Globalization challenges

Course: Local self-government

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service

Title
Globalization challenges
Code
ОК.17
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO2. Solve complex problems of local self-government system development, public administration in general, taking into account the requirements of the legislation, identify legal conflicts and problems, develop drafts of normative legal acts to eliminate them. PLO5. Identify priority areas for the implementation of e-government in the system of local self-government and the development of e-democracy. PLO8. Be able to communicate effectively, argue your position, use modern information and communication technologies in the field of local self-government based on social responsibility, legal and ethical standards. PLO10. Represent local governments and other public organizations and present the results of their activities to professionals and the general public. PLO14. Develop and implement measures to adapt and implement the best domestic and foreign practices in the activities of public authorities and other organizations in the public sphere.
Form of study
External form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The student has to: 1. Know: the basic principles of globalization and economic integration, the activities of economic entities, including the state, in the context of globalization, the benefits and challenges of the global economy; basics of legal regulation of foreign trade in Ukraine; theoretical foundations of enterprises’ analysis and diagnosis. 2. Be able to use analytical and statistical methods of economic information processing, work with national and international databases. 3. Possess the skills of analysis, synthesis, processing and visualization of statistical, sociological and other data, work with the legal framework, design and presentation of data using Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.).
Course content
Topic 1. The World Trade Organization (WTO) as the main institution for international free trade management: creation, operation and historical context Topic 2. Basic principles of decision-making in the context of international free trade Topic 3. The main tools for regulating international trade: GATT, GATS and TRIPS Topic 4. GATT еexceptions to the General Rules of International Free Trade Topic 5. EU Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/907 (as a real example for Ukraine) Topic 6. UN activities in the context of international trade Topic 7. Business and scientific communities awareness formation on export control Topic 8. Organization of export control systems on the example of individual countries
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Посібник з експортного контролю. URL: http://www.exportcontrol.in.ua/uk/ 2. Viktoriya Gura, Vitalii Novytskyi, Alim Sizov FinTech tools to regulate gray exports of military and dual use goods and technologies. Baltic Journal of Economic Studies. 2020. Vol. 6 No. 5. P. 83 – 88. Journal is available: www.baltijapublishing.lv/index.php/issue. 3. Introduction to International Strategic Trade Control Regimes. URL: INTRODUCTION to ISTC_2021.indd (ulg.ac.be). 4. The European Union Trade Control Regime of Items which could be used for Capital Punishment, Torture or Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. URL: Vademecum torture April 2020 (ulg.ac.be). 5. Q., Michel, S., Paile, M., Tsukanova, A., Viski, Controlling the Trade of Dual-Use Goods: A Handbook, Brussels: P.I.E. Peter Lang, Non-Proliferation and Security, 2013. 122 p. 6. Douglas A. Irwin, Petros C. Mavroidis, Alan O. Sykes The genesis of the GATT. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 314 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, tests, questioning, independent tasks, analytical tasks, presentations, exam
Assessment methods and criteria
Knowledge control is carried out according to the ECTS system, which provides for a two-level assessment of the learned material, including theoretical training assessment – which is 25% of the total assessment for the semester and practical training assessment – which is 75% of the overall assessment for the semester. - semester assessment: 1. Oral questioning, discussion 2. Module test 3. Individual analytical task 4. Independent work - final assessment: the form of final assessment is an exam. The form of the exam is a written work with tasks of different levels of complexity. -graduation evaluation: the final grade is defined as the sum of grades (points) for all successfully assessed learning outcomes during the semester (grades below the minimum threshold are not added to the final grade) and the grade obtained during the exam. The maximum number of points a student can receive is 100 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olha Volodymyrivna Berdanova
Department of Regional Policy
Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Regional Policy
Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service