Tertiary Education as a Component of Regional Development Cover Image

Terciárne vzdelávanie ako komponent regionálneho rozvoja
Tertiary Education as a Component of Regional Development

Author(s): Peter Kuzmišin, Viera Kuzmišinová
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Ekonomický ústav SAV a Prognostický ústav SAV
Keywords: knowledge; regional competitiveness; tertiary education; indicator of educational capacity of regions; measuring the impact of tertiary education in regional development

Summary/Abstract: Knowledge and education in today's globalized world is becoming the most important factor in the development of society and regions. One of the main problems of regional development in Slovakia is the insufficient level of economic development potential based on the usage of knowledge, thereby creation of new sources of development is insufficient, and they will still be more built on the usage of creativity, education and skills of the workforce. To address the nature and direction of development of the education system at both national and regional level becomes more imperative. For this can be used regional training capacity indicator which is proposed in the paper and methodology of its application to the conditions of Slovakia and its regions as a solution to the processing of the regional strategy.

  • Issue Year: 58/2010
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 725-741
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak