Petrauskas, Rimantas Alfonsas

Originality/value – originality of the article is in the research and assessment of country specific future proof needs to alter and improve the existing strategy of implementation of e-Identification solutions focusing on organizational capabilities in the public sector of Lithuania.

This chapter analyses the features of development of the e-Parliament in Lithuania. It describes a unique situation in the country where, since 1990, a representative legislative institution has been successfully developed from the outset together with information and communication technologies. Using documentary analysis, statistical information, and research from websites of members of the Parliament, it discusses the e-Parliament development model in the Parliament of Lithuania, its implementation, and results. It shows to what extent information technologies support the legislative process and help to build a relationship between democratic institutions and citizens in Lithuania. It describes future changes of the legislative process in Lithuania related to implementation of the information technologies. Conclusions are based on Lithuania’s experience in developing e-Parliament.

Purpose—the purpose of the article is to analyse and evaluate e-participation projects in Lithuanian municipalities on the peculiarities of involving different social technologies. Design/methodology/approach is based on analysis of scientific literature, projects reports and comparative analysis of websites under new index for assessment of e-democracy projects. Findings—the paper presents an original overview of municipalities’ e-participation projects and its peculiarities on the support of different tools and technologies. Research limitations/implications—this research deals only with documents and opinions of municipalities and is limited to one side of the e-participation process. In order to generalize the research findings, further investigation should include empirical surveys of citizens’ opinions concerning the effectiveness of e-participation projects. Practical implications—the results can be used to improve collaboration of citizens with public servants in e-participation projects that are important to Lithuanian institutions. Originality/Value—evaluation of e-participation projects in the new index for assessment in Lithuanian municipalities has not yet been examined deeply enough.

Purpose—to analyze eIAS implementation reports and development peculiarities; to discuss measures that impede effective implementation of eIAS in Lithuania. Design/methodology/approach—logical and systematic analysis, meta-analysis. Findings—the article discusses the integration and use of eIAS solutions by the public sector in Lithuania. Main findings: 1) eIAS products and services are an integral part of a complex heterogeneous national platform consisting of regulatory, technical, organizational, social and even practical challenges; 2) National environment for eIAS remains underdeveloped for real life usage and promotion in order to reach critical mass applicability; 3) possibility to use different levels of eIAS for public e-Services is vital for the development of e-Government. Research limitations/implications—the general overview reveals implementation challenges and particularities of the eIAS in the public sector of Lithuania. The article does not analyse the exploitation stages of eIAS. Practical implications—the article evaluates regulatory, organizational, social and practical peculiarities of eIAS introduction and use in the public sector in Lithuania. The article forms a basis in order to exploit eIAS products and services more effectively. Originality/Value—offers insight into the eIAS topic and fills the information void of implementation of eIAS solutions in the public sector, as it is not widely analysed in Lithuania.

Opportunities created by the synergy effect are analyzed and implemented in large international enterprises widely, that act successfully as they manage synergy processes in the organization. Synergy effect can be even more crucial for the small and medium sized enterprises than for the large subjects that act in the international market. Small and medium sized enterprises dominate in Lithuania. It is the reason why little attention is paid to the synergy effect. Information communication technologies are working in everyday humans‘ individual and working life, organizations are becoming as a huge network more and more but the importance of active social processes in organization do not decrease that is why it is necessary to coordinate employees’ demand for positive microclimate in organization and optimal use of ICT. As these processes are coordinated it is possible to move to the next stage – namely, to use microclimate and ICT synergy for generating benefit. This article analyzes circumstances that are necessary to ensure the synergy of ICT and positive organization microclimate.

The purpose of this article is to present the concept of citizen‘s technologies and to illustrate the case of their application by analyzing internet communication by members of the Lithuanian Seimas. The article presents original concept of citizen’s technologies: the concept is approached as a specific area of expression of the citizen’s technologies, also the importance of new media in expressing the transformation of social and economic relations (considering both - political and civil aspects) in the global era is highlighted. Citizen’s technologies define the peculiarities and forms of communication organization of the public policy and citizenry relations by the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Within this article the communication approach serves as the methodological basis. Citizen’s technologies are seen as a communicative means of organization and development of the citizen and political relations in the global technological environments. According to the methodological approach, not only do citizen’s technologies express the ever increasing degree of complexity in the knowledge society, but they also comprise instrumental decisions which in the broad sense can be interpreted as increase in interaction. Based on the communicative view of citizen’s technologies, new methodological approach to civil maturity and e. democracy assessment criteria is introduced. As a case of citizen’s technologies analysis, the Lithuanian Seimas members’ communication effectiveness with citizens in the context of Lithuanian e. democracy was assessed.