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  RESEARCH OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INFLUENCE ON THE ECONOMY

  The presence of an up-to-date and sophisticated infrastructure signifies a fundamental stimulus for economic growth and hence raising people’s standard of living. Throughout its economic development our country needs fresh and unconventional decision-making in public servicing as well as modernization of infrastructure and public utilities. ... The presence of an up-to-date and sophisticated infrastructure signifies a fundamental stimulus for economic growth and hence raising people’s standard of living. Throughout its economic development our country needs fresh and unconventional decision-making in public servicing as well as modernization of infrastructure and public utilities. International experience reveals that public-private partnership (PPP) has turned out to be the most successful financial tool to provide funding for public infrastructure in times when central government and municipalities lack the necessary financial resources on the one hand and maximum effectiveness of invested capital is imperative on the other. This project relies on the theoretical consideration of the essence of public-private partnerships as well as empirical research of some operating public-private partnerships in Veliko Tarnovo region.

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  THE EFFECT OF INNOVATIVE INFORMATION AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AT TSENOV ACADEMY OF ECONOMICS

  The wider introduction of modern IT in all spheres of public life, and especially in modern teaching and learning has lead to the growing recognition of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) as an innovative method for improving the quality of foreign-languages learning. The indexes of improved quality of teaching and education by applying ... The wider introduction of modern IT in all spheres of public life, and especially in modern teaching and learning has lead to the growing recognition of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) as an innovative method for improving the quality of foreign-languages learning. The indexes of improved quality of teaching and education by applying the Computer-Assisted Language Learning method include increased productiveness and efficiency of the learning process, as well as better accessibility and convenience, alongside higher motivation of students and tutors and overall institutional efficiency. In this paper, we have tried to present some key theoretical concepts regarding the efficiency of innovative methods in foreign languages teaching, as well as potential for their deployment in academic practice. The paper also summarises the findings of the research we conducted with the project The Effect of Innovative Information and Computer Technologies on Foreign Languages Teaching at Tsenov Academy of Economics in a pursuit of improving further the foreign-languages teaching process at the Academy by adding more value to the educational product.

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  RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF APPLICATION OF VIRTUALIZATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS,TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

  The global financial crisis set the modern companies several challenges associated with effective management and use of available resources and to optimize and reduce financial costs. Systems virtualization is one of the solutions that help to reduce the necessary equipment for an organization by optimizing use of existing hardware, combined with ... The global financial crisis set the modern companies several challenges associated with effective management and use of available resources and to optimize and reduce financial costs. Systems virtualization is one of the solutions that help to reduce the necessary equipment for an organization by optimizing use of existing hardware, combined with increasing fault tolerance of systems as well as easier maintenance and management of existing IT resources, which in turn reducing the incidental expenses of the organization for the maintenance of IT equipment. Project implementation in the Academy reduce the total number of supported physical servers, removing part of the accompanying infrastructure, reducing the cost of redundancy, maintenance, spare parts and consumed electric power, coupled with easier management, increased performance and increased fault tolerance. The developed virtual environment helped to build a test environment in which teachers, students and IT professionals from Academic Computer Centre may, in real conditions to test the latest software solutions and services without creating a risk for the normal functioning of the existing IT infrastructure for administrative and teaching within the Academy.