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Modern societies are characterised by different and constantly changing interests, views, attitudes and expectations, and this is directly connected to the shifting idea of governance and the role of public administrations. In order to increase the efficiency of govern a nee, to get it closer to the people, to harmonize governmental decisions with different interests, values and views, ideas of participatory democracy are gaining in popularity in different countries. Draft European Constitution includes principles of both representative and participatory democracy; issues and initiatives related to participatory democracy are set in the working documents of different European institutions and various European countries. In the context of participatory democracy, information technologies play an important role. They give the possibility to get and transfer information in convenient and instant way, and as such, they can be successfully employed in order to give possibility for citizens to learn about decisions that are taken by the authorities, as well as to take part in the drafting of those decisions. ; Straipsnyje apžvelgiamas kintantis požiūris į valdymą, viešojo administravimo institucijų vaidmenį ir veiklą informacinės visuomenės kontekste. Aptariamos dalyvaujamosios ir elektroninės demokratijos idėjos Europoje, su jų įgyvendinimu susiję dokumentai ir projektai. Nagrinėjamos Europos Sąjungos ir Lietuvos viešojo administravimo institucijų vykdomos elektroninės valdžios iniciatyvos, skirtos informacinių technologijų panaudojimui plėtojant ryšius su gyventojais, teikiant paslaugas ir informaciją, rengiant tarnautojus. Apžvelgiami būdai, kuriais siekiama užtikrinti būtiną elektroninės demokratijos prielaidą - informacinių technologijų teikiamų galimybių pasiekiamumą visoms visuomenės grupėms.

The monograph presents a scientific study, whose basis is three years of research study iniciated and financed by the Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation "Electronic Government for Citizens: Determining Development Gudelines for Lithuania Using Future Insight Methodology" (a Lithuanian SSSF project, 2007-2009). This study seeks to theoretically and practically cover all the issues of electronic government (e-government), concentrating the most important knowledge about e-government as an intergrated object of research. The monograph provides a sense of the role of e-government and its place in the life of contemporary Lithuania, indicating development perspectives and the variety of alternatives, revealing the influence of e-government on citizens and modernization of the public sphere. This e-government study is based on the relationship with development of the information society, which expresses general European democratic improvement tendencies and new forms, seeking to increase a state's competitiveness. That is why the monograph presents e-government development research, e-government strategic development model evaluation and recommendations for improvement, which are especially timely and important for the future of Lithuania. [.]

The monograph presents a scientific study, whose basis is three years of research study iniciated and financed by the Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation "Electronic Government for Citizens: Determining Development Gudelines for Lithuania Using Future Insight Methodology" (a Lithuanian SSSF project, 2007-2009). This study seeks to theoretically and practically cover all the issues of electronic government (e-government), concentrating the most important knowledge about e-government as an intergrated object of research. The monograph provides a sense of the role of e-government and its place in the life of contemporary Lithuania, indicating development perspectives and the variety of alternatives, revealing the influence of e-government on citizens and modernization of the public sphere. This e-government study is based on the relationship with development of the information society, which expresses general European democratic improvement tendencies and new forms, seeking to increase a state's competitiveness. That is why the monograph presents e-government development research, e-government strategic development model evaluation and recommendations for improvement, which are especially timely and important for the future of Lithuania. [.]