Abstract
The chapter on Lithuania focuses on the different types of networks of local state-society relations on the municipal level, including the councils of non-governmental organizations (NGO councils), the youth councils, the tripartite councils, the councils of culture and arts, and the boards of local action groups. The analysis identifies the dominance of ‘self-reflective’ local state-society networks in Lithuania. These networks refer to highly regulated provisions, strictly organized membership and statutory rules, and limited social and economic impact at the local level. Contrary, the ‘consociational’ (boards of local action groups) and ‘collaborative’ (tripartite councils) types of networks are considered as an exception and represent a different role in local development.
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See the Law on Local Self-Government (approved on 7 July 1994, No. I-533).
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Establishment of NGO councils is regulated according to the provisions of the Law on Local Self-Government (approved on 7 July 1994, No. I-533) and the Law on the Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (approved on 19 December 2013, No. XII-717).
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The NGO council of Kaunas City Municipality (295,000 inhabitants) consists of four elected politicians from the city council, four delegated officials from the municipal administration departments for education, social welfare, and public health, and eight delegated NGO representatives (see online: http://www.kaunas.lt/taryba/tarybos-nariai/nuolatines-komisijos-tarybos-ir-darbo-grupes/nevyriausybiniu-organizaciju-taryba/).
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See the information of Kaunas City Municipality’s NGO funding program (see: http://www.kaunas.lt/nevyriausybines-organizacijos/programa-remti-bendruomenine-veikla-savivaldybese/).
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See, for example, the report of the Šiauliai NGO council (https://miestonaujienos.lt/posedziavo-siauliu-rajono-nevyriausybiniu-organizaciju-taryba/).
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Law on Establishment of Associations in the Republic of Lithuania, approved on 22 January 2004, No. IX-1969.
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Program of Rural Development in Lithuania for 2014–2020, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, approved by the EC on 13 February 2015, No. C(2015)842.
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Ministry of Agriculture, 2012: An Overview of the Implementation of Lithuanian Rural Development Programme for 2007–2013 (see: https://zum.lrv.lt//uploads/zum/documents/files/LT_versija/Naujiena/Leidiniai/Leidinys_%E2%80%9ELietuvos_kaimo_pletros_2007%E2%80%932013m_programos_igyvendinim_%20apzvalga%E2%80%9C/ietuvoskaimopletra20121002EN.pdf).
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Ministry of Agriculture, 2012: An Overview of the Implementation of Lithuanian Rural Development Programme for 2007–2013 (see: https://zum.lrv.lt//uploads/zum/documents/files/LT_versija/Naujiena/Leidiniai/Leidinys_%E2%80%9ELietuvos_kaimo_pletros_2007%E2%80%932013m_programos_igyvendinim_%20apzvalga%E2%80%9C/ietuvoskaimopletra20121002EN.pdf).
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Ministry of Social Security and Labor, 2016: An Overview of the Quality of Activities of Youth Councils in Municipalities (see: https://www.jrd.lt/jaunimo-politika/savivaldybese/jaunimo-reikalu-tarybos/sjrt_veiklos_kokybs_gerinimas._apvalga._2016.pdf).
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For example, the tripartite council of Kaunas consists of four politicians, four representatives of the labor unions, and four members from the Association of Employers and Industrialists of Kaunas (see http://www.kaunas.lt/taryba/tarybos-nariai/nuolatines-komisijos-tarybos-ir-darbo-grupes/trisale-taryba/).
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Bučaitė-Vilkė, J., Lazauskienė, A. (2021). Local State-Society Relations in Lithuania. In: Teles, F., Gendźwiłł, A., Stănuș, C., Heinelt, H. (eds) Close Ties in European Local Governance. Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44794-6_17
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