Community planning as a method of regional development in the social sector in practise on example of Pardubice city

Abstract

Social policy is one of the cornerstones of public policies that directly or indirectly affect all citizens. Due to the transformation processes in this field in the last five years, taking place in the Czech Republic, we can say that there has been a strengthening of regional policies (regional and municipal) as implementers of local social policy. The paper discusses the method of community planning of social services as a tool of regional development in the light of experience with this method in Pardubice in the context of the ongoing preparations for the second community plan. The paper draws attention to the dilemmas of basic principles of this method in practice. The study uses data from the current research on the situation of social services in the city of Pardubice, which was conducted for the purpose of decision-making processes in the regional social policy.