The Diploma thesis is devoted to the problems of financing culture focusing on the private and public support. The Theoretical part defines the basic theoretical concepts and the principle of functioning of the state contributory organizations in Czech Republic and characterizes the basic sources of financing of the Culture, covering public direct financial support (e.g. subsidies) and indirect support (tax expenditures), private financial support from profit and non-profit organizations and financing from EEA grants. The Practical part is focused on the quantitative analysis of the financial resources to the Culture and its development in time and measures the financial self-sufficiency of the organizations and the possibility of obtaining additional financial and other support through the private sector. It can be approbate that the financial self-sufficiency differs between the semi-budgetary organizations significantly, as well between sectors. However, the financial self-sufficiency of the cultural sector as a whole shows a positive trend.

The Master's Thesis focuses on resource self-sufficiency analysis of four chosen NGOs in culture. Those are theatres Činoherní klub, Semafor, Archa and Dejvické divadlo. All of the organizations underwent the Prague theatre transformation process and became the Public Service Companies. The Thesis investigates, whether the change into to private subject and the rising independence have led also to the increase of resource self-sufficiency and extension of financial resource portfolio. For this purpose the financial statements of the theatres were analysed. The resource self-sufficiency index was put in the context of other financial analysis indices. The Thesis has shown, that although the theatres use at least four financial resources, they are highly dependent on incomes from provided public services and especially on subsidies from the public budgets. The NGOs should improve their level of business activities and fundraising. The resource self-sufficiency of analysed theatres is between 35 and 52 %. While in three cases the self-sufficiency has been increasing, in the last case it has been decreasing continuously.

Abstract This paper is a peer-review about social workers´ experiences and descriptions of making individual assessments of their unemployed clients when working toward self-sufficiency and eventual obstacle for making them. The paper also deals with how social workers prioritize their work tasks. The study was conducted through interviews with five social workers at the same workplace. The results have been analyzed using theories of discretion, street-level bureaucrats and client dimensions within a street-level bureaucracy. The result shows that lack of time and limitation of discretion have negative influences in the social workers’ ability to make individual assessments. The result also shows that individual assessments are foremost made when the clients mismanage their planning and are risking not getting their application for financial assistance approved. Further the results show that the processing of applications and payment of financial assistance is a priority task since it is considered to be most important to clients and result in the greatest consequences for both social workers and clients if not performed. The discussion that follows is about the possible consequences of prioritizing work tasks this way. / Sammanfattning Denna uppsats är en kollegiegranskning och handlar om socialsekreterares upplevelser och erfarenheter av att göra individuella bedömningar av sina arbetslösa klienter i arbetet mot självförsörjning och eventuella hinder för dessa. Uppsatsen beskriver även om hur socialsekreterare prioriterar sina arbetsuppgifter. Studien har genomförts genom intervjuer med 5 socialsekreterare på en arbetsplats. Resultatet har analyserats utifrån teorier om handlingsutrymme, frontlinjebyråkrater och klientdimensioner inom en frontlinjebyråkrati. Resultatet visar att tidsbrist och begränsningar i handlingsutrymmet båda är faktorer som har en negativ påverkan på en socialsekreterares förutsättningar att göra individuella bedömningar. Resultatet visar även att individuella bedömningar främst görs när en klient misskött sin planering och riskerar avslag på sin ansökan om ekonomiskt bistånd. Vidare visar resultatet att handläggning av ansökningar om och utbetalning av ekonomiskt bistånd är en prioriterad arbetsuppgift då den anses vara viktigast för klienterna samt resulterar i störst konsekvenser för både socialsekreterare och klienter om den inte utförs.

This dissertation focuses on shared care of elderly in their homes in the municipal district of Prague 7. The goal was an understanding of the context and organization of the care, as well as how the informal care providers perceive their current situation and what is their idea of the optimal form of the care. Data for the analysis were gathered through means of semi-structured surveys with answers from twenty respondents who are informal care providers. Results are indicating that at the moment, the state of home shared care for the elderly is not fully satisfactory. Therefore, the conclusion includes recommendations which could contribute to the improvement of the current situation.

This diploma thesis is devoted to the issue of education of children and pupils with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the Kladno region. In its theoretical part, it reveals the history of the study of this serious disability, describes the manifestations of behavior in individual diagnoses in the field of communication, socialization, social interaction, speech development, imagination, play. It briefly introduces the issue of diagnostics and multilateral interventions. The practical part is devoted to a qualitative survey, which aims to describe how the education, pedagogical, psychological and social intervention, goes in specific cases in Kladno region. Three case studies of boys aged 13, 14 and 17 show how they face their health problems, their educational difficulties, what types of schools they are educated at, what they have achieved. They see their future in a simplistic and sometimes naive way, yet it can be concluded that they want to work somewhere, to be independent and self-sufficient. Interviews with three pedagogical staff are processed into a coherent text. 2 teaching assistants and one class teacher mention some aspects of their work in relation to pupils with ASD related to behavior and learning. The issue of counselling is briefly indicated in the statement of the regional coordinator of...

This thesis is situated in the academic sphere of human geography. The overall aim is to identify the current challenges and possibilities Icelandic farmers face in terms of changes in importation laws. This research is exemplary in its field as it uses the narratives of the stakeholders, farmers in this case, as the main data source. The research questions were as following: Is there an agricultural cluster in the region and if so, how does it work; what challenges and possibilities do farmers in the municipality of Hrunamannahreppur face in terms of the recent import law and lastly; according to the farmers, how do policies and laws in Icelandic agriculture ensure long-term farming practices in Iceland. The thesis uses theories of agricultural localization theory, cluster theory and the concepts of competitive and comparative advantages along with the concept of food self-sufficiency. The methods used are semi-structured qualitative interviews during a field study in southern Iceland. Data sources include seven qualitative interviews with farmers in the selected area, a review of agricultural policies and frameworks, and other sources such as articles and media. The main findings are that there is an unexplained disconnect within agriculture and its actors, indicating that policies give preferentiality to economic gain rather than preserving long-term farming in Iceland.

This MA thesis encompasses the motivation of the applicant to apply for a long-term stay at a retirement home. The theoretical part analyses the needs that seniors have, describes the system of care of the elderly and its problems, as well as the limits, motivation and psychosocial aspects of family care of the elderly, and the effect of a retirement home residence on the personality and quality of life of the elderly. The empirical part is formed as a quantitative research with the use of questionnaires. Respondents were selected out of the applicants for a long-term stay at a retirement home. The aim of the empirical part of the MA thesis is to answer the key question of the entire research: what life situation is responsible for the applicant's motivation for applying for a long-term stay at a retirement home. The empirical part describes the research objectives, research methods and research groups and poses the research questions. The received data are than analyzed, and the results are subjected to a critical scrutiny in a discussion. The results of this thesis serve as a basis for creating new projects to encourage seniors to remain at their home environment, and aimed at preventing the placement of the elderly in institutional facilities

Genom att kritiskt granska de två Malmöstadsdelarna Augustenborg och Sege Park, som har utgett sig för och planeras att bli förebilder för hållbar stadsutveckling, studeras inslag av en nerväxt-inspirerad utveckling bort från ekonomisk tillväxt. Detta görs genom en fallstudie där områdenas strategiska hållbarhetsarbete studeras genom att observera inslag av två utvalda begrepp, kollaborativekonomi (KE) och lokal självförsörjning (LSF). Dessa begrepp kommer från framtidsscenarier i rapporten Framtider bortom BNP-tillväxt av Hagbert et al.( 2018) i forskningsprogrammet Bortom BNP-tillväxt: Scenarier för hållbart samhällsbyggande som är formulerade att uppnå ett hållbart tillstånd inom Donut-ekonomin (Raworth 2012) i Sverige 2050. Det empiriska materialet utgörs av fem semistrukturerade kvalitativa informantintervjuer, offentligt tillgängliga dokument från Malmö Stad som hållbarhetsstrategi och planprogram för Sege Park samt en antologi över Augustenborgs utveckling. Den analytiska metoden består av en systematiserande kvalitativ textanalys som utformats med utgångspunkt i uppsatsens teoretiska diskussion och ramverk. Tidigare forskning tar upp olika förhållningssätt till operationaliseringen av nerväxtlogiker på stadsdelsnivå. Den teoretiska diskussionen går igenom olika perspektiv kring nerväxtlogiker, relationen mellan tillväxt och stadsutveckling samt det rådande stadsplaneringsparadigmets relation till hållbar stadsutveckling. Det teoretiska ramverket presenterar de två begreppen kollaborativ ekonomi och lokal självförsörjning som används för att utröna inslag av en utveckling bort från ekonomisk tillväxt. Studiens empiriska framställning visar att många inslag av kollaborativ ekonomi och lokal självförsörjning är närvarande, men överlappar med rådande tillväxtbaserade stadsplaneringsparadigm och det är tveksamt i vilken utsträckning dessa inslag faktiskt bidrar till minskade resursflöden och en utveckling bort från ekonomisk tillväxt. Studiens diskussion tar upp svårigheterna med att tillämpa en stadsplanering inspirerad av nerväxtlogiker inom rådande lagstiftning, som hindrar en utveckling bort från tillväxt. Ansatsen att använda framtidsscenarier för studier av en samtida verklighet kan ifrågasättas och har genererat en viss svårighet bland annat i relation till skillnaden som uppstår mellan framtidsscenariernas radikalitet och dagens socio-ekonomiska komplexa situation. / Through a critical examination of two neighbourhoods of Malmö, Augustenborg and Sege Park degrowth-inspired elements of a development away from economic growth are being studied. These specific neighbourhoods are selected since they have served and are being planned to serve as models of sustainable urban neighbourhoods. The neighbourhoods are being studied through a case study of strategic sustainable measures through the observation of two selected concepts, Collaborative Economy (KE) and Local Self-sufficiency (LSF). These concepts originate from the future scenarios in the report Futures Beyond GDP Growth (Hagbert et al., 2018) in the research program Beyond GDP Growth: Scenarios for sustainable building and planning formulated to reach a sustainable condition within the Doughnut-economy (Raworth, 2012) in Sweden 2050. The empirical material are five semi-structured qualitative informant interviews, publicly accessible documents from Malmö municipality as sustainability strategy, district planning program as well as an anthology of the neighbourhood Augustengorg’s development history. The analytical method is a systemising qualitative text analysis designed from the study’s theoretical discussion and framework. Earlier research addresses different approaches to operationalisation of degrowth on a neighbourhood level.The theoretical discussion examines different perspectives concerning degrowth, the relation between economic growth and urban development as well as the relation of the prevailing growth based urban planning paradigm to sustainable urban development. The theoretical framework discusses the two concepts Collaborative Economy and Local Self-sufficiency which are being used to examine the presence of a development away from economic growth. The empirical representation shows that several elements of Collaborative Economy and Local Self-sufficiency are present, but coexists with the contemporary prevailing growth based urban planning paradigm, and it is uncertain to which extent these elements actually contribute to diminish the flows of resources and contribute to a development away from economic growth. The discussion examines the difficulties applying urban planning inspired by the logic of degrowth within prevailing legislation preventing a development away from economic growth. The attempt to use scenarios of an alternative future for studies of a contemporary reality can be questioned. It has generated a certain amount of difficulty in relation to the apparent difference between the radicality in the scenarios and the complexity of the socio-economical situation of today.

The main object of this master´s thesis is recreation area operated by a non-profit organization in Černá Hora in district Blansko. The aim of the work is to evaluate the potential of the area. This thesis provides the ideas and interventions which allow more effective, more self-sufficient, economically, and ecologically sustainable yearlong operation. The brief of designed buildings and modifications was determined by previous analysis and consultation with the site operator. The result of the work are individual interventions in the sense of proposed changes and modifications in the area. The thesis also includes a chronological arrangement of the interventions in a real timeline according to their feasibility.

Sveriges självförsörjningsgrad av livsmedel har minskat från 75 procent på 90-talet fram till dagens 50 procent, samtidigt minskar landets åkermarker och jordbruksföretagen avvecklas. Sommaren 2018 var en av de varmaste sommarperioder som uppmätts, ett år där en stor del av Sverige drabbades av torka. Konsekvenserna av extrema väderhändelser drabbar och kommer fortsätta drabba den svenska livsmedelsförsörjningen. En ökad produktion av livsmedel kan öka både arbetstillfällen och leda till mer medvetna val som konsument. Den svenska livsmedelsstrategin syftar till att skapa arbetsmöjligheter och tillväxt samt minska sårbarheten inom livsmedelskedjan för att kunna ökalandets självförsörjningsgrad. Gävleborgs län har skapat en egen handlingsplan för att nå mål som hållbar livsmedelsproduktion och konkurrenskraft. Genom detta arbetevill författarna framföra vilka styrkor, svagheter, möjligheter och hot som producenter i Gävleborgs län upplever. Hur livsmedelsproduktion kan leda till utveckling av länet samt ge exempel på hur ett resilient jordbruk kan möjliggöras. Livsmedelsproducenter fick därav möjligheten att framföra sina upplevelser av att vara en lokal producent i Gävleborg genom ett frågeformulär kopplat till ämnet. Författarna utförde därefter en SWOT-analys utifrån svaren.Priset på insatsvaror har sedan 2021 ökat vilket påverkat jordbruken genom ökade kostnader av bland annat gödsel, foder och elektricitet, däremot uppger producenter att de inte vågar öka sina varupriser på grund av en redan minskad köpkraft. Detta gör att livsmedelsproducenternas marginaler blir låga och det ekonomiska läget blir ansträngt. Producenterna och den Gemensamma Jordbruks Politiken (GJP) upplever dock att lokala livsmedel har styrkor såsom kvalitet och motståndskraft något som kan bidra till att öka länets självförsörjningsgrad från 38 procent till högre andelar lokalproducerat jämfört med år 2021. Detta är något som potentiellt kan möjliggöras genom resilienta och regenerativa jordbruk där det används naturliga näringskällor, lagrat vatten och förnybar energi. Landsbygdsutvecklingen är en förutsättning för en tillväxt och minskad arbetslöshet inom Gävleborgs län och jordbruken utgör en viktig roll genom att det vid livsmedelsproduktion skapas arbetstillfällen. Detta är något som i sin tur bidrar till landsbygdsutveckling och en stärktsjälvförsörjningsgrad / Sweden’s degree of self-sufficiency in food has decreased from 75 percent in the 90s to today’s 50 percent, at the same time the country’s arable land is decreasing and agricultural companies are closing down.The summer of 2018 was one of the hottest summer periods on record, a year in which a large part of Sweden was affected by drought. The consequences of the extreme weather events affect are and will continue to affect the Swedish food supply. An increased production of food can increase both work opportunities and lead to more informed choices for consumers. The Swedish food strategy aims to create work opportunities, growth and reduce vulnerability within the food chain, in order to increase the country’s degree of self-sufficiency. Gävleborg has created its own plan of action to achieve goals such as sustainable food production and competitiveness. Through this thesis, the authors want to present the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that producers in Gävleborg experience. How food production can lead to the development of the country and give examples of how resilient agriculture can be made possible. Food producers were therefore given the opportunity to present their experiences of being a local producer in Gävleborg through a questionnaire linked to the topic. The authors then performed a SWOT analysis based on the responses. The price of commodities has increased since 2021, which has affected agriculturethrough increased costs of among other things, fertilizer, feed, and electricity, but producers state that they do not dare to increase their commodity prices due to an already reduced purchasing power. This means that food producers’ margins become low, and the economic situations becomes strained. However, the producers and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) felt that local food have strengths such as quality and resilience, something that can contribute to increasing Gävleborg’s self-sufficiency rate from 38 percent to higher proportions of locally produced food compared to the year 2021. This is something that can potentially be made possible through resilient and regenerative agriculture where natural nutrient sources, stored water and renewable energy are used. Rural development is a prerequisite for growth and reduced unemployment within Gävleborg, and agriculture plays an important role in creating work through food production. This is something that in turn contributes to rural development and a strengthened degree of self-sufficiency