Organization of public service delivery in Lithuanian municipalities: analysis of potential innovations
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Sutarčių sudarymas, bendradarbiavimas; Vietos savivalda; Vietos savivalda, viešųjų paslaugų teikimas, kontraktavimas, tarpsavivaldybinis bendradarbiavimas, koprodukcija; Viešųjų paslaugų teikimas; Contracting, inter-municipal cooperation; Local self-government; Local self-government, public service delivery, contracting, inter-municipal cooperation, co-production; Public service delivery.
ENPurpose – to overview the latest trends, forms and methods in the provision of public services as a basis for further researches on planning public service delivery in Lithuanian local municipalities. Design / methodology / approach – institutional approach, functional approach. Findings – public service delivery should not be an unvaried and strictly standardized process in all municipalities of Lithuania. Involvement of non-governmental organizations, joint contracting, partial privatization, various forms of cooperation between local governments and co-production are considered as the most important trends of modern public service delivery. Appropriateness and practical applicability of these methods in Lithuanian municipalities require further, more detailed researches. Research limitations/implications – political, cultural, economic, and social factors that are important for the innovations of public service delivery are not estimated in the article. However, this article overlooks global, evolutionary trends in the provision of public services and forms of public service delivery that are yet fragmentary applied in Lithuania. Practical implications – low, but the conclusions of the article is the starting position for further researches and recommendations on public service delivery in Lithuanian local municipalities. Originality / Value – processes of public service delivery at the local self-governance level receive little consideration among Lithuanian researchers and all the works with greater practical significance are focused on the analysis of the privatization and contracting of public services. [From the publication]
