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Award
2007-11-30 16:19:00 I received an award from the finn mathematician Lekahe! Kiitos! Now, it's time to pass on the award, and... Ladies and Gentlemen, the winners are:From Portugal, from Algarve to Trás-os-Montes, the great team of Regiões , António Felizes, Castanho, Sérgio, Lopes, Trigo e Fonseca!From Helsinki, Finland, the cool team of the Lusofin community, António, André, Diana and Teea!From Seattle, US, the great Suxmonkey!And from a tropical island in US, the fantastic Graviplana!(And there would be many more people to add)The code for the badge can be found in MeAndMyDrum by Mark, whose idea this award is. More About: Award
Ranking of the Human Development Index: Iceland "best country to live"
2007-11-27 23:08:00 The upcoming Human Development Report entitled Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world, was launched today (27 November 2007) in Brasilia, Brazil. The launch event was paralleled by multiple launches in cities around the world.According to the report, Iceland has overtaken Norway as the world's most desirable country to live in, and puts again AIDS-afflicted sub-Saharan African states at the bottom.Rich countries dominate the top places, with Iceland, Norway, Australia, Canada and Ireland the first five but the United States slipping to 12th place from eighth last year.Launch of the 2007/2008 ReportRead moreHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXThe HDI measures achievements in terms of life expectancy, educational attainment and adjusted real incomeHDI rank/High human development1 Iceland2 Norway3 Australia4 Canada5 Ireland6 Sweden7 Switzerland8 Japan9 Netherlands10 France11 Finland12 United States13 Spain14 Denmark15 Austria16 United Kingdom17 Belgium18 Luxembourg19 New Ze... More About: Country , Live
Regionalização em "banho Maria" até 2009?
2007-11-21 01:28:00 O déficeO controle do défice orçamental sempre foi um dos principais objectivos fixados pelo actual governo do PS. Nesse sentido, durante a presente legislatura, o executivo tomou várias medidas de curto/médio prazo, tais como, o congelamento das progressões na Administração Pública, a subida de impostos e os cortes no investimento público.Continue a lerEsse objectivo foi alcançado, com Portugal a conseguir cumprir o défice de 3% do PIB (em dois anos houve uma redução de 3,1 %). Esta redução foi obtida, não só pelo aumento da receita fiscal, mas também, como os dados o demonstram, pela diminuição da despesa pública em percentagem do PIB, mesmo tendo em conta eventuais formas típicas de desorçamentação que poderão ter ocorrido no sector empresarial de estado.A reforma da administração pública representa assim uma transformação estrutural crucial, uma medida com efeitos de médio/longo prazo, que pode contribuir decisivamente para a estabiliza... More About: Maria
"Regiões, Sim!" vai inaugurar sede em Faro
2007-11-20 02:31:00 O Movimento Cívico "Regiões, Sim!" vai inaugurar a sua sede no dia 7 de Dezembro, às 18h00, na cidade de Faro .A associação, que nasceu em Abril do corrente ano, é independente e apartidária.Também no dia 7, o Movimento Cívico promoverá um jantar-conferência, em Albufeira, destinado a aprofundar a reflexão sobre a regionalização. Após as intervenções, será aberto um debate com a assistência, sendo o jantar-conferência aberto ao todo o público, que poderá adquirir bilhetes de ingresso através dos serviços de apoio do Movimento (e-mail: regiões.sim (at) gmail.com)www.observatoriodoalgarve.comww w.regiao-sul.pt
Google Transit trip planning in UK, Switzerland and Italy
2007-11-17 01:25:00 Google announced the launch of Google Transit trip planner in Europe. Now you can plan your entire journey using public transportation. So far Google has information for the following places and transport companies:Read more1 - Traveline South East, UK"The UK's No 1 website for impartial information on planning your journey, by bus, coach or train... or any combination of the three!"Google Transit can plan trips on the following agencies in this area: Traveline Southeast, including national data for long-distance coach services.2 - SBB, Switzerland (train, ferries and long distance bus coverage)3 - VBZ, Zurich, Switzerland4 - Turin, Italy (Gruppo Torinese Trasporti)www.5t.torino.it/5t/en/percorsi 5 - Florence, Italy (ATAF&Linea, AMV, ACV)www.provincia.fi.it/mobilita/www.ataf .net/travelPlan/calcolapercorsoYou can try it yourself: type your start and end address in the "get directions" boxes. The default results are driving directions, but in the areas that Google has trans... More About: Google , Planning , Trip
28 Hours in Jyväskylä
2007-11-11 21:09:00 Jyväskylä is a city located in central Finland, about 147 km from Tampere and 270 km from Helsinki, near the lakes Päijänne and Keitele. It is the center of the Jyväskylä Region. At the end of 2004, Jyväskylä city had a population of 83,582, while the Region of Jyväskylä had 163,420 inhabitants.Read moreJyväskylä is known as a city of schools, the Athens of Finland, and is also famous for its many buildings designed by Alvar Aalto and for hosting the Rally Finland, which is part of the World Rally Championship. The city is home of the annual Jyväskylä Arts Festival.The webmaster Neo Kekkonen created a video (you can download the HD version with 5-channel surround sound AVI-video from his site) that gives us to know its city in a fantastic way .Even if one doesn't have plans to visit or to live in the city it's worthwhile to see this 28 hours in Jyväskylä.Links:neokoo.netourmedia.org More About: Hours
Google establishes New office in Portugal
2007-11-09 01:54:00 Google establishes in Lisbon to attract national companies. Google will concentrate on the online publicity, attracting the portuguese companies to invest.Google Portugal team has finally arrived to Portugal. Good news for a country that seeks an economic growth based on investments in new technologies.Read moreIt almost passed one year since a European delegation of Google came to Portugal to prospect the market, shaking the technological sector and waiving with the hypothesis of doing purchases among the most technologically attempting ones.But everything ended the best way: Google named a representative, Paulo Barreto, that worked from Spain until reaching the right moment for investing in Portugal. “We want that the companies know that we are here”, explains Paulo Barreto in an exclusive interview to Diário Económico, some hours before receiving several dozens of potential customers in the heart of Lisbon. Among the invited companies is PT, holding company of the ... More About: Google , Office
The Arctic Quandry -- What Happens When The Ice Melts?
2007-11-01 21:18:00 There’s no need to rehash what we already know. The Arctic is melting. It’s a fact that we are going to have to come to grips with. Shipping lanes are being changed, animals and natives are being displaced, and ice is disappearing(...)So it’s no surprise to see five of the nations likely to be hardest hit up north — Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland — come together and issue a cry for help.Full text: greenoptions.com
Greenpeace: Neste palm-based biodiesel not so green
2007-11-01 02:45:00 A full-page advertisement in Tuesday's Helsingin Sanomat by Neste Oil (which perhaps wants to be to biodiesel what Nokia is to mobile phones) promoting its biodiesel as an environmentally friendly option was immediately disputed by Green peace. According to the page advertisement, biodiesel reduces emissions of greenhouse gases.Read moreStockholm, Sweden - Sweden's Greenpeace organisation held a demonstration on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Swedish oil company OKQ8 to protest plans to buy bio diesel fuel produced by Neste Oil using tropical palm oil as the raw material. Photo: Greenpeace / Ludvig TillmanWATCH THE VIDEOHarri Lammi of the Finnish section of Greenpeace:"The production of palm oil is one of the greatest causes of deforestation in Southeast Asia. Neste Oil says that it imports the oil from Malaysia, but the company that they use plans to expand to Indonesia, where 80 per cent of deforestation stems from the production of palm oil"Greenpeace calls the oil a "rain f... More About: Biodiesel , Palm
Google Transit and Google Maps integration: Cheaper, Faster and Greener
2007-10-27 21:49:00 Lisbon – Helsinki trip plan with Google Maps ( for a while , car-free travel planning isn't available in Europe)Google recently announced that Google Tran sit has graduated from Google Labs being fully integrated with Google Maps . This means that Google Transit allows travelers to choose public transportation instead of driving and to receive customized directions (in areas where Google has transit coverage). Thus, you have freedom of choice to check which is the cheapest, probably fastest and most environmentally friendliest trip.Read moreYou can select the time of departure or arrival and Google Transit will plot the best course (you can choose from a few alternate routes). Considered parameters are: walking directions to and from public transportation stations, cost of the trip (compared to the cost via car) and estimated total time of travel.For a while, the project is only available in selected cities, not in Europe. Next, we will make a plan for a trip across the... More About: Integration
Interactive map of the species under threat in your region
2007-10-20 20:52:00 Species case studies by region99% of threatened species are at risk from human activities. Take a closer look at the species under threat in your region. Interact ive map (and species fact sheets)__________________________________ __________________The World Conservation Union IUCN published on September 12th a new red list of threatened species in Washington and Paris.2007 IUCN Red List of Threat ened Species Extinction crisis escalates: Red List shows apes, corals, vultures, dolphins all in danger - 12 September 2007"Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is taken. There are now 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List and 16,306 of them are threatened with extinction, up from 16,118 last year. The total number of extinct species has reached 785 and a further 65 are only found in captivity or in cultivation."Full releaseimage: S. Taheri, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Siberischer_t iger More About: Region
Facebook: hundreds of new Finnish users every hour
2007-10-19 22:36:00 Some weeks ago "the main auditorium at the Old Student Building in downtown Helsinki was packed with people. TV-cameras rolled and the sponsors' neckties gleamed as media guru Sam Inkinen delivered a presentation.As it happens , the content of the event did not quite match up to the surroundings and the glitz: the National Union of University Students and the Student Union of the University of Helsinki were launching their new Virtual Campus Lyyra, a nationwide Internet networking service, where students can keep blogs and photo albums and send messages to their friends and colleagues.Nothing so terribly revolutionary in all this, then. However, the stunt - arranged by the Helsinki advertising agency BOB - filled the hall because the invitations contained the magic words: "Lyyra to challenge Facebook "Back in the spring of this year, Facebook was for Finns still just one social networking site among many. Yes, it had users, but it was hardly the sort of mega-phenomenon that the vid... More About: Users , Hour , Nish
Fast Transport on Request: new alternative intercity transport
2007-10-17 00:48:00 The contemporary city is a multidimensional reality. More than half of the world's people will soon live in highly urbanized centres, in conurbations or in metropolitan areas - continuous networks of urban communities. The massive use of private cars causes serious problems in these urban networks, when industrial areas and vital urban facilities are blocked by traffic congestions and parking problems. Despite this situation, for many the private car remains favourable, but it is obvious that an effective alternative in the form of public transportation is strongly needed.Read moreIn that context a new type of public transportation is sketched, which is focussed on intercity travelling - the travelling between urban centres situated at mutual distances from 10 to 50 Km, covering an area with a length up to 200 Km. This transportation concept (Fast Tran sport on Request ) is based on three key ideas: the success of the private car, the new world of Internet and communication and m... More About: Alternative
Impasse
2007-10-15 05:20:00 Os últimos eventos políticos vêm confirmar que o processo de regionalização português não deve estar excessivamente dependente do sistema político-partidário, sob o risco de ser eternamente adiado - é necessária uma transformação interna dos partidos políticos, adaptando-os às novas realidades sociais e económicas (e ambientais), hoje bastante diferentes daquelas que condicionaram o referendo de 8 de Novembro de 1998.Tem-se agravado o afastamento entre as elites políticas e as expectativas e necessidades da população, que não se sente necessariamente ouvida e representada nos partidos políticos (creio que a militância partidária em Portugal é inferior a 4%). Esta apatia deveria ser ultrapassada pela criação dum sistema democrático de entidades territoriais, mobilizador, descentralizado e coerente (regiões, municípios e freguesias), que distribuísse equilibradamente as decisões que pudessem ser tomadas a outros níveis diferentes da Administraçã...
City of the future is for people, not cars
2007-10-11 03:43:00 Possible future view of Jätkäsaari from the south. Through the middle runs West Harbour Park, the heart of the new district /City of Helsinki/City Planning Dep.Länsisatama - West Harbour: downtown by the sea [Helsinki-Finland]"The Länsisatama (West Harbour) redevelopment project of the Helsinki City Planning Department is comprised of more than 200 hectares of land on the southwest waterfront of the city.The areas covered by the Länsisatama project include the residential and office area of Ruoholahti, built in the 1990s; Jätkäsaari, currently used for cargo and passenger traffic; and Munkkisaari, currently in use as a dockyard, part of which will be freed for other uses in the year 2012.Read more(…)The Jätkäsaari area is currently being planned. A local plan for a comprehensive solution to the area is in preparation and will soon be completed. Jätkäsaari will house 15,000 residents and provide 6,000 jobs. The area will be freed for construction when the cargo port is t... More About: Cars , People , Future , The Future
Ranking of the best (and worst) countries to live: Finland is the world's g
2007-10-07 00:12:00 Reader's Digest researched the world's greenest countries and the worst places to live. The study released on Friday and conducted by the U.S. environmental economist Matthew Kahn, says that Finland (Suomi) is the best country for living, followed by Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Austria. The study looked at factors such as quality of drinking water, greenhouse gas emissions, education and income.Living Green Ranking the best (and worst) countriesFive Key Environmental Lessons You Can Always Get GreenerEven the cleanest countries have serious environmental problems. Top-ranked Finland wins high marks for air and water quality, a low incidence of infant disease, and how well it protects citizens from water pollution and natural disasters. But the country also produces an above-average amount of greenhouse gases, has a large ecological footprint (the mass of land and water needed to sustain the national level of consumption) and contributes significantly to regional environment... More About: Live , Countries , Trie
Trend of regionalism in Europe (country by country analysis)
2007-10-05 01:44:00 Here you can read an excerpt of the interesting report, Regionalisation in Europe (II. European regionalism, an overview), an working document of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, that describes the trend of regionalism in Europe in recent years and gives an overview of the situation in the regionalised countries of Europe.Read More II. European regionalism, an overview "7. This section of the report gives a brief overview of the state of regionalisation in Europe. It is,however, confined to a very general description of the concrete situation in each state under consideration, the aim being to show the great importance of regions and the gradual tendency for Council of Europe member states to adopt a regional organisation.8. Certain considerations must nonetheless be borne in mind. Firstly, owing to their very nature the small states (Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, etc.) are not divided into regions, which is moreover neither possible nor, n... More About: Country , Analysis , Trend , Rope
Mendes Bota: "novo Tratado Modificado da União Europeia deve reconhecer o
2007-10-04 06:51:00 O deputado português Mendes Bota defendeu hoje o avanço do processo de Regionalização em Portugal, numa intervenção proferida no Plenário da Assembleia Parlamentar do Conselho da Europa, a decorrer esta semana em Estrasburgo.Num debate sobre o estado da Regionalização na Europa, o social-democrata Mendes Bota afirmou que, apesar de a maioria dos 47 Estados membros do Conselho da Europa, que se estende de Portugal à Rússia, se encontrar descentralizada com estruturas regionais que são “exemplos de boa governança, de valor político acrescentado, e de participação dos cidadãos nas decisões que respeitam ao seu futuro”, a Europa tem “três velocidades em matéria de Regionalização”. Segundo o deputado do PSD, “existem Estados com uma autonomia regional aprofundada, incluindo autonomia legislativa, há Estados que cumprem os mínimos da Regionalização administrativa, e existem Estados onde impera o centralismo absoluto”.(...)O deputado relembrou que “a... More About: Novo , Rope
Superavit autárquico é de 164 milhões de euros
2007-10-03 05:19:00 ANMP satisfeita com o excedente divulgado pelo Banco de PortugalOs municípios portugueses registam actualmente um excedente de 164 milhões de euros, disse hoje à agência Lusa o presidente da Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses (ANMP), Fernando Ruas.O líder da ANMP, que citava dados do Boletim Estatístico de Setembro do Banco de Portugal (apurados até ao final do primeiro semestre do ano) , respondeu desta forma à divulgação de uma lista de 22 municípios que estão a receber solicitações para prestarem esclarecimentos sobre as suas contas, com o objectivo de se apurar se excederam os limites de endividamento.Em causa estão as câmaras municipais de Lisboa, Vila Nova de Gaia, Santarém, Vouzela, Ansião, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Castelo de Paiva, Fornos de Algodres, Guarda, Lourinhã, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Mangualde, Mondim de Basto, Nazaré, Ourique, Penamacor, Santa Comba Dão, São Pedro do Sul, Torres Novas, Trancoso, Vila Franca do Campo e Vila Nova de Po... More About: Euros
Mandatário distrital da candidatura de Menezes: “o processo de Regionali
2007-09-30 20:44:00 "O mandatário distrital da candidatura vencedora, José Mendes Bota, na noite da celebração da vitória, em Faro,(...) declarou que “o processo de Regionalização deu hoje um grande passo em frente”(...)" www.regiao-sul.pt"Luis Filipe Menezes obteve 69% dos votos junto dos militantes do PSD/Algarve, naquela que deverá ser a mais elevada votação distrital de todo o país (...)" www.barlavento.online.pt"O líder do PSD-M, Alberto João Jardim, declarou hoje que o partido, a nível regional, é solidário com o novo presidente do PSD nacional, Luís Filipe Menezes, desde que este seja também solidário com a Madeira (...)" www.negocios.pt
Deutsche Bank Debt Hit May Be $2.4 Bln
2007-09-25 06:08:00 "Deutsche Bank 's profit could be hit by up to 1.7 billion euros ($2.4 billion) due to loans that have dwindled in value as a result of the credit market crisis, sources familiar with the situation said."investing.reuters.co.uk"Northern Rock falls; Deutsche Bank may take a hit"www.marketwatch.comdigg.com/business_ finance More About: Debt
O HSBC, maior banco europeu, vai fechar a unidade Decision One Mortgage e d
2007-09-22 02:07:00 "O HSBC, maior banco europeu, informou nesta sexta-feira que vai fechar sua unidade de financiamento imobiliário de alto risco nos Estados Unidos, o chamado subprime, cortando 750 postos de trabalho e assumindo US$ 945 milhões em encargos e baixa contábil, já que o negócio não é mais sustentável." www.maracaju.news.com.brDecision One Mortgage é a nova vítima da crise nos mercados de crédito hipotecário de alto risco (subprime) nos EUA. More About: Banc , Char , Rope
Presidente da CCDR-C sobre a Universidade de Coimbra: “Conhecimento não
2007-09-21 20:04:00 "Apesar de reconhecer que a Univers idad e de Coimbra tem “uma grande capacidade de produção de conhecimento”, o presidente da CCDR-C diz que a região não está a saber aproveitar essa potencialidade. Declarações feitas num debate sobre a regionalização.""Presidente da CCDR diz que Coimbra “não tem capacidade para ligar saber à prática”Desenvolvimento da cidade deve basear-se nas «actividades económicas intensivas em conhecimento», defende Alfredo Marques, ao sustentar que da investigação da Universidade não tem resultado a correspondente riqueza.(...) “Regiões, Sim!” queria referendo em 2008Em Abril último, foi apresentado, em Coimbra, o movimento suprapartidário “Regiões, Sim!”, que pretendia a realização de uma consulta popular até final de 2008, seguindo-se, em Outubro de 2009, as primeiras eleições regionais, em simultâneo com as locais. «Porque não nos conformamos com um país regionalmente mais desequilibrado do que nunca, onde apena... More About: Resident
Crise do crédito hipotecário "subprime" - fed rate cut - recessão
2007-09-19 00:52:00 A crise no mercado de crédito hipotecário de alto risco norte-americano (subprime mortgages) está a propagar-se aos mercados europeus e asiáticos. Os bancos centrais tentam evitar o pânico a todo o custo , tendo o BCE e a Reserva Federal (Fed) já efectuado gigantescas injecções de capital, com o objectivo de evitar o colapso financeiro motivado pela falta de liquidez dos bancos.Hoje, o Fed reduziu a sua taxa de juro de referência em 50 pontos base para 4.75%, na tentativa de afastar o cenário de recessão, quando a maioria dos investidores esperava um corte de apenas 25 pontos. Esta é a primeira descida do preço do dinheiro, em cerca de 4 anos ,nos EUA.Também hoje, com a redução de juros da Fed, o petróleo atingiu um novo máximo histórico, situando-se nos 81,90 dólares e o Euro fixou-se no máximo histórico de 1,3990 dólares.No começo de Julho escrevia aqui o seguinte:"É provável que Portugal esteja na fase final dum ciclo económico recessivo, caso a c... More About: Subprime , Rate , Rime , Prim , Cris
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2007-09-17 20:27:00 Divulgue o blidget (blog widget) deste blog adicionando este útil Blidget Promo Badge ao seu site ou blog.Poderá também fazê-lo na coluna do lado direito deste blog em Get my blog as a widget."mökkikunta" blidget para colocar no seu blog More About: Widget , Blog
Hello Finland: Globalization does not require municipal amalgamation
2007-09-14 22:36:00 Some extracts from an interesting article of Andrew Sancton, professor of political science specialized in local government at the University of Western Ontario, that alert for the disadvantages of the municipal amalgamation. An actual perspective that can be applied to Finland (Project to restructure municipalities and services) and very particularly to Korpilahti, with the aggravation of the fact that the popular will manifested in local referendum hasn't been respected."Nobody who has studied the competitiveness of global cities has ever suggested that city-regions with fewer municipal governments representing larger populations are better off than those with more governments representing smaller populations.(...)Reducing the number of municipalities has nothing to do with reducing the size of government. Reducing the number of local politicians can only have one result: insuring that a higher proportion of local councillors are full-time politicians.(...)In contemplat... More About: Globalization , Municipal , Amat , Amal
Marcar passo
2007-09-13 20:10:00 Em Maio passado escrevia que "Outras importantes alterações foram definidas na Revisão Constitucional de 1997. Delas sobressai a criação de um grande obstáculo à regionalização, através da introdução dum referendo nacional obrigatório - não será inconstitucional referendar uma norma constitucional? Fará algum sentido, nas actuais circunstâncias, procurar consenso naquilo que já é praticamente um consenso? Não faz. É simples desperdício de tempo. E perder tempo significa mais atraso económico, significa ficar a marcar passo e ver as distâncias a aumentar relativamente ao nosso referencial. E nem se trata de andar depressa demais. Neste caso, trata-se de estar práticamente imóvel, quando a velocidade necessária teria de ser superior à média europeia."Hoje, Nuno Grande escreve no JN:"Perda de tempoO presidente do Comité Europeu das Regiões alertou o Governo português para a perda de tempo que tem sido a atitude de adiamento da decisão de avançar com a... More About: Arca
Rally Finland 2.-5.8.2007 - More than a Rally
2007-08-03 20:32:00 Rally Finland 2.-5.8.2007The 9th round of the FIA World Rally Championship, Rally of the Thousand Lakes, will take place on 2-5 August in Jyväskylä, Finland.Ralliradio - YLE Radio Keski-SuomiYLE Radio Suomi RalliradioUrheilu / Teksti TVYLE Urheilun MediasaliNeste Oil RallyRalli.netWRCAutosportBBC sportRally-liveRally Radio In EnglishTony's Rally BlogVideoblogi More About: Rally , Ally
Uhanalainen Korpilahden Kunta (2/2)
2007-08-02 21:03:00 5. Suomen uusi hallitus astui virkaan 19.4.2007Presidenti Tarja Halonen nimitti Matti Vanhasen uuden hallituksen. Maaliskun vaalian seuraksena Keskusta-Vasemmisto Koalitio Hallitus (Keskusta, Sosiali Demokraatit, Ruotsalainen Kansan Puolue) korvattiin Siini-Vihreä Koalitiolla (Keskusta, Kokoomus, Ruotsalainen Kansan Puolue, Vihreät).Read moreMyös Hallitus pääti ministeriöiden työnjaosta. Kuntauudistuksen kannalta tärkeät ministerit ovat: Sisäasiainministeri Anne Holmlund; Kauppa-ja Teollisuusministeri Mauri Pekkarinen käsittelee alueiden ja hallinnon kehittämisosastolle kuuluvat asiat; Kuntaministeri Mari Kiviniemi käsittelee kuntaosastolle sekä alueiden ja hallinnon kehittämisosaston alue - ja paikallishallintoyksikölle kuuluvat asiat.Tässä voidaan tutustua Hallitusohjelman osaan Kuntapolitiikka ja palvelut.Helsingin Sanomien päätoimittaja Janne Virkkunen ennustaa artikkelissansa että Vanhasen Hallitus tulee uudistamaan sosiaalidemokraattisen mallin, kuten hän... More About: Laine , Hana , Alaine , Anal
Uhanalainen Korpilahden Kunta (1/2)
More articles from this author:2007-08-02 20:10:00 Suomessa on kaksi hallinnon tasoa: Valtio ja Kunnat. Kuntien tehtävä on ehkä yksi maailman suurimpia.416 kunnalla (vuonna 2007) on hyvin vaihteleva maantieteellinen alue. Kuntien väkiluku on 131 ja 559.046 as. välillä , asukastiheys on 0,2 ja 3034,2 as/km2 välillä. Kunnilla on myös erilaiset taloudelliset kapasiteetit. Tässä on ongelma - erilaiset taloudelliset kapasiteetit vastaavat samoja velvollisuuksia toteuttaa paikallisen väestön perusoikeuksia.Read moreMuut syyt joihin on vedottu kuntauudistuksen toteuttamiseksi ovat seuraavat:- Demokratia - Suomella on noin 900 kuntahalintorakennetta , paljon suurempi kuin kuntien luku yhteensä, 416 (Suomessa on ollut vaihtoehto kuntayhteistyövälitasolle)- Todellisen valvonnan puuttuminen kuntayhteistyön verkolle.- Taloudelliset rajoitukset ja ulkopuoliset paineet, pitää veron taso matalana, bisnesten menoon ulos, jne.- Väestö ikääntyy ja muutos palveluiden kysynnässä.- Vaikeudet kuntasektorin rekrytoinnissä.Kunnill... More About: Laine , Hana , Alaine , Anal 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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