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The aims of this article are to describe the fundamental connection between State government, counties and municipalities and to expose peculiarities of interaction of State government subjects and Local Self-government institutions. The survey method is grounded on the systemic research and analysis of the Lithuanian legal acts: Law on the Local Self-government, Law on the Governing of the County and Law on the Regional Development. The main conclusions of the article are following: a) the objects, functions and responsibility of Regional institutions and Counties are separated by legal acts, but in fact Regional institutions and Counties are indivisible unit; b) in reality municipalities become subordinate to the State government and restraint from Self-government institutions appreciable by limited liberty of decision making and finance resources, and intensive state inspection of procedures; c) there is not fully realized principle of decentralization. In the future State government system and Local Self-government reforms could take the way of self-governmental regions making and the power, functions and decision making competence of municipalities could be extended. ; Straipsnyje nagrinėjami centrinių valstybės valdymo subjektų ir savivaldybių sąveikos ypatumai, regioninės valstybės politikos ir vietos savivaldos santykis, apskričių sąsajos su savivaldybėmis bei vietos gyventojais. Išanalizavus Lietuvos Respublikos vietos savivaldos, Regioninės plėtros ir Apskrities valdymo įstatymus, teigiama, jog santykiai tarp valstybės valdymo subjektų ir savivaldybių yra grįsti įvairialype ir detalia kontrole, varžančia savivaldos plėtojimą; regionai ir apskritys institucijų požiūriu egzistuoja kaip nedalomas vienetas, todėl tarp valstybės valdymo ir savivaldos sistemų egzistuoja Konstitucijoje nenumatyti pavaldumo ryšiai; pažeidžiamas subsidiarumo principas: Apskrities valdymo įstatymas nustato konkrečius santykius su pavieniais gyventojais ne jų pačių, bet valstybės iniciatyva. Straipsnyje pateiktas teorinis sisteminis valstybės valdymo modelis. Jame patobulinti valstybės institucijų bei savivaldybių ryšiai, supaprastinti gyventojų bei valdžios institucijų santykiai.

The Joint Committee of Government and Local Self-Government has been operating for over 25 years. It is an institution that was conceived as having an advisory capacity, as a unique instrument of dialogue between the government authority and local self-government. However, experience over the last four years has shown that the central authority has marginalized the role of the Joint Committee, ignoring it completely in the legislative process – the vast majority of changes in the powers of the self-government authorities were introduced through member bills, which do not require an opinion from the Joint Committee. In this article, the authors propose extensive reforms to empower local self-government through the empowerment of the Joint Committee. Its fundamental recommendations are to furnish the Joint Committee with the right of legislative initiative, the right to file a motion with the Constitutional Tribunal, and the introduction of a group legislative initiative to the governing authorities of local self-government units. ; Komisja Wspólna Rządu i Samorządu Terytorialnego funkcjonuje już od ponad 25 lat. Jest to instytucja, która z założenia miała mieć charakter opiniodawczo-doradczy, stanowiąc swoisty instrument dialogu między władzą rządową a samorządem terytorialnym. Praktyka ostatnich czterech lat pokazuje jednak, że władza centralna zmarginalizowała rolę Komisji Wspólnej, pomijając ją zupełnie w procesie legislacyjnym – zdecydowana większość zmian dotyczących kompetencji władz samorządowych była wprowadzano poprzez projekty poselskie, które nie wymagają opinii Komisji Wspólnej. W prezentowanym artykule autorzy proponują szeroko zakrojoną reformę mającą na celu upodmiotowienie samorządu terytorialnego poprzez upodmiotowienie Komisji Wspólnej. Podstawowymi jej postulatami są: wyposażenie Komisji Wspólnej w prawo inicjatywy ustawodawczej, prawo do występowania z wnioskiem do Trybunału Konstytucyjnego oraz wprowadzenie grupowej inicjatywy ustawodawczej dla organów stanowiących jednostek samorządu terytorialnego.

While carrying out its tasks, the Polish customs administration collaborates with many entities – government administration authorities, local government as well as economic self-government. Constant cooperation takes place mainly with authorities and institutions whose tasks are associated with tasks which are being realized by the customs administration. Cooperation with local and state administration bodies and the local government takes place to a lesser extent. This cooperation is of supportive character. Another type of cooperation is the cooperation with local governments. Its character is intensive. The result of this cooperation is the implementation of a number of facilities for entrepreneurs dealing with foreign commodity trading. ; Polska administracja celna realizując swoje zadania współpracuje z wieloma podmiotami – z organami administracji państwowej, samorządowej, jak i samorządem gospodarczym. Stała współpraca prowadzona jest przede wszystkim z organami i instytucjami, których zadania wiążą się z zadaniami realizowanymi przez administrację celną. Współpraca z terenowymi organami administracji państwowej oraz organami samorządu terytorialnego odbywa się w mniejszym zakresie. Ma ona charakter pomocniczy, wspierający. Innego rodzaju współpracą jest z kolei współpraca z samorządem gospodarczym. Jest ona intensywna. Efektem tej współpracy jest wprowadzenie szeregu ułatwień dla przedsiębiorców dokonujących obrotu towarowego z zagranicą.

While carrying out its tasks, the Polish customs administration collaborates with many entities – government administration authorities, local government as well as economic self-government. Constant cooperation takes place mainly with authorities and institutions whose tasks are associated with tasks which are being realized by the customs administration. Cooperation with local and state administration bodies and the local government takes place to a lesser extent. This cooperation is of supportive character. Another type of cooperation is the cooperation with local governments. Its character is intensive. The result of this cooperation is the implementation of a number of facilities for entrepreneurs dealing with foreign commodity trading. ; Polska administracja celna realizując swoje zadania współpracuje z wieloma podmiotami – z organami administracji państwowej, samorządowej, jak i samorządem gospodarczym. Stała współpraca prowadzona jest przede wszystkim z organami i instytucjami, których zadania wiążą się z zadaniami realizowanymi przez administrację celną. Współpraca z terenowymi organami administracji państwowej oraz organami samorządu terytorialnego odbywa się w mniejszym zakresie. Ma ona charakter pomocniczy, wspierający. Innego rodzaju współpracą jest z kolei współpraca z samorządem gospodarczym. Jest ona intensywna. Efektem tej współpracy jest wprowadzenie szeregu ułatwień dla przedsiębiorców dokonujących obrotu towarowego z zagranicą.

Financial determinants related to the budgetary situation of territorial self-government units play the most important role among all the factors affecting the undertaking and conducting of investments by territorial units. Finances are a key element in functioning of territorial self-government units as well as the primary determinant of viability and success of any investment. The objective of this article is to present financial determinants associated with the budgetary situation of territorial self-government units in Poland and their effects on investment execution by these entities. Consequently, investment expenditure, own income, and budgetary result with particular attention to operating surplus have been characterized.

Rok 2020, rok pandemii, stał się symbolem nagłych zagrożeń zmieniających zasadniczo życie społeczne i gospodarcze. Jest on jednak tylko przykładem nowych nawarstwiających się niepewności, takich jak zmiany klimatyczne, które silnie wpływają na system administracji publicznej. Przedmiotem opracowania jest odpowiedź na pytanie, jaki ustrój administracji publicznej i jakie prawne formy działania będą sprzyjać zwiększeniu odporności państwa na wstrząsy i większej elastyczności działania jego administracji. Możemy tu ukazać trzy sposoby ujęcia posiadające swoich zwolenników również w nauce prawa, a więc: scentralizowanego państwa rozbudowującego wobec zagrożeń tylko struktury eksperckie i doradcze; państwa minimalnego, w którym wzmacnia się głównie sieć współdziałania z obywatelami, podmiotami gospodarczymi i administracją, takiego, które prowadzi ograniczone działania zarządzania kryzysowego, i trzeciej koncepcji współpracującego systemu modułów administracji rządowej i samorządowej przy dużej niezależności samorządu, dobrej koordynacji i otwarciu na innowacji społeczne. Autorka wypowiada się za wyborem trzeciego modelu dla stworzenia elastycznego, odpornego na wstrząsy państwa, ukazując zalety takiego rozwiązania oraz słabości modelu pierwszego, ku któremu dąży postępująca obecnie recentralizacja. ; The year 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, has become a symbol of sudden threats that fundamentally change social and economic life. However, the pandemic is only one example of the new accumulating uncertainties, such as climate change, which are strongly affecting the public administration system. The aim of the study is to answer the question of what kind of public administration system and what legal forms of action will contribute to increasing the resistance of the State to shocks, and fostering greater flexibility of its administration. Three approaches will be presented that have their supporters in the legal sciences, namely: a centralized state that only expands expert and advisory structures in order to counter threats; a minimal state, in which the network of interaction with citizens, business entities and the administration is mainly strengthened, being one that conducts limited crisis management activities; and, lastly, the concept of a cooperative system of central and local government administration modules, with local self-government having a high level of independence, good coordination, and openness to social innovation. The author advocates the choice of the third model to create a flexible, shock-resistant state, showing the advantages of such a solution and the weaknesses of the first model, towards which the current recentralization is striving.

O wyborze problematyki refinansowania zadłużenia samorządowego zadecydowało przeświadczenie o niedostatecznym ujmowaniu tego zagadnienia w literaturze przedmiotu, nierzadko jego bagatelizowaniu w odniesieniu do szczebla regionalnego i lokalnego oraz istnieniu pokaźnych luk na tym polu badawczym. Zasadniczym celem pracy jest usystematyzowanie informacji dotyczących refinansowania długu publicznego, w tym samorządowego, oraz zbadanie skali zjawiska w polskich gminach. Przedstawiono propozycje wzbogacenia mierników oceny kondycji finansowej samorządów o te dotyczące opisywanych zagadnień. Sprecyzowane cele mają więc charakter zarówno teoretyczny, jak i aplikacyjny. W pracy wskazano trudności, jakie związane są z pomiarem zadłużenia publicznego, przybliżono pojęcie refinansowania długu oraz odniesiono je do długu samorządowego. Zasygnalizowano zagadnienia związane z restrukturyzacją zadłużenia, myloną czasem z jego refinansowaniem. Zaprezentowano również dane dotyczące refinansowania polskich gmin w latach 2003-2015 oraz przedstawiono propozycje mierników omawianych zagadnień. Opracowanie kończy podsumowanie zawierające najważniejsze wnioski; zasygnalizowano również problemy wymagające dalszych badań. ; The choice of the subject of this paper: the refinancing of the local government debt, was determined by the conviction that this field of research has not yet been sufficiently explored. Literature downplays this issue at the regional and local level. Thus the main aim of this work is the systematisation of information on the refinancing of public debt, including local government debt, and examination of the scale of this phenomenon existing throughout Polish municipalities. Debt indicators have been proposed to be added to the array of tools used for assessing the financialcondition of local governments so that the objectives defined in the paper had both a theoretical as well as practical application. Problems and difficulties associated with the measurement of public debt have been identified, the concept of debt refinancing explained in more detail and a reference of a public debt to the local government debt has been made. Issues indicated in the article relate to debt restructuring and are sometimes confused with refinancing. The refinancing of Polish municipalities in the years 2003-2015 has been presented, followed by some proposals for measures applicable to the issues under discussion. The paper ends with a summary containing the main findings, and indicates issues that still require further research.

Studies presented in this publication were aimed at provide data necessary for the conducting of local government and citizenship dimension of the enlarged Polish foreign policy in Podlaskie region. The main objective was to investigate the diagnosis, as the local government units, non-governmental organizations, businesses and universities alluded cross-border cooperation with partners in Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia (Kaliningrad). The publication indicated areas of the greatest potential, as well as barriers to such cooperation in the region. Particular attention was paid to the cooperation of these entities, combining their potentials and create joint projects.

The methods for change detection and management published in the scientific literature are often of empirical nature and are not suitable for the analysis of the particular situations, whereas local governments are a specific object of analysis. Furthermore, many scholars interpret the content of a strategic change quite differently. This shows that the methodology of strategic change analysis is not fully developed. Therefore, further issues of strategic change management, which would consider the specifics of an organization, are very important. The aim of the article is to discuss the specifics of the strategic changes in local governments (local government institutions), describe their types, and evaluate the operational changes. The paper presents the concept of strategic change and distinguishes the levels of strategic changes according to their importance for the local governments. It describes strategic changes in the local governments and their need on the political, organizational potential development, and action levels. The article evaluates the strategic changes in the local governments at the level of their activities. The local governments can implement the strategic changes on the political and action levels. They are not procedural, but oriented to activity. Organizational potential development and functional changes are more common at the local government institutions. These changes are procedural and can be strategic and operational. It is not possible to. [to full text]

The methods for change detection and management published in the scientific literature are often of empirical nature and are not suitable for the analysis of the particular situations, whereas local governments are a specific object of analysis. Furthermore, many scholars interpret the content of a strategic change quite differently. This shows that the methodology of strategic change analysis is not fully developed. Therefore, further issues of strategic change management, which would consider the specifics of an organization, are very important. The aim of the article is to discuss the specifics of the strategic changes in local governments (local government institutions), describe their types, and evaluate the operational changes. The paper presents the concept of strategic change and distinguishes the levels of strategic changes according to their importance for the local governments. It describes strategic changes in the local governments and their need on the political, organizational potential development, and action levels. The article evaluates the strategic changes in the local governments at the level of their activities. The local governments can implement the strategic changes on the political and action levels. They are not procedural, but oriented to activity. Organizational potential development and functional changes are more common at the local government institutions. These changes are procedural and can be strategic and operational. It is not possible to. [to full text]

Objectives of the thesis are –1) to identify the legal problems coming from mashups of Open Government Data (OGD) and 2) to purpose an informal ontology to help technical reusers of Public Sector Information to utilize datasets according to their intended purpose and in compliance with the legal obligations that govern the rights to reuse the data. A survey of national OGD portals found that the majority of OGD are released under inappropriate licenses, not fully complying with the legal rules that apply to the reuse of the data. Open Government Data can be released and covered by multiple licensing regimes, up to 33 in a single country. We have analysed the European Union (EU) legal framework of reuse of Public Sector Information (PSI), the EU Database Directive and copyright framework and other legal sources (e.g., licenses, legal notices, and terms of use) that can apply to open government Datasets. From this deep analysis we have modelled several major concepts in an Informal Ontology of Open Government Data Licenses Framework for a Mash-up Model (iOGDL4M). The iOGDL4M will be used for qualifying datasets in order to improve the accuracy of their legal annotation. The iOGDL4M also aims to connect each applicable legal rule to official legal texts in order to direct legal experts and reusers to primary sources. This research aims to present 1) a legal analysis of OGD regulation in the European Union and its member states; 2) the Survey of National Open Government Data Portals and analysis of the most commonly applied licenses and legal notices and their compatibility; and 3) the Informal Ontology of Open Government Data Licenses Framework for a Mash-up Model. This thesis is comprised of 4 publications. It consists of presentation of the research, the publications, and annexes that support the research.

Objectives of the thesis are –1) to identify the legal problems coming from mashups of Open Government Data (OGD) and 2) to purpose an informal ontology to help technical reusers of Public Sector Information to utilize datasets according to their intended purpose and in compliance with the legal obligations that govern the rights to reuse the data. A survey of national OGD portals found that the majority of OGD are released under inappropriate licenses, not fully complying with the legal rules that apply to the reuse of the data. Open Government Data can be released and covered by multiple licensing regimes, up to 33 in a single country. We have analysed the European Union (EU) legal framework of reuse of Public Sector Information (PSI), the EU Database Directive and copyright framework and other legal sources (e.g., licenses, legal notices, and terms of use) that can apply to open government Datasets. From this deep analysis we have modelled several major concepts in an Informal Ontology of Open Government Data Licenses Framework for a Mash-up Model (iOGDL4M). The iOGDL4M will be used for qualifying datasets in order to improve the accuracy of their legal annotation. The iOGDL4M also aims to connect each applicable legal rule to official legal texts in order to direct legal experts and reusers to primary sources. This research aims to present 1) a legal analysis of OGD regulation in the European Union and its member states; 2) the Survey of National Open Government Data Portals and analysis of the most commonly applied licenses and legal notices and their compatibility; and 3) the Informal Ontology of Open Government Data Licenses Framework for a Mash-up Model. This thesis is comprised of 4 publications. It consists of presentation of the research, the publications, and annexes that support the research.

The aim of the article is to analyse the state control function over the activity of local self-governments in the field of their finances. The analysis is based on empirical data of the Regional Accounting Chambers (RACs), which is a special body created for control and supervision in the field of local government finances. Attention is paid to the question of financial independence of the local powers and how it is influenced by the state's external supervision. In this context both too strong and too weak control has negative consequences for prudent funds usage by local government. The research indicates a decrease in law infringement by local authorities in the financial sphere. However, there are still cases of inefficient and irrational budget usage by local powers, which does not contradict the law, yet exerts a negative impact on their financial independence and performance of public tasks. Possible solutions of the indicated problems are outlined at the end of the article.

SUMMERY Personnel Education in State Institution A basic problem being the study object of the thesis entitled Personnel Education in State Institution is our ever changing (improving) life and the unprepared community (the employees of the State Company VISAGINO ENERGIJA). In other words, here one gets insight into and examines why it is precisely the persons who are employed at the State Company VISAGINO ENERGIJA have not been comprehensively prepared for the changes that require a continuous training (improvement), meanwhile, it is precisely nowadays that a reconstruction (improvement of technologies and installation of new equipment) of the divisions at the State Company VISAGINO ENERGIJA is taking place. An anonymous quiz has been carried out during the study with the help of a questionnaire. After having analysed the obtained data, factors that might facilitate or perhaps even solve the raised problem are presented. Also, during the study one has obtained sufficiently positive results. One of the most important obtained results is that most questioned company's employees have a positive attitude to the need of training during one's whole life and also believe that it is indispensable to change (train and improve) themselves. During the quiz a respondents' opinion that an initiative for training (improving) must arise from employees themselves has become clear. In parallel, the reasons why some respondents are willing to improve their qualifications, but do not do so, have been analysed. Only one third of the questioned employees are sure that the training at the State Company VISAGINO ENERGIJA has been well organised.

SUMMERY Personnel Education in State Institution A basic problem being the study object of the thesis entitled Personnel Education in State Institution is our ever changing (improving) life and the unprepared community (the employees of the State Company VISAGINO ENERGIJA). In other words, here one gets insight into and examines why it is precisely the persons who are employed at the State Company VISAGINO ENERGIJA have not been comprehensively prepared for the changes that require a continuous training (improvement), meanwhile, it is precisely nowadays that a reconstruction (improvement of technologies and installation of new equipment) of the divisions at the State Company VISAGINO ENERGIJA is taking place. An anonymous quiz has been carried out during the study with the help of a questionnaire. After having analysed the obtained data, factors that might facilitate or perhaps even solve the raised problem are presented. Also, during the study one has obtained sufficiently positive results. One of the most important obtained results is that most questioned company's employees have a positive attitude to the need of training during one's whole life and also believe that it is indispensable to change (train and improve) themselves. During the quiz a respondents' opinion that an initiative for training (improving) must arise from employees themselves has become clear. In parallel, the reasons why some respondents are willing to improve their qualifications, but do not do so, have been analysed. Only one third of the questioned employees are sure that the training at the State Company VISAGINO ENERGIJA has been well organised.