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The ELoGE activity was implemented in Lithuania from July 2020 to November 2020. It was run by Dainava, which was accredited to award the Label in Lithuania until 2023, with the support of the MoI and ALAL.
The aim of this action is to identify and certify municipalities, which achieve a certain standard of governance according to the 12 European Principles of Good Democratic Governance.Implementation and Methodology In the initial implementation phase, the accredited organisation was responsible fortraining of local experts on the ELoGE Programme with the support of CoE international experts, establishment of National stakeholders’ platform, organising of introductory event for Lithuanian municipalities.
During the first workshop for local experts, which took part in June 2020 in Dainava’s premises, the group of local experts from the academic community (professors, scientists, practitioners) in cooperation with CoE international experts of the Institute of International Sociology Gorizia who joined the activity remotely, discussed about adaptation and preparation for the ELoGE process in Lithuania. The following research tools were created/adapted:
• Online application questionnaire
• Questionnaire for citizens
• Questionnaire for employees and members of councils
• Questionnaire of self-assessment
• Evidence data collection toolIn the process of applying for the ELoGE, the Lithuanian municipalities carried out self-assessments, conducted surveys among residents, municipality employees and members of councils, and collected documentation allowing to check whether the self-assessment had been justified. The teams in each local government that decided to participate in the programme undertook a difficult task to self-assess and justify their self-evaluation of the quality of implemented public services.
Methodology for counting the final score consisted of the following:
• The self-assessment average score made up for 50% of the total final score;
• The citizens’ evaluation score received through questionnaires made up for 30 percent of the total final score;
• The score received from questionnaires submitted by municipality employees and members of councils made up for 20 percent of the total final score.Due to Covid 19 restrictions, the ELoGE final ceremony was held online and took place on November 2020 via the Zoom platform and 14 Municipalities were awarded with the Label
ELoGE Lithuania involved three target groups of each Municipality:
• Citizens
• Municipalities’ employees
• Members of local councilsELoGE Lithuania was promoted through the following activity or during a specific event:
• Launching event;
• Workshop with local experts with the support of CoE international experts (ISIG);
• Promotional ELoGE event for Lithuanian municipalities in August 2020
together with the III stage of the Leadership Academy Programme – another CoE tool implemented in the framework of the project “Delivering Good Governance in Lithuania”;
• Introductory online meeting with potential participants in the programme;
• Online Award Ceremony.• Vilkaviškis district
• Alytus city
• Druskininkai
• Anykščiai district
• Joniškis district
• Tauragė district
• Jonava district
• Klaipėda city
• Kupiškis district
• Panevėžys district
• Akmenė district
• Plungė district
• Šiauliai city
• Birštonas