Innowacyjne przykłady zarządzania i finansowania oświaty przez samorządy. Baza dobrych praktyk

Tom zawierający 15 szczegółowych studiów przypadku dobrych praktyk, inicjatyw jednostek samorządu terytorialnego w Polsce mających na celu wzmocnienie lokalnych systemów oświatowyc

OECD ülevaated haridussüsteemi ressurssidest: Eesti

This report for Estonia forms part of the OECD Review of Policies to Improve the Effectiveness of Resource Use in Schools. The purpose of the review is to explore how school resources can be governed, distributed, utilised and managed to improve the quality, equity and efficiency of school education. School resources are understood in a broad way, including financial resources (e.g. expenditures on education, school budget), physical resources (e.g. school infrastructure, computers), human resources (e.g. teachers, school leaders) and other resources (e.g. learning time)

Local government reform as state building: What the Polish case says about “decentralisation”

Objective: Since 1990, Poland has become one of the most decentralised states in Europe. Local governments now control a third of all public expenditures. They have also delivered the goods, modernising the country’s infrastructure and restructuring its schools. This article attempts to explain why local government reform was so successful in Poland, and what it tells us about “decentralisation” elsewhere. Research Design & Methods: Historical research, practitioner experience, comparative analysis. Findings: The success of Polish local government reform was not due to “bottom up” accountability arising from either civic engagement or local taxation. Instead, “decentralisation” was largely a technocratic revolution from above. But accountability was created through an array of mezzo level institutions that trained and professionalised newly elected local elites, while also embedding them in the regulatory structure of the state and forcing them to monitor themselves. Implications / Recommendations: “Decentralisation” is less dependent on “getting the rules right” or mobilising popular engagement than it is on creating institutions that encourage public officials to learn from, and monitor, each other. Contribution: Reappraisal of what needs to be done to make “decentralisation” work. History of local government reform in Poland

Erfolgsstory oder auf Sand gebaut? Zum Stand der Dezentralisierungsreform in der Posteuromaidan-Ukraine

Die 2014 in der Ukraine eingeleitete umfassende Dezentralisierungsreform hat sich trotz widriger Umstände bei der Implementierung relativ erfolgreich entwickelt. Insbesondere die darin enthaltene Gebietsreform, vor allem die bislang freiwillige Zusammenlegung von Kleinkommunen zu sogenannten »Vereinigten Territorialgemeinden«, hat Fortschritte gemacht. Ungeachtet des Kriegszustandes, in dem sich die Ukraine seit 2014 befindet, wurden die schon vorher relativ hohen Staatsausgaben für die lokale Ebene beibehalten beziehungsweise sogar noch erhöht. Auch die Dezentralisierung des ukrainischen Bildungs- und Gesundheitswesens hat begonnen. Allerdings kann eine den Verwaltungsumbau absichernde Verfassungsänderung aufgrund ihrer Koppelung an eine Klausel, welche den Minsker Vereinbarungen geschuldet ist, derzeit nicht durchgesetzt werden

First year of transformation and the behaviour of state-run enterprises

This paper summarizes a year of empirical research on the adjustment patterns of Polish state enterprises. The research was undertaken by the Research Group on Enterprise Adjustment at the Gdansk Institute for Market Economics. The paper is in three main parts. In the first section we give a thumbnail description of the macro-economic performance of the Polish economy during 1990. The second section reviews the changes in the organizational, legal and sociological structures of state-run enterprises. The third section discusses the performance of state firms and challenges a number of stereotypes concerning their activity. We argue that small and medium-sized enterprises adjusted more dynamically to the changing environment than their larger counterparts and also that state enterprises which were under competitive pressure and operating on the consumer markets were significantly more active than other firms.Transformation stabilization state-run enterprise

OECD Reviews of School Resources: Estonia 2016 [electronic resource] /

The effective use of school resources is a policy priority across OECD countries. The OECD Reviews of School Resources explore how resources can be governed, distributed, utilised and managed to improve the quality, equity and efficiency of school education. The series considers four types of resources: financial resources, such as public funding of individual schools; human resources, such as teachers, school leaders and education administrators; physical resources, such as location, buildings and equipment; and other resources, such as learning time. This series offers timely policy advice to both governments and the education community. It includes both country reports and thematic studies.Foreword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Assessment and recommendations -- School education in Estonia -- Governance of schooling and the organisation of the school network in Estonia -- Funding of school education in Estonia -- School organisation and operating schools in Estonia -- The teaching workforce in Estonia -- The OECD Review of Policies to Improve the Effectiveness of Resource Use in School -- Composition of the OECD Review Team -- Visit programme.The effective use of school resources is a policy priority across OECD countries. The OECD Reviews of School Resources explore how resources can be governed, distributed, utilised and managed to improve the quality, equity and efficiency of school education. The series considers four types of resources: financial resources, such as public funding of individual schools; human resources, such as teachers, school leaders and education administrators; physical resources, such as location, buildings and equipment; and other resources, such as learning time. This series offers timely policy advice to both governments and the education community. It includes both country reports and thematic studies

ezBIDS: Guided standardization of neuroimaging data interoperable with major data archives and platforms

Abstract Data standardization promotes a common framework through which researchers can utilize others’ data and is one of the leading methods neuroimaging researchers use to share and replicate findings. As of today, standardizing datasets requires technical expertise such as coding and knowledge of file formats. We present ezBIDS, a tool for converting neuroimaging data and associated metadata to the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) standard. ezBIDS contains four major features: (1) No installation or programming requirements. (2) Handling of both imaging and task events data and metadata. (3) Semi-automated inference and guidance for adherence to BIDS. (4) Multiple data management options: download BIDS data to local system, or transfer to OpenNeuro.org or to brainlife.io. In sum, ezBIDS requires neither coding proficiency nor knowledge of BIDS, and is the first BIDS tool to offer guided standardization, support for task events conversion, and interoperability with OpenNeuro.org and brainlife.io