Download or read book Southern Catalonia Knowledge Region written by Francesc Xavier Grau Vidal and published by PUBLICACIONS UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The document Southern Catalonia, Knowledge Region argues that Catalonia needs to develop its own internal regional policy, which would provide a framework for a decision-making system of regional planning and development. This system would also cover the southern region. The document describes the features that this system should have, taking as its source the European cohesion policy, which focuses on regional development based on smart specialization (RIS3) and allows to identify regions with economic and social knowledge-based activity. European regional policy, therefore, identifies Southern Catalonia as a Knowledge Region, and provides an operational definition of the region. There is, first, a bottom-up need that arises from the concerns and demands repeatedly expressed by the various levels of society whenever a decision with strategic regional scope has had to be taken (on infrastructure, health, tourism, industrial development, etc.). And, as the document shows, there is also a top-down need: European policies need to be implemented more effectively to allow for cohesive growth. The document discusses the desirability of defining the attributes of the NUTS2 region, and analyses the advantages of doing so (and the disadvantages of not doing so), the main strengths and weaknesses of the region and the difficulties that need to be overcome. With this document, Universitat Rovira i Virgili’s Chair for the University and Knowledge Region rises to the challenge of facilitating and contributing to the organization of a system of governance for Southern Catalonia as a region of knowledge. The document also describes the action plan that is being put into practice by the URV Chair for the University and Knowledge Region to help define the Southern Catalonia region.
Download or read book Higher Education in Regional and City Development Catalonia Spain 2011 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalonia is the main contributor to Spain’s economy, but it is now feeling the effects of the economic crisis. This book examines how it can prepare for the post-crisis economy with the help of the university system.
Download or read book Finding Solutions for a Post Crisis Society written by Teresa Torres-Coronas and published by PUBLICACIONS UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2007 and the economic meltdown caused by the financial crisis, our societies have been evolving in different ways. New political movements have emerged in Southern Europe and new social movements in pursuit of common concerns are playing a more active role in our daily lives. In a parallel way, after the failure to predict the financial crisis, economist and social science researchers seek fresh thinking and new models that can better explain this new reality. Regulations are of critical importance in shaping the welfare of economies and society. Thus, core legal disciplines are exploring the effects of the financial crisis on social rights, labour market regulations, and civil, common law or international law, among others. With no doubt, the economic crisis has deeply impacted our economic, social, political and legal environment. During the last decade, researchers from a wide range of disciplines have been looking for solutions. Now it is time make a side stop on the way and to gather results. The 1rst International SBRLab Conference, Finding solutions for a post-crisis society, is organized by the Social and Business Research Lab (SBRLab), Universitat Rovira i Virgili. It is as an international and virtual meeting point of interdisciplinary research and researchers. The purpose of this international conference is to bring together researchers from management, economics, political, social and legal disciplines in order to present and discuss new trends in their respective fields.
Download or read book Good Practices in Doctoral Supervision written by Mar Reguero and published by PUBLICACIONS UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the European context, there are many initiatives for PhD supervisory training already in existence, but a more systematic approach to this task would be needed. In this landscape, we took the initiative of organizing an informal meeting for experts with an interest and expertise on PhD supervisory training, the Tarragona Think Tank on PhD supervisory training: challenges and good practices, hosted by University Rovira i Virgili (URV, Tarragona). This event allowed both the presentation of individual university experiences and the undertaking of a collective reflection on challenges, impact assessment and the visualisation of an ideal future for PhD supervisory training. Noting the need for more concerted efforts and practices, the present book is precisely a first tangible outcome of this concerted effort. Looking forward, we expect that this book can help setting the basis for the development of a network or alliance between the participating organisations and an ongoing effort aimed at bringing the professionalization of doctoral supervisors to the forefront in education policy at the university level. In sum, we hope that this contribution can help materialising ideas into actions.
Download or read book OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation Catalonia Spain 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review of regional innovation assesses how to improve Catalonia's current strategy and actions in order to boost its innovation system through both its own programmes and those of Spain and the European Union.
Download or read book Regional Innovation Impact of Universities written by Robert Tijssen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by European Union policy challenges, this cutting-edge book focuses upon the Regional Innovation Impact (RII) of universities, to analyse the socioeconomic impact that universities in Europe have on their hometowns, metropolitan areas and regions.
Download or read book Higher Education in Regional and City Development Basque Country Spain 2013 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for regional development in the Basque Country of Spain.
Download or read book Higher Education in Regional and City Development Sonora Mexico 2013 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for regional development in Sonora, Mexico.
Download or read book Higher Education in Regional and City Development Antioquia Colombia 2012 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antioquia is one of Colombia’s economic engines, but suffers from low skills, poverty, inequity and poor labour market outcomes. This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for regional development.
Download or read book Higher Education in Regional and City Development Lombardy Italy 2011 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review finds that Lombardy is the most prosperous region in Italy. But the region faces long-term challenges emerging from an ageing population, immigration and slow adaptation of practices and technologies to enhance productivity.
Download or read book Higher Education in Regional and City Development The Free State South Africa 2012 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for regional development in the Free State of South Africa.
Download or read book Dietary Supplements Botanicals and Herbs at The Interface of Food and Medicine written by Alessandra Durazzo and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Power Struggles written by Jaume Franquesa Bartolome and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wind energy is often portrayed as a panacea for the environmental and political ills brought on by an overreliance on fossil fuels, but this characterization may ignore the impact wind farms have on the regions that host them. Power Struggles investigates the uneven allocation of risks and benefits in the relationship between the regions that produce this energy and those that consume it. Jaume Franquesa considers Spain, a country where wind now constitutes the main source of energy production. In particular, he looks at the Southern Catalonia region, which has traditionally been a source of energy production through nuclear reactors, dams, oil refineries, and gas and electrical lines. Despite providing energy that runs the country, the region is still forced to the political and economic periphery as the power they produce is controlled by centralized, international Spanish corporations. Local resistance to wind farm installation in Southern Catalonia relies on the notion of dignity: the ability to live within one's means and according to one's own decisions. Power Struggles shows how, without careful attention, renewable energy production can reinforce patterns of exploitation even as it promises a fair and hopeful future.
Download or read book The Regional Politics of Welfare in Italy Spain and Great Britain written by Davide Vampa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of the increasing territorial variations in the development of sub-national welfare systems that have occurred as an effect of the decentralization of health care and social assistance policies in Italy, Spain and Great Britain. The author examines the political factors that underlie these variations by combining cross-regional and cross-country comparisons using mixed methods. Vampa’s main finding is that regionalist parties have played a key role in sub-national welfare building and have used social policy to strengthen their legitimacy in the political struggle against central authorities. In this context, functional political competition between Left and Right has been partly replaced by territorial competition between Centre and Periphery as the main determinant of social policy making. Additionally, mainstream left-wing parties have been torn between maintaining territorial uniformity in social protection and responding to demands for more extensive social services tailored to the needs and preferences of specific regional communities. This book will be of use to academics and policy makers interested in political economy, devolution/decentralisation, welfare, and party politics.
Download or read book Area Handbook for Spain written by Eugene K. Keefe and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Borders and Territories written by Manet van Montfrans and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 1993 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Internationalizing Internet Studies written by Gerard Goggin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book offers a mapping of the Internet as it has developed and is used internationally, providing a lively and challenging examination of the Internet and Internet studies. There is much interest among scholars and researchers in understanding the place of the Internet in cultural, social, national, and regional settings. This is the first book-length account that not only provides a range of perspectives on the international Internet, but also explores the implications of such new knowledge and accounts for concepts, methods, and themes in Internet studies. Of special interest will be the book’s fresh and up-to-date coverage of the Internet in perhaps the most dynamic region at present: Asia-Pacific.
