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Study program

Edition XI - 2019/2020
No. Subject number
hours		 ECTS
1. Organization of public administration bodies 4 1
2. Finance and the public finance system in Poland 8 2
3. Financial system of social insurance 8 2
4. Functioning of the local government 8 2
5. Finance of the local government 8 2
6. Financing of regional development 8 2
7. Structure and organization of the LGU budget 4 1
8. Administration and public finances in EU countries 12 3
9. Banks and banking law, issue and trading in securities 4 1
10. Budget accounting of public sector units 8 2
11. Management control in the public finance sector 8 2
12. Selected elements of administrative law and the code of administrative procedure 8 2
13. Financial law 8 2
14. Basics of public procurement 8 2
15. Conducting a tender in public administration 8 2
16. Data protection 8 2
17. Internal audit in the area of administration and finance 8 2
18. Financing of public sector projects 8 2
19. Labor law and organization of the civil service 8 2
20. Public aid 8 2
21. Public-private partnership 8 2
22. Exam 8
Together 168 40

* The number of hours given in the study program applies to lecture hours 45 minutes of classes + 15 minutes break. The break management system depends on the lecturer conducting the classes.

The ECTS points given in the study program, defined in the European system of credit accumulation and transfer, are a measure of the average workload of a learner, necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes.
This system facilitates studying and contributes to the improvement of procedures related to the recognition of studies abroad.

No.Detailed study program
1.Organization of public administration bodies:
1. Legal forms of operation of the administration.
2. Supreme and central organs of government administration.
3. The Council of Ministers – formation, composition, principles of operation.
4. Office of the Council of Ministers. Ministry – organization and functioning.
5. Local government administration bodies. Voivode. Team and non-collective administration – functions and tasks.
6. State control. Criteria and entities of control.
2.Finance and the public finance system in Poland:
1. The concept of finance. Objective and subjective scope.
2. Classification of financial phenomena.
3. Financial theories.
4. Money and monetary policy.
5. General characteristics of public finances.
6. State budget.
7. Sources of income.
8. State budget deficit and public debt.
9. Budget rules.
3.Financial system of social insurance:
1. Genesis, evolution and problems of the social insurance financing system.
2. The concept, organization and principles of financing social insurance.
3. Principles of social insurance in KRUS and ZUS.
4. Revenues of the social insurance financing system in ZUS and KRUS.
5. Expenditure of the social insurance financing system in ZUS and KRUS.
6. Links between the social security financing system and the state budget system.
4. Functioning of the local government:
1. The concept and essence of local government.
2. Legal basis of operation.
3. Tasks and organizational structure of local government.
4. Forms of cooperation of local government units.
5. Supervision over the activities of local government.
5.Local government finances:
1. Principles of self-government financial management (financial independence of local government units, public procurement policy, financial control and audit).
2. The budget of local government units and its connection with the state budget.
3. Local government financial policy.
4. New tendencies in the financial policy of local government units (EU funds, bonds, PPP, leasing).
5. Budget accounting, principles of economy and recording of income and expenses.
6. Financing of regional development:
1. Instruments for financing regional and local development.
2. EU funds as a source of financing for the regional development policy.
3. RDP
4. Financing of investments of local government units (investments in the system of tasks, conditions and sources).
5. Modern and traditional forms of financing regional development (venture capital funds, PPP, credit, bonds).
7. Structure and organization of the LGU budget:
1. The budget of local government units, functions, structure, preparation and approval mode.
2. Local government units’ income, expenses, revenues and outlays.
3. Financial liquidity in local government units – instruments and monitoring, public debt (management methods).
4. Financial management of an organizational unit of a commune and a poviat.
8.Administration and public finances in EU countries:
1. Models of states and administration in the EU
2. Construction of the legal and organizational system of the EU.
3. Cooperation of public administration bodies within the EU
4. The financial system in the EU and its main elements.
5. Economic and Monetary Union.
6. The condition of public finances of the euro area countries and other EU countries.
9.Banks and banking law, issue and trading in securities:
1. Banking law and its sources.
2. Legal and regulatory models in banking.
3. The banking system in Poland.
4. Banks’ participation in creating new forms of financing the activities of local governments.
5. General characteristics of banking activities. The concept and scope of banking secrecy.
10.Budget accounting of public sector entities:
1. Special features of budget accounting.
2. Organization of budget accounting.
3. Valuation of public property.
4. Principles of financial management of organizational units of the public finance sector.
5. Budget classification.
6. Correspondence of selected accounts of budgetary units, budgetary establishments and auxiliary enterprises in the layout of the chart of accounts teams.
7. Accounting of operations in budget units.
8. Record of involvement.
9. Records of income and expenses. Establishment of registers.
10. Budget and financial reporting.
11.Management control in the public finance sector:
1. Standards of management control for the public finance sector.
2. Levels of management control functioning.
2.1. Internal environment.
2.2. Objectives and risk management.
3. Mechanisms and tools of management control.
4. Information and communication in management control.
5. Monitoring and evaluation.
12. Selected elements of administrative law and the code of administrative procedure:
1. The concept and division of administrative law.
2. Sources of administrative law.
3. Forms of operation of public administration.
4. Principles of administrative procedure.
5. Public administration control.
6. Protection of an individual in relations with public administration
13. Financial law:
1. Financial law as a branch of law and a scientific discipline.
2. Standards of financial law.
3. Financial law in Poland.
4. Sources of financial law and financial legislation.
5. Responsibility in financial law.
6. International financial law.
14.Basics of public procurement:
1. The essence and purpose of public procurement. Basic premises in the field of public procurement law.
2. Characteristics of the public procurement law.
3. Principles of awarding public contracts.
4. The subjective and objective scope of the application of the public procurement law.
5. Public procurement procedures. Participants in the procedures. Control and supervision in public procurement law.
15.Conducting a tender in public administration:
1. Determining the procedure for awarding the contract.
2. Functioning of the Tender Committee.
3. Conditions for participation in the procedure.
4. Documents requested by the Employer.
5. Specification of the Essential Terms of the Order.
6. Choosing the best offer.
7. Grounds for rejection of offers.
8. Criteria for the evaluation of offers.
9. The content of the announcement about the selection of the best offer.
10. Time limits for concluding the contract.
11. Abnormally low price.
12. Grounds for annulment of the procedure.
16.Data protection:
1. Data protection – basic concepts.
2. Principles of personal data processing.
2.1. Cases in which data processing is allowed.
2.2. Responsibilities of the personal data controller.
2.3. Rights of the data subject.
3. Classified information.
3.1. Classification of classified information.
3.2. Principles of processing and protection.
4. Professional secrets.
5. Other secrets protected by law.
17. Internal audit in the area of administration and finance:
1. The essence of internal audit.
2. The subjective and objective scope of the internal audit.
3. Internal audit in the Polish and EU legal system.
4. Audit in the public finance sector in Poland.
5. Audit and financial control.
18. Financing of public sector projects:
1. Financing of public infrastructure.
2. Challenges in financing public sector projects.
3. Obtaining financing.
4. The role of the bank in comprehensive financing services.
19.Labor law and organization of the civil service:
1. The concept and subject of labor law. The essence of clerical law.
2. Sources of labor law, principles of labor law, obligations of the employer and employee.
3. Legal status of local government employees.
4. Organization of the civil service.
5. Human resources in public administration.
6. Specification of work in public administration.
20.Public aid:
1. Conditions for granting state aid – discussing the legal grounds and explaining the basic concepts of state aid.
2. Conditions for granting de minimis aid.
3. Common rules for granting state aid under block exemptions.
4. Regional investment aid.
5. The occurrence of state aid in projects of various sectors of the economy.
6. State aid as compensation for the provision of public services.
7. The prohibition of granting state aid and its consequences.
8. Monitoring and reporting on granted state aid, obligations of aid granting entities.
21. Public-private partnership:
1. The genesis of public-private partnership.
2. The concept and meaning of partnership.
3. The Act on PPP.
4. Act on concessions for construction works and services.
5. Forms of cooperation between non-governmental organizations and local government units.
6. Contemporary challenges and problems of public-social partnership.
22.Exam