Matej Bel University

About: Matej Bel University is a education organization based out in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Tourism & Fuzzy set. The organization has 721 authors who have published 1497 publications receiving 11573 citations. The organization is also known as: Matej Bel & Univerzita Mateja Bela.

Europe 2020 Strategy: Evaluation, Implementation, and Prognoses for the Slovak Republic

Abstract: . The European Union represents a unique example of the most complexly developed and the most comprehensive model of regional economic integration. This is characterized by high dynamics of the integration process, while in its current form, even under the influence and action of the whole range of factors having a negative impact; it is indicating a gradual transition to the deployment phase of a political Union. For a relatively long period of time, the European Union remained as of one of the three main pillars of world economy and it has been trying to maintain this position even in this turbulent period. In this direction the European Union proceeded with the implementation of two major development strategies, affecting the whole of its interior space of the Lisbon Strategy and the Strategy Europe 2020, as well as the entire spectrum of so called macro-regional strategies (the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region, the European Union Strategy for the Mediterranean Region and the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region).In this paper we will focus mainly on the analysis of the range of the process of implementation of the Strategy Europe 2020 in the Slovak Republic as one of the EU member states.Keywords: strategy, reforms, education, health, unemployment.JEL Classification : I18, I25, R58IntroductionAfter completion of the complex and demanding implementation of the Lisbon Strategy, the European Union acceded to implement another important development of the "The Strategy Europe 2020", which can be viewed as another major policy document seeking an indication of possible alternatives for the further development of European integration area in the next decade. The implementation of the Strategy Europe 2020 takes place in a rather difficult and turbulent period marked by the particularly the negative impact of the global financial crisis, which significantly affected the further development of the project to build economic and monetary union in the European integration space. The negative impact of the crisis has considerably influenced the Euro-zone itself, at the core of economic integration. The global financial crisis and its wide-range negative impacts are assessed in terms of the Europe 2020 strategy as a factor that significantly affects the further development of the entire global economy, the economic area of the European Union and its individual nation states. The strength and intensity of the negative impact of the global financial crisis has highlighted a range of structural weaknesses and problems, which the European economy will have to tackle in turn (see e.g. Cajka et al., 2014). The issue of structural reform was already raised within the European integration area during the implementation of the Lisbon strategy, but even after the expiry of the implementation of its renewed and revised versions no substantial progress occurred in this area. Besides a negative assessment of the impact the current crisis has, the Strategy Europe 2020 also accentuated the positive impact that lies in the necessity of implementation of fundamental changes across the spectrum and actions that will lead to a gradual stabilization of the situation and then initiate a new growth and further development (Balitskiy et al., 2014). To the group of most problematic spheres where the European Union has struggled for a long time to tackle the problems we can include foremost a lower rate attained by the average level of economic growth compared with other key players in the global economy; lower rate attained by the average employment rate in case of the age group 20-64 and also in the category of older workers in the age group 55-64. Another problem arises from the negative impact of the changes in demographical development of the population, evident mainly in the ageing of the population consequently leading to increasingly higher number of people in post-productive age (Announcement of the European Commission, Europe 2020, 2012). …

Electronic Public Procurement: Process and Cybersecurity Issues

Abstract: E-public procurement has a great potential to improve public procurement processes. It helps to increase competitiveness, and the use of digital technologies also minimizes transaction costs for business, increases trust and the transparency of decisions made by public customers. The goal of this case study is to analyze the functionalities of the Kazakh e-procurement web portal EPP, to evaluate them in a national and comparative perspective and to propose recommendations with a focus on selected process issues and its cybersecurity in the condition of digital transformation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The analysis of functionalities of EPP from planning to execution of the contract allows it to propose important changes with the potential to increase competitiveness and decrease transaction costs of procurement in the country. The specific focus is on cybersecurity and proposals how to increase it.

Properties and Reactivity of Hydroxides of Group 13 Elements In, Tl, and Nh from Molecular and Periodic DFT Calculations

Abstract: Adsorption energies, Eads, of gaseous hydroxides of In, Tl, and the superheavy element Nh on surfaces of Teflon and gold are predicted using molecular and periodic relativistic DFT calculations. Th...

Longitudinal NLO properties of C2H2, HCCF, and C2F2: Electron correlation and vibration effects

Abstract: Electron correlation and vibration effects on longitudinal nonlinear optical properties of acetylene (C2H2), fluoroacetylene (HCCF), and difluoroacetylene (C2F2) have been studied using various quantum chemistry methods, including the second-order perturbation theory (MP2); coupled cluster approach with singles, doubles (CCSD), and noniterative triples (CCSD(T)); and density functional methods (B3LYP and B98). Evaluation of the static and dynamic vibration (nuclear relaxation) contributions was based on the finite field relaxation method. Particular attention has been devoted to the assessment of the electron correlation effects on the nuclear relaxation contributions to the molecular properties. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2005