political geography, socio-cultural geography and political ecology , this thesis aims to shed light how that anthropic dimension (sociocultural as well as economical) entails the transition of some protected areas from a classical type to a new category we identify as the "Nature and Anthropic National Park" (PNNa). We focus on three specific study cases in the American continent: the Amazonian park of the French Guiana, the Sea Park of Saguenay-Saint-Laurent of Québec, Canada, and the Amazonian Amacayacu National Park of Colombia. The systemic analysis of their structure and their functioning, as far as macrostructure of policies and microstructures of management are concerned, has allowed us to bring out that transition in the territorial management of these category II protected natural areas and the deriving conflicts for power. ; La evolución de las políticas de gobernanza medioambiental internacional y la transición de los contextos nacionales y locales de conservación, favorecen cada vez más la integración de la dimensión antrópica al interior de los parques nacionales (categoría II-UICN). Esta dimensión corresponde de una parte, a las poblaciones locales que habitan de manera permanente las diversas zonas de protección dentro del parque nacional, y de otra parte, a los actores económicos (legales e ilegales) ...
This study assumes the existence of a certain specific cultural determinism in the social regulation of sports organisation. It is based on a survey of 148 staff from the City of Nice Sports Service. The study highlights a causal relationship between the type of career path of municipal staff and their level of adherence to the organisation's managerial policy. Staff members, whose biographical pathway includes a passage within the federal sports world, are more closely aligned with the rules, procedures to be followed and verbal instructions issued by management. This commitment seems to be dictated by the institutional logic of the sports clubs from which these professionals are in part. This original and specific socialisation of sports federations, which focuses on the values of a sporting ideal, can be regarded as a sociological determinant in the management of sports organisations. ; Title : The socialization at work in the federal universe, the determining element of the social regulation of the sports organization. Contribution to the social politics of the sport service of Nice city Abstract : This study postulates the existence of certain specific cultural determinism in the social regulation of the sports organization. It leans on a work of inquiry which concerns 148 agents of the municipal service of the sports of the Nice city. The investigation puts in evidence a causal report between the type of trajectory of professional insertion of the municipal agents and their level of support in the manager politics of the organization. The agents, whose bibliographic route contains a passage within the federal sports universe, the member more mainly in rules, procedures to be respected and verbal orders were promulgated by the management. This commitment seems inferred by the institutional logics at work in sporting clubs where from partially arise these professionals. This original and specific socialization, in the work within sports unions and centred on the values of an ideal sportsman, can consider as ...
This comparative diagnosis of eleven Inrigation Management and Management Companies (SAGI), is the result of work carried out in the context of the Roles and place of the planning companies in the development of irrigation in West Africa, which is rooted in the governance of irrigated systems of COSTEA, the Scientific and Technical Committee for Agricultural Water, financed by the AFD and led by AFEID. This project comes at a time when the Sahelian states are experiencing a relaunch of investment in irrigation, but the existing models are being questioned. The aim of this work is to share an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of a type of organisation through which public irrigation policies are put in place in the area, the 'Société d'Aménagement'. ; Ce diagnostic comparé de onze Sociétés d'Aménagement et de Gestion d'Irrigation (SAGI), est le résultat d'un travail conduit dans le cadre du chantier Rôles et place des sociétés d'aménagement dans le développement de l'irrigation en Afrique de l'Ouest, qui s'ancre dans l'axe Gouvernance des Systèmes Irriguées du COSTEA, Comité Scientifique et Technique Eau Agricole, financé par l'AFD et animé par l'AFEID. Ce chantier intervient au moment où les états sahéliens connaissent une relance des investissements dans l'irrigation mais où les modèles existants sont questionnés. Ce travail vise à partager une analyse des forces et faiblesses d'un type d'organisation au travers de laquelle les politiques publiques de l'irrigation sont mises en place dans le territoire, la'Société d'Aménagement'.
Many people living with cardiovascular disease (CVD) are affected by sexual problems associated with the condition. International guidelines recommend all patients with CVD should receive sexual counselling, yet this is rarely provided by health professionals. The current study piloted the Cardiac Health and Relationship Management and Sexuality (CHARMS) intervention, a complex multi-level intervention designed to increase the implementation of sexual counselling guidelines in hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in Ireland.
Part 1: Introduction and Theory -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Work-life Border Control Model: A Re-think of Border Theory -- Part 2: Africa and the Arab World -- Chapter 3: The Role of Culture in the Work-Life Border Management: An Insight from Ghanaian Married Female Workers in the Formal Sector -- Chapter 4: Work-Life Balance in Kenya: A Systematic Review of Literature -- Chapter 5: The Myth and the Reality of Work-life Balance in Nigeria -- Chapter 6: The Work-life Balance of Younger and Older Indian Women Managers in Corporate South Africa -- Chapter 7: The Nexus between Work-life Balance and Gender Role in Egypt -- Chapter 8: Work-life Balance Outlook in Saudi Arabia -- Part 3: Asia -- Chapter 9: Work-Life Conflict in China: A Confucian Cultural Perspective -- Chapter 10: Work-life Balance in India: Policy, Practices, and the Road Ahead -- Chapter 11: The implicit and explicit influence on work-life balance in Malaysia -- Chapter 12: Pakistani Women and Traditional Values: The Role of Culture in Work-Life Balance -- Part 4: South America -- Chapter 13: Towards Achieving a Meaningful Balance between Work and Private Life: Insights from Argentine Workers.
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This handbook is the definitive reference text for the study of 'dark tourism', the contemporary commodification of death within international visitor economies. Shining a light on dark tourism and visitor sites of death or disaster allows us to better understand issues of global tourism mobilities, tourist experiences, the co-creation of touristic meaning, and 'difficult heritage' processes and practices. Adopting multidisciplinary perspectives from authors representing every continent, the book combines 'real-world' viewpoints from both industry and the media with conceptual underpinning, and offers comprehensive and grounded perspectives of 'heritage that hurts'. The handbook adopts a progressive and thematic approach, including critical accounts of dark tourism history, dark tourism philosophy and theory, dark tourism in society and culture, dark tourism and heritage landscapes, the 'dark tourist' experience, and the business of dark tourism. The Palgrave Handbook of Dark Tourism Studies will appeal to students and scholars with an interest in aspects of memorialisation and morality in sociology, death studies, history, geography, cultural studies, philosophy, psychology, business management, museology and heritage tourism studies, politics, religious studies, and anthropology
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