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The Member of Parliament: Between Personal Prestige and Public Expectations

Author(s): Maria Pandevska / Language(s): English

In every society the actors of the institutional culture have their own patterns of discursive and practical behaviour. This approach for analysing the social processes is encouraged by seeking the space of interaction between the role and the identity of social existence. We direct our research towards the functioning of a part of the political elite of the Republic of Macedonia – the Member of Parliament and its opponent – public opinion. So far, in the scholarly research, Parliament has been less interesting as an institution than as a carrier of concentrated political power and authority for regulating social relations. Consequently, the socio-political research, which is concerned with the power of society groups, rarely treats the question of the representatives separately; they are usually analysed as part of the political elite or the elite of power. We shall try and make the necessary distinction and locate some of the specifics of the institution representative, because every social occurrence is connected to the society structure in one way or other.

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GREY Working Paper No. 2: Undeclared Work in Croatia: a Baseline Assessment

Author(s): Josip Franic,Colin C. Williams / Language(s): English

This working paper is an output of the European Commission’s FP7 "Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" (IAPP) project entitled "GREY - Out of the shadows: developing capacities and capabilities for tackling undeclared work in Bulgaria, Croatia and FYR Macedonia". Mr. Josip Franic and Pfof. Colin C. Williams, GREY-IAPP Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield elaborated the report in April 2014. The aim of this report is to evaluate the extent and nature of undeclared work in Croatia and the policy approaches and measures currently employed to tackle this sphere. The authors note that firms in agriculture and related industries are the most likely to recognise competition from unregistered or informal firms as a serious obstacle to their business. In addition, small and medium-sized firms are far more likely to identify the existence of the unregistered units in their sector than are large firms. Finally, domestic owned and non-exporting businesses more often witness the presence of unregistered firms and the constraints caused by them in comparison with exporters and firms in foreign ownership. A key problem is the weak coordination among ministries and various government departments when pursuing the fight against undeclared work. Each of them defines their own separate targets and this often results in an overlapping and/or awkward division of responsibilities. This raises a need for reorganisation of the existing institutional system in order to achieve better efficiency. One viable option is the establishment of a central coordination body, which would harmonise activities in this field. In that regard, one might argue whether a recent reform in the inspection system was indeed a move in a positive direction, or whether it will result in the deteriorated effectiveness of enforcement. A further problem is the weak social dialogue in Croatia in this context characterised by numerous disputes between the government and trade unions. As such, tripartite social dialogue currently has a limited role in tackling undeclared work, therefore representing a further area for the achievement of a significant improvement.

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Bansko Municipal Privatization Investment Fund: Rules for Organization and Activities

Author(s): Daniela Bobeva,D. Batchvarov / Language(s): English

The municipal privatization Fund is being established pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, par. 2 (3) of the Law on Privatization and Transformation of State and Municipally Owned Property. According to this section, "the remainder (from the total revenues from the privatization of municipal enterprises, entering a separate account to the respective municipal budget, as set forth in Article 6, par. 2 of the same law) amounting to 88 percent shall be set aside in a special Fund under the discretionary authority of the municipal council, and the funds shall be used in order of priority to cover uncollected debts incurred by municipal enterprises, including payment against loans extended for pending construction projects, as well as for investment purposes.

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CRIME VICTIMS AMONG POPULATION AND BUSINESSMEN IN BULGARIA

Author(s): Boyan Stankov / Language(s): English

In 2000 Bulgaria conducted a survey of crime victims among the population and business people on the initiative of the Turin-based UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), using its methods (the ICVS 2000 and ICBS 2000 questionnaires, face-to-face interviews). The survey was carried out in Sofia. Overall, 1,505 people were willing to participate out of a sample of 1,700, and 532 business people out of a sample of 550. Data collection and processing was assigned to Vitosha Research, a joint contractor of Gallup Hungary. Dr Boyan Stankov was national coordinator of the survey.

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Масовата приватизация - инвестиционни алтернативи

Author(s): Dimitar Bachvarov / Language(s): Bulgarian

This brochure has been prepared under the project "The two dimensions of privatization in Bulgaria - mass and market privatization" of the Center for the Study of Democracy. It aims to support independent analysis and recommendations efforts of state institutions to speed up the privatization process. From essential for the progress of economic reforms in grenade degree of awareness of the public and professionals about the nature and technological features of mass privatization. The brochure "mass privatization - investment alternatives" is intended for all readers interested in the problems of mass privatization in Bulgaria. It will help more in particular of citizens who are already enrolled in it and must make their own investment choice. The brochure was published with the assistance of the Center for International Private Enterprise (US).

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