Managing the transition to work: the role of the planning network in British town planning education

The development of town planning education in the United Kingdom can be traced back over at least sixty years and has always enjoyed a close relationship with practitioners, employers and the professional body, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). In order to ensure an intake of sufficient quality to a growing profession, the Institute offered its own exams until the 1980s and then initiated the current system of accrediting both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of study. This system of accreditation emphasises the importance of relevant knowledge, skills and values as well as core and specialised studies. The vocational nature of town planning requires that graduates have the breadth of understanding as well as the practical skills in order to practice effectively. Thus accredited courses have over time developed strong links with employers and practitioners. Rapid developments in the scope and range of planning, and the skills needed to work in it, have reflected changes in public policy and growing number of agencies concerned with the built environment. The system of regular quinquennial visits to accredit courses has helped ensure that this acceptance of change has become part of the culture of planning schools.

A política pública de reordenamento da rede escolar : perspetivas de atores em relação à intervenção autárquica em matéria relativa a agrupamentos de escolas

Dissertação de mestrado, Ciências da Educação (Administração Educacional), Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação, 2014

Transformation or bureaucratisation?: the changing role of community representation in local strategic partnerships in England

The debate about the need to build social capital and to engage local communities in public policy has become a central issue in many advanced liberal societies and developing countries. In many countries new forms of governance have emerged out of a growing realisation that representative democracy by itself is no longer sufficient. One of the most significant public policy trends in the UK has been the involvement of community organisations and their members in the delivery of national policy, mediated through local systems of governance and management. One such policy area is urban regeneration. Central government now requires local authorities in England to set up Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) to bring together stakeholders who can prepare Community Strategies and deliver social and economic programmes which target areas of deprivation. This paper reviews the key institutional processes which must be addressed, such as representation, accountability and transformation.

Programa Mais Educação : um instrumento para uma política educativa integral no Brasil

Tese de mestrado, Ciências da Educação (Área de especialidade em Administração Educacional), Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação, 2015

Regeneration: the inner city in context

This chapter (12) reviews key publications by Sir Peter Hall in the period 1967-79. In this period he was particularly interested in the 'inner city' and how problems of deprivation, unemployment, poor housing, and increasingly immigration might best be addressed by public policy. Each chapter in the book reviews Sir Peter's publications over a long and distinguished career in research and policy advice to government in honour of his 80th birthday in 2013.

Evaluation of dynamic pass-through of carbon prices into electricity prices – a cointegrated VECM analysis

This paper addresses the impact of the CO2 opportunity cost on the wholesale electricity price in the context of the Iberian electricity market (MIBEL), namely on the Portuguese system, for the period corresponding to the Phase II of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). In the econometric analysis a vector error correction model (VECM) is specified to estimate both long–run equilibrium relations and short–run interactions between the electricity price and the fuel (natural gas and coal) and carbon prices. The model is estimated using daily spot market prices and the four commodities prices are jointly modelled as endogenous variables. Moreover, a set of exogenous variables is incorporated in order to account for the electricity demand conditions (temperature) and the electricity generation mix (quantity of electricity traded according the technology used). The outcomes for the Portuguese electricity system suggest that the dynamic pass–through of carbon prices into electricity prices is strongly significant and a long–run elasticity was estimated (equilibrium relation) that is aligned with studies that have been conducted for other markets.

O tempo, um grande escultor

Mestrado em Educação e Intervenção Social - Desenvolvimento Comunitário e Educação de Adultos

Petróleo: um contributo para o desenvolvimento em São Tomé e Príncipe

São Tomé Príncipe é um dos países mais pobres do mundo totalmente dependente da ajuda externa. Desde a independência, a 12 de Julho de 1975, o país mergulhou num clima de instabilidade sociopolítica e de pobreza que vem afetando e condicionando o desenvolvimento socioeconómico da sociedade santomense. A fraca capacidade governativa dos dirigentes e a falta de consenso na classe política, as sucessivas quedas de governo, o elitismo e o favoritismo reinante tornam quase impossível que se encontre um caminho consensual para que o país possa efetivamente sair da situação de pobreza em que se encontra e começar a dar passos significativos rumo ao desenvolvimento e ao progresso. Sendo um país com imensos problemas estruturais, que se vão agravando com o passar dos anos, São Tomé e Príncipe é um país extremamente frágil, onde a pobreza atinge a maior parte da população. A instabilidade política e social que se vive no país impede que a classe política nacional seja capaz de chegar a um entendimento para o progresso socioeconómico da nação. São Tomé e Príncipe é um país que dispõe de inúmeras potencialidades naturais, muitas delas continuam a ser mal aproveitadas devido à ausência de uma estratégia concertada que conduza o país ao desenvolvimento. Mas para que aconteça é imprescindível que os órgãos decisores do país sejam capazes de primar por políticas credíveis, transparentes e viáveis, para que o progresso e desenvolvimento tão desejado pela sociedade santomense não seja apenas um sonho. Com a descoberta do petróleo no território santomense, a nação tem depositado todas as suas esperanças na exploração petrolífera e que com a arrecadação das receitas daí provenientes o país começará a trilhar o caminho do desenvolvimento e do progresso.

The role of guarantees in pension plan design: Pension saving decisions

This study centers on the assessment of psychological value of guarantees in pension products and the behavior biases associated with choice. When a guarantee on a product increases from 99% to 99,5% less than half of respondents show willingness to pay in contrast with 73% when going from 99,5% to 100%. Out of 105 respondents, 55 show that their choices concerning pension products are inconsistent with classic utility theory. Financial background proves insignificant thus pointing to behavioral biases. As individuals make choices that leave them worse-off, we argue that pension plan design would highly benefit from public policy interventions.

Modelos de gestão pública e as opções de reforma do XIX governo constitucional: análise do discurso

Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão e Políticas Públicas

De mãos dadas com a escola:a participação dos encarregados de educação do 2.º ciclo da Escola EB 2,3 Barbosa du Bocage

Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciências Sociais na especialidade de Sociologia

Prévention des maladies et promotion de la santé: propositions pour une stratégie vaudoise : stratégie dans quelques régions : complément au rapport de mars 2007

[Table des matières] Introduction. 2 Stratégies de prévention dans d'autres régions. 3. Australie (Australian Better Health Initiative 2006-2010). 4. Royaume-Uni. 5. Suisse. 5.1 En résumé ... 5.2 Vers une loi fédérale (?) 5.3 Suisse : synopsis. 6. Saint-Gall. 6.1 Poids corporel sain pour les enfants. 6.2 Santé au travail. 6.3 Dépendances. 6.4 Prévention et promotion de la santé dans les communes. 6.5 Saint-Gall : synopsis. 7. Valais. 8. Tessin. 8.1 Canton du Tessin : Synopsis I (programme général). 8.2 Canton du Tessin : Synopsis II (activités en cours). Annexe 1 : 21 buts de santé pour la Suisse (Santé Publique Suisse). Annexe 2 : 7 thèses sur la nouvelle réglementation de la prévention et de la promotion de la santé en Suisse (Office fédéral de la santé publique).

Corporate political activity and firm outcomes: A meta-analysis

Using meta-analytic methods on a sample of 74 studies, we explore the links between CPA and public policy outcomes, and between CPA and firm outcomes. We find that CPA has at best a weak effect and that it appears to be better at maintaining public policy than changing them.