Collective Bargaining and Collective Contract Conclusion as a Form of Social Partnership The first part of the master's thesis deals with the categories of social partnership. The concept of social partnership is distinguished, which is analogous to the concept of social dialogue. The development of social partnership at the international and national level is indicated. In accordance with international and national legislation and the scientific literature, the levels and forms of social partnership, their influence and significance on collective labor relations are indicated. The second part of the master's thesis deals with the institute of collective bargaining. The concept of collective bargaining is indicated, the principles of collective bargaining are analyzed. The concept of representation and the parties who have the right to bargain collectively by indicating their legal status are analyzed in more detail also collective bargaining procedures are discussed. The third part of the master's thesis deals with the institute of collective agreements. According to the legislation, scientific articles refer to the concept of collective agreements, the procedure for concluding and registering collective agreements is analyzed, indicating the most important aspects. Based on the indicated sources and case law, the validity, application and extension and termination of the collective agreement are indicated.
Collective Bargaining and Collective Contract Conclusion as a Form of Social Partnership The first part of the master's thesis deals with the categories of social partnership. The concept of social partnership is distinguished, which is analogous to the concept of social dialogue. The development of social partnership at the international and national level is indicated. In accordance with international and national legislation and the scientific literature, the levels and forms of social partnership, their influence and significance on collective labor relations are indicated. The second part of the master's thesis deals with the institute of collective bargaining. The concept of collective bargaining is indicated, the principles of collective bargaining are analyzed. The concept of representation and the parties who have the right to bargain collectively by indicating their legal status are analyzed in more detail also collective bargaining procedures are discussed. The third part of the master's thesis deals with the institute of collective agreements. According to the legislation, scientific articles refer to the concept of collective agreements, the procedure for concluding and registering collective agreements is analyzed, indicating the most important aspects. Based on the indicated sources and case law, the validity, application and extension and termination of the collective agreement are indicated.
Collective Bargaining and Collective Contract Conclusion as a Form of Social Partnership The first part of the master's thesis deals with the categories of social partnership. The concept of social partnership is distinguished, which is analogous to the concept of social dialogue. The development of social partnership at the international and national level is indicated. In accordance with international and national legislation and the scientific literature, the levels and forms of social partnership, their influence and significance on collective labor relations are indicated. The second part of the master's thesis deals with the institute of collective bargaining. The concept of collective bargaining is indicated, the principles of collective bargaining are analyzed. The concept of representation and the parties who have the right to bargain collectively by indicating their legal status are analyzed in more detail also collective bargaining procedures are discussed. The third part of the master's thesis deals with the institute of collective agreements. According to the legislation, scientific articles refer to the concept of collective agreements, the procedure for concluding and registering collective agreements is analyzed, indicating the most important aspects. Based on the indicated sources and case law, the validity, application and extension and termination of the collective agreement are indicated.
The master 's thesis analyses the management of volunteers' involvement in the provision of social services in the municipality. The aim of the present master 's thesis is to develop guidelines for municipalities on how to increase the involvement of volunteers in solving social problems in the municipality by studying the theoretical and practical aspects of volunteering as a public management innovation and the theoretical basis of the involvement of volunteers as additional human resources in providing social services in the municipality. The results of the research are presented in three parts: theoretical, research methodology and empirical. In the theoretical part, based on the latest scientific literature and strategic EU documents, the aim was to substantiate the management of volunteers' involvement in the provision of social services in municipalities as social innovation management, because in the absence of proven models for managing volunteer involvement, internal measures had to be sought in organisations. Treating volunteers in the master 's thesis as human resources that have not yet been sufficiently evaluated in municipalities, the concepts of volunteering, its benefits and involvement of individuals in the provision of services are deepened. The analysis of good practices from other countries summarises the measures to help national and local authorities increase the involvement of volunteers in solving social problems. The research methodology is based on a qualitative research strategy. Written survey and document analysis methods were used for data collection. In the written survey, by informing Tauragė District and Šilalė District municipal employees, a standardised questionnaire was used, which was prepared on the basis of the insights of the theoretical part, the best experiences of other European countries and the volunteering activation measures planned by the government of the Republic of Lithuania. The analysis of the documents of the Republic of Lithuania and the analysed municipalities presented in the empirical part showed that the legal regulation of volunteering is not extensive. Volunteers are involved in the provision of social services through projects funded by the EU Structural Funds. In municipalities, volunteering is regulated by orders approved by the council and the director of the administration. Volunteering in municipalities is implemented through youth employment, NGO and community programs. The analysis of the material received from the informants in municipalities showed that the position of politicians and administration supporting volunteering was observed in the analysed municipalities, it was formalised in strategic and operational documents approved by the municipal council and administrative director, created in positions, financial support to NGO. Volunteers in municipalities are involved by publicising, informing about, consulting about and supporting opportunities for volunteering. Increasing the involvement of volunteers by creating clearer activity administration mechanisms in municipalities confirms that volunteers are not yet perceived as a potential in the provision of social services, that municipalities lack the experience to involve volunteers.
The master 's thesis analyses the management of volunteers' involvement in the provision of social services in the municipality. The aim of the present master 's thesis is to develop guidelines for municipalities on how to increase the involvement of volunteers in solving social problems in the municipality by studying the theoretical and practical aspects of volunteering as a public management innovation and the theoretical basis of the involvement of volunteers as additional human resources in providing social services in the municipality. The results of the research are presented in three parts: theoretical, research methodology and empirical. In the theoretical part, based on the latest scientific literature and strategic EU documents, the aim was to substantiate the management of volunteers' involvement in the provision of social services in municipalities as social innovation management, because in the absence of proven models for managing volunteer involvement, internal measures had to be sought in organisations. Treating volunteers in the master 's thesis as human resources that have not yet been sufficiently evaluated in municipalities, the concepts of volunteering, its benefits and involvement of individuals in the provision of services are deepened. The analysis of good practices from other countries summarises the measures to help national and local authorities increase the involvement of volunteers in solving social problems. The research methodology is based on a qualitative research strategy. Written survey and document analysis methods were used for data collection. In the written survey, by informing Tauragė District and Šilalė District municipal employees, a standardised questionnaire was used, which was prepared on the basis of the insights of the theoretical part, the best experiences of other European countries and the volunteering activation measures planned by the government of the Republic of Lithuania. The analysis of the documents of the Republic of Lithuania and the analysed municipalities presented in the empirical part showed that the legal regulation of volunteering is not extensive. Volunteers are involved in the provision of social services through projects funded by the EU Structural Funds. In municipalities, volunteering is regulated by orders approved by the council and the director of the administration. Volunteering in municipalities is implemented through youth employment, NGO and community programs. The analysis of the material received from the informants in municipalities showed that the position of politicians and administration supporting volunteering was observed in the analysed municipalities, it was formalised in strategic and operational documents approved by the municipal council and administrative director, created in positions, financial support to NGO. Volunteers in municipalities are involved by publicising, informing about, consulting about and supporting opportunities for volunteering. Increasing the involvement of volunteers by creating clearer activity administration mechanisms in municipalities confirms that volunteers are not yet perceived as a potential in the provision of social services, that municipalities lack the experience to involve volunteers.
Objective of the thesis: Possibilities for cooperation between social and cultural sectors ensuring the development of new and relevant cultural services in modern society. The following tasks have been set to achieve the goal: 1. To analyze and define the field and peculiarities of cross-sectoral (social protection and cultural sectors) cooperation, based on the European Union and Lithuania's strategical documents and programs; 2. Define the peculiarities of cross-sectoral project management and the possibilities for strengthening it; 3. Identify research methods of cross-sectoral project's feedback; 4.To summarize the results of the analysis and research of theoretical sources and models, to provide recommendations and suggestions for the development of cooperation between social and cultural sectors and creation of new cultural services; 5. To present recommendations for strengthening the \"Child line\" and cultural sector's cooperation. The aim and objectives of the thesis are reached by summarizing theoretical sources and research results. In the course of the research, a quantitative survey method was used - a questionnaire survey and qualitative method - four in-depth interviews with practitioners of social art projects. By structuring theoretical insights and research results presented in the work, challenges and development possibilities of cross-sectoral (social and cultural field) cooperation are defined, the experiences of good cross-sectoral project's implementation are summarized, and recommendations for strengthening the cooperation between "Child line" and cultural sector are presented. Main findings of the thesis: • The hypothesis has been confirmed: cross-sectoral (social and cultural sector) cooperation strengthens both - the development of new cultural services and contributes to a positive impact on human well-being and health. • Projects in the field of art, health and well-being, involving cultural, social and health sectors, can contribute in strenghtening the cultural sector's role in strategic policy documents and programs and expand potential sources of funding. • The cultural sector has the potential to be not only an important participant in cross-sectoral cooperation that contributes to addressing the societal challenges, but also to take the lead in creating new cultural services. • Several aspects are important to ensure effective cross-sectoral cooperation (both formal and informal): equitable, respectful communication with partners, leadership, assumption of responsibility, common sense of understanding (often associated with meaning, personal motivation), long-term (ongoing) funding of projects. • One of the most important current challenges for cross-sectoral projects is research for the impact of art on health and well-being. It is important to strengthen and develop this research area, thus developing and promoting cooperation between the social and cultural sectors, ensuring the continuity of successful project experience, and sharing good practice examples.
Objective of the thesis: Possibilities for cooperation between social and cultural sectors ensuring the development of new and relevant cultural services in modern society. The following tasks have been set to achieve the goal: 1. To analyze and define the field and peculiarities of cross-sectoral (social protection and cultural sectors) cooperation, based on the European Union and Lithuania's strategical documents and programs; 2. Define the peculiarities of cross-sectoral project management and the possibilities for strengthening it; 3. Identify research methods of cross-sectoral project's feedback; 4.To summarize the results of the analysis and research of theoretical sources and models, to provide recommendations and suggestions for the development of cooperation between social and cultural sectors and creation of new cultural services; 5. To present recommendations for strengthening the \"Child line\" and cultural sector's cooperation. The aim and objectives of the thesis are reached by summarizing theoretical sources and research results. In the course of the research, a quantitative survey method was used - a questionnaire survey and qualitative method - four in-depth interviews with practitioners of social art projects. By structuring theoretical insights and research results presented in the work, challenges and development possibilities of cross-sectoral (social and cultural field) cooperation are defined, the experiences of good cross-sectoral project's implementation are summarized, and recommendations for strengthening the cooperation between "Child line" and cultural sector are presented. Main findings of the thesis: • The hypothesis has been confirmed: cross-sectoral (social and cultural sector) cooperation strengthens both - the development of new cultural services and contributes to a positive impact on human well-being and health. • Projects in the field of art, health and well-being, involving cultural, social and health sectors, can contribute in strenghtening the cultural sector's role in strategic policy documents and programs and expand potential sources of funding. • The cultural sector has the potential to be not only an important participant in cross-sectoral cooperation that contributes to addressing the societal challenges, but also to take the lead in creating new cultural services. • Several aspects are important to ensure effective cross-sectoral cooperation (both formal and informal): equitable, respectful communication with partners, leadership, assumption of responsibility, common sense of understanding (often associated with meaning, personal motivation), long-term (ongoing) funding of projects. • One of the most important current challenges for cross-sectoral projects is research for the impact of art on health and well-being. It is important to strengthen and develop this research area, thus developing and promoting cooperation between the social and cultural sectors, ensuring the continuity of successful project experience, and sharing good practice examples.
Main objective. To assess social and physical needs of persons suffering from dementia based on the opinions of their caregivers. Goals. 1) To assess the most common problems of persons suffering from dementia; 2) To identify physical, psychical and social problems of persons suffering from dementia arising in activities of daily living; 3) Identify, what persons are participating in the care of dementia sufferer, Methods. Quantitative study conducted by using stricly structured interview (see Appendix. No. 2) Participants of the study. Caregivers of dementia patients being treated in ,,LSMUL KK" family clinic's primary mental care center Results. More than 90% of dementia patients have problems of cognitive abilities and in performing household chores. More than 80% of dementia patients have reduced participation in community, mobility and activity rates. 26,5% of the respondents do not move at all or do that only in the bed, 42,4% are able to concentrate, 41,4% are able to make everyday decisions. Only 8,8% are participating in social activities. 73,5% of people suffering from dementia are taken care of by their children, 50% are also receiving support from other relatives. In 94,1% of cases – family doctor can be encountered in the care of dementia patients, while social workers can be met in 23,5% of cases, nurses – 52,9%, psychiatrist – 64,7%. Conclusions. 1) The most common problems of dementia patients are constant downfall of person's cognitive abilities, reduced participation in household chores and society, inability to engage in recreational and other kinds of activities. More than 80% of dementia patient also do encounter self-service and mobility issues; 2) Dementia patients face problems in every aspect of everyday life and self-service. The main physical problem is reduced mobility, psychical - declining capacity to make everyday decisions and to keep one's focus, social - declining capacity of self-service and ability to participate in social activities; 3) The main part of dementia patients' care can be attributed to family members. Family doctors are the most oftenly encounterable medical specialist in dementia patients care. Conditionaly poor involvement of social workers and mental health nurses was observed. Recommendations. 1) Dementia patients' carers ought to be educated about factors, which influence the quality of life of dementia patients and ways to prevent burning out. Carers should be recommended to encourage the dement to engage in any physical activity. That would not only provide a temporary happiness for the dement, but it would also would reduce risks of cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis and the risk of falling down. To alleviate the burden of people suffering from dementia it is reasonable to try help them engage in everyday life (i.e. invite them to living room); 2) Cooperation between medical specialists must be developed to a further extent. Psychologists and social workers should get involved more in the caring of the dement, as today family doctors a beasts of burden in this field.; 3) Healthcare and social politics should be formed in the way, which would reduce the burden of caregivers and ensure higher quality services to patients with dementia.
Main objective. To assess social and physical needs of persons suffering from dementia based on the opinions of their caregivers. Goals. 1) To assess the most common problems of persons suffering from dementia; 2) To identify physical, psychical and social problems of persons suffering from dementia arising in activities of daily living; 3) Identify, what persons are participating in the care of dementia sufferer, Methods. Quantitative study conducted by using stricly structured interview (see Appendix. No. 2) Participants of the study. Caregivers of dementia patients being treated in ,,LSMUL KK" family clinic's primary mental care center Results. More than 90% of dementia patients have problems of cognitive abilities and in performing household chores. More than 80% of dementia patients have reduced participation in community, mobility and activity rates. 26,5% of the respondents do not move at all or do that only in the bed, 42,4% are able to concentrate, 41,4% are able to make everyday decisions. Only 8,8% are participating in social activities. 73,5% of people suffering from dementia are taken care of by their children, 50% are also receiving support from other relatives. In 94,1% of cases – family doctor can be encountered in the care of dementia patients, while social workers can be met in 23,5% of cases, nurses – 52,9%, psychiatrist – 64,7%. Conclusions. 1) The most common problems of dementia patients are constant downfall of person's cognitive abilities, reduced participation in household chores and society, inability to engage in recreational and other kinds of activities. More than 80% of dementia patient also do encounter self-service and mobility issues; 2) Dementia patients face problems in every aspect of everyday life and self-service. The main physical problem is reduced mobility, psychical - declining capacity to make everyday decisions and to keep one's focus, social - declining capacity of self-service and ability to participate in social activities; 3) The main part of dementia patients' care can be attributed to family members. Family doctors are the most oftenly encounterable medical specialist in dementia patients care. Conditionaly poor involvement of social workers and mental health nurses was observed. Recommendations. 1) Dementia patients' carers ought to be educated about factors, which influence the quality of life of dementia patients and ways to prevent burning out. Carers should be recommended to encourage the dement to engage in any physical activity. That would not only provide a temporary happiness for the dement, but it would also would reduce risks of cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis and the risk of falling down. To alleviate the burden of people suffering from dementia it is reasonable to try help them engage in everyday life (i.e. invite them to living room); 2) Cooperation between medical specialists must be developed to a further extent. Psychologists and social workers should get involved more in the caring of the dement, as today family doctors a beasts of burden in this field.; 3) Healthcare and social politics should be formed in the way, which would reduce the burden of caregivers and ensure higher quality services to patients with dementia.
Taking into account the complicated situation of social indicators in Lithuania, the master's final project carries out the analysis of the process of implementation of monetary social support through the case of Jurbarkas district municipality. Growing consumer goods prices, insufficient living income, high income differentiation and the associated poverty growth, aging society and decline in unemployment not all over Lithuania make up the need to ensure proper coordination of the monetary social support mechanism. Namely, the provision of monetary social support in the form of a certain social allowance or compensation is intended to facilitate the living conditions of those persons who, because of the problems mentioned, cannot satisfy their essential physiological needs. Today, monetary social support is already granted to 122 thousand people of the country, and the relevance of this problem is further confirmed by the fact that this number has grown by almost 27 thousand this year. Since 1 January 2015 all 60 municipalities provide monetary social support by performing an autonomous function of municipalities. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the analysis of cases of specific municipalities. In this case, Jurbarkas district municipality is chosen not by chance - according to the percentage of total number of recipients of monetary social support from the total number of inhabitants of the district, Jurbarkas district falls among those municipalities where monetary social support is granted to the largest number of persons (every tenth of the district's inhabitant). Therefore, the research work was carried out by choosing a relatively small Jurbarkas district municipality, which has not yet been fully investigated on this issue, in order to identify the system for the implementation of monetary social support and to provide recommendations for improvement of this area. So, the subject in this case becomes a new empirical point of view. The aim of the project is to carry out the complex analysis of the implementation of the system of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality. To achieve the goal, three main tasks have been formed: to identify theoretical aspects of monetary social support; to analyze the legal acts regulating the provision of monetary social support and institutional structure; to carry out the analysis of the provision of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality and to identify practical problems of implementation of this support. The first part reveals the conceptualization of social protection, its relation to social policy, analyzes social support and the basic principles of the support coordination mechanism, identifies the main features of the monetary social support system. The second part of the project deals with the legal framework governing monetary social support and provides the institutional framework for monetary social support. The third part presents the research methodology and research methods, the analysis of qualitative (semi-structured interview) and quantitative data (questionnaire survey), which includes the implementation of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality. Research results have shown that in order to ensure proper and effective implementation of monetary social support in Jurbarkas District Municipality, it is necessary to initiate the necessity to change the legislation regulating this area, to seek closer cooperation of institutions coordinating monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality with the national level institutions and other territorially operating institutions, as well as to involve local communities more actively in the process of considering and allocating support, and to pay more attention to ensuring better quality of services in the process of administration of monetary social support. In addition, the change in the amount of state-sponsored income makes it appropriate to re-analyze the district budget when assessing the potential of the district to provide a guarantee that social support will reach all those to whom it belongs. The results of the research also revealed that it is necessary to integrate the model of services provided by the municipal and territorial labor exchange into the process of implementation of social support and to ensure the application of the methodology based on the principle of economy.
Taking into account the complicated situation of social indicators in Lithuania, the master's final project carries out the analysis of the process of implementation of monetary social support through the case of Jurbarkas district municipality. Growing consumer goods prices, insufficient living income, high income differentiation and the associated poverty growth, aging society and decline in unemployment not all over Lithuania make up the need to ensure proper coordination of the monetary social support mechanism. Namely, the provision of monetary social support in the form of a certain social allowance or compensation is intended to facilitate the living conditions of those persons who, because of the problems mentioned, cannot satisfy their essential physiological needs. Today, monetary social support is already granted to 122 thousand people of the country, and the relevance of this problem is further confirmed by the fact that this number has grown by almost 27 thousand this year. Since 1 January 2015 all 60 municipalities provide monetary social support by performing an autonomous function of municipalities. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the analysis of cases of specific municipalities. In this case, Jurbarkas district municipality is chosen not by chance - according to the percentage of total number of recipients of monetary social support from the total number of inhabitants of the district, Jurbarkas district falls among those municipalities where monetary social support is granted to the largest number of persons (every tenth of the district's inhabitant). Therefore, the research work was carried out by choosing a relatively small Jurbarkas district municipality, which has not yet been fully investigated on this issue, in order to identify the system for the implementation of monetary social support and to provide recommendations for improvement of this area. So, the subject in this case becomes a new empirical point of view. The aim of the project is to carry out the complex analysis of the implementation of the system of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality. To achieve the goal, three main tasks have been formed: to identify theoretical aspects of monetary social support; to analyze the legal acts regulating the provision of monetary social support and institutional structure; to carry out the analysis of the provision of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality and to identify practical problems of implementation of this support. The first part reveals the conceptualization of social protection, its relation to social policy, analyzes social support and the basic principles of the support coordination mechanism, identifies the main features of the monetary social support system. The second part of the project deals with the legal framework governing monetary social support and provides the institutional framework for monetary social support. The third part presents the research methodology and research methods, the analysis of qualitative (semi-structured interview) and quantitative data (questionnaire survey), which includes the implementation of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality. Research results have shown that in order to ensure proper and effective implementation of monetary social support in Jurbarkas District Municipality, it is necessary to initiate the necessity to change the legislation regulating this area, to seek closer cooperation of institutions coordinating monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality with the national level institutions and other territorially operating institutions, as well as to involve local communities more actively in the process of considering and allocating support, and to pay more attention to ensuring better quality of services in the process of administration of monetary social support. In addition, the change in the amount of state-sponsored income makes it appropriate to re-analyze the district budget when assessing the potential of the district to provide a guarantee that social support will reach all those to whom it belongs. The results of the research also revealed that it is necessary to integrate the model of services provided by the municipal and territorial labor exchange into the process of implementation of social support and to ensure the application of the methodology based on the principle of economy.
Taking into account the complicated situation of social indicators in Lithuania, the master's final project carries out the analysis of the process of implementation of monetary social support through the case of Jurbarkas district municipality. Growing consumer goods prices, insufficient living income, high income differentiation and the associated poverty growth, aging society and decline in unemployment not all over Lithuania make up the need to ensure proper coordination of the monetary social support mechanism. Namely, the provision of monetary social support in the form of a certain social allowance or compensation is intended to facilitate the living conditions of those persons who, because of the problems mentioned, cannot satisfy their essential physiological needs. Today, monetary social support is already granted to 122 thousand people of the country, and the relevance of this problem is further confirmed by the fact that this number has grown by almost 27 thousand this year. Since 1 January 2015 all 60 municipalities provide monetary social support by performing an autonomous function of municipalities. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the analysis of cases of specific municipalities. In this case, Jurbarkas district municipality is chosen not by chance - according to the percentage of total number of recipients of monetary social support from the total number of inhabitants of the district, Jurbarkas district falls among those municipalities where monetary social support is granted to the largest number of persons (every tenth of the district's inhabitant). Therefore, the research work was carried out by choosing a relatively small Jurbarkas district municipality, which has not yet been fully investigated on this issue, in order to identify the system for the implementation of monetary social support and to provide recommendations for improvement of this area. So, the subject in this case becomes a new empirical point of view. The aim of the project is to carry out the complex analysis of the implementation of the system of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality. To achieve the goal, three main tasks have been formed: to identify theoretical aspects of monetary social support; to analyze the legal acts regulating the provision of monetary social support and institutional structure; to carry out the analysis of the provision of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality and to identify practical problems of implementation of this support. The first part reveals the conceptualization of social protection, its relation to social policy, analyzes social support and the basic principles of the support coordination mechanism, identifies the main features of the monetary social support system. The second part of the project deals with the legal framework governing monetary social support and provides the institutional framework for monetary social support. The third part presents the research methodology and research methods, the analysis of qualitative (semi-structured interview) and quantitative data (questionnaire survey), which includes the implementation of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality. Research results have shown that in order to ensure proper and effective implementation of monetary social support in Jurbarkas District Municipality, it is necessary to initiate the necessity to change the legislation regulating this area, to seek closer cooperation of institutions coordinating monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality with the national level institutions and other territorially operating institutions, as well as to involve local communities more actively in the process of considering and allocating support, and to pay more attention to ensuring better quality of services in the process of administration of monetary social support. In addition, the change in the amount of state-sponsored income makes it appropriate to re-analyze the district budget when assessing the potential of the district to provide a guarantee that social support will reach all those to whom it belongs. The results of the research also revealed that it is necessary to integrate the model of services provided by the municipal and territorial labor exchange into the process of implementation of social support and to ensure the application of the methodology based on the principle of economy.
Taking into account the complicated situation of social indicators in Lithuania, the master's final project carries out the analysis of the process of implementation of monetary social support through the case of Jurbarkas district municipality. Growing consumer goods prices, insufficient living income, high income differentiation and the associated poverty growth, aging society and decline in unemployment not all over Lithuania make up the need to ensure proper coordination of the monetary social support mechanism. Namely, the provision of monetary social support in the form of a certain social allowance or compensation is intended to facilitate the living conditions of those persons who, because of the problems mentioned, cannot satisfy their essential physiological needs. Today, monetary social support is already granted to 122 thousand people of the country, and the relevance of this problem is further confirmed by the fact that this number has grown by almost 27 thousand this year. Since 1 January 2015 all 60 municipalities provide monetary social support by performing an autonomous function of municipalities. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the analysis of cases of specific municipalities. In this case, Jurbarkas district municipality is chosen not by chance - according to the percentage of total number of recipients of monetary social support from the total number of inhabitants of the district, Jurbarkas district falls among those municipalities where monetary social support is granted to the largest number of persons (every tenth of the district's inhabitant). Therefore, the research work was carried out by choosing a relatively small Jurbarkas district municipality, which has not yet been fully investigated on this issue, in order to identify the system for the implementation of monetary social support and to provide recommendations for improvement of this area. So, the subject in this case becomes a new empirical point of view. The aim of the project is to carry out the complex analysis of the implementation of the system of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality. To achieve the goal, three main tasks have been formed: to identify theoretical aspects of monetary social support; to analyze the legal acts regulating the provision of monetary social support and institutional structure; to carry out the analysis of the provision of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality and to identify practical problems of implementation of this support. The first part reveals the conceptualization of social protection, its relation to social policy, analyzes social support and the basic principles of the support coordination mechanism, identifies the main features of the monetary social support system. The second part of the project deals with the legal framework governing monetary social support and provides the institutional framework for monetary social support. The third part presents the research methodology and research methods, the analysis of qualitative (semi-structured interview) and quantitative data (questionnaire survey), which includes the implementation of monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality. Research results have shown that in order to ensure proper and effective implementation of monetary social support in Jurbarkas District Municipality, it is necessary to initiate the necessity to change the legislation regulating this area, to seek closer cooperation of institutions coordinating monetary social support in Jurbarkas district municipality with the national level institutions and other territorially operating institutions, as well as to involve local communities more actively in the process of considering and allocating support, and to pay more attention to ensuring better quality of services in the process of administration of monetary social support. In addition, the change in the amount of state-sponsored income makes it appropriate to re-analyze the district budget when assessing the potential of the district to provide a guarantee that social support will reach all those to whom it belongs. The results of the research also revealed that it is necessary to integrate the model of services provided by the municipal and territorial labor exchange into the process of implementation of social support and to ensure the application of the methodology based on the principle of economy.
At the turn of the 20th century, three notions of the virtual can be distinguished in the humanitarian thought: technological, social, and performative. Application of G. Simondon's theoretical concepts of ontogenesis to E. Fischer-Lichte's concepts of mediality, aesthetics, and materiality of the performance – marks a conceptual theoretical shift from the performatively established unity of the aesthetical, political and social aspects of the performative as their temporal synthesis, towards the establishment of the procedurally acquired aesthetical, political and social performative reality as the dynamic relations of participation between vital and non-vital individuals performing on both sides of the screen. Contemporary processes of performance virtualization and the emergence of a perceived episteme of the perceiver's inclusion, required the revsision of the S.C. Peirce's semiotic definition of the virtual. Hence, it is complemented with the notion of mixed performative, which still depends on the perceiver's corporality, however, transcends the boundaries of "pure" physicality and can be interpreted as follows: A virtual X (where X is multiple, temporally related generic nouns) is something other than X (which has a different impact (virtus) upon X) and depends directly on the temporal involvement of a perceiver experiencing virtual X in the process of its semiosis. This formula of the virtual can also be considered as a definition of the virtual in contemporary performance art, which can be applied by "inserting" variables of the structural elements of performativity (cf. Fischer–Lichte) extended by the concepts of G. Simondon's philosophy in the instrumentation of the contemporary performative (taking into consideration that the definition of these elements varies in every even being performed, depending on its different strategies). Such a formula of the virtual – allows to assess the historical spectrum of performativity-virtuality connections and notions of the virtual when it manifests itself in ...
At the turn of the 20th century, three notions of the virtual can be distinguished in the humanitarian thought: technological, social, and performative. Application of G. Simondon's theoretical concepts of ontogenesis to E. Fischer-Lichte's concepts of mediality, aesthetics, and materiality of the performance – marks a conceptual theoretical shift from the performatively established unity of the aesthetical, political and social aspects of the performative as their temporal synthesis, towards the establishment of the procedurally acquired aesthetical, political and social performative reality as the dynamic relations of participation between vital and non-vital individuals performing on both sides of the screen. Contemporary processes of performance virtualization and the emergence of a perceived episteme of the perceiver's inclusion, required the revsision of the S.C. Peirce's semiotic definition of the virtual. Hence, it is complemented with the notion of mixed performative, which still depends on the perceiver's corporality, however, transcends the boundaries of "pure" physicality and can be interpreted as follows: A virtual X (where X is multiple, temporally related generic nouns) is something other than X (which has a different impact (virtus) upon X) and depends directly on the temporal involvement of a perceiver experiencing virtual X in the process of its semiosis. This formula of the virtual can also be considered as a definition of the virtual in contemporary performance art, which can be applied by "inserting" variables of the structural elements of performativity (cf. Fischer–Lichte) extended by the concepts of G. Simondon's philosophy in the instrumentation of the contemporary performative (taking into consideration that the definition of these elements varies in every even being performed, depending on its different strategies). Such a formula of the virtual – allows to assess the historical spectrum of performativity-virtuality connections and notions of the virtual when it manifests itself in (differently) live or mediated performances and establishes the virtual as an integral element of the performative. Virtuality in contemporary performance art is considered to be the virtual perceived on its ontological level.
