The Evaluation of public policy in Lithuania: Introduction, scope and significance ; Viešosios politikos vertinimas Lietuvoje: diegimas, mastas ir reikšmingumas

Jaroslav Dvorak

Sujets

• Évaluation
• Lituanie
• Lithuania
• Political science
• Public administration
• Public policy

Informations

• Publié par: vytautas_magnus_university
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 62
• Langue: English

Extrait

VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY








Jaroslav Dvorak






THE EVALUATION OF PUBLIC POLICY IN
LITHUANIA: INTRODUCTION, SCOPE AND
SIGNIFICANCE






Summary of Doctoral Dissertation
Social Sciences, Political Science (02S)












Kaunas, 2011

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Doctoral dissertation was prepared at the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy,
Vytautas Magnus University in 2007 – 2011.


Scientific supervisor:
Assoc. Prof. dr. Saulius PIVORAS (Vytautas Magnus University, Social Sciences,
Political Science, 02S)

Doctoral Dissertation Defence Council:

Chairman
Prof. Dr. Šarūnas LIEKIS (Vytautas Magnus University, Social Sciences, Political
Science – 02S)

Members

Prof. Dr. Liudas MAŢYLIS (Vytautas Magnus University, Social Sciences, Political
Science – 02S)

Prof. Dr. Vaidutis LAURĖNAS (Klaipėda University, Social Sciences, Political Science
– 02S)

Prof. Dr. Alvydas RAIPA (Kaunas University of Technology, Social Sciences,
Management and administration – 03S)

Prof. Dr. Artūras GREBLIAUSKAS (Center for quality assessment in higher education,
Social Sciences, Management and administration – 03S)

Official opponents

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vitalis NAKROŠIS (Vilnius University, Social Sciences, Political
Science - 02S)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Remigijus CIVINSKAS (Vytautas Magnus University, Social
Sciences, Political Science - 02S)

The public defence of the dissertation will be held at 11 a.m. on September 9, 2011 at
Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy in Vytautas Magnus University (Room 301,
Gedimino 44, Kaunas).

Address of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy: Gedimino St. 44, LT-44240,
Kaunas, Lithuania, [phone], [e-mail]

Summary of dissertation was sent out on August 08, 2011

Dissertation is available at the Vytautas Magnus University Library (K.Donelaičio g.
52, Kaunas) and Lithuanian National Martynas Maţvydas Library (Gedimino av.51,
Vilnius).
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VYTAUTO DIDŢIOJO UNIVERSITETAS










Jaroslav Dvorak




VIEŠOSIOS POLITIKOS VERTINIMAS LIETUVOJE:
DIEGIMAS, MASTAS IR REIKŠMINGUMAS



Daktaro disertacijos santrauka

Socialiniai mokslai, Politikos mokslai (02S)



















Kaunas, 2011
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Disertacija rengta 2007 – 2011 metais Vytauto Didţiojo Universiteto, Politikos mokslų
ir diplomatijos fakultete.

Mokslinis vadovas

Doc. dr. Saulius PIVORAS (Vytauto Didţiojo Universitetas, socialiniai mokslai,
politikos mokslai – 02S)

Disertacija ginama Vytauto Didžiojo Universiteto politikos mokslų krypties
taryboje:

Pirmininkas

Prof. dr. Šarūnas LIEKIS (Vytauto Didţiojo universitetas, socialiniai mokslai, politikos
mokslai - 02S)

Nariai
Prof. dr. Liudas MAŢYLIS (Vytauto Didţiojo universitetas, socialiniai mokslai,
politikos mokslai – 02S)

Prof. dr. Alvydas RAIPA (Kauno technologijos universitetas, socialiniai mokslai,
vadyba ir administravimas- 03S)

Prof. dr. Vaidutis LAURĖNAS (Klaipėdos universitetas, socialiniai mokslai, politikos
mokslai - 02S)

Prof. Dr. Artūras GREBLIAUSKAS (Studijų kokybės vertinimo centras, socialiniai
mokslai, vadyba ir administravimas - 03S)

Oficialieji oponentai

Doc. dr.Vitalis NAKROŠIS (Vilniaus universitetas, socialiniai mokslai, politikos
mokslai - 02S)

Doc. dr. Remigijus CIVINSKAS (Vytauto Didţiojo universitetas socialiniai mokslai,
politikos mokslai - 02S)

Disertacija bus ginama viešame Politikos mokslų krypties tarybos posėdyje 2011 m.
rugsėjo 9 d., penktadienį, 11 val. Vytauto Didţiojo Universitete, Politikos mokslų ir
diplomatijos fakultete, 301 auditorijoje (Gedimino g. 44, Kaunas).

VDU Politikos mokslų ir diplomatijos fakulteto adresas: Gedimino g. 44, LT-44240
Kaunas, Lietuva, tel. [phone], el. p. [e-mail].

Disertacijos santrauka išsiųsta 2011 m. rugpjūčio 8 d.
Su disertacija galima susipţinti Vytauto Didţiojo universiteto (K. Donelaičio g. 52,
Kaunas) ir Lietuvos nacionalinėje M. Maţvydo (Gedimino pr. 51, Vilnius) bibliotekose.
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THE EVALUATION OF PUBLIC POLICY IN
LITHUANIA: INTRODUCTION, SCOPE AND
SIGNIFICANCE

SUMMARY


Relevance of the topic and problem of research

Scientific and technological advances provide real and noticeable military,
economic, political and diplomatic power. Thus non-accidentally the research on
evaluation is described as reformist. The need for policy evaluation increases when the
governments introduce new governing models: new public management or multi-level
governance model and start applying stricter restrictions of public finances in order to
ground the rationality of governmental interventions. During evaluation, the
governments receive knowledge about what is effective for the society, why it is
effective or not and what consequences or unforeseen effects such forms of cooperation
have. In fact, evaluation helps to make better decisions and also contributes to the
consolidation of democracy while using specific evaluation approaches, and this
encourages participation of citizens, guarantees transparency and supports the welfare
of the society. However, there may be some opposite situations, when evaluations are
not used according to their democratic mission because of certain conditions and a
certain extent; thus they are used to reach cynical political aims or are not used at all.
Evaluation of public policy has been applied in Lithuania only recently, and a
certain impact of this tool is noted while administering the support of the EU Structural
and Cohesion Funds. However, the information about evaluation has not been perfect
yet. Evaluation is institutionalized in the Lithuanian administration system. An
evaluator is a new social role, and, as we know from anthropology and sociology,
rights, duties, expectations, etc. are typical for any role. In addition, the role of an
evaluator is related to other roles, i.e. politicians, administrators or citizens. Rules of
behaviour exist for any given pair of relationship or the norms and corresponding
configurations of power; thus not only time, but also will is necessary to include
evaluation into the agenda. In the process of evaluation consolidation, the evaluator has
the right to ask specific questions and demand for certain information and charge the
people to use evaluation results. While analyzing the development of the evaluation
function, it is important to know how evaluation influence appears, mediates, is blocked
or develops or, speaking instrumentally, how the influence of any evaluation may be
increased. The research on policy evaluation, as well as many other retrospective
instruments of public policy, faces the lack of data.
The amount of data about the outcomes of public policy instruments, which
was provided a decade ago, is significantly bigger in comparison to the information on
public policy evaluation provided only several years ago. Apparently, the need to clarify
how public policy evaluation is applied in the Lithuanian political and administrative
environment exists. Of course, it is not necessary to wait for several decades for the
information about the implementation of public policy evaluation in post-communist
countries. The more institutionalized evaluation is, the more difficult it will be to make
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changes while reconstructing the process of evaluation/the mechanism and compare
with earlier stages of implementation.
Object of the work – public policy evaluation in Lithuania.
Aim of the dissertation research – to reveal the introduction, scope and
significance level of public policy evaluation in Lithuania, to compare it with other new
EU states and describe the influencing factors.
Tasks of the scientific research:
1. To carry out a retrospective analysis of scientific research on public policy
evaluation definition, functions and system and to identify the functional variety
of evaluation, forming a renewed classification of evaluation functions;
2. To analyze and generalize the main public policy evaluation models, which are
or could be applied evaluating public policy in Lithuania;
3. To research the factors influencing public policy evaluation and to distinguish
the specificity of the case in Lithuania in the context of other EU states;
4. To determine the tendencies of public policy evaluation subsystems and
restrictions in Lithuania and to distinguish their differences according to scope
and significance to public management;
5. To determine the scope and significance of public policy evaluation, to compare
evaluation competencies, management structures, evaluation subsystems,
evamarket and usage of evaluation results in Lithuan