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The problem of the research. The conception of the sustainable development is interpreted as non- decreasing wealth of the society based on a certain level of the technological, ecological and social activities. The social sustainability is treated as the least material and determined in comparison with the economic and ecological ones. It should be admitted that the current EU educational strategies as well as the national educational system declare the development of the essential values. Yet, the concrete and efficiently academic skills have been considered as the most prestigious ones as the quality level indicators of teachers and schools in both the national and international contexts. The strategy of the development of an open-minded, creative and responsible personality remains so far an object of the theoretical debates. That is why it is under the urgent importance to clear out the main laws of the sustainable education; to answer the question if we are able enough to rule the rapid social changes, their inertness; and if we have enough means to bring up and develop a harmonious personality. The subject of the research. The development of a harmonious personality. The aim of the research. To reveal the main abilities of the development of a harmonious personality in the sustainable educational process. The methods of the researche. The analysis of the scientific literature; the analysis of the contents of the documents; the semi- structural individual interviews and the analysis of their contents (qualitative content analysis). The outcomes of the research. The majority of the opinions of the respondents – teachers and parents – coincide: within the society there exists a manifestation of economic values, cosmopolitan culture of ratings, urgent changes of competences in the euro-identitive context. There exists some resolution of the sustainable factors in the educational institutions – the aspiration of the constant progress, the ability to adapt oneself to the changing surroundings, the testing of the demands. Yet, the aspiration of the sustainability is being fulfilled with certain difficulties – there still exists a lack of the harmony among the educational documents; a lack of the real integration among various teaching subjects. The contents of the examination programmes sadly undergo the type of the theories and politics which impoverish the students' spiritual values. The conclusions of the research. The education based on the sustainable development should be continued on the basis of learning supported with the essential values. In such a context, the concept of the harmonious personality would definitely correlate with the characteristics of the emotionally and spiritually harmonious, mature and multi-developed personality able to reveal his/ her uniqueness. The main positive factors would imply the fundamental development of the essential values supported by the school's ethical and moral codex correlating with and matching the state's educational documents, teaching programs, examination contents, teaching means, evaluation system, which would lead to the personality's maturity as the main aspiration. The basic potential reasons influencing the disability to develop a harmonious personality are connected with the educational concept based on lacking the system of the fundamental values; based on the constant and superficial educational reforms mainly reflecting the political changes; based on the decrease of the net of the educational institutions; based on the absence of the educational management competences, the culture of ranking; based on the chaotically uncontrolled negative influence of the informal surroundings; based on the absence of applying the holistic philosophy.

The problem of the research. The conception of the sustainable development is interpreted as non- decreasing wealth of the society based on a certain level of the technological, ecological and social activities. The social sustainability is treated as the least material and determined in comparison with the economic and ecological ones. It should be admitted that the current EU educational strategies as well as the national educational system declare the development of the essential values. Yet, the concrete and efficiently academic skills have been considered as the most prestigious ones as the quality level indicators of teachers and schools in both the national and international contexts. The strategy of the development of an open-minded, creative and responsible personality remains so far an object of the theoretical debates. That is why it is under the urgent importance to clear out the main laws of the sustainable education; to answer the question if we are able enough to rule the rapid social changes, their inertness; and if we have enough means to bring up and develop a harmonious personality. The subject of the research. The development of a harmonious personality. The aim of the research. To reveal the main abilities of the development of a harmonious personality in the sustainable educational process. The methods of the researche. The analysis of the scientific literature; the analysis of the contents of the documents; the semi- structural individual interviews and the analysis of their contents (qualitative content analysis). The outcomes of the research. The majority of the opinions of the respondents – teachers and parents – coincide: within the society there exists a manifestation of economic values, cosmopolitan culture of ratings, urgent changes of competences in the euro-identitive context. There exists some resolution of the sustainable factors in the educational institutions – the aspiration of the constant progress, the ability to adapt oneself to the changing surroundings, the testing of the demands. Yet, the aspiration of the sustainability is being fulfilled with certain difficulties – there still exists a lack of the harmony among the educational documents; a lack of the real integration among various teaching subjects. The contents of the examination programmes sadly undergo the type of the theories and politics which impoverish the students' spiritual values. The conclusions of the research. The education based on the sustainable development should be continued on the basis of learning supported with the essential values. In such a context, the concept of the harmonious personality would definitely correlate with the characteristics of the emotionally and spiritually harmonious, mature and multi-developed personality able to reveal his/ her uniqueness. The main positive factors would imply the fundamental development of the essential values supported by the school's ethical and moral codex correlating with and matching the state's educational documents, teaching programs, examination contents, teaching means, evaluation system, which would lead to the personality's maturity as the main aspiration. The basic potential reasons influencing the disability to develop a harmonious personality are connected with the educational concept based on lacking the system of the fundamental values; based on the constant and superficial educational reforms mainly reflecting the political changes; based on the decrease of the net of the educational institutions; based on the absence of the educational management competences, the culture of ranking; based on the chaotically uncontrolled negative influence of the informal surroundings; based on the absence of applying the holistic philosophy.

Various statistical indicators suggest that in less than 25 years Lithuania will become one of the oldest countries in the EU. This demographic shift has, and will have a significant economic, social and political impact. Although according to the ageing indicators Lithuania does not belong to the EU leaders, the pace of ageing during the period since the beginning of the 1990s was among the fastest. Eurostat projections suggest that pace of ageing will continue to be very fast: by the year 2050 every third person (32.3%) in Lithuania is expected to be aged 65+, and the population above the age of 60 to constitute 39%. With a view to improving active ageing opportunities in Lithuania in the future, it is appropriate to enhance opportunities for people in retirement age to stay in the labour market, improve the accessibility of adult learning programmes and free-time activities for them. It should be noted that one of the main challenges d

Various statistical indicators suggest that in less than 25 years Lithuania will become one of the oldest countries in the EU. This demographic shift has, and will have a significant economic, social and political impact. Although according to the ageing indicators Lithuania does not belong to the EU leaders, the pace of ageing during the period since the beginning of the 1990s was among the fastest. Eurostat projections suggest that pace of ageing will continue to be very fast: by the year 2050 every third person (32.3%) in Lithuania is expected to be aged 65+, and the population above the age of 60 to constitute 39%. With a view to improving active ageing opportunities in Lithuania in the future, it is appropriate to enhance opportunities for people in retirement age to stay in the labour market, improve the accessibility of adult learning programmes and free-time activities for them. It should be noted that one of the main challenges d

Various statistical indicators suggest that in less than 25 years Lithuania will become one of the oldest countries in the EU. This demographic shift has, and will have a significant economic, social and political impact. Although according to the ageing indicators Lithuania does not belong to the EU leaders, the pace of ageing during the period since the beginning of the 1990s was among the fastest. Eurostat projections suggest that pace of ageing will continue to be very fast: by the year 2050 every third person (32.3%) in Lithuania is expected to be aged 65+, and the population above the age of 60 to constitute 39%. With a view to improving active ageing opportunities in Lithuania in the future, it is appropriate to enhance opportunities for people in retirement age to stay in the labour market, improve the accessibility of adult learning programmes and free-time activities for them. It should be noted that one of the main challenges d

Various statistical indicators suggest that in less than 25 years Lithuania will become one of the oldest countries in the EU. This demographic shift has, and will have a significant economic, social and political impact. Although according to the ageing indicators Lithuania does not belong to the EU leaders, the pace of ageing during the period since the beginning of the 1990s was among the fastest. Eurostat projections suggest that pace of ageing will continue to be very fast: by the year 2050 every third person (32.3%) in Lithuania is expected to be aged 65+, and the population above the age of 60 to constitute 39%. With a view to improving active ageing opportunities in Lithuania in the future, it is appropriate to enhance opportunities for people in retirement age to stay in the labour market, improve the accessibility of adult learning programmes and free-time activities for them. It should be noted that one of the main challenges d

Various statistical indicators suggest that in less than 25 years Lithuania will become one of the oldest countries in the EU. This demographic shift has, and will have a significant economic, social and political impact. Although according to the ageing indicators Lithuania does not belong to the EU leaders, the pace of ageing during the period since the beginning of the 1990s was among the fastest. Eurostat projections suggest that pace of ageing will continue to be very fast: by the year 2050 every third person (32.3%) in Lithuania is expected to be aged 65+, and the population above the age of 60 to constitute 39%. With a view to improving active ageing opportunities in Lithuania in the future, it is appropriate to enhance opportunities for people in retirement age to stay in the labour market, improve the accessibility of adult learning programmes and free-time activities for them. It should be noted that one of the main challenges d

In recent decades the shortcomings of consumption of fossil fuel has been clarified. The primary aspects of the shortcomings are asserted when evaluating the limited resources of oil, natural gasses, coal and uranium, secondly, the traditional energy eliminates a huge amount of pollution to the atmosphere. The resources of this fuel were created by nature in hundreds millions years, and during not full latter century the humankind has used more than a half of it. In modern-days world the most important question is the buffering of climate change and provision of energy. The finding of alternative ways for the fossil fuel provides a possibility to look wider to the renewable energy resources. In cases of Lithuania and Latvia, the states must find and use wider alternatives; firstly, due to the dependence on the imported fuel, secondly, due to the balancing of the sustainable development of energy. Lithuania and Latvia seek to get possibility choosing energy resources individually, especially those making less impact on the climate and assuring independence from the external providers. Therefore, the biggest perspective in these states is to develop biomass, hydro-energy and wind plants. The usage of the aforementioned resources has the biggest potential in the field of energy, in order to implement the goals and guidelines of the national energy of Lithuania and Latvia. In order to implement the alternative projects, there is a need of strong governmental support and enough united political initiative. The internal and external political factors of Lithuania and Latvia do not provide possibility to develop energy policy deeper, because energy is the most related with the political decisions and the choices of energy providers. Lastly, when talking about all factors that are related with the policy of renewable energy resources of Lithuania and Latvia, the question is raised: how we will live further when the Ignalina atomic electric-power station will be closed in late 2009, when we will not have cheaply produced electric energy and become more dependable on the neighborhoods offering alternatives. Therefore, the work analyses the political and technical aspects how we can balance the sustainable development of energy more, in order to have energy produced in our regions and not to be the energy island, separated from the energy connections that are in the European Union.

In recent decades the shortcomings of consumption of fossil fuel has been clarified. The primary aspects of the shortcomings are asserted when evaluating the limited resources of oil, natural gasses, coal and uranium, secondly, the traditional energy eliminates a huge amount of pollution to the atmosphere. The resources of this fuel were created by nature in hundreds millions years, and during not full latter century the humankind has used more than a half of it. In modern-days world the most important question is the buffering of climate change and provision of energy. The finding of alternative ways for the fossil fuel provides a possibility to look wider to the renewable energy resources. In cases of Lithuania and Latvia, the states must find and use wider alternatives; firstly, due to the dependence on the imported fuel, secondly, due to the balancing of the sustainable development of energy. Lithuania and Latvia seek to get possibility choosing energy resources individually, especially those making less impact on the climate and assuring independence from the external providers. Therefore, the biggest perspective in these states is to develop biomass, hydro-energy and wind plants. The usage of the aforementioned resources has the biggest potential in the field of energy, in order to implement the goals and guidelines of the national energy of Lithuania and Latvia. In order to implement the alternative projects, there is a need of strong governmental support and enough united political initiative. The internal and external political factors of Lithuania and Latvia do not provide possibility to develop energy policy deeper, because energy is the most related with the political decisions and the choices of energy providers. Lastly, when talking about all factors that are related with the policy of renewable energy resources of Lithuania and Latvia, the question is raised: how we will live further when the Ignalina atomic electric-power station will be closed in late 2009, when we will not have cheaply produced electric energy and become more dependable on the neighborhoods offering alternatives. Therefore, the work analyses the political and technical aspects how we can balance the sustainable development of energy more, in order to have energy produced in our regions and not to be the energy island, separated from the energy connections that are in the European Union.

In recent decades the shortcomings of consumption of fossil fuel has been clarified. The primary aspects of the shortcomings are asserted when evaluating the limited resources of oil, natural gasses, coal and uranium, secondly, the traditional energy eliminates a huge amount of pollution to the atmosphere. The resources of this fuel were created by nature in hundreds millions years, and during not full latter century the humankind has used more than a half of it. In modern-days world the most important question is the buffering of climate change and provision of energy. The finding of alternative ways for the fossil fuel provides a possibility to look wider to the renewable energy resources. In cases of Lithuania and Latvia, the states must find and use wider alternatives; firstly, due to the dependence on the imported fuel, secondly, due to the balancing of the sustainable development of energy. Lithuania and Latvia seek to get possibility choosing energy resources individually, especially those making less impact on the climate and assuring independence from the external providers. Therefore, the biggest perspective in these states is to develop biomass, hydro-energy and wind plants. The usage of the aforementioned resources has the biggest potential in the field of energy, in order to implement the goals and guidelines of the national energy of Lithuania and Latvia. In order to implement the alternative projects, there is a need of strong governmental support and enough united political initiative. The internal and external political factors of Lithuania and Latvia do not provide possibility to develop energy policy deeper, because energy is the most related with the political decisions and the choices of energy providers. Lastly, when talking about all factors that are related with the policy of renewable energy resources of Lithuania and Latvia, the question is raised: how we will live further when the Ignalina atomic electric-power station will be closed in late 2009, when we will not have cheaply produced electric energy and become more dependable on the neighborhoods offering alternatives. Therefore, the work analyses the political and technical aspects how we can balance the sustainable development of energy more, in order to have energy produced in our regions and not to be the energy island, separated from the energy connections that are in the European Union.

While analysing the evolution of sustainable development concept as the basic criteria of periodisation, a number of dimensions could be used. Thus, it is possible to mark three stages in the development of the concept: a) two-dimensional sustainability; b) three-dimensional sustainability; c) four-dimensional sustainability. Sustainable development should be implemented in all spheres and levels of life, estimating economic, social, ecological, territorial, political and institutional aspects. All dimensions of sustainability should be considered in the process of strategic sustainable development planning. Local communities understood that strategic sustainable development plans, which realize their willingness to live following the principles of sustainable development, are important. Different methods of public involvement were used when creating sustainable development strategies for local communities. Sustainable development concept, principles of sustainable development and strategic planning, methodology for strategic sustainable development planning and participation of local communities are discussed in the article.

While analysing the evolution of sustainable development concept as the basic criteria of periodisation, a number of dimensions could be used. Thus, it is possible to mark three stages in the development of the concept: a) two-dimensional sustainability; b) three-dimensional sustainability; c) four-dimensional sustainability. Sustainable development should be implemented in all spheres and levels of life, estimating economic, social, ecological, territorial, political and institutional aspects. All dimensions of sustainability should be considered in the process of strategic sustainable development planning. Local communities understood that strategic sustainable development plans, which realize their willingness to live following the principles of sustainable development, are important. Different methods of public involvement were used when creating sustainable development strategies for local communities. Sustainable development concept, principles of sustainable development and strategic planning, methodology for strategic sustainable development planning and participation of local communities are discussed in the article.

While analysing the evolution of sustainable development concept as the basic criteria of periodisation, a number of dimensions could be used. Thus, it is possible to mark three stages in the development of the concept: a) two-dimensional sustainability; b) three-dimensional sustainability; c) four-dimensional sustainability. Sustainable development should be implemented in all spheres and levels of life, estimating economic, social, ecological, territorial, political and institutional aspects. All dimensions of sustainability should be considered in the process of strategic sustainable development planning. Local communities understood that strategic sustainable development plans, which realize their willingness to live following the principles of sustainable development, are important. Different methods of public involvement were used when creating sustainable development strategies for local communities. Sustainable development concept, principles of sustainable development and strategic planning, methodology for strategic sustainable development planning and participation of local communities are discussed in the article.

While analysing the evolution of sustainable development concept as the basic criteria of periodisation, a number of dimensions could be used. Thus, it is possible to mark three stages in the development of the concept: a) two-dimensional sustainability; b) three-dimensional sustainability; c) four-dimensional sustainability. Sustainable development should be implemented in all spheres and levels of life, estimating economic, social, ecological, territorial, political and institutional aspects. All dimensions of sustainability should be considered in the process of strategic sustainable development planning. Local communities understood that strategic sustainable development plans, which realize their willingness to live following the principles of sustainable development, are important. Different methods of public involvement were used when creating sustainable development strategies for local communities. Sustainable development concept, principles of sustainable development and strategic planning, methodology for strategic sustainable development planning and participation of local communities are discussed in the article.

The theory of sustainable development has become a key concept according to which the European Union and other developed countries have been formulating the long term agricultural policy over the past few decades. Applying this theory into practice, the challenges which derive from the integrity of the objectives of sustainable development are being faced. The different achievements of various countries indicate that the effectiveness of sustainable development policy depends not only on how the various levels of institutions manage to reconcile environmental, social and economic objectives but also on whether the system of sustainability assessment immediately signalizes about the lack of implementation of the measures and creates the prerequisites for a timely policy review. This paper, by applying the different models of sustainable development, presents the principles for developing a system of sustainability assessment of agriculture with a focus on the identification of sustainability constraints arising in relation to insufficient reproduction of environmental, human and manmade capital. The system of sustainability assessment of agriculture in this paper is based on the interdependence of environmental, social and economic factors and aims to determine the causes of unsustainable development and allows to define the contribution and need for an intervention of the various levels of institutions in the implementation of sustainable agricultural development policy. ; Tvaraus vystymosi teorija yra svarbiausia koncepcija, kuria remiantis pastaraisiais dešimtmečiais yra formuojama ilgalaikė žemės ūkio politika Europos Sąjungos ir kitose išsivysčiusiose šalyse. Taikant šią teoriją praktikoje, susiduriama su iššūkiais, kylančiais iš tvaraus vystymosi tikslų integralumo. Skirtingi įvairių šalių pasiekimai rodo, kad tvaraus vystymosi politikos veiksmingumas priklauso ne tik nuo to, kaip įvairaus lygmens institucijos sugeba suderinti aplinkosauginius, socialinius ir ekonominius tikslus, bet taip pat ir nuo to, ar tvaraus vystymosi vertinimo sistema operatyviai signalizuoja apie įgyvendinamų priemonių trūkumą ir sukuria prielaidas savalaikei politikos peržiūrai. Šiame straipsnyje, pritaikius skirtingus tvaraus vystymosi modelius, pateikiami tvaraus žemės ūkio vystymosi vertinimo sistemos konstravimo principai, dėmesį sutelkiant į tvaraus žemės ūkio vystymosi apribojimų, atsirandančių dėl nepakankamo gamtinio, žmogiškojo ir žmogaus sukurto kapitalo atnaujinimo, identifikavimą. Straipsnyje pateikta tvaraus žemės ūkio vystymosi vertinimo sistema, kuri yra pagrįsta aplinkosauginių, socialinių ir ekonominių veiksnių tarpusavio priklausomybe, skirta nustatyti netvaraus vystymosi priežastis bei leidžianti apibrėžti skirtingo lygmens institucijų indėlį ir intervencijos poreikį valstybėje, įgyvendinant tvaraus žemės ūkio vystymosi politiką.