Provision of social services on the platform of inter-municipal cooperation in the Czech Republic

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.34135/sjpppa.240104" target="_blank" >10.34135/sjpppa.240104</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Provision of social services on the platform of inter-municipal cooperation in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The main objective of this paper is to evaluate the potential of inter-municipal cooperation for the provision of social services. It seeks to answer whether inter-municipal cooperation is an appropriate form of social service provision and whether the concept of integrated care is an appropriate framework for social service provision. A qualitative research strategy is employed. It is dominated by a case study, which in part underpins the findings and opinions presented in this paper. The object of the case study research is an organization providing social services and health services in the Czech Republic in their interconnection and continuity. The analyses and findings of this paper follow the case study. In the Czech Republic, 19.1% of the total number of registered social services are provided directly by municipal contributory organizations established by them. The share of resources decided by municipalities in their independent competence from those not under direct decision-making by central authorities is 31.7%. The legal conditions for inter-municipal cooperation in the Czech Republic allow for the delegation of elements of municipal autonomy to municipal associations. The results presented in this paper show that inter-municipal cooperation is a possible and appropriate form of social service provision and that linking social services provided on the platform of inter-municipal cooperation and the concept of integrated care, specifically in the model of Integrated Community Care, is mutually beneficial and productive.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Slovak journal of public policy and public administration

ISSN

1339-5637

e-ISSN

1339-7826

Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

66-80

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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