provider offer<strong>in</strong>g “more for the same amount of money”thus market share of each company reveals the choicemade by customers, and the weakest players graduallyleave the market, regulated market does not provideopportunity for any its player to receive “too” big marketshare that on its turn may cause situation when theweakest players are artificially reta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the marketthus h<strong>in</strong>der<strong>in</strong>g customers to choose freely the mostoptimum service provider.Selective and sometimes asymmetric <strong>in</strong>fluence ofregulatory function on market players confirm author’shypothesis on the regulatory environment as an essentialfactor <strong>in</strong>fluenc<strong>in</strong>g competition and competitiveness ofcompanies that cannot be qualified as a sub-dimension ofany of Porter’s five competitive forces <strong>in</strong> the competitiveforces model.Author’s study proves that Public Management Input– Output model can be applied for activity evaluation ofNational Regulatory Authority (PUC) <strong>in</strong>Telecommunication’s Industry.REFERENCEShttp://eurostat.cec.eu.<strong>in</strong>t/, reviewed 16.02.2006Common Actions for Growth and Employment: TheCommunity Lisbon Programme, Communication fromthe Commission to the Council, Brussels, 2005,http://europa.eu.<strong>in</strong>t/growthandjobs/<strong>pdf</strong>/COM2005_330_en.<strong>pdf</strong>; reviewed 16.02.2006.Porter, M. (1979) “How competitive forces shapestrategy”, Harvard Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Review, March/April 1979.Porter, M. (1980) “Competitive Strategy”, The FreePress, New York, 1980, 397 pp.B<strong>in</strong>de, J. Konkurences spēki mobilo telekomunikācijunozarē Latvijā 1995.-2005. gads // Vadības z<strong>in</strong>ātne,Latvijas Universitātes raksti, submitted 28.02.2006Dictionary of bus<strong>in</strong>ess terms / Jack P. Friedman;contribut<strong>in</strong>g authors, Susanne S. Barnhill...[et al.]. 3rded., Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 2000, 768 pp.Niedrītis, J.Ē. Mārket<strong>in</strong>gs, Biznesa augstskola Turība,Rīga, 2001, 272 lpp.Porter, M.E. (2004) “Redef<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Competition <strong>in</strong> HealthCare”, Harvard Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Review, June 2004.Levits, E. Par līdztiesību likuma un tiesas priekšā, undiskrim<strong>in</strong>ācijas aizliegumu. Par Satversmes 91.pantu ,"Latvijas Vēstnesis", 08.05.2003.;http://www.politika.lv/<strong>in</strong>dex.php?id=109968&lang=lv,reviewed 15.02.2005The Oxford Dictionary for the Bus<strong>in</strong>ess World// OxfordUniversity Press, 1993, 707 pp.Brussels, 21.05.2003, COM (2003) 270 f<strong>in</strong>al;http://europa.eu.<strong>in</strong>t/eurlex/en/com/gpr/2003/com2003_0270en01.<strong>pdf</strong>, reviewed16.02.2006.Lew<strong>in</strong>, D. “The Impact of Regulation on InfrastructureInvestment”, Presentation <strong>in</strong> GSM Europe sem<strong>in</strong>ar,Brussels, 25.11.2003.Karnītis, E. No monopolu regulēšanas līdz konkurencei,„Kapitāls”, Aprīlis, 2002., 50.-54. lpp.SPRK 2004.gada publiskais pārskats„Latvijas Republikas elektronisko sakaru nozarespolitikas pamatnostādnes 2004. - 2008.gadam”,http://www.sprk.gov.lv/doc_upl/LR_sakaru_nozares_pamatnostadnes_04-08.doc, reviewed 15.02.2005Osborne, D., Gaebler, T. Re<strong>in</strong>vent<strong>in</strong>g Government: Howthe Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transform<strong>in</strong>g the PublicSector. New York: Addison – Wesley Publish<strong>in</strong>g Co,1992, 405 pp.Pollitt, C., Bouckaert, G. Public Management Reform: AComparative Analysis. New York: Oxford UniversityPress, 2000, 368 pp.Vanags, E., Vilka I., Pašvaldību darbība un attīstība,Latvijas Universitātes Akadēmiskais apgāds, Rīga, 2005,384 lpp.BIOGRAPHYJuris B<strong>in</strong>de is the Chairman of the Management Boardand CEO of the Latvia’s mobile telephone companyLatvijas Mobilais Telefons s<strong>in</strong>ce 1992. He hadpreviously worked as the Director of the TechnologicalDepartment of the VEF Scientific Research Institute <strong>in</strong>Riga. Graduated with Dipl. Ing. <strong>in</strong> radio electronics fromthe Riga Politechnical Institute 1978 and has done postgraduateworks <strong>in</strong> Germany, Sweden and the UnitedStates (Columbia University). He is the author of 33scholarly publications and holds three patents. In 1993,he was awarded the Janis L<strong>in</strong>ters Award for hiscontributions <strong>in</strong> the development of Latvia’stelecommunications sector, and <strong>in</strong> 2001, he was awardedthe Order of Three Stars, which is Latvia’s highestcivilian honor. Vice president of the Latvian In<strong>format</strong>ionand Communication Technologies Association (LIKTA).Annual <strong>Proceed<strong>in</strong>gs</strong> of Vidzeme University College “ICTE <strong>in</strong> Regional Development”, 200686
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MOTIVATING LATVIAN PROVINCES TO TAKE ADVANTAGESON OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY ESFJuris Lavendels 1 , Vjaceslavs Sitikovs 2Riga Technical University1, Kalku Street, Riga LV-1658, Latvia1 E-mail: jurisl@cs.rtu.lv2 E-mail: vss@latnet.lvKEYWORDSEuropean Structural Funds, regional development,project application, e-Environment, further educationABSTRACTStatistical data of utilization of the means of EuropeanSocial Fund <strong>in</strong> Latvia shows that its largest part ends up<strong>in</strong> Riga. First of all, this is due to relatively small amountof applications submitted from regional entities. Fromour po<strong>in</strong>t of view, the ma<strong>in</strong> reason is the preconceptionthat the preparations of applications are too complicatedand this assumption causes <strong>in</strong>credibility <strong>in</strong> own forces.We consider one way to improve the situation to be theappropriate cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g education of regional entities’representatives and <strong>in</strong>habitants, giv<strong>in</strong>g them the sameknowledge and skills as <strong>in</strong> metropolis <strong>in</strong> issues related tothe submission of applications. This education envisagesdistance learn<strong>in</strong>g, which would <strong>in</strong>crease theircompetitiveness <strong>in</strong> National programs, open calls andgrants. The follow<strong>in</strong>g steps are required:• Develop<strong>in</strong>g environment for the preparation ofteach<strong>in</strong>g materials <strong>in</strong> computerized form;• Develop<strong>in</strong>g the course of ESF projects’ applicationand implementation;• Fulfill<strong>in</strong>g the course;• Provid<strong>in</strong>g up-to-date <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion about ESFactivities dur<strong>in</strong>g the implementation of projects;• Provid<strong>in</strong>g conditions for course studies also afterproject completeness.To promote the raise of regional competitivenesscapacity to attract European Structural Funds’ resourcesRiga Technical university (RTU) participates <strong>in</strong> ESFopen call 3.2.4.2. “Enhancement of the economicallyrelevant cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g opportunities” (MoES andAVED 2004) with the application “In<strong>format</strong>ionalTechnologies for motivat<strong>in</strong>g Latvian prov<strong>in</strong>ces to takeadvantages of opportunities provided by ESF”(here<strong>in</strong>after Project). Project’s urgency is confirmed <strong>in</strong>2006 on 8th of February by ESF governance committeeconvention (FM 2006), where new national program“Regional EU structure fund <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ional centreestablishment and activity” was reconciled, that solvesproblems touched <strong>in</strong> Project <strong>in</strong> highest level.The aim of this article is to acqua<strong>in</strong>t Latvian prov<strong>in</strong>cescommunity, especially regional high schools’ employeeswith projects’ applications, to stimulate discussion aboutattraction the resources of European Structural Funds <strong>in</strong>Latvian prov<strong>in</strong>ces.GENERAL AIMProjects’ general aim is to facilitate human resources’development and encourage improvement of situation <strong>in</strong>labour market by secur<strong>in</strong>g high level of employment andstruggle aga<strong>in</strong>st unemployment, as well as realiz<strong>in</strong>gequalization of regional economical dist<strong>in</strong>ction. To ga<strong>in</strong>the aim it is necessary to stimulate Latvian prov<strong>in</strong>ces’organizations and <strong>in</strong>habitants to ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> situationimprovement <strong>in</strong> regions, <strong>in</strong>t. al. to employ abilities,which offer EU fund activities both <strong>in</strong> form of Nationalprogram, and projects’ competition form, that Project ispo<strong>in</strong>ted at.Project envisages the set of concrete measures, whichwill make possible prov<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>in</strong>habitants to get ma<strong>in</strong>knowledge <strong>in</strong> their places of adobe to participatesuccessfully <strong>in</strong> ESF activities, thus to stimulate bothpersonal situation improvement, and regionaldevelopment.Project will contribute average-term aims def<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>S<strong>in</strong>gle Programm<strong>in</strong>g Document (SPD 2004) andProgramme Complement (PC 2004) – competitionability’s development and employment improvement,human resources development and <strong>in</strong>frastructureimprovement, as well as structural policy’s horizontalaim follow<strong>in</strong>g-up – <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion society’s <strong>format</strong>ion,region development and gender equality. Project workresults will further valuable accession of the Republic ofLatvia to the European Union.GENDER EQUALITYCurrently <strong>in</strong> prov<strong>in</strong>ces is appreciable level ofunemployment, usually limited demand is for lowqualifiedrough labour performers, and thus prov<strong>in</strong>ces’women have worse employment opportunities than men.Annual <strong>Proceed<strong>in</strong>gs</strong> of Vidzeme University College “ICTE <strong>in</strong> Regional Development”, 200687
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