Background Intersectoral action is often presented as essential in the promotion of population health and health equity. In Norway, national public health policies are based on the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach that promotes whole-of-government responsibility. As part of the promotion of this intersectoral responsibility, p...

The development of information technologies and the creation applications has ensured that access to corporate records can be achieved independently time place. However, digital continuity is at risk because above transformation sometimes not carried in conjunction with necessary policies. This paper examines degree which practised embedded across municipalities Istanbul, aims determine their e...

The use of CCTV-surveillance by Flemish municipalities is increasing. A newspaper analysis, complemented with other information gives a first indication about the developments in this field and shows an evolution in the implementation of CCTV in Flemish municipalities. In the beginning CCTV was used to protect spots where public services are delivered. In a next phase, a reduced number of Flemi...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate which factors in the operating procedure of the gastric cancer screening programme carried out by local Japanese municipalities affect the participation rate. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional study. Data were mainly obtained by questionnaire completed by the person in charge of health in each municipal council. Information was sought on screening mo...

BACKGROUND According to national laws and world experiences; provision, maintenance, and improving citizens' health are considered to be the essential functions of municipalities as a "social institute". In order to equitably promote health conditions at urban level, particularly in marginal areas, since 2004 targeted efforts have been implemented in the municipality of Tehran metropolis. This ...

Amenability is a geometric property of convex cones that stronger than facial exposedness and assists in the study error bounds for conic feasibility problems. In this paper we establish numerous properties amenable investigate relationships between amenability other cones, such as niceness projectional exposure. We show compact slice closed cone equivalent to cone, prove several results on pre...

In Germany, financial pressure and a lack of efficiency have caused the need for several reform processes in the local governments of German municipalities. These local governments are facing a growing contradiction between decreasing levels of financial support and increasing responsibilities. In order to address this tension, municipalities are starting to change their accounting systems by i...

Municipalities face huge challenges today in the context of rapid technological changes and E-government. Therefore business-IT alignment (ΒIA) plays a growing role in municipalities today. We consider the level of BIA in Swiss municipalities based on various variables relating to municipality size, artefacts that underpin BIA, and the satisfaction of the municipalities with IT services. We inv...

The report presents findings from a qualitative study of strategy and policy processes for sustainable mobility and sustainable transport in eleven large municipalities in Sweden. The findings are presented thematically and with reference to interviews in each of the municipalities. The main conclusions of the report are that organisational design and the extent to which external stakeholders a...

This paper provides a spatial-econometric analysis of the setting of property tax rates by Dutch municipalities. We find evidence of tax mimicking: a ten percent higher property tax rate in neighboring municipalities leads to a 3.5 percent higher tax rate. Mimicking is less pronounced in municipalities governed by coalitions backed by a large majority. This points to yardstick competition as th...