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  MODELING DEBT CAPACITY OF MUNICIPALITIES UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION

  The main aim of this paper is to investigate the debt capacity of the Bulgarian municipalities as an area of the municipality finance, requiring decision-making based on modern methodology. Those decisions are exceeding the traditional one year planning horizon. With the introduction of the multy-year models for budgeting and analyses of the ... The main aim of this paper is to investigate the debt capacity of the Bulgarian municipalities as an area of the municipality finance, requiring decision-making based on modern methodology. Those decisions are exceeding the traditional one year planning horizon. With the introduction of the multy-year models for budgeting and analyses of the capacity of municipalities’ debt issue it is allowed to consider with the unique characteristics of the municipality debt-issuer. Such approach enlarges the capabilities in front of the municipal financial management. Therefore it is confirmed that Bulgarian municipalities are able to maximize the effects of absorption of operating programs funds through development of the capacity of co-finance, including debt issue. Such policy could be introduced in borders, guarantying acceptable debt services under the conditions of various, multiyear scenarios for the development of the local community under the condition of fiscal decentralization.

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  STUDY THE IMPACT OF AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT KNOWLEDGE IN THE ABSORPTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL TO DISTANCE LEARNING

  The penetration of Internet and new information technologies opens new possibilities in universities, giving them new ways to distribute their educational products, while they face stiff competition from the new general market. One possible answer to this challenge is distance learning, as one of the most promising and attractive educational ... The penetration of Internet and new information technologies opens new possibilities in universities, giving them new ways to distribute their educational products, while they face stiff competition from the new general market. One possible answer to this challenge is distance learning, as one of the most promising and attractive educational products over the past decade. Its low cost, high quality and lack of need to disengage from work and / or place of residence, make it an attractive product both for managers seeking to improve their qualifications and the less educated strata of society who lack access to traditional education.

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  RETROSPECT, DIAGNOSTICS AND PROGNOSIS OF GDP IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LISBON STRATEGY

  The research has a theoretical and practical aspect, it also has an applied character and it is focused on the realistic picture of the starting position of the Republic of Bulgaria on its way of the accelerated development in the context of the goals, resulting from the decisions of the Lisbon Strategy. GDP is the most important synthetic ... The research has a theoretical and practical aspect, it also has an applied character and it is focused on the realistic picture of the starting position of the Republic of Bulgaria on its way of the accelerated development in the context of the goals, resulting from the decisions of the Lisbon Strategy. GDP is the most important synthetic macroeconomic indicator, characterizing the effectiveness of the economic system’s functioning. GDP is strongly dependent on the productivity and the economic competitiveness. From this point of view any research of the GDP is a question of present interest and it is an expression of the desire to make some contribution to the Bulgarian nation’s ambition to be an equal partner in the European and the World institutions. We will try, on the basis of the research results, to outlay the priority aspects, which should be the basic aim of the Government authorities in the country in order to achieve evident positive turning point in the growth rate of GDP, as the basic aim is to increase these growth rates in order to gain on the European standards.