The development strategy is one of the instruments supporting regional development of the territory and currently is being applied in most OECD countries. However, preparation and processing of a strategic document can not in itself. For the successful evaluation of a strategic document is essential the realization of its priorities and objectives. The presented work focuses on examining the factors that leads to the success of specific microregional strategies. The thesis discusses in detail the factors that can contribute to the successful fulfillment of the strategic plan and lead to the success of the development strategy and thus to the socio-economic position of the region where the strategy is implemented. The theoretical basis was tested on the example of two selected rural micro-regions. As a result of the work, it can be considered that the most significant impact on the success of the development strategy has a factor of human resources, which confirms one of the hypotheses stated. Another goalof the thesis is to find out how the municipal representatives and the chairman of the microregion perceives the success of the development strategy. This evaluation also included the identification of whom the citizens are trusting enough to be able to assess the success rate of municipality or...

The rapid economic development in China has successfully drawn a worldwide attention and benefit its population, with a average 8 percentage GDP growth rate every year and 500 million people out of poverty. While a large number of people are seeking for the reason why economic achievement in China has been so dramatic and unprecedented, less people show solicitude for Chinese women`s condition and empowerment.    Women as a worldwide vulnerable group, their well-being need to be taken into consideration during the process of developing economy. In China, female population accounts for 48.47 percentage (633.2 million) of entire population. Under the big picture of economic prosperity, the author found that Chinese people`s living condition has advanced largely, the popularization of basic education and medical service has benefit the vast majority people, meanwhile, people can be more involved in political process to express their opinions. However, women are benefited disproportionately but still less empowered than men are. Moreover, since China is a geographically large country, the economic development has shown some regional characteristic, that means, in southeastern China, due to the convenient traffic condition, such as harbors, economic development process is faster than in northwestern China, where traffic and natural conditions are both weak. Would that cause a unequal empowered situation between women from different economic developed regions?   Women has been paid less attention through the history of China, let alone different conditions of women in different regions. In this thesis, the author will describe women`s different empowered situation in rural and urban regions of China, via a capability approach viewpoint, and discussion of whether there is a regional pattern will be based on (Dis) Empowerment model.

Dėl intensyvios žmonių migracijos per pastarąjį šimtmetį išaugę miestai virto naujų kultūrų formavimosi židiniais, tuo tarpu kaimo regionai ištuštėjo, suiro vietos bendruomenės, nunyko lokalinė kultūra. XXI a. ypatingą reikšmę įgyja kūrybiškumas ir juo pagrįstos kūrybinės ekonomikos vystymas, kuris šiandien dažnai laikomas pagrindine miestų plėtros bei kaimo regionų atsikūrimo jėga. Magistro darbo objektas – su vieta susijusios kūrybinės veiklos. Tikslas – išsiaiškinti su vieta susijusių kūrybinių veiklų svarbą regionų regeneracijai bei ekonominiam vystymuisi ir pagrįsti tai Varėnos rajono atvejo studija. Teorinėse dalyse pristatoma vietos samprata, žmogaus santykis su vieta, vietos tapatybės, įvaizdžio formavimo(si) ir prekės ženklo kūrimo procesai, lyginamas miesto ir kaimo regiono kūrybinis pajėgumas, identifikuojama su vieta susijusių kūrybinių veiklų įvairovė, vertinama jų nauda visapusiškam regiono atsinaujinimui bei plėtrai. Empirinėje darbo dalyje pateikiama Varėnos rajono atvejo studija, atlikta remiantis humanistinei geografijai būdinga į žmogų nukreipta tyrimų strategija ir žvilgsnio iš trijų studijų figūrų – vietinio gyventojo, lankytojo ir tyrėjo – perspektyvos metodologija. Tyrimo metu nustatyta, jog kaimo regionams būdingas ypatingai glaudus žmogaus ryšys su gamta, išsaugota autentiška lokalinė kultūra, gausūs teritoriniai ir rekreaciniai ištekliai, todėl šiandien daugiausia dėl migracijos nunykę kaimo regionai yra potencialios kūrybinės ekonomikos vystymo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Due to the intense migration, expanding cities have become hubs for the formation of new cultures while rural regions have been suffering the loss of human resources, decline of local communities and culture. The 21st century, on the other hand, can be called the age of creative economy, based on seemingly inexhaustible resource – creativity, which today is often considered and invoked as the main driving force for both urban development and the regeneration of peripheral areas. This Master’s thesis is dedicated especially to rural areas and their regeneration through the application of creativity and development of related to the site creative activities. Theoretical parts of this thesis focus on the concept of relation between the people and the place (or site), identity, image and brand of the place, creative capacity and various creative activities are examined as important elements for the overall renewal of the rural region. In the empirical part of this thesis the case study of Varėna district is presented. The investigation is based on humanistic people-centred research strategy and a specific methodology by which the research object and the field are examined from the perspective of three discursive figures – a local inhabitant, a visitor and a researcher. This study leads to the conclusion that rural regions can be characterised by a very close relation between people and nature, preserved authentic local culture, rich territorial and recreational resources... [to full text]

Face à la persistance des crises multiformes socio-politico-économiques et l’inefficacité des pratiques de gestion centralisée des questions de développement à endiguer leurs causes profondes, le Burkina Faso à l’instar de nombreux pays africains subsahariens fut obligé d’adopter de nouvelles réformes politiques. Ces réformes qui sont plus ouvertes à la promotion de la démocratie et au partage du pouvoir entre l’État et les autres acteurs sont perçues comme des moyens adéquats pour améliorer la gouvernance au niveau local et comme un catalyseur pour asseoir les bases plus solides du développement. C’est dans cet objectif que le processus de décentralisation fut promu par les autorités gouvernementales. Cependant, ces réformes de décentralisation sont perçues par les autorités gouvernementales et les acteurs en charge de la mise en œuvre des politiques de développement comme un moyen devant permettre l’implémentation plus efficace du développement durable. C’est au tour de cette problématique de corrélation entre le processus de décentralisation et le développement durable que se sont organisés les travaux de notre thèse. La méthodologie de recherche qui a combiné des approches qualitatives et quantitatives a permis de recueillir d’importantes informations et données sur les aspects théoriques et pratiques des expériences dans six communes rurales dans la Région Nord-Ouest du Burkina Faso. Outre la revue de la littérature, des enquêtes ont été conduites dans ces six communes cibles. Ces enquêtes ont concerné les populations résidentes, les productrices et les producteurs, les associations locales de développement, les maires, les agents des administrations des municipalités, les agents des services techniques déconcentrés de l’Etat. / Due to the persistence of socio-politico-economic multifaceted crises and the inefficient of the centralized of the practice development management issues to curb the underlying causes, Burkina Faso like many sub-Saharan African countries were obliged to adopt new political reforms. These reforms which are more opened to the promotion of the democracy and the sharing power between the state and other actors are perceived as adequate ways to improve governance at the local level and as a catalyst to establish the most solid foundation for development. It’s in this objective that the process of decentralization was promoted by the governmental authorities. However, these decentralization reforms are imposed by governmental authorities and actors in charge of the implementation of development policies as a way that must allow the more effective implementation of sustainable development. It’s the turn of this problem of correlation between the process of decentralization and the sustainable development that have organized the work of our thesis. The methodology of research which combined qualitative and quantitative approaches has allowed collecting important information and data on theoretical and practical aspects of the experiences in six rural communities in the Northwest Region of Burkina Faso. Besides the magazine of the literature, surveys have been conducted in six target municipalities. These surveys concerned resident populations, and producers (men and women), local development associations, the mayors, the agents of the administrations municipalities, agents of the technical department decentralized by the state.

This thesis oversees the possibility of employment for people with disabilities in the rural region. It introduces specific employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the Chrudim region. It takes into account the perspective of potential employers in the region. While also identifying specific barriers and fears of employers, when they are determining whether or not to employ people with disabilities. The work is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part is devoted to: describing people with disabilities, the importance of work in human life, the issue of unemployment, the characteristics of the Chrudim region, and employment opportunities for people with disabilities. In the practical part quantitative research strategies are used and in this particular case, it involved the use of questionnaires. Questionnaires were sent to random employers in the area in the hopes of finding clear and unbiased results. Keywords Disability, Employment, Unemployment, Employment opportunities, Discrimination, Rural region

Nonprofit sector is regarded to be ever more significant part of a democratic society. Within the European context it is seen as a partner of public and commercial sectors also in relation to the development of specific regions. On the level of local action groups, which apply the LEADER methodology, it is directly defined as an inseparable partner of regional cooperation and development. The aim of the thesis is a detailed survey of nonprofit sector in the area of Local action group NAD ORLICÍ. Additionally, it focuses on analyzing the potential of nonprofit sector for the following development of the region. Several researches were conducted in order to collect as much data as possible. Analyses of publicly accessible databases and information sources as well as of records acquired from the respective specialized institutions were performed. Simultaneously, independent questionnaire surveys were carried out, focusing on representatives of local authorities and representatives of non-governmental non-profit organizations. Both researches were mainly quantitative, having covered also some aspects of activities and cooperation between the non-governmental non-profit organizations and public sector by use of a simple qualitative analysis. Additionally, the obtained data combined with publicly accessible...