Personal page – Miroslav Fečko

PhDr. Miroslav Fečko, PhD.

Assistant Professor

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Public Administration

Popradská 66, 040 11 Košice, Slovakia

miroslav.fecko@upjs.sk 

In his existing scientific, research and publication activities he focuses on particular aspects of the EU internal market functioning, especially with the orientation on characteristics and specifications of the EU digital market. He also dealt with the cooperation of municipalities with other municipalities and cities within a functional city region, the implementation of selected modern methods that utilize ICT within the smart city conception and E-government.

The scientific research orientation is evident in his engagement in national and international projects in recent years, including Capacity building for an output oriented management in small and medium sized municipalities and Functional city region as an innovative approach for an integrated territorial development in the Slovak Republic conditions. He also acquired experiences as the supervisor of mayors and employees of the self-government units regarding the implementation of the Municipality Data Center, which was introducing E-government at the municipality level.

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Projects

• KA220 Cooperation Partnerships: 2021-1-SK01-KA220-HED-000023505. Project name: Digital government for green municipalities and cities (DiGreen). Coordinator: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Public Administration. Activities: DiGreen aims to provide professionals working in the municipality/city self-government public bodies and young citizens (students) with a framework to exchange knowledge and digital and green good practices. Duration: 2021-2024. Position: project leader, project member.
• EIT HEI INITIATIVE Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education. Project name: InnoChange: Driving Change and Capacity Building Towards Innovative, Entrepreneurial Universities. Coordinator: Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary. Activities: InnoChange aims to increase the entrepreneurial and innovation capacity and attitude of higher education institutions (HEIs). Duration: 2021. Position: project member.
• Erasmus+ Strategic partnership: 2018-1-SK01-KA203-046330. Project name: Paquality – Public Administration Education Quality Enhancement. Coordinator: NISPAcee. Duration: 2018-2021. Position: project leader, project member. 
• Erasmus+ Strategic partnership: 2015-1-DE01-KS203-002156. Project name: „Kompetenzaufbau fur eine wikungsorientierte Steuerung in kleinen und mittleren Kommunen“ (KoWiSt). Coordinator: Hochschule Harz – Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Germany. Duration: 2015-2018. Position: project member.
• Scientific project “Functional city region as an innovative approach for integrated development of the territory in the Slovak Republic conditions”. Nationally funded research project. Duration: 2015-2017. Position: project member.
• International research project „Die Umsetzung der EU- Dienstleistungsrichtlinie in Europa“ („The Implementation of the Services Directive in the EU Member States“). Coordinator: Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für öffentliche Verwaltung Universität Speyer, Germany. Duration: 2009-2010. Position: project member. 

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Publications

Selection of publications:

• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2019. Strategische Steuerung in der Stadt Hlohovec und der Gemeinde Ratkovce (Slowakei). In: Strategisches Management und wirkungsorientierte Steuerung in Kommunen. – Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2019. ISBN 9783658273583. pp. 149-164
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2019. European Union Internal Market and its Barriers: Mission Accomplished or Never Ending Story? In: On-line Journal Modelling the New Europe. ISSN 2247-0514. Volume 10, Number 29 (2019), pp. 25-52. 
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2016. The Past and Future of the European Union Internal Market – Visegrad Group Perspective. In: Central European Papers. ISSN 2336-3312. Vol. 4, no. 1 (2016), pp. 82-94.
• Ručinská, S., M. Fečko and I. Jeleňová, 2017. Empirical Research of the Character of Cooperation of Municipalities in the Functional City Region Košice Conditions (Original title: Empirický výskum charakteru spolupráce obcí v podmienkach funkčného mestského regiónu Košice). Nationally funded research project. In: Funkčný mestský región ako prístup rozvoja a spravovania územia. Košice: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, 2017. ISBN 978-80-8152-578-0. pp. 61-96.
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2019. Services in cities and municipalities – Slovak Republic experiences. In: Ekonomika i upravlenie: problemy, resheniya. ISSN 2308-927X. Vol. 4, Number 10 (2019), pp. 74-78.
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2018. Use of innovations in smart cities (Original title: Využitie inovácií pre smart cities). In: Transfer inovácií: internetový časopis o inováciách v priemysle. ISSN 1337-7094. Number 38 (2018), pp. 81-84. 
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2012. The Implementation of the Services Directive in Slovakia. In: The Implementation of the EU Services Directive. Transposition, Problems and Strategies. Hague: Springer, 2012. ISBN 9789067048392. Scopus database. pp. 545-555.
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2017. Evaluation of research results and proposals for development and better administration of the region (Original title: Zhodnotenie výsledkov výskumu a návrhy pre rozvoj a lepšie spravovanie regiónu). Nationally funded research project. In: Funkčný mestský región ako prístup rozvoja a spravovania územia. Košice: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, 2017.  ISBN 978-80-8152-578-0. pp. 145-160.
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2021. eGovernment and digitalization in the Slovak Republic – current development and political strategies. In: CEE e. Dem and e. Gov Days 2021. Wien: Facultas Verlags, 2021. ISBN: 978-3-7089-2121-1. pp. 251-262. 
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2020. eServices as a challenge for small municipalities – Slovak Republic experiences. In: CEE e. Dem and e. Gov Days 2020. Wien: Facultas Verlags, 2020. ISBN 9783903035270. pp. 383-392.    
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2019. Electronic services or smart cities – Current experiences and perspectives in the Slovak Republic. In: CEE e. Dem and e. Gov Days 2019 : Cyber Security and eGovernment. Wien : Facultas Verlags, 2019. ISBN 9783708918983. pp. 471-480.
• Ručinská, S. and M. Fečko, 2017. European Union Digital Single Market – Get Connected or Still a Vision from the Slovak Republic Perspective? In: Proceedings of the Central and Eastern European e|Dem and e|Gov Days 2017 : Digital Divide in the Danube Region: Is it still significant in explaining ICT adoption in eDemocracy and eGovernment?. Wien: Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft, 2017. ISBN 978-3-903035-14-0. pp. 19-27.