This article analyses the concept, content, and historical experiences of strategic planning in modern economic policy-making. It does so also through the analysis of the case of Lithuania, which has recently undergone transformation from the centrally planned to the fully functioning market economy and now faces new challenges as a member-to-be of the European Union. The central thesis of this article is that the long-term competitiveness of the Lithuanian economy will be determined by its "micro" or enterprise-level policies, which, according to the effectiveness of implementation, will much depend on the capacity of Lithuanian institutions to manage the dilemmas of EU industrial policy.
This article analyses the concept, content, and historical experiences of strategic planning in modern economic policy-making. It does so also through the analysis of the case of Lithuania, which has recently undergone transformation from the centrally planned to the fully functioning market economy and now faces new challenges as a member-to-be of the European Union. The central thesis of this article is that the long-term competitiveness of the Lithuanian economy will be determined by its "micro" or enterprise-level policies, which, according to the effectiveness of implementation, will much depend on the capacity of Lithuanian institutions to manage the dilemmas of EU industrial policy.
This article analyses the concept, content, and historical experiences of strategic planning in modern economic policy-making. It does so also through the analysis of the case of Lithuania, which has recently undergone transformation from the centrally planned to the fully functioning market economy and now faces new challenges as a member-to-be of the European Union. The central thesis of this article is that the long-term competitiveness of the Lithuanian economy will be determined by its "micro" or enterprise-level policies, which, according to the effectiveness of implementation, will much depend on the capacity of Lithuanian institutions to manage the dilemmas of EU industrial policy.
This article analyses the concept, content, and historical experiences of strategic planning in modern economic policy-making. It does so also through the analysis of the case of Lithuania, which has recently undergone transformation from the centrally planned to the fully functioning market economy and now faces new challenges as a member-to-be of the European Union. The central thesis of this article is that the long-term competitiveness of the Lithuanian economy will be determined by its "micro" or enterprise-level policies, which, according to the effectiveness of implementation, will much depend on the capacity of Lithuanian institutions to manage the dilemmas of EU industrial policy.
This article analyses the concept, content, and historical experiences of strategic planning in modern economic policy-making. It does so also through the analysis of the case of Lithuania, which has recently undergone transformation from the centrally planned to the fully functioning market economy and now faces new challenges as a member-to-be of the European Union. The central thesis of this article is that the long-term competitiveness of the Lithuanian economy will be determined by its "micro" or enterprise-level policies, which, according to the effectiveness of implementation, will much depend on the capacity of Lithuanian institutions to manage the dilemmas of EU industrial policy.
This article analyses the concept, content, and historical experiences of strategic planning in modern economic policy-making. It does so also through the analysis of the case of Lithuania, which has recently undergone transformation from the centrally planned to the fully functioning market economy and now faces new challenges as a member-to-be of the European Union. The central thesis of this article is that the long-term competitiveness of the Lithuanian economy will be determined by its "micro" or enterprise-level policies, which, according to the effectiveness of implementation, will much depend on the capacity of Lithuanian institutions to manage the dilemmas of EU industrial policy.
At the beginning of the 21st century, rural policy remains one of the most important areas of the public policy in both developing and most advanced countries. Therefore, significant financial and human resources are made available for the implementation of this policy measures. For instance, in 2007 through 2013 the European Union (EU) budget for European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development accounted for EUR 96.2 billion (11 per cent of the total EU budget). A similar situation was observed in Lithuania. The amount of the EU support for rural development in 2007-2013 amounted to LTL 6 billion 096 million with co-financing from the Lithuanian national budget of LTL 1 billion 799 million. A large number of specialists and designated institutions develop and implement rural policy measures and monitor the support programmes. Are the huge financial and human resources assigned for rural development actually used in an efficient way, are rural policy decisions able to adapt to the highly dynamic situation in the business and social life?
At the beginning of the 21st century, rural policy remains one of the most important areas of the public policy in both developing and most advanced countries. Therefore, significant financial and human resources are made available for the implementation of this policy measures. For instance, in 2007 through 2013 the European Union (EU) budget for European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development accounted for EUR 96.2 billion (11 per cent of the total EU budget). A similar situation was observed in Lithuania. The amount of the EU support for rural development in 2007-2013 amounted to LTL 6 billion 096 million with co-financing from the Lithuanian national budget of LTL 1 billion 799 million. A large number of specialists and designated institutions develop and implement rural policy measures and monitor the support programmes. Are the huge financial and human resources assigned for rural development actually used in an efficient way, are rural policy decisions able to adapt to the highly dynamic situation in the business and social life?
At the beginning of the 21st century, rural policy remains one of the most important areas of the public policy in both developing and most advanced countries. Therefore, significant financial and human resources are made available for the implementation of this policy measures. For instance, in 2007 through 2013 the European Union (EU) budget for European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development accounted for EUR 96.2 billion (11 per cent of the total EU budget). A similar situation was observed in Lithuania. The amount of the EU support for rural development in 2007-2013 amounted to LTL 6 billion 096 million with co-financing from the Lithuanian national budget of LTL 1 billion 799 million. A large number of specialists and designated institutions develop and implement rural policy measures and monitor the support programmes. Are the huge financial and human resources assigned for rural development actually used in an efficient way, are rural policy decisions able to adapt to the highly dynamic situation in the business and social life?
At the beginning of the 21st century, rural policy remains one of the most important areas of the public policy in both developing and most advanced countries. Therefore, significant financial and human resources are made available for the implementation of this policy measures. For instance, in 2007 through 2013 the European Union (EU) budget for European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development accounted for EUR 96.2 billion (11 per cent of the total EU budget). A similar situation was observed in Lithuania. The amount of the EU support for rural development in 2007-2013 amounted to LTL 6 billion 096 million with co-financing from the Lithuanian national budget of LTL 1 billion 799 million. A large number of specialists and designated institutions develop and implement rural policy measures and monitor the support programmes. Are the huge financial and human resources assigned for rural development actually used in an efficient way, are rural policy decisions able to adapt to the highly dynamic situation in the business and social life?
The article deals with the problems of implementation of the new rural development policy paradigm in Lithuania. The new rural paradigm was born as reaction to challenges of post-industrial stage of society evolution and aims to identify and exploit the varied potential of rural regions. The article presents the comparative analysis of the main features of the traditional, "agriculture-based" and the new, "place-based" rural paradigms. The arguments why Lithuania would seek to apply the new paradigm in the nearest future are discussed. The focus is on the very quick changes of the employment structure in the Lithuanian countryside with the shift from the dominated agricultural sector to the obvious dominating service sector from 2006. Because the agriculture is no more the backbone of Lithuanian countryside, agricultural and rural objectives would be pursued through a different policy models. The identification of the political, legal, economical, social and informational obstacles to paradigm shift in Lithuania based on detailed analysis is presented. Proposals offer possible solutions how identified obstacles would be eliminated. At the moment Lithuanian rural development policy is focused on the small settlements of the rural population. The first step to implement the new rural development policy paradigm in Lithuania must be done by defining rural regions and to introduce the classification by rurality into official administrative-territorial system of Lithuania. Only in this case the holistic place-based strategies that aims to find ways how to exploit unused resources and to valorize local assets of Lithuanian rural municipalities would be designed. The main changes in social and economical Lithuanian approach to rural development would deal with a shift from the aim to reduce regional disparities into the aim to improve the competitive abilities of rural regions because the new rural paradigm draws attention on local resources and core abilit.
The article deals with the problems of implementation of the new rural development policy paradigm in Lithuania. The new rural paradigm was born as reaction to challenges of post-industrial stage of society evolution and aims to identify and exploit the varied potential of rural regions. The article presents the comparative analysis of the main features of the traditional, "agriculture-based" and the new, "place-based" rural paradigms. The arguments why Lithuania would seek to apply the new paradigm in the nearest future are discussed. The focus is on the very quick changes of the employment structure in the Lithuanian countryside with the shift from the dominated agricultural sector to the obvious dominating service sector from 2006. Because the agriculture is no more the backbone of Lithuanian countryside, agricultural and rural objectives would be pursued through a different policy models. The identification of the political, legal, economical, social and informational obstacles to paradigm shift in Lithuania based on detailed analysis is presented. Proposals offer possible solutions how identified obstacles would be eliminated. At the moment Lithuanian rural development policy is focused on the small settlements of the rural population. The first step to implement the new rural development policy paradigm in Lithuania must be done by defining rural regions and to introduce the classification by rurality into official administrative-territorial system of Lithuania. Only in this case the holistic place-based strategies that aims to find ways how to exploit unused resources and to valorize local assets of Lithuanian rural municipalities would be designed. The main changes in social and economical Lithuanian approach to rural development would deal with a shift from the aim to reduce regional disparities into the aim to improve the competitive abilities of rural regions because the new rural paradigm draws attention on local resources and core abilit.
The article deals with the problems of implementation of the new rural development policy paradigm in Lithuania. The new rural paradigm was born as reaction to challenges of post-industrial stage of society evolution and aims to identify and exploit the varied potential of rural regions. The article presents the comparative analysis of the main features of the traditional, "agriculture-based" and the new, "place-based" rural paradigms. The arguments why Lithuania would seek to apply the new paradigm in the nearest future are discussed. The focus is on the very quick changes of the employment structure in the Lithuanian countryside with the shift from the dominated agricultural sector to the obvious dominating service sector from 2006. Because the agriculture is no more the backbone of Lithuanian countryside, agricultural and rural objectives would be pursued through a different policy models. The identification of the political, legal, economical, social and informational obstacles to paradigm shift in Lithuania based on detailed analysis is presented. Proposals offer possible solutions how identified obstacles would be eliminated. At the moment Lithuanian rural development policy is focused on the small settlements of the rural population. The first step to implement the new rural development policy paradigm in Lithuania must be done by defining rural regions and to introduce the classification by rurality into official administrative-territorial system of Lithuania. Only in this case the holistic place-based strategies that aims to find ways how to exploit unused resources and to valorize local assets of Lithuanian rural municipalities would be designed. The main changes in social and economical Lithuanian approach to rural development would deal with a shift from the aim to reduce regional disparities into the aim to improve the competitive abilities of rural regions because the new rural paradigm draws attention on local resources and core abilit.
The article deals with the problems of implementation of the new rural development policy paradigm in Lithuania. The new rural paradigm was born as reaction to challenges of post-industrial stage of society evolution and aims to identify and exploit the varied potential of rural regions. The article presents the comparative analysis of the main features of the traditional, "agriculture-based" and the new, "place-based" rural paradigms. The arguments why Lithuania would seek to apply the new paradigm in the nearest future are discussed. The focus is on the very quick changes of the employment structure in the Lithuanian countryside with the shift from the dominated agricultural sector to the obvious dominating service sector from 2006. Because the agriculture is no more the backbone of Lithuanian countryside, agricultural and rural objectives would be pursued through a different policy models. The identification of the political, legal, economical, social and informational obstacles to paradigm shift in Lithuania based on detailed analysis is presented. Proposals offer possible solutions how identified obstacles would be eliminated. At the moment Lithuanian rural development policy is focused on the small settlements of the rural population. The first step to implement the new rural development policy paradigm in Lithuania must be done by defining rural regions and to introduce the classification by rurality into official administrative-territorial system of Lithuania. Only in this case the holistic place-based strategies that aims to find ways how to exploit unused resources and to valorize local assets of Lithuanian rural municipalities would be designed. The main changes in social and economical Lithuanian approach to rural development would deal with a shift from the aim to reduce regional disparities into the aim to improve the competitive abilities of rural regions because the new rural paradigm draws attention on local resources and core abilit.
Typologies of Lithuanian regions based on various rurality criteria are presented in this paper. Selection of criteria for measuring rurality of the regions was focused on the challenges of the post-industrial development stage of society. The research results shows that classification of Lithuanian regions by rurality into 5 groups is a more comprehensive method to reveal economic and social differences of the regions than the method used by the government at the present by classifying regions in to the problematic and non-problematic regions. The typology based on rurality dimension is also better tailored to the needs of new regional policy paradigm because criteria as remoteness of the region, density of the population and number of residents at the center of the region used in these typologies are stable for a long time and help to highlight the specifics of the region that is unable to be changed quickly.
