The scientific paper analyzes social policy, especially poverty like components of this. We identify the main objectives of social policy, the legal framework at national and European levels, making references at indicators that determine the level of poverty in our country. The poverty is a...

The aim of this paper is to analyse the experiences of creation, implementation and development of the competency framework of the Estonian top civil service and the possibilities of contributing to the attainment of the state’s strategic goals through the development of the competencies of...

The present stage of social development is characterized by dynamic uncertainty. Both business organizations and public sector organizations are under pressure, driven by the necessity to perform their key activity in terms of continuous requirements for cost cutting and penury of time and human...

The paper presents the procedures for the selection of top-ranking officials pursuant to the Civil Servants Act, applied in the work of the Officials Council of the Republic of Slovenia and its special competition commissions between 2003 and 2011. Seven years from the adoption of the Civil...