Union Parishads (councils) being the century old rural local government in Bangladesh are yet to fulfill the expectations of rural citizen which is mainly due to own resources constraints including miserable local resources mobilization. This paper focuses on Union Parishads recent revenue trend and performance from five years secondary data (2003-2007) and primary data collected from Parishad ...

resources directly into the Community at the Neighborhood level. Our "Neighborhood Technology Master Family", "Youth Technology Corps" and "Community Technology Advisory Councils" are the tools by which we create effective, actively used Community level Internet resources. Three essential "Change Agents" within our programs. RAIN begins use of two "Internet Bus" vehicles in September 1999. Each...

This commentary is a reflection on the lives of two men, whose qualities seem to reflect those needed in the establishment of the academic discipline of rural and remote medicine in Australia. The two men displayed three characteristics which those involved in change require: they were there; they equipped themselves to make a difference; they were not afraid of where change might take them. If...

The article examines the scope of using local fees by Polish rural municipalities in years 2015–2020. first section contains a literature review, definitions and functions fees. second one focuses on powers councils to establish their construction. Next, results research conducted verify hypotheses are presented. concludes with recommendations which may encourage collect

BACKGROUND Legislation demands the establishment of client councils in Dutch nursing homes and residential care facilities. The members of those councils are residents or their representatives. Client councils have the right to participate in the strategic management of long-term care facilities. More specifically, they need to be consulted regarding organisational issues and a right to consent...

purpose: the rural master plan is one of the most fundamental measures implemented in iran. considering the implementation trend of these plans, their assessment is essential for rural improvement planning. the purpose of this study is to assess the physical, economic and social effects of the master plan in neyshabour county. methodology: this study is an applied study. the research method emp...

In long-term care facilities, the participation of older people relates to individual care provision (individual level) and to policy decisions that affect all residents in a care organization (collective level). In the Netherlands, resident councils are set up in order to improve resident participation on a collective level. However, our research shows that managers and resident councils are f...

Coordinating councils are frequently formed to promote a coordinated response to complex social issues (e.g., community health, violence prevention). Little is known, to date, however, about council effectiveness. Prior research on council effectiveness and the correlates of effectiveness have typically relied on case studies. While case studies provide rich descriptive information about the fu...

BACKGROUND In late 2007, some Swedish County Councils started 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) implementation for children, and PCV7 was included in the national immunization program in 2009. By 2010, both PCV10 and PCV13 were licensed, and the selection of vaccine was subject to County Councils tenders. This study investigated the impact of the order of PCV introduction into vacc...

The article presents the results of a questionnaire survey schoolchildren (N = 1180) living in cities with different populations and rural areas. purpose study was to relationship between membership children's public organisation social activity children, their ability participate solving various issues, including issues affecting interests. resources limitations respondents included not organi...