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  • The role of regional development agencies in being social responsible and innovative [Elektronski vir] : case study Chance4Change project
    Potočnik, Amna ; Mulej, Matjaž ; Šarotar Žižek, Simona
    Neoclassical Economics and Economic Geography had the largest impact on the Slovenian regional development since the seventies in the 20 th century. Joining the EU had its impact on regional ... development planning, especially with the preparation and implementation of Regional development programs, the first for the period 2004-06 and the second for the period 2007-2013. 12 development regions were established at the NUTS III level. The current economic crisis shows, that the European and therefore also national development policies are not sufficient to shrink the divergence between the regions. But if the profit is not the ultimate goal (and neither is the competitiveness), what should be put in the centre of humankindʼs care? With the Dialectical Systems Theory we can show, that the regional development is complex and complicated in nature and the humankind is endangered by entropy against which we can beat only with induction of innovative changes (that are constant parts of development). Consequently: if we strive for progress (and not only development in this or that direction) in regional development,the processes, the mechanisms and the tools for generating new and useful (and only such!) novelties should be set up. Regional innovation therefore is in the centre of sustainable development. Part of sustainable development is social responsibility. Bearing in mind that the progress can be achieved only by acting socially responsibly, the Chance4Change project was initiated. Its objectives and implementation will be presented to show that there is always the possibility for change - in individuals as well as in humankind.
    Source: Education and communication for more social responsibility [Elektronski vir] : conference proceedings = Izobraževanje in komuniciranje za več družbene odgovornosti : zbornik prispevkov ([9] str.)
    Type of material - conference contribution
    Publish date - 2013
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 11347228

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