SMART CITY, SMART ADMINISTRATION AND SUSTAINIBLE DEVELOPMENT

Majlinda Keta ()

Romanian Economic Business Review, 2015, vol. 10, issue 3, 43-56

Abstract: Good society should recognize the past to build the necessary policies for the present, in order to ensure continuity and sustainability of development. Smart city pointing efficiently all natural and human resources ensures an increase in individual and social life. Smart City requires: more citizens, more education, and more professionalism. Secondary data and qualitative method of data collection through semi-structured interviews of public administration representatives about sustainable development issues related with public administration. 14 interviews were developed with public administrative representatives. The results show that the public administration has the main responsibility in providing services to meet the needs of "smart citizen ". The smart administration deals with smart and "open" managers that with their professionalism and citizenship are able to use the most efficient instruments to carry out their mission. Albanian public administration was is far from the concept of an efficient administration. The legal framework that frames its activity during 25 years has undergone some significant changes, which substantially damaged its sustainable development. The philosophy of these changes is not based on organic need of development services to the people but in the political approach that facilitates the political parties to have under their control public administration. Instruments used to educate a free thought are a necessity for the Albanian society. Philosophical education has its primary role to educate and increase the values that transmits human capital.

Keywords: philosophical education; smart city; sustainable development; smart administration; citezens (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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