Local Government’s Engagement in Integrating Emergency and ICT Policy Making

6 Pages Posted: 3 Jan 2019

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Venelin Terziev

Georgi Rakovski Military Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Vesela Radovic

Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

Ekaterina Arabska

University of Agribusiness and Rural Development; Vasil Levski National Military University; Innovations and Sustainability Academy

Date Written: November 2, 2018

Abstract

The role of local authorities has been recognized as a base for improving human security and community well being in the twenty-first century. This role can be enormously improved with the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Emergency management is a fundamental challenge for public administration in any country, particularly at the local level. The problems facing less developed countries, characterized by regional inequalities, are among the greatest challenges facing the world today and this issue is of paramount importance for human security and sustainable development. Local authorities have provided the foundation for the current focus on adequate emergency management in the affected territory. The main goal of the research presented here is to discuss how local authorities could improve the safety of citizens by creating a specific policy which is going to integrate the actions of emergency services and the use of ICTs at the same time. ICTs have the potential to raise local income and improve emergency response at the local level and human security. ICTs can enable a two way communication between citizens and local authorities, potentially resulting in profound changes in local emergency management processes, as well as in the outcomes of social innovation processes. The methodology used in this article is standard for social research: appropriate data is examined in a comparative/historical analysis in this “desktop study”. The results confirm that there has been a consistent institutional and political lag in local public administration, which has yet to recognize emergency management in the mainstream of its activities or use ICTs in an adequate scope in the process of enhancing human security in communities.

Keywords: local authority, emergency, ICTs, policy, sustainability

JEL Classification: I00, I20, R50

Suggested Citation

Terziev, Venelin and Radovic, Vesela and Arabska, Ekaterina, Local Government’s Engagement in Integrating Emergency and ICT Policy Making (November 2, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3303734 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3303734

Venelin Terziev (Contact Author)

Georgi Rakovski Military Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria ( email )

Sofia, 1000
Bulgaria

Vesela Radovic

Institute for Multidisciplinary Research ( email )

Kneza Viseslava 1
Beograd, 11000
Serbia

Ekaterina Arabska

University of Agribusiness and Rural Development ( email )

78, Dunav Blvd.
Plovdiv, Plovdiv 4003
Bulgaria

Vasil Levski National Military University ( email )

Veliko Tarnovo
Bulgaria

Innovations and Sustainability Academy ( email )

1, Lotos Str.
Plovdiv, 4006
Bulgaria

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