Courses

Training of skills in investigating the social support network

The study of social support has mushroomed over the last decade without consensus on a theoretical or empirical definition of social support. The prospective studies have used the terms “social network“, “social relationships“, “social support“, “social ties“, and “social activity” to refer to essentially the same phenomena-the existence, number, and frequency of social relationships. Socialread more inside

Cross-Border Cooperation – tool for increasing social cohesion

Cross-border cooperation has taken many forms over time at the European level. Thus, the first forms of cross-border cooperation at the European level were the Euroregions or other more recent forms, the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation EGTC. All forms of cross-border cooperation at European level have been shown to be functional, achieving their proposedread more inside

Cohesive society and development in the border regions of central and eastern Europe

Economic growth, one of the major objectives of the European Union’s Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion Policy, is also generating income disparities and deepening poverty among vulnerable population groups in communities in EU Member States. The failure to distribute wealth evenly generates social problems which, if not addressed and managed well by governments, can leadread more inside