Edukacja była już ważnym źródłem władzy i statusu w średniowieczu, w czasach pierwszych uniwersytetów. W dzisiejszych czasach edukacja, wraz z jakością i poziomem nauki, jest wykorzystywana jako środek promowania narodowych interesów za granicą, a także wywierania wpływu na lokalne elity, a czasem nawet na większą populację. Wysoki poziom edukacji wysokiej jakości jest jednym z czynników budujących relacje władzy międzypaństwowej. Rola edukacji w międzynarodowym prestiżu i pozycja krajów znacznie wzrosła w ostatnich latach, głównie z powodu poważnych zmian w światowej gospodarce i odpowiedniego przesunięcia wartości, które stały się ważne w procesach modernizacji społeczeństwa. Edukacja staje się zatem coraz ważniejsza, zwłaszcza wraz z rosnącym znaczeniem wiedzy w zglobalizowanym świecie. Edukacja staje się zatem coraz ważniejszym czynnikiem w stosunkach międzynarodowych i przekłada się na miękką siłę kraju.
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Already in the Middle Ages, in times of the first universities, education was an important source of knowledge and social status. Nowadays, education, together with its quality and level of teaching, is used as a means of pursuing national interests abroad, as well as influencing local elites, and sometimes even a larger population. High level and good quality of education is one of factors contributing to the relationship between states. The role of education as regards international prestige and the position of individual states has risen in recent years chiefly due to major changes in the global economy and a corresponding shift of values, values which have become important for the modernization of societies. Thus, education has become increasingly important, especially due to the growing significance of knowledge in the globalized world. Education has become an increasingly important factor in international relations and it translates into the soft power of a state.
As a part of its long-term strategic objectives, the European Union has set efforts to increase internal cohesion, improve economic growth levels, which will strengthen its position in the world economy area and also strengthen its competitiveness vis-à-vis other key players in the world economy. The level and quality of education, as well as the level and quality of science and research, are key areas for achieving this goal. Thus, the main attention at the level of the European Union and its individual member states should be focused on the implementation of systemic measures aimed at improving the educational process and research activities in all aspects (legislative, personnel, financial, procedural, etc.). The article focuses on the definition and analysis of the main developmental trends and tendencies in the area of education and support of science and research in the area of the European Union and the Slovak Republic.
These days, demographic problems – especially population growth and its non-military aspect of security belong to the one of the most crucial problems in relation with the global problems of humankind. The problem of the world population belongs to one of the current key global problems of humankind. The fastening increase of the world population is a serious problem of the contemporary world. This problem’s gravity was realized by humankind at the beginning of the 60-ties of the 20th century, whereupon demographic development has achieved a great significance since then. The term- population problem- has thus become a subject for many scientific discussions. The population influenced and still influences the functioning of society, therefore great attention to demographic processes was paid in the past and is still being paid even nowadays.
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