scholarly journals Problems of modern aircraft maintenance

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-145
Author(s):  
M. A. Kovalev ◽  
I. V. Poddubniy
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Aircraft Maintenance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Industrial Structures ◽  
Current State ◽  
Maintenance Systems ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The paper presents a comparison of the legal framework and the legal work carried out in the USSR, the European Union and in the post-Soviet period in Russia. The current state of the Russian civil aviation fleet, the systems of aircraft maintenance and the main problems of civil aviation development in Russia are considered. From this consideration it follows that the number of aircraft in Russia is increasing every year, alongside with the need for their maintenance. However, the construction of maintenance systems in accordance with outdated rules and regulations makes them unviable. On the basis of the analysis, a conclusion is made that it is necessary to search for optimal models of industrial structures of cost-effective aircraft maintenance organizations and the feasibility of using mathematical modeling methods for these purposes.

scholarly journals Learning from incidents in aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness: regulation, practice and gaps

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Clare ◽  
Kyriakos I. Kourousis
Keyword(s):  
Aviation Safety ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Aircraft Maintenance ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Safety Systems ◽  
Incident Learning

Purpose The ability to learn from previous events in support of preventing future similar events is a valuable attribute of aviation safety systems. A primary constituent of this mechanism is the reporting of incidents and its importance in support of developing learning material. Many regulatory requirements clearly define a structure for the use of learning material through organisational and procedural continuation training programmes. This paper aims to review aviation regulation and practice, highlighting the importance of learning as a key tenet of safety performance. Design/methodology/approach Applicable International Civil Aviation Organisation requirements and the European Union (EU) regulation in aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness management have been critically reviewed through content analysis. Findings This review has identified gaps in the European implementing rules that could be addressed in the future to support a more effective approach to the delivery of lessons in the aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness management sector. These include light-touch of learning and guidance requirements, lack of methodologies for the augmentation of safety culture assessment, absence of competence requirements for human factors trainers and lack of guidance on standardised root-cause analyses. Practical implications This paper offers aviation safety practitioners working within the European Aviation Safety Agency regulatory regime an insight into important matters affecting the ability to learn from incidents. Originality/value This paper evaluates critically and independently the regulation and practice that can affect the ability of EU regulated aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness management organisations to learn from incidents. The outputs from this research present a fresh and independent view of organisational practices that, if left unchecked, are capable of impeding the incident learning process.

Does the Current State of Environmental Impact Assessment in Armenia Pose a Challenge for the Future?

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950004
Author(s):  
Sophya Geghamyan ◽  
Katarina Pavlickova
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Current State

Many post-Soviet countries are still improving their Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) systems, and Armenia is no exception. In recent years, approximation to and harmonisation with the laws of the European Union has seen Armenia increasingly adopt and apply EU regulations and directives, and this process was supported by adoption of the new law on EIA and Expertise in 2014. The main objectives of this study are to review and analyse the current state of the Armenian EIA system and to assess its legal framework. We applied a method divided into two parts: review and analysis of the legislative aspects of the EIA system in Armenia and the circulation of a survey-questionnaire to EIA experts to establish current practices. The findings of this research provided positive and negative factors which can both be used to improve the assessment system in Armenia. While the most significant EIA strength combines the existence of a systematic law and public involvement in this process, the law has weaknesses in its monitoring, informative and quality control provisions. Moreover, public participation has many weaknesses in practice, including the definition of stakeholders and the lack of guidelines and manuals which challenges expert action. Finally, this paper has explored the major positives and negatives of the Armenian EIA system in practice, and we consider that this should help other Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries define and combat the challenges of their EIA systems.

Improving public works’ value for money: a new procurement strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Marinelli ◽  
Fani Antoniou
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Data ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Public Works ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Efficient Design ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Procurement Strategy

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a new procurement strategy with the aim to achieve higher value for money (VFM) in public works delivery. Its main innovation lies in the possibility of optional submission of cost-efficient design variants by any interested contractor within the context of an open procedure. The final scope of works incorporates the variants approved, and all contractors are invited to submit a bid for the revised scope and budget. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a piece of applied research presenting the development of a new, cost-effective procurement strategy for public works, geared at the European Union (EU) legal framework. The strategy’s feature compilation has been based on comprehensive literature review while numerical data from a real world project were used to demonstrate its financial advantages. Findings The proposed strategy enables the delivery of the best value project at the lowest cost possible. This is achieved through ensuring high competition among competent contractors, improving the cost efficiency of technical solutions, discouraging future scope changes and establishing objectivity, fairness and transparency in the process of contract award. Practical implications The use of the proposed strategy results in public projects of enhanced VFM, reduced constructability issues and less scope changes during the construction stage. Originality/value The proposed strategy marks a new approach in procurement which enables the delivery of best VFM in public works. Therefore, it makes a valuable contribution towards the achievement of the overarching EU target for efficient public spending.

The Evolution of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Current Challenges of a Disintegrated Neighbourhood

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narine Ghazaryan
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
European Neighbourhood Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Current State ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The Eu

The paper traces the evolution of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) since its origins until the present day. The ENP was initiated in 2003 attracting vast institutional and scholarly interest in its various aspects. The extraordinary events of the Arab Spring revolutions in the Southern neighbourhood prompted a renewed interest towards the ENP despite the internal economic turmoil faced by the European Union (EU) and its Member States. The EU institutions undertook a substantive revision of the policy in 2011 in addition to the regional split that had taken place previously. The legal framework of the ENP, comprising its objectives, methodology and instruments, is analysed to reveal the various stages of the existence of the policy and the shortcomings undermining its success. The initial stage of policy formation, the subsequent impact of the Treaty of Lisbon, and the most current state of affairs with a regional emphasis will be addressed in sequence.   Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.22215/rera.v7i1.211

Re-Addressing the Harmonisation of European Takeover Law post-Brexit

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-340
Author(s):  
Lars Ruf
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Us ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
The Eu

The EU Takeover Directive from 2004 has attempted to harmonise Takeover Law within the European Union. The UK’s legal framework governing takeovers served as somewhat of a role model for it. Therefore, Brexit gives rise to the question as to whether the Directive could undergo a reform within the foreseeable future. This paper aims to re-address the harmonisation of European Takeover Law post-Brexit by examining how UK and US Takeover Law could potentially influence its reform. It will be made apparent how the UK’s role in European Takeover Law suggests that Brexit might actually lead to its reform, which is most likely going to drive the respective legal frameworks further apart. Another significant finding concerns the comparability of the US and EU governmental system, which indicates that the foreseeable development of European Takeover Law could be prone to issues which appear in the US. In order to overcome several difficulties that European Takeover Law will face, the paper makes two recommendations. With regard to a regulatory reform at the current state of research, the EU should take a neutral approach by providing companies with an optional framework governing Takeover Law. In order to determine which provisions are desirable for the creation of shareholder value, it is submitted that further research in this field should be encouraged. a

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Transformations in Estonia in the Post-Soviet Period: The Experience of Modernization Changes

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (515) ◽  
pp. 72-81
Author(s):  
M. Y. Onatsky ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Business Climate ◽  
Fixed Rate ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The article considers the peculiarities of socio-economic transformation in Estonia in the post-Soviet period. The specifics of the transition to a market model of the economy in the country are highlighted. It is specified that the first steps towards market transformations were liberalization of both pricing policy and economic activity; introduction of a special regime of the credit and monetary policy – the currency council, which provided for the free exchange of national currency at a clearly fixed rate; reorganization of the mechanism of management of Estonia’s banking system. It was found out that the nature of market transformations that took place in the Republic of Estonia was largely determined by the country’s foreign policy course towards Euro-Atlantic integration. The author discloses peculiarities of the privatization process in Estonia, the main difference of which was its clear legislative regulation, which helped to avoid numerous financial pyramids and voucher auctions, as it was in other countries of the post-Soviet space. The specifics of socio-economic development of the Republic of Estonia after accession to the European Union and NATO are shown. Tax reform as an important component of creating a favorable investment and business climate in the country is analyzed. The process of modernization of the Estonian energy sector from the point of view of ensuring energy independence and improving the energy efficiency of the State economy has been studied. This was possible due to the implementation of the program of modernization of the energy sector, one of the components of which was the widespread introduction of energy-saving technologies, including the use of alternative energy sources. It has been proven that the implementation of market transformations in accordance with European requirements has accelerated the process of Estonia’s integration into the EU and NATO, as well as strengthened the country’s ties with its Western partners.

scholarly journals On the History of the Formation and Processing of the Collection of the Tibetan Texts from Khara-Khoto Kept at the IOM, RAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Alexandr V. Zorin ◽  
Alla A. Sizova
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Period ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Current State ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The Tibetan manuscripts and block prints from Khara-Khoto that were passed to the Asiatic Museum with other texts brought by P.K. Kozlov from his Mongolia and Sichuan Expedition have been insufficiently studied. Their processing was initiated in the second half of the 1960s and continued in the Post-Soviet period. The collection of the Tibetan Texts from Khara-Khoto, according to our analysis, included a number of documents from other sources. Trying to understand why it took place, we looked for and found some archival documents that shed light on the history of the formation of this collection and, simultaneously, helped to clarify some general issues concerning the fate of texts brought by P.K. Kozlov from Khara-Khoto. This paper presents the results of our study of the documents found in the St. Petersburg Branch of the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Archives of the IOM, RAS, the Russian Ethnographic Museum and the Russian Geographic Society. The description of the events is divided into two parts: the first one reconstructs the chronology of the process of transferring manuscripts and block prints of P.K. Kozlovs Expedition to the Asiatic Museum; the second one deals with the history of the processing of the Tibetan texts from Khara- Khoto starting from the 1920s and up to present, when the contents of the collection have been critically revised. The table that reflects the current state of the Collection of the Tibetan Texts from Khara-Khoto kept at the IOM, RAS is provided in the appendix.

scholarly journals Development and current state of urban labour markets in Russia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeny V. Antonov
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Full Range ◽  
The State ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Regional Center ◽  
Current State ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
First Time ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The purpose of the study is to identify key trends in the development of labour markets in the cities of Russia in the post-Soviet period and their current state. The parameters of sectoral employment of the population and the number of employees in urban districts of Russia in the period after 2010 are analyzed in detail. For the first time the state of the labour market of all cities of the country in a full range of organizations is investigated on the basis of data of the Federal Tax Service (FTS). The study confirms the existence of differences in the level of employment in cities of different size in different regions of the country, as well as the existence of an urban—rural and center—periphery (regional center — the rest of the region) gradient.

scholarly journals Current Status, Barriers and Development Perspectives for Circular Bioeconomy in Polish South Baltic Area

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9155
Author(s):  
Dariusz Mikielewicz ◽  
Paweł Dąbrowski ◽  
Roksana Bochniak ◽  
Aleksandra Gołąbek
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Current State ◽  
Legal Situation ◽  
Important Barrier ◽  
Biomass Management ◽  
Baltic Area

The following article presents the current legal situation in Poland as well as in the European Union. Data on biomass production in the Polish South Baltic area were analyzed, along with an indication of the key sectors for the development of bioeconomy. Presentation of the current state of biomass management was made and areas necessary for development were indicated to facilitate the sustainable management of biomass and waste generated during its processing. Differences between regions in the Polish South Baltic Area show how an individual approach in each of these areas is required. During the analysis, the most important barrier to the implementation of the circular economy was distinguished, which is the lack of an appropriate legal framework. This is to be changed by the Circular Economy Road Map, adopted in 2019.

scholarly journals Preserving the Environment within the ASEAN Skies: Lessons from the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Ridha Aditya Nugraha
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Emissions Trading ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Emissions Trading Scheme ◽  
Trading Scheme ◽  
Eu Emissions Trading Scheme ◽  
The Eu

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change also known as the Kyoto Protocol has set up a framework to reduce carbon emission. The environmental issue is also being addressed at the international aviation sector through the International Civil Aviation Organization’s resolutions. As an international organization sui generis, the European Union (EU) has decided to take up a further step with the enactment of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The latter has obliged both EU and non-EU airlines to comply with its ambitious goal controlling aviation emissions. However, the legal framework had triggered international objections from legal perspective due to infringement towards the Chicago Convention of 1944 and the international customary law principles. Considering of the nature of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) as an international organization without a supranational law order; as well as recent developments in regards to legal framework on emissions, the future of ASEAN skies from an environmental perspective seems uncertain. However, if ASEAN Emissions Trading Scheme shall take place, they should learn from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme past mistakes and the International Civil Aviation Organization resolutions to prevent non-discrimination towards non-ASEAN member states’ airlines from happening.

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