Active Social Programs Development in Bulgaria: Contemporary Challenges and Social Management Instruments

Venelin Terziev,Marin Georgiev

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3122062

Abstract

The study presented comes as a result and in response to the identified priorities of the social policy in Bulgaria and logically outlines the actions for an effective management of the social processes tailored to the dynamic social environment. The essential characteristics of the social policy, its relations with the social management and the opportunities for it to become a way of realization of important public tasks gives the chance to fit in it more delicate and important problems and the associated solutions. For this reason, the achievement of an active labor market is perceived as an objective of the social management, reachable in the conduct of relevant social policies, reflecting the registered interests of interested parties and society’s need for an appropriate and irreversible change. The actually active social programs, interpreted as a system of social projects with direct feedback of social interaction, define the possibilities for adaptation of their components to the coming changes.

Highlights

Under the conditions of the formation of information society new theoretical approaches are formed, a new model of active, dynamic self-improving social programs is developed
The modern consideration of programming as a general principle of management is associated with preliminary planned future actions and activities aimed at achieving a certain goal with certain means, in accordance with the challenges of the dynamic changes in the social environment on the basis of alternativeness of the decisions and optimal choice, contributing to the management by results
The external social environment provides an objective characteristic of the surrounding conditions, parameters and structure of the external objects that interact in one way or another with the given object; The projection of the planned trajectory for the development of human resources, which takes place within http://ijasos.ocerintjournals.org and under the reporting of the adopted for implementation comprehensive set of national and regional programs in accordance with the pre-determined social criteria

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Under the conditions of the formation of information society new theoretical approaches are formed, a new model of active, dynamic self-improving social programs is developed. The adequacy of the program-targeted social management under the conditions of unstable and constantly changing way of life, is manifested in its focus to active examination of the results from the implementation of the social program (social assessment of the results from the implementation), attracting large groups of the population for its development. The active social programs in their essence reflect the transition from the traditional to the innovative model of social development This transition namely determines the integrated use of social programs within the frames of innovative creativity, partner relations of participants within the program, the delegation of auxiliary functions to structures and collaborators, as well as widespread public participation of the population in the implementation of the programs

CHALLENGES TO ACTIVE SOCIAL POLICIES

SOCIAL PROGRAMMING AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT

METHODOLOGY OF ACTIVE SOCIAL PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT

CONCLUSION