| Abstract [eng] |
The relevance of the topic is determined by the fact that at the moment, the influence of nongovernmental organisations, when solving the problems rising in the society, is becoming stronger. The groups, having more common interests, join the legal entities, becoming a team and strong power in public and national life. Nongovernmental organisations have “more courage” to actively take part in the state’s political life, to represent their interests in the district. The participation of nongovernmental organisations in the governmental decision making is one of the ways to keep direct relations with the society. Nongovernmental organisations are often called the third sector by the national and private sectors. Civil society has to be formed of active citizens who have the right to organise: establish associations, communities which would express various interests of the citizens and would defend them. Then, nongovernmental organisations reduce the society’s confrontation and increases social integration. Nongovernmental organisations can also have a big input in informing the society, forming the network of social services, encouraging the transparency of governmental actions and raising the level of societal consciousness. It is much written about the participation of both sectors, but the process is not sufficiently analysed how the cooperation between the municipalities and nongovernmental organisations takes part in specific municipalities of Lithuania. Problem of the work – passive participation of NGO in the process of public politics formation in Telšiai district municipality. Objective of the work – after analysing the theoretical aspects of the participation of youth nongovernmental organisations in the process of public politics, to formulate the recommendations for the development of this process in Telšiai district municipality. Tasks of the work: to describe the participation of nongovernmental youth organisations in public politics; to review the legal regulation of the participation of youth nongovernmental organisations in the public politics of the municipality; to describe the examples of good practice of participation of nongovernmental youth organisations in public politics; to analyse the participation of youth nongovernmental organisations in the process of public politics in Telšiai district municipality. The following research methods were used in the work: analysis of academic literature; legal act analysis; comparative analysis; document analysis; structured interview. Structure of the work. The project is comprised of three parts. The first part describes the conception, structure and models of nongovernmental organisations. The second part of the project writes about what is the conception and structure of public politics. The third part presents the results of the study. It describes the data received after performing the structured interview. |
