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Social Work in Lithuania is the new support for human occupation, which helps to restore relations between the state and society when a person is unable to do so. The social worker's client may be any member of the public who fell into the difficult life situations. Social workers practice's success due to their professional competence - the knowledge, skills and values as a whole. It is important that professional competence is developed so that social workers actively participate in continuous learning process. Formally, the social workers' skills are valued at the time of certification. Social workers must continually upgrade their professional skills and participate in the certification reports produced every five years. The object of research - social workers in the training process. The subject - social worker certification training process. Purpose of the survey - to reveal how social workers assess the certification training process. Objectives: 1) To describe the social workers' training process, legal, theoretical and practical aspects of business. 2) To investigate the social competence of staff development needs and participation in training process. Research methods: • the analysis of scientific literature; • the analysis of legislation and other documents; • questionnaire; • the statistical analysis of data. The study based on quantitative methodology. For study instrument theoretical analyses was made. The study surveyed 102 social workers from various Vilkaviskis district offices. The study revealed that the practical work of social workers' professional competence gets most characterizing skills shortage. Social workers continually develop their expertise by participating in various forms of training. They agree that it is important their professional qualifications, which determines the success of their practice. The experimental results showed that social workers certification training process is the only formal evaluation of professionalism, but not the means, incentive to seek for improvement in professional activities.

Social Work in Lithuania is the new support for human occupation, which helps to restore relations between the state and society when a person is unable to do so. The social worker's client may be any member of the public who fell into the difficult life situations. Social workers practice's success due to their professional competence - the knowledge, skills and values as a whole. It is important that professional competence is developed so that social workers actively participate in continuous learning process. Formally, the social workers' skills are valued at the time of certification. Social workers must continually upgrade their professional skills and participate in the certification reports produced every five years. The object of research - social workers in the training process. The subject - social worker certification training process. Purpose of the survey - to reveal how social workers assess the certification training process. Objectives: 1) To describe the social workers' training process, legal, theoretical and practical aspects of business. 2) To investigate the social competence of staff development needs and participation in training process. Research methods: • the analysis of scientific literature; • the analysis of legislation and other documents; • questionnaire; • the statistical analysis of data. The study based on quantitative methodology. For study instrument theoretical analyses was made. The study surveyed 102 social workers from various Vilkaviskis district offices. The study revealed that the practical work of social workers' professional competence gets most characterizing skills shortage. Social workers continually develop their expertise by participating in various forms of training. They agree that it is important their professional qualifications, which determines the success of their practice. The experimental results showed that social workers certification training process is the only formal evaluation of professionalism, but not the means, incentive to seek for improvement in professional activities.

This master's final paper analyses available economic situation in Lithuania region and its main causes, that determine even development of regions. The paper presents a detailed analysis of differences in spatial economic activity described by territotial disparity of active economic subjects, investment in tangible fixed assets and foreign direct investment in regions. Estimation of the rate and speed of uneven growth is grounded on spatial disparity measurement of GDP per capita and GDP per worker. The hypothesis is formulated as follows- the source of increasing economical and social differences in Lithuanian regions is cumulative causation process- is confirmed. Political intervantion in promoting workplace training programs and accumulation of human capital stock is necessary to defeat this causation process.

This master's final paper analyses available economic situation in Lithuania region and its main causes, that determine even development of regions. The paper presents a detailed analysis of differences in spatial economic activity described by territotial disparity of active economic subjects, investment in tangible fixed assets and foreign direct investment in regions. Estimation of the rate and speed of uneven growth is grounded on spatial disparity measurement of GDP per capita and GDP per worker. The hypothesis is formulated as follows- the source of increasing economical and social differences in Lithuanian regions is cumulative causation process- is confirmed. Political intervantion in promoting workplace training programs and accumulation of human capital stock is necessary to defeat this causation process.

This master's final paper analyses available economic situation in Lithuania region and its main causes, that determine even development of regions. The paper presents a detailed analysis of differences in spatial economic activity described by territotial disparity of active economic subjects, investment in tangible fixed assets and foreign direct investment in regions. Estimation of the rate and speed of uneven growth is grounded on spatial disparity measurement of GDP per capita and GDP per worker. The hypothesis is formulated as follows- the source of increasing economical and social differences in Lithuanian regions is cumulative causation process- is confirmed. Political intervantion in promoting workplace training programs and accumulation of human capital stock is necessary to defeat this causation process.

This master's final paper analyses available economic situation in Lithuania region and its main causes, that determine even development of regions. The paper presents a detailed analysis of differences in spatial economic activity described by territotial disparity of active economic subjects, investment in tangible fixed assets and foreign direct investment in regions. Estimation of the rate and speed of uneven growth is grounded on spatial disparity measurement of GDP per capita and GDP per worker. The hypothesis is formulated as follows- the source of increasing economical and social differences in Lithuanian regions is cumulative causation process- is confirmed. Political intervantion in promoting workplace training programs and accumulation of human capital stock is necessary to defeat this causation process.

An analysis of Lithuanian legislation has shown that documents regulating the development of teachers' qualifications provides the teacher with an opportunity to improve personal, institutional and national educational needs for development, and defines requirements for educators and qualification development opportunities. However, research conducted in Lithuania shows that this process is frequently characterised as fragmentary, and that it lacks research on the needs of the development and planning of teachers' qualifications, the connection with the educational process, and its practical application. In the meantime, teachers commonly disregarding the significance of the subsidiarity principle to the effectiveness of the development of teachers' qualifications desire direct cooperation and the coordination of the need for the development of personal qualifications with the andragogue organiser, while ignoring the people responsible for it in educational institutions. The perception that the andragogue organiser's activities must be designed taking into account not only the personal expectations of teachers but also the objectives and priorities of educational institutions and of the development of teachers' qualifications raises a scientific issue: what type of andragogue organiser's activity is effective for achieving the main goals (quality) in the development of teachers' qualifications? The qualitative research conducted revealed the andragogue organiser's role and the effectiveness of the activity and direction of improvement with respect to the performed functions, activity areas and competences, and justified the fundamental principles of the development of teachers' qualifications. In the practical approach, empirical data presented in this article can be significant in: 1) seeking the effectiveness and improvement of activity of the andragogue organising teachers' qualification development services in the Klaipėda district; 2) identifying the roles and responsibilities of the participants' process in ensuring its quality.

An analysis of Lithuanian legislation has shown that documents regulating the development of teachers' qualifications provides the teacher with an opportunity to improve personal, institutional and national educational needs for development, and defines requirements for educators and qualification development opportunities. However, research conducted in Lithuania shows that this process is frequently characterised as fragmentary, and that it lacks research on the needs of the development and planning of teachers' qualifications, the connection with the educational process, and its practical application. In the meantime, teachers commonly disregarding the significance of the subsidiarity principle to the effectiveness of the development of teachers' qualifications desire direct cooperation and the coordination of the need for the development of personal qualifications with the andragogue organiser, while ignoring the people responsible for it in educational institutions. The perception that the andragogue organiser's activities must be designed taking into account not only the personal expectations of teachers but also the objectives and priorities of educational institutions and of the development of teachers' qualifications raises a scientific issue: what type of andragogue organiser's activity is effective for achieving the main goals (quality) in the development of teachers' qualifications? The qualitative research conducted revealed the andragogue organiser's role and the effectiveness of the activity and direction of improvement with respect to the performed functions, activity areas and competences, and justified the fundamental principles of the development of teachers' qualifications. In the practical approach, empirical data presented in this article can be significant in: 1) seeking the effectiveness and improvement of activity of the andragogue organising teachers' qualification development services in the Klaipėda district; 2) identifying the roles and responsibilities of the participants' process in ensuring its quality.

An analysis of Lithuanian legislation has shown that documents regulating the development of teachers' qualifications provides the teacher with an opportunity to improve personal, institutional and national educational needs for development, and defines requirements for educators and qualification development opportunities. However, research conducted in Lithuania shows that this process is frequently characterised as fragmentary, and that it lacks research on the needs of the development and planning of teachers' qualifications, the connection with the educational process, and its practical application. In the meantime, teachers commonly disregarding the significance of the subsidiarity principle to the effectiveness of the development of teachers' qualifications desire direct cooperation and the coordination of the need for the development of personal qualifications with the andragogue organiser, while ignoring the people responsible for it in educational institutions. The perception that the andragogue organiser's activities must be designed taking into account not only the personal expectations of teachers but also the objectives and priorities of educational institutions and of the development of teachers' qualifications raises a scientific issue: what type of andragogue organiser's activity is effective for achieving the main goals (quality) in the development of teachers' qualifications? The qualitative research conducted revealed the andragogue organiser's role and the effectiveness of the activity and direction of improvement with respect to the performed functions, activity areas and competences, and justified the fundamental principles of the development of teachers' qualifications. In the practical approach, empirical data presented in this article can be significant in: 1) seeking the effectiveness and improvement of activity of the andragogue organising teachers' qualification development services in the Klaipėda district; 2) identifying the roles and responsibilities of the participants' process in ensuring its quality.

An analysis of Lithuanian legislation has shown that documents regulating the development of teachers' qualifications provides the teacher with an opportunity to improve personal, institutional and national educational needs for development, and defines requirements for educators and qualification development opportunities. However, research conducted in Lithuania shows that this process is frequently characterised as fragmentary, and that it lacks research on the needs of the development and planning of teachers' qualifications, the connection with the educational process, and its practical application. In the meantime, teachers commonly disregarding the significance of the subsidiarity principle to the effectiveness of the development of teachers' qualifications desire direct cooperation and the coordination of the need for the development of personal qualifications with the andragogue organiser, while ignoring the people responsible for it in educational institutions. The perception that the andragogue organiser's activities must be designed taking into account not only the personal expectations of teachers but also the objectives and priorities of educational institutions and of the development of teachers' qualifications raises a scientific issue: what type of andragogue organiser's activity is effective for achieving the main goals (quality) in the development of teachers' qualifications? The qualitative research conducted revealed the andragogue organiser's role and the effectiveness of the activity and direction of improvement with respect to the performed functions, activity areas and competences, and justified the fundamental principles of the development of teachers' qualifications. In the practical approach, empirical data presented in this article can be significant in: 1) seeking the effectiveness and improvement of activity of the andragogue organising teachers' qualification development services in the Klaipėda district; 2) identifying the roles and responsibilities of the participants' process in ensuring its quality.

The main goal of Lithuanian internal and foreign policy is to consolidate Lithuanian national security. The basic parts of national security are: human rights; safety of individual liberty; national values; state independence; Constitution (the highest law of the state); conditions of free development of the state; territorial unity; environmental and cultural heritage based on laws or other acts that our Republic has ratified or acceded. Lithuania pursues the policy of national security based on the 3rd constitutional art. which states that no one can limit national sovereignty or assume rights. The stated policy is regulated by some more constitutional articles of the Republic (1st art., 8th art., 94th art., 139th art., etc) as well as by regulations of the constitutional act (June 8, 1992). National security should be treated in different aspects such as social, economical, ecological not only military. The security of our Republic is inseparable part of the security of all Europe and the whole world in general. Integration into European economical or security structures is possible only through active participation in international organizations. Membership in North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO) and European organization (EU) is treated as strategic goal of Lithuanian Republic. It means that doing one's ordinary duties concerning public order and security of the society an official must take into consideration interests of other member states, should know national juridical basis of neighbor states for an activity in the territory of some state will be performed according to the laws and acts of that state.

Public procurement is a relatively new practice of the institutions in public sector associated with the new ideas in public management: to take over the business management principles and adapt them to the public institutions, to save the state money, to efficiently distribute and promote public and private sectors. Institutionalism is described of the 19th-20th centuries, especially when the focus is on the social and economic development of the country, economic problems, appropriate solutions for the public and the private sectors in the search, without distinction between primary and secondary institutions, and analyzing them as a whole in the public procurement process. According to an independent economic institutionalism theory direction, the public procurement process can be understood as a set of institutions with an exceptional inter-relationship between purchasers and suppliers, as well as affecting the economic development of the country. The institute in the procurement process consists of: 1) the formal rules governing public procurement procedures, and informal relations between contracting authorities and suppliers, affecting both their mutual relations and their common agreements and economic development activities, 2) the coercive measures imposed to ensure public procurement procedure norms, sanctions and violence in defiance of state of the Republic of Lithuania procurement legislation. In the public sector, public procurement plays a dominant role in procurement services, law enforcement processes, health, social services, education, defense, transport and the environmental issues sectors, and therefore, to achieve public policy objectives and meet civil society needs in the public sector organizations in the procurement volume is much larger than in the private sector. Institutionalism allows the identification of self-formed purchasers and suppliers to separate the network of economic actors' public and private sectors, groups and organizations. In the relationship between individual behavior and analyses of these theories, new institutional economic theory is born. New institutionalism encourages looking at the practical and effective institutions in the procurement process, analyzing not under the ideal conditions of a theoretical model, and according to the public procurement law with the alternative, which allows to extend the micro-economic analysis. In addition to physical and technical limitations inherent in classical institutionalism theory, new institutionalism identified and further analyzed the institutional structure of the society. The institutional structure formed in economic circumstances reflects the situation in the procurement process, the state authorities of the contracting authority must be interested in a cost-effective and/or efficient purchasing, while suppliers (business organizations) – the maximum profit possible after the procurement. ; Straipsnyje analizuojamos institucinės ekonomikos teorijos ir jų dedamosios viešųjų pirkimų procese. Ypatingas dėmesys skiriamas institucijų ir jų veiklos efektyvumo viešųjų pirkimų procese išgryninimui. Mokslinės literatūros lyginamoji analizė leidžia daryti prielaidą, kad institucinė aplinka yra ekonomikos viešųjų pirkimų proceso organizavimo ir įgyvendinimo augimo pasekmė ar priežastis. Tinkamos institucijos užtikrina nuosavybės teisių apsaugą, žemą korupcijos ir biurokratijos lygį, teisės viršenybės principo įgyvendinimą, formuoja palankią institucinę aplinką ekonomikos augimui ir plėtrai. Efektyvi institucinė struktūra valstybėje sukuria paskatas rinkos dalyviams investuoti į fizinį ir žmogiškąjį kapitalą bei kurti novatoriškus produktus, kurie ilgalaikėje perspektyvoje turi tiesioginį bei teigiamą poveikį šalies ekonomikai.

Authors of this paper present the main theoretical assumptions and implementation experience of the "Green paper" policy planning method for identifying strategic guidelines for rural development in Lithuania. The "Green paper" policy planning method was used in Lithuania for the first time. This method enables to involve society to discuss about rural development policy vision and strategic guidelines for rural development. In this case policy formation process can include not only knowledge of invited experts but also implicit (tacit) knowledge of society. Knowledge of society has an important role for developing post-industrial knowledge society in Lithuania. The expectations of society are becoming an important rural policy-making factor because number of persons employed in agriculture is drastically decreased and in order to preserve the viability or rural area s it is important to change policy from sectoral paradigm to the place-based policies. These structural changes in employment in rural area s have taken place in Lithuania in recent years. Proposals of society for the green book "Future of Rural area s in Lithuania" were systemized and strategic guidelines for rural development were proposed. These strategical guidelines ensure that integrated approach for setting fundamental parameters of life quality in rural areas would be used when formulating rural development policy. Measures for rural policy should help to make rural area s in Lithuania attractive place to live where you can have favourite job and pleasing place to spend your leisure time. Paper also reflects changes in values of society, new approach to the processes of agriculture, emphasizing the importance of the family farm for rural area s in Lithuania, emphasizing not only economic but also social and cultural importance of the family farm traditions, while maintaining a clean and healthy environment for f

Authors of this paper present the main theoretical assumptions and implementation experience of the "Green paper" policy planning method for identifying strategic guidelines for rural development in Lithuania. The "Green paper" policy planning method was used in Lithuania for the first time. This method enables to involve society to discuss about rural development policy vision and strategic guidelines for rural development. In this case policy formation process can include not only knowledge of invited experts but also implicit (tacit) knowledge of society. Knowledge of society has an important role for developing post-industrial knowledge society in Lithuania. The expectations of society are becoming an important rural policy-making factor because number of persons employed in agriculture is drastically decreased and in order to preserve the viability or rural area s it is important to change policy from sectoral paradigm to the place-based policies. These structural changes in employment in rural area s have taken place in Lithuania in recent years. Proposals of society for the green book "Future of Rural area s in Lithuania" were systemized and strategic guidelines for rural development were proposed. These strategical guidelines ensure that integrated approach for setting fundamental parameters of life quality in rural areas would be used when formulating rural development policy. Measures for rural policy should help to make rural area s in Lithuania attractive place to live where you can have favourite job and pleasing place to spend your leisure time. Paper also reflects changes in values of society, new approach to the processes of agriculture, emphasizing the importance of the family farm for rural area s in Lithuania, emphasizing not only economic but also social and cultural importance of the family farm traditions, while maintaining a clean and healthy environment for f

Authors of this paper present the main theoretical assumptions and implementation experience of the "Green paper" policy planning method for identifying strategic guidelines for rural development in Lithuania. The "Green paper" policy planning method was used in Lithuania for the first time. This method enables to involve society to discuss about rural development policy vision and strategic guidelines for rural development. In this case policy formation process can include not only knowledge of invited experts but also implicit (tacit) knowledge of society. Knowledge of society has an important role for developing post-industrial knowledge society in Lithuania. The expectations of society are becoming an important rural policy-making factor because number of persons employed in agriculture is drastically decreased and in order to preserve the viability or rural area s it is important to change policy from sectoral paradigm to the place-based policies. These structural changes in employment in rural area s have taken place in Lithuania in recent years. Proposals of society for the green book "Future of Rural area s in Lithuania" were systemized and strategic guidelines for rural development were proposed. These strategical guidelines ensure that integrated approach for setting fundamental parameters of life quality in rural areas would be used when formulating rural development policy. Measures for rural policy should help to make rural area s in Lithuania attractive place to live where you can have favourite job and pleasing place to spend your leisure time. Paper also reflects changes in values of society, new approach to the processes of agriculture, emphasizing the importance of the family farm for rural area s in Lithuania, emphasizing not only economic but also social and cultural importance of the family farm traditions, while maintaining a clean and healthy environment for f