Transformation of the civil servant training and qualification upgrade system in Lithuania

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to portray the process of Lithuania’s civil servant training and qualification upgrade system formation in the period of time after the country’s independence was regained and also to depict possible future developments of this system in light of ongoing globalisation and European integration. Comparisons of opportunities available to different participants of the system are used throughout the article. Also, an attempt was made to define the main dimensions of the results of the system’s operation. Data on the values that dominate within Lithuania’s public institutions and their dynamics as well as facts about the organisational culture of the institutions and directions of its development are presented in the article. A summation and conclusions are also provided.