Regional Governance Institutions Research Articles

The image of regional government in the context of digital transformations and networked political technologies (on the example of Kuzbass)

The presented article is devoted to the problems of technologizing the image of the regional head of the executive branch of government in the context of the massive use of new political technologies. The purpose of our study was to form an idea of the current needs of civil society for the political image of the head of the Russian region (using the example of the Kemerovo region), as well as to form an idea of modern network technologies used while creating the image of regional government institutions. In the study, based on the main methodological provisions of neoinstitutionalism, we used quantitative and qualitative methods of political analysis. Including this: intent-analysis; network analysis; sampling method based on stratified sampling; method of questionnaire survey of residents of the Kemerovo region - 823 respondents; correlation analysis in the SPSS system of questionnaires of the respondents we interviewed; expert survey. During the study, we revealed the main elements in the structure of the image of the governor of Kuzbass S.E. Tsivilev. Our research allows us to assert that at the moment the image of the governor of Kuzbass S.E. Tsivilev needs serious correction and optimization. Such optimization can be effectively implemented through using of networked political technologies.

Public Relations Role in Combating Corruption in the Kurdistan Region

This is a descriptive field study that the researcher uses exact statistical methods of planimetry in the aim of collecting the real and detailed data and information. The main objective of this research is to analyze the public relations and the improvement in public relations regarding the mechanisms, agenda, strategy, and theories that are needed to build public opinions for the benefit of the society. This study was conducted among public relation employees that work in all the offices and affairs under the mandate of the Public Relation Department in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The qurestionnnaires were distributed among (108) employees on August 1, 2020. The data was collected on September 1, 2020. The significant methods of the data collection were interviews, written notes, and survey. The survey was separated into 24 questions. Also, the resercher uses the SPSS program application for analyzing statistical data and demonistrating the outcomes. However, the most important outcomes of this research are that the public relations has a significant role in creating the public opinions. In addition, the public relations has its own strategy and mechanism for the important and popular cases in the community, and this has been based on the research results and almost 75.56% of the research participants was agreed with the motion. Furthermore, the public opinion has been taken into consideration form the perspective of the community as well as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) institutions. The public opinion is also represents the majory of the community members as this confirmed by the majority of the research participants (83.33%). The research findings present some recommendations that the public relations (PR) in the the government institutions should be independent. That is, the public relations should not be linked to any other departments and/or entities. In addition, the research also recommends that the public relations should be studied as an independent study program in educational institutions and the universities.

The global governance of antimicrobial resistance: a cross-country study of alignment between the global action plan and national action plans

BackgroundAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing problem worldwide in need of global coordinated action. With the endorsement of the Global Action Plan (GAP) on AMR in 2015, the 194 member states of the World Health Organization committed to integrating the five objectives and corresponding actions of the GAP into national action plans (NAPs) on AMR. The article analyzes patterns of alignment between existing NAPs and the GAP, bringing to the fore new methodologies for exploring the relationship between globally driven health policies and activities at the national level, taking income, geography and governance factors into account.MethodsThe article investigates the global governance of AMR. Concretely, two proxies are devised to measure vertical and horizontal alignment between the GAP and existing NAPs: (i) a syntactic indicator measuring the degree of verbatim overlap between the GAP and the NAPs; and (ii) a content indicator measuring the extent to which the objectives and corresponding actions outlined in the GAP are addressed in the NAPs. Vertical alignment is measured by the extent to which each NAP overlaps with the GAP. Horizontal alignment is explored by measuring the degree to which NAPs overlap with other NAPs across regions and income groups. In addition, NAP implementation is explored using the Global Database for Antimicrobial Resistance Country Self-Assessment.FindingsWe find strong evidence of vertical alignment, particularly among low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries but weaker evidence of horizontal alignment within regions. In general, we find the NAPs in our sample to be mostly aligned with the GAP’s five overarching objectives while only moderately aligned with the recommended corresponding actions. Furthermore, we see several cases of what can be termed ‘isomorphic mimicry’, characterized by strong alignment in the policies outlined but much lower levels of alignment in terms of actual implemented policies.ConclusionTo strengthen the alignment of national AMR policies, we recommend global governance initiatives based on individualized responsibilities some of which should be legally binding. Our study provides limited evidence of horizontal alignment within regions, which implies that regional governance institutions (e.g., WHO regional offices) should primarily act as mediators between global and local demands to strengthen a global governance regime that minimizes policy fragmentation and mimicry behavior across member states.

LEGAL PROTECTION FOR PARKING SERVICE USERS KAPUAS REGIONAL REGULATION NUMBER 2 OF 2010 CONCERNING RETRIBUTION OF PARKING SERVICES AT THE EDGE OF THE PUBLIC


 
 
 The purpose of this study is to find the concept of the substance of the rules that do not harm the community from minor mistakes that are made repeatedly every day, without a good and clear solution, as well as the duties and roles of the Regional Government and related institutions in making it safe and comfortable for parking service users. in Kapuas Regency.
 The research carried out was normative legal research, namely research on the principles of law and the prevailing positive legal doctrine. performed analytically inductively. The process starts from premises in the form of known positive legal norms and ends with the discovery of legal principles and then doctrines. In this case, examining the legal norms in positive law using the statutory approach (Statute approach) which still needs to be rearranged, especially regarding the juridical consequences of the application of Kapuas District Regulation No. 2 of 2010 concerning Parking Service Retribution on the Side of Public Roads. In addition, this study uses a conceptual approach to examine existing problems by describing them as a comparison to the concepts contained in
 articles of legislation.
 Research Findings This is a business actor in the parking service business, both government-owned and private, who tries to shift the burden of responsibility to consumers for loss or damage to vehicles or consumer valuables in the parking lot managed by them. Of course this is contrary to Law No. 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection.
 
 

Improving Regional Fiscal Capacity in Central Java Province Indonesia

This study discusses the development of fiscal capacity in Central Java, Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to analyze internal and external factors that increase regional fiscal capacity, and formulate strategies by analyzing internal and external elements to obtain four alternative strategies namely 'strength - opportunity' strategy, 'strength - threat' strategy, 'weakness - opportunity' strategy and Strategy for 'weaknesses - threats'. This study uses secondary data to analyze indicators of regional fiscal capacity and primary data collected through focused discussions, to analyze strategies. The results of the analysis indicate that there are several main strategies to increase regional fiscal in Central Java Province, namely the program of intensification and extensification of regional taxes; improving the quality of human resources with special competencies in the field of taxation; synergy and internal coordination between regional government institutions; improvement of the supervision system for taxpayers; realizing clear and legal regional regulations, simplifying the mechanism for managing investment licenses in Central Java and optimizing regional revenues through modernizing the collection of taxes and levies by utilizing technology. Modernization of increasing regional fiscal capacity will encourage the achievement of equitable regional revenue, increase public participation, administrative efficiency, consistent law enforcement, and improve the level of public confidence in the implementation of good governance.

Making regions: localisation and the new periphery in emerging regional governance

ABSTRACT Goals of collaborative metropolitan and regional governance are critical issues for development and intergovernmental relations in contemporary Australia. Experiments in local government restructure, new models of direct Commonwealth-local funding and the formation of regional networks of local government each respond to governance reform and fiscal challenges. Such approaches offer new opportunities for co-ordinated projects, funding innovation and efficiencies in service delivery, and the conception and construction of the institutions of regional governance offer opportunities for addressing the fragmentary capacity of local government in Australia. Yet they also reveal and enforce new peripheralisation and marginalisation of local place and difference. In the wake of recent local council amalgamations and the concurrent re-conceptualising of operational regions in NSW, this paper explores how local actors (specifically local government planners) understand and react to the notions of regionality in their day-to-day and strategic work, and how these ideals are created and imposed, given historic geographies of socio-economy and governance. Through interviews with local planners, it will explore the local governance realities of newly conceived regionality in the Hunter and North Coast regions, and consider this in the context of an emerging policy discourse of regions and megaregions in non-metropolitan New South Wales.

Problems of continuity of institutions of regional governance

Problems of continuity of institutions of regional governance

ANALISIS PENGARUH INVESTASI,EKSPOR DAN TENAGA KERJA TERHADAP PDRB DALAM KAWASAN EKONOMI KHUSUS (KEK) DI KABUPATEN KOTABARU

M.Taufiq Rahman (2019), Analysis of the Effect of Investment, Exports and Labor on GRDP in Special Economic Zones in Kotabaru Regency The background of this research is that the special economic zone policy is expected to be able to increase the value of investment, exports and labor. With the increase in these three sectors, it will be able to drive the rate of economic growth and increase the value of GDP. The benefit of this research is to provide information related to the investment, export and labor sectors in contributing to the Kotabaru district GRDP value. and this research can provide understanding to the regional government, the developer and community institutions with an interest in developing special economic zones in Mekar Putih, Kotabaru Regency. where this research can be a reference in the preparation of strategic plans in the development of Special Economic Zones in Mekar Putih Kotabaru Regency This research method uses the method of collecting data by retrieving data at the related statistical and service centers. after that multiple linear regression analysis was carried out to see the magnitude of the influence of independent variables on dependent. Software used for regression analysis is using Eviews The results of the analysis of this study indicate that investment has a significant effect and has a positive influence on GDP while exports and labor do not have a significant effect but still have a positive influence on the GDP of Kotabaru Regency.key words: Special Economic Zones, Investment, exports, Labor

Round table: Academic institutions and regional governments: two worlds apart?

Abstract Partnerships can be described as voluntary, equal and binding agreements between different stakeholders about cooperation and efforts towards a common goal. Partnerships are especially seen as a necessary and important factor within governance and for solving complex “wicked problems”. This is reflected both in the European health policy framework Health 2020 and in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, where the development of partnerships is described as an important tool for achieving goals and obtaining sustainability. Partnerships between regional governments and academic institutions could be especially important, as many countries in Europe delegate power and responsibility for public health to the regional and local level. As regional academic institutions have local knowledge, they might be in a better position for adding more value into collaboration with the health professionals and policy makers working in regional governments. However, public health partnerships between regional governments and academic institutions are not straight forward, as the operationalization, conceptualization, and prioritization of public health issues varies across sectors. Several pitfalls for successful partnerships have also been identified, such as hidden unwillingness to share information or resources, rapid policy and organizational shifts, resistant ‘silo mentality’, and difficulties to establish evidence of impact. When partnerships are made between academic environments and the practical level in the public sector, different views upon what is actually knowledge and evidence, and how to translate knowledge into practice, lead to challenges. In this workshop, the complex relationships between academia and practice are discussed, both by examining advantages and by taking a critical stance. The results from a survey of 31 regions within the WHO Regions for Health (RHN) on partnerships will be presented, describing the occurrence of partnerships, how public health partnerships are formalized and organized, important enablers, how collaborations are carried out in practice, perceived benefits and success, and experienced challenges. This will further be elaborated on in a panel discussion between representatives from four regions with longstanding experience with public health partnerships between regional government and academic institutions, sharing examples, experiences and good advice. Key messages Despite representing different worlds, partnerships between regional governments and academic institutions are powerful and effective structures to address public health challenges. Sustainable partnerships should patiently be developed through building mutual understanding and trust between motivated individuals representing both academia and regional governments.

IPTEKS BANTUAN SOSIAL BERDASARKAN STANDAR AKUNTANSI PEMERINTAHAN DI KANTOR WILAYAH KEMENTERIAN AGAMA PROVINSI SULAWESI UTARA

Social assistance is the provision of assistance in the form of money or goods provided from the Central Government to the Regional Government or central institutions in the region. The expenditure / burden of social assistance in the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of North Sulawesi Province is in accordance with Government Accounting Standards (GAS). for procedures for social assistance that have been going well, can be seen from the procedures stipulated in the proposal until the disbursement of funds or goods. Presentation of financial statements using accrual methods makes it easier for the government to produce accurate government financial reports.Keywords: Government Accounting Standards, Social Assistance

MODERN TOOLS FOR THE ENSURING OF THE NATIONAL MODEL OF THE �GREEN� ECONOMY ECO DEVELOPMENT

MODERN TOOLS FOR THE ENSURING OF THE NATIONAL MODEL OF THE �GREEN� ECONOMY ECO DEVELOPMENT

Promise and paradox of metropolitan regional climate adaptation

Over the past decade, regions worldwide have developed initiatives to tackle climate change adaptation at the metropolitan scale. Faced with barriers to adaptation planning and implementation at the local level, growing numbers of practitioners have turned to the metropolitan region as a new scalar platform for climate adaptation planning. This study examines regional adaptation planning in Los Angeles, Miami, and Boston, three metropolitan areas that have significant exposure to the impacts of climate change and typify the high levels of administrative fragmentation found in the United States. I ask, what regional adaptation strategies have they deployed? What local adaptation challenges do they try to overcome? Given their progress, what are the implications for this scale of adaptation planning? Drawing on case studies of these efforts, I find that regional collaborations promisingly get more cities to start planning for the impacts of climate change, even in states where governments oppose climate action, by increasing access to information, providing opportunities for networking and technical assistance, helping secure additional funding, and strengthening coordination among vertical levels of government. However, local-centric regional adaptation efforts have had less success in addressing horizontal coordination challenges across municipalities, particularly as they relate to land use planning, fiscal constraints, spillovers effects, and social equity. These findings suggest that scaling up adaptation to the metropolitan region is no panacea for overcoming structural limits to local adaptation in places with weak regional governance institutions. More critical and reflexive regional adaptation planning can help pave the way to difficult conversations around regional institution building so that governance at this scale can achieve its promise of producing more effective and equitable adaptation.

EVALUASI TERHADAP RUMUSAN RANCANGAN UNDANG-UNDANG PESANTREN DAN PENDIDIKAN KEAGAMAAN

ABSTRACT: This article entitled, “Evaluation to the Formulation of the Bill on Islamic Boarding School and Religious Education” focuses on the evaluation to the formation process and the material of the Bill on Pesantren (Islamic Boarding School) and Religious Education. The instrument used is the Law of Regulation on Drafting the Law No. 12 of 2011 on Establishment of Laws and Regulations as well as the Ministerial Regulation from the State Minister for State Apparatus Reform No.: Per/04/M.PAN/4/2007 about General Guidance on Formulation, Implementation, Work Evaluation, and Revision of Public Policy in Central and Regional Government Institutions especially in relation with the principle of public policy formulation. This study finds that the Bill on Pesantren and Religious Education is elitist and has not fulfilled the requirement of policy formulation in democratic model. And the material of the Bill on Pesantren and Religious Education as an alternative policy has not fulfilled the principle of justice and diversity as decreed in the Regulation on Drafting the Law. The writer’s recommendation is that the proposed Bill on Pesantren and Religious Education as an alternative policy needs to be cancelled. KEYWORDS: public policy, pesantren (Islamic boarding school), religious education, policy evaluation

IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN ALOKASI DANA DESA DAN DANA DESA TERHADAP PEMBANGUNAN DI DESA TATELU RONDOR KECAMATAN DIMEMBE KABUPATEN MINAHASA UTARA

Allocation of Village Funds including Village Funds in its implementation is carried out by several regional government institutions, namely the first local government itself as the regulator or policy maker of use and utilization, secondly the sub-district government and related technical agencies that play a supervisory, mentoring and facilitator role and the third and final is the village government itself as the recipient, user and user of the fund. the implementation of village fund allocation policies in development in the village of Tatelu Rondor, Dimembe Subdistrict, North Minahasa Regency through physical development in the village did not work well, this condition was based on facts namely lack of proper and correct understanding of village government, unavailability of resources adequate in supporting the smooth implementation of village fund allocation policies, lack of communication in supporting implementation activities, lack of support from some village officials and the community, and bureaucratic structures often hampered.

IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN ALOKASI DANA DESA DAN DANA DESA TERHADAP PEMBANGUNAN DI DESA TATELU RONDOR KECAMATAN DIMEMBE KABUPATEN MINAHASA UTARA

Allocation of Village Funds including Village Funds in its implementation is carried out by several regional government institutions, namely the first local government itself as the regulator or policy maker of use and utilization, secondly the sub-district government and related technical agencies that play a supervisory, mentoring and facilitator role and the third and final is the village government itself as the recipient, user and user of the fund. the implementation of village fund allocation policies in development in the village of Tatelu Rondor, Dimembe Subdistrict, North Minahasa Regency through physical development in the village did not work well, this condition was based on facts namely lack of proper and correct understanding of village government, unavailability of resources adequate in supporting the smooth implementation of village fund allocation policies, lack of communication in supporting implementation activities, lack of support from some village officials and the community, and bureaucratic structures often hampered

Interrogating sustainable productivism: Lessons from the ‘Almerían miracle’

Many have suggested that a new form of sustainable agricultural productivism is needed in response to the challenges to food security posed by climate change and population growth. This paper employs elements of ecological modernisation theory and focusses on sustainability challenges and solutions, as well as the knowledge networks and production rationale to assess whether the intensive horticultural industry located in the Spanish province of Almería represents sustainable productivism. The Almerían horticultural industry, lauded as an example of neo-endogenous growth, manifests a range of sustainable technologies addressing environmental impacts. Yet, we argue that Almerían horticulture represents ‘weak ecological modernisation’ and its main sustainability challenges are posed by water scarcity, a demand led production rationale and the precarious situation of family farms that at present provide a degree of economic embeddedness in this highly industrialised production model. A competitive imperative yields marketing organisations huge sway in production decision-making, and while a cost-price squeeze has driven efficiency in the use of farm inputs and product innovation, it has paradoxically made further advances in sustainable water management very difficult to achieve. Transforming the Almerían horticultural industry into a truly sustainable model of productivism would require the concerted efforts of individual farmers and marketing organisations as well as regional and local water governance institutions and land use planning. A significant obstacle to this remains the dominant normative perception that justifies groundwater abstraction on the grounds of its high economic returns and the perceived inability of small farmers to invest in desalinated water or further technological solutions.

Looking at Regional Governance Institutions in Other Countries as a Possible Model for U.S. Metropolitan Areas: An Examination of Multipurpose Regional Service Delivery Districts in British Columbia

General purpose or multipurpose governments at the metropolitan level have proven extremely difficult to create and sustain in the United States. In their absence, a range of institutions have evolved to address problems of regional fragmentation and to promote interlocal cooperation and collaboration. These include single-purpose regional special districts, interlocal contracts and agreements, and voluntary regional organizations of local governments such as councils of government. However, several countries make use of another institutional form, multipurpose special districts, rather than or in addition to single-purpose special districts, as a mechanism for facilitating regional governance and intermunicipal collaboration. This essay examines one example of such an institution: regional districts in British Columbia. It analyzes what accounts for their successful creation and institutionalization and considers whether such an institutional model is potentially adoptable in the United States. It focuses particularly on the perceived reduction in transaction cost for achieving intermunicipal agreements.

TRUST AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON AND A CONDITION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH

In the article trust analysis to the major regional authorities on the level of the Northern sub-Arctic region of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous area has been carried out. It is supposed methodologically, that trust circles act as the key element and long-term economic development precondition because they reduce transactions costs, allow you to make in a broader planning horizon, building relationships in the «power – business – society» triad. Empirical data shows that the regional society trust in the Yamalo- enets Autonomous area is at risk. The political parties, trade unions, the legislature of the region are least trusted by the Northern region’ residents, as, indeed, by all residents of Russia. The court as a mean of protecting basic rights and freedoms and the Governor are considered to be the trust leaders among regional government institutions. The very high level of protest expectations is being supported by fairly sizeable (one third of the region residents) protest potential level. Taking into account the relative trust reduction to the Governor of the region by of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous area’ residents, this mood cannot but arouse concerns. This situation distinguishes the Northern region’ residents from the other two sub-regions of the Tyumen region ones, where more than half of the population trusts the Governor, and there is positive dynamics of trust.

Етнорегіональні виміри українського соціуму

The problem of regionalism is important for Ukraine, based primarily in view of the availability of certain differences between different regions of the country, in particular economic, historical, cultural, geopolitical and more. The article singled out the factors that influence the spatial self-organization of ethnic groups, and analyzed the phenomenon of social distance in the socio-political orientations of different ethnic groups. The existence of social distance among these groups indicates the presence and use of regional auto heterostereotypiv, especially in the activities of some political parties and public organizations, and the conflict between central and regional government institutions is a result of inconsistency and inefficiency ethnic policy. It is clear that the emergence of regionalism in Ukraine is some reflection of objective differences between the citizens of the country in economic, cultural and primarily manifested in the internal and external political orientations inherent to the population of certain regions. In this respect, we should mention the situation ethno-national state of ethnic relations in Crimea where tensions are the main hosts of Crimean Tatar problem and the problem of Russian majority population of the peninsula.

НАДНАЦИОНАЛЬНОСТЬ И ПРИНЦИП СУБСИДИАРНОСТИ В ЕC И ЗА ЕГО ПРЕДЕЛАМИ

Decisions of international institutions are not always based exclusively on intergovernmental concord. Their decision-making processes can be supranational as well, while the realization of all decisions still remains predominantly in the hands of participating states. This article is an exploration of regional governance institutions, endowed with supranational quality or traits, from viewpoint of formally sovereign states taking part in them. Political institutionalism is serving as a theoretical basis for this research. It allows focusing on institutions which structure the activity, going beyond national realm. Particular attention is paid to the practices of the EU as the most advanced supranational organization in the world. A supranational quality cab only be acquired by a multilevel political organization. Institutions of the EU are compared in this article to those of the African Union and the Eurasian Economic Union with an aim to make a judgment as concerns their adequacy to the requirements of normative and/or decisional supranationalism. The subsidiarity principle emerges as of central importance in regulating the sharing of competences between supranational institutions and national governments. Two conclusions are deemed most important in this respect. First, it seems unjustified to believe, as in the past, that supranationality always develops linearly, beginning with a decentralized system which then starts to gain in its centralization. Today we can speak of a possibility of bidirectional transformations of multilevel systems, involving supranational institutions and national governments. Second, under the influence of politicization the multilevel governance in the EU in particular is changing its outlines – it becomes postfunctionalist and is being democratized. For such a system, with its newly emerging outlook, rigorous control of the observance of subsidiarity is relatively losing in importance, while supporting its throughput legitimacy (procedural transparency and accountability) becomes a more prominent task.&nbsp