Central European Papers, 2022 (vol. 10), issue 2
Editorial
Editorial
Editor
Central European Papers 2022, 10(2):5 
Articles
CZECH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION – STABILITY OF FORMS AND CHANGING CONDITIONS
Milo¹ Matula
Central European Papers 2022, 10(2):9-19 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2022.008
The paper deals with an analysis of the current state of public administration in the Czech Republic, particularly, with respect to the administrative burden of processes, the necessity of public administration, opportunities and limits of its modernization, the level of decentralization, the territorial development, and the crisis management. The analysis is made with regard to the relationship between the forms of organizations and the tasks of public administration. It shows the growing discrepancy between the effort to maintain the stability of forms and the changing social conditions connected with the requirements for public administration...
PRINCIPLE OF TRANSPARENCY AS A LEGAL AND LEGITIMAL REQUIREMENT OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
Tomá¹ Alman, Jana Volochová
Central European Papers 2022, 10(2):21-33 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2022.007
The article is focused on the principle of transparency in the context of the practise of local self-government. The given issue must also be perceived in cooperation with the information obligation in the exercise of public power. We consider the principle of transparency and the obligation to provide information to be legal and legitimate requirements of public control. The practice of official public authority must withstand this obligation. The aim of the article will be to define the institute and put it into a practical context by information sources (literature and several national and international generally legal regulations and other acts)....
A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE MULTIDIMENSIONALITY OF LOCALITY IN CIVIL SOCIETY. SElECTED ASPECTS
Adam Sosnowski
Central European Papers 2022, 10(2):35-53 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2022.006
This article is an attempt to summarize the social changes in local communities that took place after the revival of self-government in the Republic of Poland. The article analyzes the mutual influence of social and other factors on the process of the formation of local communities.
THE FIRST STEP IN THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF VISEGRAD COOPERATION: THE INTERNATIONAL VISEGRAD FUND (2000-2021)
Georgina Szabó
Central European Papers 2022, 10(2):55-72 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2022.009
The central theme of my work is the International Visegrad Fund (IVF), which is the first step in the institutionalization of the Visegrad Cooperation. My goal is primarily to present the creation, goals, operation, and results of this organization, for which, I must first explain the main antecedents of the creation of the Visegrad Cooperation and the peculiarities of its operation. The Visegrad Cooperation, established in 1991, acts as an intergovernmental interest conciliation forum that has not been institutionalized. It is run by annual rotating presidencies and meetings held by representatives - of different levels - of the Member States,...
Reviews
RECENZE KNIHY ÚSTAVNÉ PRÁVO A ÚSTAVA SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY
Igor Palú¹
Central European Papers 2022, 10(2):75-77