This abrupt increase in demands to a physician and his legal responsibility was not preceded by a related increase in his abilities and resources necessary to adapt to the change in law. This caused the set off of unintended side-effects, which arise from doctors' intent to defend themselves from probable legal prosecution and which brought about a decrease of the quality of health care. Multiple manifestations of defensive medicine and its consequences for health care are reviewed. Ways and prospects for solutions to the problem of "defensive medicine" (especially, ensuring feasibility of related legal provisions) are examined.
This abrupt increase in demands to a physician and his legal responsibility was not preceded by a related increase in his abilities and resources necessary to adapt to the change in law. This caused the set off of unintended side-effects, which arise from doctors' intent to defend themselves from probable legal prosecution and which brought about a decrease of the quality of health care. Multiple manifestations of defensive medicine and its consequences for health care are reviewed. Ways and prospects for solutions to the problem of "defensive medicine" (especially, ensuring feasibility of related legal provisions) are examined.
Researched problem and relevance of the paper. In the second half of the 198th century the concept of medicine as art was finally refused: achievements of the science of medicine allowed to explain physiological processes, revealed the reasons of many pathological processes, quickly developed technologies granted a possibility not only observe all functions of an organism, nut frequently – to control them as well. On one hand, rapid development of the science of medicine and practice determined an obvious improvement of health indicators (decrease of babies' mortality, extension of average lifetime), on the other hand, it has to be admitted that possibilities to control the treatment process and to achieve the desired result are limited . Application of nanotechnologies and genes engineering in medicine aroused the problems of the preservation of the identity of an individual, therefore it had to be discussed anew the nature and essence and the effectiveness of the means ensuring the protection of patients' rights including the effectiveness of legal instruments. The topic of the regulation of patients' rights and duties and the effectiveness of the provided legal protection are determined by the following factors: multiplicity and complexity of the relationship of the physician and patient, frequent ethnical problems arising during treatment and examination, fragmentary regulation of the relationship of physician and patient at the national level and abundant non-codified so-called soft law norms, the participation of the state which provided social guarantees to patients in the relationship of physician and patient, phenomena of the culture of consumption and "shame and blame" in the health relationship, increasing effectiveness of health care and potential dangerous for the patient's health and rapid increase of patients' civil plaints and the amount of the adjusted loss, provoking health care services providers' civil liability insurance "crisis" (situation, when there no insurance companies in the market which provide the services of civil liability insurance). In 1997 the Council of Europe approved the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with re-gard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (hereafter in referred to as Convention on Human Rights and Biomedi-cine) which is a fundamental over-national document in the law doctrine, consolidating patients' rights. Political, eco-nomic, social processes of integration requires a deep analysis of the content of the patients' rights entrenched in the sys-tems of national rights, their implementation and protection mechanisms, the need of the provided legal protection unifi-cation and possibilities. Recognition of the sanctity of a person's body in health care, implementation of new treatment and examination methods, more frequent implementation of the automatic management of the data on a patient's health and other factor require to evaluate the topicality of the patient's rights' list and to correct them if needed. However, the aim of this paper – to examine, considering the acknowledgement in the law doctrine, the peculiarities of one of the most important patient's right – patient's right to the compensation of loss aroused due to treatment or examination, and the institutes influencing the conditions of compensation – informed consent of the patient and the patient's duties. The topicality of the theme is determined by different factors. In recent years the date of the performed researches confirms the topicality of the topic of the compensation of damage aroused due to treatment or examination: health care has been acknowledged as the most dangerous activity of humanity; frequency of undesirable events in developed countries comprises more than 10 percent of all treatment events , at least 44 000 residents of the United States of America (hereinafter – USA) die in hospitals due to the mistakes of treatment . Therefore it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the legal protection provided to patients. The conclusions of the audit performed by State control institutions of the Republic of Lithuania of the implementation of the compulsory insurance of the civil liability for the damaged performed to patients and the social researches performed in Lithuania show the distrust of the society in the system of the compensation to patient for damage and the dissatisfaction of the participants of the health system for the present legal regime of the patient's right to compensation for damage and the way of the implementation of this right. The validity of such opinion is supposed by the fact that the number of complaints regarding the compensation for damage suffered by patients is one of the smallest in the world (37 claims for a million of residents per year). The number of complaints regarding the compensation for damage suffered by patients in other countries varies a lot (for example, in North European countries there are five times more complaints regarding the compensation for damage suffered by patients for a million of residents per year than in the USA). On the other hand, the expenses for compensation of the damaged made for the patient in various countries correlates not with the number of the satisfied claims, but with the regime of the protection of patients' rights: the largest expenses of the compensation for damage suffered by patients where the patients' right to the compensation of damage is implemented according to the plaint order of the rule of civil liability in case of fault (USA – 112 EUR/ resident, Italy – 41 EUR/ resident) .At the meantime, in the countries which have implemented special systems of compensation for damage suffered by patients which are based on the concept of health care services providers' civil liability without fault, the expenses of these systems for one resident fluctuates from 4 to 9 Euros (9 EUR / resident in Denmark, 4 EUR / resident in Sweden, 6 EUR / resident in Finland, 8 EUR / resident in New Zealand). The systems of the compensation of special damage for patients are deemed as favourable for patients and it is often indicated that these systems are based on the concept of liability without fault. Therefore it is purposeful to examine of the countries with the longest experience of the regulation of the systems of the compensat
Researched problem and relevance of the paper. In the second half of the 198th century the concept of medicine as art was finally refused: achievements of the science of medicine allowed to explain physiological processes, revealed the reasons of many pathological processes, quickly developed technologies granted a possibility not only observe all functions of an organism, nut frequently – to control them as well. On one hand, rapid development of the science of medicine and practice determined an obvious improvement of health indicators (decrease of babies' mortality, extension of average lifetime), on the other hand, it has to be admitted that possibilities to control the treatment process and to achieve the desired result are limited . Application of nanotechnologies and genes engineering in medicine aroused the problems of the preservation of the identity of an individual, therefore it had to be discussed anew the nature and essence and the effectiveness of the means ensuring the protection of patients' rights including the effectiveness of legal instruments. The topic of the regulation of patients' rights and duties and the effectiveness of the provided legal protection are determined by the following factors: multiplicity and complexity of the relationship of the physician and patient, frequent ethnical problems arising during treatment and examination, fragmentary regulation of the relationship of physician and patient at the national level and abundant non-codified so-called soft law norms, the participation of the state which provided social guarantees to patients in the relationship of physician and patient, phenomena of the culture of consumption and "shame and blame" in the health relationship, increasing effectiveness of health care and potential dangerous for the patient's health and rapid increase of patients' civil plaints and the amount of the adjusted loss, provoking health care services providers' civil liability insurance "crisis" (situation, when there no insurance companies in the market which provide the services of civil liability insurance). In 1997 the Council of Europe approved the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with re-gard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (hereafter in referred to as Convention on Human Rights and Biomedi-cine) which is a fundamental over-national document in the law doctrine, consolidating patients' rights. Political, eco-nomic, social processes of integration requires a deep analysis of the content of the patients' rights entrenched in the sys-tems of national rights, their implementation and protection mechanisms, the need of the provided legal protection unifi-cation and possibilities. Recognition of the sanctity of a person's body in health care, implementation of new treatment and examination methods, more frequent implementation of the automatic management of the data on a patient's health and other factor require to evaluate the topicality of the patient's rights' list and to correct them if needed. However, the aim of this paper – to examine, considering the acknowledgement in the law doctrine, the peculiarities of one of the most important patient's right – patient's right to the compensation of loss aroused due to treatment or examination, and the institutes influencing the conditions of compensation – informed consent of the patient and the patient's duties. The topicality of the theme is determined by different factors. In recent years the date of the performed researches confirms the topicality of the topic of the compensation of damage aroused due to treatment or examination: health care has been acknowledged as the most dangerous activity of humanity; frequency of undesirable events in developed countries comprises more than 10 percent of all treatment events , at least 44 000 residents of the United States of America (hereinafter – USA) die in hospitals due to the mistakes of treatment . Therefore it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the legal protection provided to patients. The conclusions of the audit performed by State control institutions of the Republic of Lithuania of the implementation of the compulsory insurance of the civil liability for the damaged performed to patients and the social researches performed in Lithuania show the distrust of the society in the system of the compensation to patient for damage and the dissatisfaction of the participants of the health system for the present legal regime of the patient's right to compensation for damage and the way of the implementation of this right. The validity of such opinion is supposed by the fact that the number of complaints regarding the compensation for damage suffered by patients is one of the smallest in the world (37 claims for a million of residents per year). The number of complaints regarding the compensation for damage suffered by patients in other countries varies a lot (for example, in North European countries there are five times more complaints regarding the compensation for damage suffered by patients for a million of residents per year than in the USA). On the other hand, the expenses for compensation of the damaged made for the patient in various countries correlates not with the number of the satisfied claims, but with the regime of the protection of patients' rights: the largest expenses of the compensation for damage suffered by patients where the patients' right to the compensation of damage is implemented according to the plaint order of the rule of civil liability in case of fault (USA – 112 EUR/ resident, Italy – 41 EUR/ resident) .At the meantime, in the countries which have implemented special systems of compensation for damage suffered by patients which are based on the concept of health care services providers' civil liability without fault, the expenses of these systems for one resident fluctuates from 4 to 9 Euros (9 EUR / resident in Denmark, 4 EUR / resident in Sweden, 6 EUR / resident in Finland, 8 EUR / resident in New Zealand). The systems of the compensation of special damage for patients are deemed as favourable for patients and it is often indicated that these systems are based on the concept of liability without fault. Therefore it is purposeful to examine of the countries with the longest experience of the regulation of the systems of the compensat
This MA thesis researches how Lithuanian politicians are being represented in the press and what political stereotypes (favorable or unfavorable to the politicians) are being created. Two main Lithuanian daily newspapers – "Lietuvos rytas" and "Kauno diena" – were analysed. The research tends to prove the three main hypothesis: 1) What political information will reach the readers and the way it is covered depends on media, not on politicians; 2) The political news, published in Lithuanian press, lacks objectivity and impartiality; 3) The majority of daily political information is unfavorable to the politicians. That is the way the negative stereotypes of politicians are being created. The reserach consists on several stages. Firstly, what information – favorable or unfavorable to the politicians – is published more often. Also, it was analysed wether political notes were interpretative or descriptive. This stage contains quantative and qualitative content analysis of extended notes, where state's politicians (the members of Parliament and Government) are mentioned. The period of the research was a month (04 13 – 05 13). It was stated, the majority of the notes were written in descirptive style, nevertheless, even quite impartial notes were mostly unfavorable to the politicians. Having the aim to discover what political stereotypes are being created in the press, the discourse analysis of newspapers were made. Three main political stereotypes – "politician - swindler", "politician – truth seeker" and "politician – hooligan" were discovered. Despite the fact, 6 one of the most popular stereotypes – "politician – truth seeker" – was favorable to the politicians, the majority of repetetive stereotypes were unfavorable. The stereotypes mostly is being created by the facts of politicians' behaviour, but the journalists, giving negative actions, tend to stress it by using evaluative word or definitions. Having stated, the stereotypes are being created because of politicians' actions, it was important to find out what – politicians or media – determine what political facts will be presented to the society. The method of half – structured qualitative interview was chosen. The most often mentioned politician, two journalists, who wrote mostly, and two experts – political scientist and the chairman of Journalists' union – were interviewed. Interview revealed, political information is mostly determined by politicians' actions, but which actions will be presented to the society, depends on the journalists. The content of information could be determined by interest groups, journalists' personal attitudes and society's expectations. It was noticed, media prefers negative political aspects, because of the reason it is easy to sell. Moreover, it was discovered, the journalist, having no negative attitude to the politicians, writes neutral or favorable notes more often than the one, who thinks politicians do nothing good to the state. That is why, the conclusion – personal journalists' opinion determines the negativity of information – was made. Still, the fact the newspaper "Kauno diena" published more neutral or favorable information than "Lietuvos rytas", allows to state that objectivity and impartiality of press is possible.
This MA thesis researches how Lithuanian politicians are being represented in the press and what political stereotypes (favorable or unfavorable to the politicians) are being created. Two main Lithuanian daily newspapers – "Lietuvos rytas" and "Kauno diena" – were analysed. The research tends to prove the three main hypothesis: 1) What political information will reach the readers and the way it is covered depends on media, not on politicians; 2) The political news, published in Lithuanian press, lacks objectivity and impartiality; 3) The majority of daily political information is unfavorable to the politicians. That is the way the negative stereotypes of politicians are being created. The reserach consists on several stages. Firstly, what information – favorable or unfavorable to the politicians – is published more often. Also, it was analysed wether political notes were interpretative or descriptive. This stage contains quantative and qualitative content analysis of extended notes, where state's politicians (the members of Parliament and Government) are mentioned. The period of the research was a month (04 13 – 05 13). It was stated, the majority of the notes were written in descirptive style, nevertheless, even quite impartial notes were mostly unfavorable to the politicians. Having the aim to discover what political stereotypes are being created in the press, the discourse analysis of newspapers were made. Three main political stereotypes – "politician - swindler", "politician – truth seeker" and "politician – hooligan" were discovered. Despite the fact, 6 one of the most popular stereotypes – "politician – truth seeker" – was favorable to the politicians, the majority of repetetive stereotypes were unfavorable. The stereotypes mostly is being created by the facts of politicians' behaviour, but the journalists, giving negative actions, tend to stress it by using evaluative word or definitions. Having stated, the stereotypes are being created because of politicians' actions, it was important to find out what – politicians or media – determine what political facts will be presented to the society. The method of half – structured qualitative interview was chosen. The most often mentioned politician, two journalists, who wrote mostly, and two experts – political scientist and the chairman of Journalists' union – were interviewed. Interview revealed, political information is mostly determined by politicians' actions, but which actions will be presented to the society, depends on the journalists. The content of information could be determined by interest groups, journalists' personal attitudes and society's expectations. It was noticed, media prefers negative political aspects, because of the reason it is easy to sell. Moreover, it was discovered, the journalist, having no negative attitude to the politicians, writes neutral or favorable notes more often than the one, who thinks politicians do nothing good to the state. That is why, the conclusion – personal journalists' opinion determines the negativity of information – was made. Still, the fact the newspaper "Kauno diena" published more neutral or favorable information than "Lietuvos rytas", allows to state that objectivity and impartiality of press is possible.
This MA thesis researches how Lithuanian politicians are being represented in the press and what political stereotypes (favorable or unfavorable to the politicians) are being created. Two main Lithuanian daily newspapers – "Lietuvos rytas" and "Kauno diena" – were analysed. The research tends to prove the three main hypothesis: 1) What political information will reach the readers and the way it is covered depends on media, not on politicians; 2) The political news, published in Lithuanian press, lacks objectivity and impartiality; 3) The majority of daily political information is unfavorable to the politicians. That is the way the negative stereotypes of politicians are being created. The reserach consists on several stages. Firstly, what information – favorable or unfavorable to the politicians – is published more often. Also, it was analysed wether political notes were interpretative or descriptive. This stage contains quantative and qualitative content analysis of extended notes, where state's politicians (the members of Parliament and Government) are mentioned. The period of the research was a month (04 13 – 05 13). It was stated, the majority of the notes were written in descirptive style, nevertheless, even quite impartial notes were mostly unfavorable to the politicians. Having the aim to discover what political stereotypes are being created in the press, the discourse analysis of newspapers were made. Three main political stereotypes – "politician - swindler", "politician – truth seeker" and "politician – hooligan" were discovered. Despite the fact, 6 one of the most popular stereotypes – "politician – truth seeker" – was favorable to the politicians, the majority of repetetive stereotypes were unfavorable. The stereotypes mostly is being created by the facts of politicians' behaviour, but the journalists, giving negative actions, tend to stress it by using evaluative word or definitions. Having stated, the stereotypes are being created because of politicians' actions, it was important to find out what – politicians or media – determine what political facts will be presented to the society. The method of half – structured qualitative interview was chosen. The most often mentioned politician, two journalists, who wrote mostly, and two experts – political scientist and the chairman of Journalists' union – were interviewed. Interview revealed, political information is mostly determined by politicians' actions, but which actions will be presented to the society, depends on the journalists. The content of information could be determined by interest groups, journalists' personal attitudes and society's expectations. It was noticed, media prefers negative political aspects, because of the reason it is easy to sell. Moreover, it was discovered, the journalist, having no negative attitude to the politicians, writes neutral or favorable notes more often than the one, who thinks politicians do nothing good to the state. That is why, the conclusion – personal journalists' opinion determines the negativity of information – was made. Still, the fact the newspaper "Kauno diena" published more neutral or favorable information than "Lietuvos rytas", allows to state that objectivity and impartiality of press is possible.
Successful integration into the job market is the strengthening of our society, as well as social, economic and political life. Integration and problems that young people encounter when seeking to get employed, as well as stay successfully and remain competitive in the job market have always been and still are of great relevance in the society life. Each specialist aims to strengthen his position in the job world and carry out his responsibilities and functions as a full-fledged human and a citizen. However, it is becoming more and more difficult to integrate into a desired job field (activity) under current unfavorable economic conditions. As the economical and social situations of the country change, the demand for certain professions change as well. Some of them disappear and new professions take their place. It becomes more difficult to keep up with the new changes and plan one's own professional career without knowing what tomorrow might bring. Therefore, it is important to prepare a model of sports coach integration into the job market and by relying upon this model to determine the factors and their groups that influence the professional integration of sports coaches. This would allow to draw objective conclusions as to which factors are more important to them and which of them helped them more or less in the employment process. It is an opportunity to get to know the structure of the integration into the job market process while seeking to identify the possibilities of sports coaches learning, getting employed and strengthening their positions in the job market. The problem of the research: the factors that influence the integration of sports coaches into the job market are not clear sufficiently. The aim of the research: to create the model of the integration of sports coaches into the job market by analyzing the integration factors. The object of the research: the integration into the job market. The tasks of the research: 1. To reveal the factors that influence the integration into the job market; 2. To prepare and describe the model of the integration of sports coaches into the job market by relying upon the analysis of the scientific literature; 3. To verify empirically the factors that determine the integration of sports coaches into the job market by relying upon the theoretical model of integration into the job market. The question raised in the research: What are the main factors that determine the integration of sports coaches into the job market? The methods used in the research: Analysis of scientific literature, questionnaire survey. Summing up the research and relying upon the data received it can be concluded that the factors of career planning (self-cognition, knowledge about profession, analysis of job possibilities) had influence over the placement of the sports coaches and the retaining of their job positions. The search for job, the preparation of the CV and other documents, the presentation of the job interview to the employer, as well as raise of qualification are among the most important factors of placement/getting employed that helped the integration of the sports coaches into the job market. The following are the political tools of the job market that had influence over the integration into the job market: professional preparation, raise of qualification, the providing of employment services and information, as well as consulting. It is possible to claim that a smooth process of integration into the job market requires the interaction of these factor groups (career planning, placement/getting employed, political tools of the job market).
Successful integration into the job market is the strengthening of our society, as well as social, economic and political life. Integration and problems that young people encounter when seeking to get employed, as well as stay successfully and remain competitive in the job market have always been and still are of great relevance in the society life. Each specialist aims to strengthen his position in the job world and carry out his responsibilities and functions as a full-fledged human and a citizen. However, it is becoming more and more difficult to integrate into a desired job field (activity) under current unfavorable economic conditions. As the economical and social situations of the country change, the demand for certain professions change as well. Some of them disappear and new professions take their place. It becomes more difficult to keep up with the new changes and plan one's own professional career without knowing what tomorrow might bring. Therefore, it is important to prepare a model of sports coach integration into the job market and by relying upon this model to determine the factors and their groups that influence the professional integration of sports coaches. This would allow to draw objective conclusions as to which factors are more important to them and which of them helped them more or less in the employment process. It is an opportunity to get to know the structure of the integration into the job market process while seeking to identify the possibilities of sports coaches learning, getting employed and strengthening their positions in the job market. The problem of the research: the factors that influence the integration of sports coaches into the job market are not clear sufficiently. The aim of the research: to create the model of the integration of sports coaches into the job market by analyzing the integration factors. The object of the research: the integration into the job market. The tasks of the research: 1. To reveal the factors that influence the integration into the job market; 2. To prepare and describe the model of the integration of sports coaches into the job market by relying upon the analysis of the scientific literature; 3. To verify empirically the factors that determine the integration of sports coaches into the job market by relying upon the theoretical model of integration into the job market. The question raised in the research: What are the main factors that determine the integration of sports coaches into the job market? The methods used in the research: Analysis of scientific literature, questionnaire survey. Summing up the research and relying upon the data received it can be concluded that the factors of career planning (self-cognition, knowledge about profession, analysis of job possibilities) had influence over the placement of the sports coaches and the retaining of their job positions. The search for job, the preparation of the CV and other documents, the presentation of the job interview to the employer, as well as raise of qualification are among the most important factors of placement/getting employed that helped the integration of the sports coaches into the job market. The following are the political tools of the job market that had influence over the integration into the job market: professional preparation, raise of qualification, the providing of employment services and information, as well as consulting. It is possible to claim that a smooth process of integration into the job market requires the interaction of these factor groups (career planning, placement/getting employed, political tools of the job market).
Successful integration into the job market is the strengthening of our society, as well as social, economic and political life. Integration and problems that young people encounter when seeking to get employed, as well as stay successfully and remain competitive in the job market have always been and still are of great relevance in the society life. Each specialist aims to strengthen his position in the job world and carry out his responsibilities and functions as a full-fledged human and a citizen. However, it is becoming more and more difficult to integrate into a desired job field (activity) under current unfavorable economic conditions. As the economical and social situations of the country change, the demand for certain professions change as well. Some of them disappear and new professions take their place. It becomes more difficult to keep up with the new changes and plan one's own professional career without knowing what tomorrow might bring. Therefore, it is important to prepare a model of sports coach integration into the job market and by relying upon this model to determine the factors and their groups that influence the professional integration of sports coaches. This would allow to draw objective conclusions as to which factors are more important to them and which of them helped them more or less in the employment process. It is an opportunity to get to know the structure of the integration into the job market process while seeking to identify the possibilities of sports coaches learning, getting employed and strengthening their positions in the job market. The problem of the research: the factors that influence the integration of sports coaches into the job market are not clear sufficiently. The aim of the research: to create the model of the integration of sports coaches into the job market by analyzing the integration factors. The object of the research: the integration into the job market. The tasks of the research: 1. To reveal the factors that influence the integration into the job market; 2. To prepare and describe the model of the integration of sports coaches into the job market by relying upon the analysis of the scientific literature; 3. To verify empirically the factors that determine the integration of sports coaches into the job market by relying upon the theoretical model of integration into the job market. The question raised in the research: What are the main factors that determine the integration of sports coaches into the job market? The methods used in the research: Analysis of scientific literature, questionnaire survey. Summing up the research and relying upon the data received it can be concluded that the factors of career planning (self-cognition, knowledge about profession, analysis of job possibilities) had influence over the placement of the sports coaches and the retaining of their job positions. The search for job, the preparation of the CV and other documents, the presentation of the job interview to the employer, as well as raise of qualification are among the most important factors of placement/getting employed that helped the integration of the sports coaches into the job market. The following are the political tools of the job market that had influence over the integration into the job market: professional preparation, raise of qualification, the providing of employment services and information, as well as consulting. It is possible to claim that a smooth process of integration into the job market requires the interaction of these factor groups (career planning, placement/getting employed, political tools of the job market).
Upon systemization of the outcomes obtained as a result of the survey, the authors of the article provide recommendations for potential enhancement of the efficiency of Baltic 21 in Lithuania. Experts that have participated in the research maintain that most environmental issues in the Baltic Sea Region will be successfully addressed through the activities of HELCOM and by implementing actions of individual states or those provided for under bilateral agreements. The Baltic Sea Agenda is of utmost importance for Lithuania serving as a means to implement the principles and priorities of sustainable development. With a view to ensuring the attainment of the Baltic 21 targets and objectives, it is necessary to properly take into consideration the economic, social, political, administrative,and cultural differences between the different states of the Baltic region and seek to reduce such differences by successfully involving each state into common activities aimed at ensuring sustainable development while providing for all conditions for information exchange and the development of partnership.
Upon systemization of the outcomes obtained as a result of the survey, the authors of the article provide recommendations for potential enhancement of the efficiency of Baltic 21 in Lithuania. Experts that have participated in the research maintain that most environmental issues in the Baltic Sea Region will be successfully addressed through the activities of HELCOM and by implementing actions of individual states or those provided for under bilateral agreements. The Baltic Sea Agenda is of utmost importance for Lithuania serving as a means to implement the principles and priorities of sustainable development. With a view to ensuring the attainment of the Baltic 21 targets and objectives, it is necessary to properly take into consideration the economic, social, political, administrative,and cultural differences between the different states of the Baltic region and seek to reduce such differences by successfully involving each state into common activities aimed at ensuring sustainable development while providing for all conditions for information exchange and the development of partnership.
Emphasizing that e. government is becoming one of the attributes of globalization and multilevel governance is influencing its development, the article analyses the initiatives of the European Union (EU), European Commission (EC) and the Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, witch can be used for generalization of e. government development achievements and serve as a tool for its further development. The importance of the European Commission's strategic documents on information society development and periodically prepared studies on e. services in the European Union countries for e. government regional development is underlined. It is stated that the United Nations reports on e. government development are an effective tool for global coordination of this development and they can help governments of different countries to determine e. government development trends and to take into account the good practices of other countries.
Emphasizing that e. government is becoming one of the attributes of globalization and multilevel governance is influencing its development, the article analyses the initiatives of the European Union (EU), European Commission (EC) and the Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, witch can be used for generalization of e. government development achievements and serve as a tool for its further development. The importance of the European Commission's strategic documents on information society development and periodically prepared studies on e. services in the European Union countries for e. government regional development is underlined. It is stated that the United Nations reports on e. government development are an effective tool for global coordination of this development and they can help governments of different countries to determine e. government development trends and to take into account the good practices of other countries.
