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The article proposes the analysis of institutional interaction between local government and non-governmental organizations. The overview of different theoretical positions including institutional network analysis and trust concepts allow us creates a theoretical background for further institutional interaction analysis. Exceptional attention is given to the sociologigal concept of trusts and its functions, the creation of trust culture in different political systems, especially in democracy. The implementation of project funding mechanism on local government level is analyzed using methods of empirical survey. The data reveals following problems of institutional interaction between local government and civic sector: lack of civic standpoint, hierarchical non-flexibility, non-objectivity, individualization, inability of non-governmental sector to represent their collective interests, the problems of leadership. The proper understanding of institutional interaction mechanism on the public policy level is important for the non-government organizations' leaders as well as for local government representatives. ; Straipsnyje analizuojamas institucinio bendradarbiavimo tinklų kūrimas pilietinio sektoriaus ir viešosios valdžios lygmeniu. Analizuojamos pasitikėjimo rūšys ir funkcijos. Aptariamas pasitikėjimo kultūrų savitumas skirtingose politinėse sistemose. Apibūdinamos pasitikėjimo kultūros transformacijom vykstant spartiems socialiniams pokyčiams. Pristatoma empirinė studija apie savivaldybės ir nevyriausybinių organizacijų (NVO) Kauno mieste bendradarbiavimo ryšių kūrimą, akcentuojant tarpusavio pasitikėjimo kaitą. Analizuojant empirinius duomenis, išryškintas valdininkų nelankstumas ir platesnio pilietinio požiūrio stygius bendraujant su nevyriausybinėmis organizacijomis; neobjektyvumo tendencijose vertinant savivaldybės finansuojamus NVO projektus; NVO individualizmas, NVO nesugebėjimas kolektyviai atstovauti savo interesams savivaldybėje; lyderystės problemos nevyriausybinėse organizacijose.

The main provisions of a new long-term society ideology of sustainable development have been defined during the Rio de Janeiro Summit in 1992. Concept of sustainable rural development has been developed in response to the two prevailing rural development paradigms - agro-industrial and post-industrial. The core idea of this concept is that the protection of the environment as well as economic and social development must go hand in hand and reinforce each other. Due to the basic challenge of sustainable development which involve integration of different actions as well as sectorial integration, applying holistic approach and overcoming existing barriers between disciplines, it has become a serious test for policy-makers and contemporary management generally, where spatial and functional differentiation disperse the ability to deal effectively with the problems among different sets of actors, all with specialized tasks and limited resources and competence. Government has become increasingly dependent on cooperation and mobilization of common resources, necessary to ensure sustainable development, but owned by actors from outside the hierarchical control. In parallel implementation of fundamental - social, economic and environmental - objectives of sustainable development has become dependent on the effectiveness of institutional arrangements. These dependences led to the emergence of policy networks as a new form of government, differing from traditional governing by market and hierarchy. Lithuania is lagging behind the West European countries according to the level of rural sustainable development.

The main provisions of a new long-term society ideology of sustainable development have been defined during the Rio de Janeiro Summit in 1992. Concept of sustainable rural development has been developed in response to the two prevailing rural development paradigms - agro-industrial and post-industrial. The core idea of this concept is that the protection of the environment as well as economic and social development must go hand in hand and reinforce each other. Due to the basic challenge of sustainable development which involve integration of different actions as well as sectorial integration, applying holistic approach and overcoming existing barriers between disciplines, it has become a serious test for policy-makers and contemporary management generally, where spatial and functional differentiation disperse the ability to deal effectively with the problems among different sets of actors, all with specialized tasks and limited resources and competence. Government has become increasingly dependent on cooperation and mobilization of common resources, necessary to ensure sustainable development, but owned by actors from outside the hierarchical control. In parallel implementation of fundamental - social, economic and environmental - objectives of sustainable development has become dependent on the effectiveness of institutional arrangements. These dependences led to the emergence of policy networks as a new form of government, differing from traditional governing by market and hierarchy. Lithuania is lagging behind the West European countries according to the level of rural sustainable development.

The main provisions of a new long-term society ideology of sustainable development have been defined during the Rio de Janeiro Summit in 1992. Concept of sustainable rural development has been developed in response to the two prevailing rural development paradigms - agro-industrial and post-industrial. The core idea of this concept is that the protection of the environment as well as economic and social development must go hand in hand and reinforce each other. Due to the basic challenge of sustainable development which involve integration of different actions as well as sectorial integration, applying holistic approach and overcoming existing barriers between disciplines, it has become a serious test for policy-makers and contemporary management generally, where spatial and functional differentiation disperse the ability to deal effectively with the problems among different sets of actors, all with specialized tasks and limited resources and competence. Government has become increasingly dependent on cooperation and mobilization of common resources, necessary to ensure sustainable development, but owned by actors from outside the hierarchical control. In parallel implementation of fundamental - social, economic and environmental - objectives of sustainable development has become dependent on the effectiveness of institutional arrangements. These dependences led to the emergence of policy networks as a new form of government, differing from traditional governing by market and hierarchy. Lithuania is lagging behind the West European countries according to the level of rural sustainable development.

The main provisions of a new long-term society ideology of sustainable development have been defined during the Rio de Janeiro Summit in 1992. Concept of sustainable rural development has been developed in response to the two prevailing rural development paradigms - agro-industrial and post-industrial. The core idea of this concept is that the protection of the environment as well as economic and social development must go hand in hand and reinforce each other. Due to the basic challenge of sustainable development which involve integration of different actions as well as sectorial integration, applying holistic approach and overcoming existing barriers between disciplines, it has become a serious test for policy-makers and contemporary management generally, where spatial and functional differentiation disperse the ability to deal effectively with the problems among different sets of actors, all with specialized tasks and limited resources and competence. Government has become increasingly dependent on cooperation and mobilization of common resources, necessary to ensure sustainable development, but owned by actors from outside the hierarchical control. In parallel implementation of fundamental - social, economic and environmental - objectives of sustainable development has become dependent on the effectiveness of institutional arrangements. These dependences led to the emergence of policy networks as a new form of government, differing from traditional governing by market and hierarchy. Lithuania is lagging behind the West European countries according to the level of rural sustainable development.

The quality of modern democracy rests upon an active participation of citizens in political decision-making process. Globalization development in public policy manifested itself in decentralisation process: the restructuring of civil public – political public power relationships and the domination of subnational political in community. Scientific researches that assess new forms of civil participation do not give enough attention to the revelation of new media relation to social and institutional structure. Communication researches of changed political power relations reveal electronic participation involvement. The article offers the analysis of the results of qualitative research conducted in 2016. The research reveals the socio-political experience of local authority about civil participation and the platform of social network "Facebook" specifics, development local authority and civil dialog in Lithuanian local governance.

The quality of modern democracy rests upon an active participation of citizens in political decision-making process. Globalization development in public policy manifested itself in decentralisation process: the restructuring of civil public – political public power relationships and the domination of subnational political in community. Scientific researches that assess new forms of civil participation do not give enough attention to the revelation of new media relation to social and institutional structure. Communication researches of changed political power relations reveal electronic participation involvement. The article offers the analysis of the results of qualitative research conducted in 2016. The research reveals the socio-political experience of local authority about civil participation and the platform of social network "Facebook" specifics, development local authority and civil dialog in Lithuanian local governance.

The quality of modern democracy rests upon an active participation of citizens in political decision-making process. Globalization development in public policy manifested itself in decentralisation process: the restructuring of civil public – political public power relationships and the domination of subnational political in community. Scientific researches that assess new forms of civil participation do not give enough attention to the revelation of new media relation to social and institutional structure. Communication researches of changed political power relations reveal electronic participation involvement. The article offers the analysis of the results of qualitative research conducted in 2016. The research reveals the socio-political experience of local authority about civil participation and the platform of social network "Facebook" specifics, development local authority and civil dialog in Lithuanian local governance.

The quality of modern democracy rests upon an active participation of citizens in political decision-making process. Globalization development in public policy manifested itself in decentralisation process: the restructuring of civil public – political public power relationships and the domination of subnational political in community. Scientific researches that assess new forms of civil participation do not give enough attention to the revelation of new media relation to social and institutional structure. Communication researches of changed political power relations reveal electronic participation involvement. The article offers the analysis of the results of qualitative research conducted in 2016. The research reveals the socio-political experience of local authority about civil participation and the platform of social network "Facebook" specifics, development local authority and civil dialog in Lithuanian local governance.

The doctoral thesis deals with a methodological problem of analyzing photography. The argumentation is built on assumption that analysis of a content of a medium (in this case: photography) alone is unable to reveal important social and political aspects of the medium. Therefore an integral analysis of medium and its context is indispensable. Combination of approaches used in communication and media studies, philosophy, and art history lets to define the notions of dispositif and medium, which lead to construction and operationalization of a model of medium dispositif. The model is used for research and analysis of power relations around photographical discourse in Lithuania in 1960s–1980s. Research material gathered while interviewing relevant actors in the field and analyzing visual and textual archives lets to define the dispositif of photography of the time period chosen as the a particular actor-network. The analysis reveals how the network of art photography developed, how it became stable and irreplaceable, what was its impact on specific mode of use of photography, so called photo-art, and formation of common photographical style, The School of Lithuanian Photography. The institutional role of Society of Art Photography, its interaction with communicational conventions (eg. Social Realism), philosophical statements, and the whole photographical discourse are taken into particular account. The analysis and combination of different elements, constituting photographical medium, aim at revealing causal relations between aesthetical, political, and social aspects of Lithuanian photography.

The doctoral thesis deals with a methodological problem of analyzing photography. The argumentation is built on assumption that analysis of a content of a medium (in this case: photography) alone is unable to reveal important social and political aspects of the medium. Therefore an integral analysis of medium and its context is indispensable. Combination of approaches used in communication and media studies, philosophy, and art history lets to define the notions of dispositif and medium, which lead to construction and operationalization of a model of medium dispositif. The model is used for research and analysis of power relations around photographical discourse in Lithuania in 1960s–1980s. Research material gathered while interviewing relevant actors in the field and analyzing visual and textual archives lets to define the dispositif of photography of the time period chosen as the a particular actor-network. The analysis reveals how the network of art photography developed, how it became stable and irreplaceable, what was its impact on specific mode of use of photography, so called photo-art, and formation of common photographical style, The School of Lithuanian Photography. The institutional role of Society of Art Photography, its interaction with communicational conventions (eg. Social Realism), philosophical statements, and the whole photographical discourse are taken into particular account. The analysis and combination of different elements, constituting photographical medium, aim at revealing causal relations between aesthetical, political, and social aspects of Lithuanian photography.

The doctoral thesis deals with a methodological problem of analyzing photography. The argumentation is built on assumption that analysis of a content of a medium (in this case: photography) alone is unable to reveal important social and political aspects of the medium. Therefore an integral analysis of medium and its context is indispensable. Combination of approaches used in communication and media studies, philosophy, and art history lets to define the notions of dispositif and medium, which lead to construction and operationalization of a model of medium dispositif. The model is used for research and analysis of power relations around photographical discourse in Lithuania in 1960s–1980s. Research material gathered while interviewing relevant actors in the field and analyzing visual and textual archives lets to define the dispositif of photography of the time period chosen as the a particular actor-network. The analysis reveals how the network of art photography developed, how it became stable and irreplaceable, what was its impact on specific mode of use of photography, so called photo-art, and formation of common photographical style, The School of Lithuanian Photography. The institutional role of Society of Art Photography, its interaction with communicational conventions (eg. Social Realism), philosophical statements, and the whole photographical discourse are taken into particular account. The analysis and combination of different elements, constituting photographical medium, aim at revealing causal relations between aesthetical, political, and social aspects of Lithuanian photography.

The doctoral thesis deals with a methodological problem of analyzing photography. The argumentation is built on assumption that analysis of a content of a medium (in this case: photography) alone is unable to reveal important social and political aspects of the medium. Therefore an integral analysis of medium and its context is indispensable. Combination of approaches used in communication and media studies, philosophy, and art history lets to define the notions of dispositif and medium, which lead to construction and operationalization of a model of medium dispositif. The model is used for research and analysis of power relations around photographical discourse in Lithuania in 1960s–1980s. Research material gathered while interviewing relevant actors in the field and analyzing visual and textual archives lets to define the dispositif of photography of the time period chosen as the a particular actor-network. The analysis reveals how the network of art photography developed, how it became stable and irreplaceable, what was its impact on specific mode of use of photography, so called photo-art, and formation of common photographical style, The School of Lithuanian Photography. The institutional role of Society of Art Photography, its interaction with communicational conventions (eg. Social Realism), philosophical statements, and the whole photographical discourse are taken into particular account. The analysis and combination of different elements, constituting photographical medium, aim at revealing causal relations between aesthetical, political, and social aspects of Lithuanian photography.

Public participation as an approach to health policy decision making refers to a democratic component of "institutional design of partnership governance". The practice of policy formation inevitably triggers networks of external stakeholders and tends to change into a flexible organisational structure which recognises the value added of the knowledge that networks generate. Seeking to depolarize new trends of spontaneous policy networking with an existing hierarchical institutional structure, and find out the renewed role of democratic representatives, the practice of network recognition at the ministerial level needs to be explored. Research seeks to evaluate whether the policy making environment at Ministry of Health is adopted to integrate the network paradigm and to explore the level of stakeholder participation. The research is drawn on the cases of participatory decision-making groups, consensus-building groups that operated during 2007 and 2010 at the Ministry of Health of Lithuania. The research methodology engages a social network analysis for participation measurement and semi-structural interview for participation practice evaluation. The network analysis and network visualisation were processed by UCINET software. The total research data set covers temporary institutional arrangements and makes a network of 1005nodes with 1764 relationships that represent individual participation facts. Participatory groups were employed more than twice as less frequently in 2010 than in 2007. The social network analysis of the members that participate in problem solution processes lets us measure the prevalence and the boundaries of participatory policy practice. Empirical studies of the evolution of the network characteristics of the groups exhibit a stable practice of using interrelation with stakeholders in the policy network. A decision making group as a temporary organisational structure is employed with the diverse purpose: to manage stakeholder input, to burst consultation, to align proper decision, to diminishing confrontation. The equilibrium between dominant policy actors with high interest representation abilities and the stakes that are not expressed and conceptualized make a second challenge that needs to be solved by designing the organisational framework. ; Straipsnis nagrinėja Sveikatos apsaugos ministerijoje buriamų darbo grupių, kaip horizontalios organizacinės struktūros, veikimo praktiką, siekiant nustatyti kokia apimtimi suinteresuotosios pusės yra įtraukiamos į politikos formavimą. Tyrimas apėmė darbo grupių dinamiką, pasirenkant dviejų kalendorinių metų laikotarpį (2007 m. ir 2010 m.). Tyrimo metu buvo taikoma mišri metodų derinimo metodologija, kai kokybinis tyrimas derinamas su kiekybiniu tyrimu. Darbo grupių dalyvių sudėties analizei atlikti buvo pasitelktas statistinės analizės bei socialinių tinklų analizės metodai, tinklo mazgais laikant oficialiose darbo grupėse dalyvavusiuosius narius. Siekiant ištirti darbo grupių būrimo tikslus, paskirtį ir pridedamąją vertę politikos formavimui buvo atliki pusiau struktūrizuoti interviu su valstybės tarnybos atstovais. Buvo nustatyta, kad išoriniai suinteresuotieji yra įtraukiami į darbo grupes Sveikatos apsaugos ministerijoje, tačiau jiems suteikiama periferinė vieta tinklo struktūroje, tuo tarpu dominuoja valstybės tarnybos atstovai. Taip pat nustatyti darbo grupių, kaip organizacinės struktūros veikimo tikslai, kuriuos respondentai įvardijo kaip: konsultacijos, problemų sprendimas, kompromiso ieškojimas, įrodymų ir pagrindimų ieškojimas, informacijos skaida, politinės atsakomybės pasidalinimas ir vietą organizacinėje struktūroje.

The article presents the main data on the situation with the digitization of heritage and Lithuanian studies scientific data in Lithuania in 2011. The study was carried out at the Faculty of Communication of Vilnius University when implementing the project Development of the National Network of Infrastructure of Lithuanian Studies Scientific Research and Heritage: the Design Phase financed by the Research Council of Lithuania. The digitization of cultural heritage and Lithuanian studies scientific data has been going on in Lithuania for already more than 15 years. During that time, near 100 different information infrastructures have been developed. Most of scientific data are digitized by the Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vilnius University, Vytautas Magnus University and Kaunas University of Technology. From the quantitative point of view, the number of IS controlled by a memory institution is less, but this is determined by a higher concentration and level of strategic management in this sector, which is supervised by the Ministry of Culture. The environmental analysis has shown that the strategic priority given to the scientific research of Lithuanian studies, digitization of their scientific data, heritage data and the legal, political, financial, technological, institutional environment in Lithuania are favourable. There is no factor or reason to be singled out for its strongest influence on the development of infrastructures in Lithuania, because their development is determined by the totality of interrelated factors. When assessing systematically, it was established that the creation and development of the network of Lithuanian studies infrastructure would be most greatly influenced by institutional, technological and function distribution factors; legal and administrative factors would influence them less, while the influence of economic and social factors would be the least. An important source of problems in the digitization of heritage and scientific data of Lithuanian studies in Lithuania is the fact that these sciences, scientific institutions and their infrastructures are supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Science, whereas the memory institutions and information infrastructures of the most important sources (heritage) are in the competence of the Ministry of Culture. Therefore, the creation of specialized information systems and databases in research and memory institutions is almost non-coordinated, and the interoperability of created infrastructures is not ensured. In the existing infrastructures of Lithuanian studies scientific research and heritage, the accumulated digital and digitized content has a great social and cultural significance, but it could be accessed and used much more efficiently upon merging the resources stored in different infrastructures into one single network and upon implementing the strategic management tools in the sphere of digitization of scientific data and creation of research infrastructures.