Straipsnyje įvertinama Lietuvos regioninė politika nacionaliniame ir europiniame kontekste; formuluojama regionų valdymo veiksmingumo samprata; analizuojami regioninio valdymo veiksmingumą įtakojantys veiksniai.

Based on the data of qualitative research among the representatives of the 1970–1984 generation of Lithuanians the article analyzes intergenerational social mobility. As social mobility is a complex phenomenon, the analysis was focused on the individuals’ position through the interaction of cultural and social capital resources. Empirical research data shows that opportunities of the 1970-1984 generation for intergenerational social mobility are largely related to the ability to get benefit from the assistance provided by the immediate environment or institutions. They create additional resources for the socioeconomic growth of the individual. However, differences are observed between informants with medium / low and high socio-economic statuses. Families with high status create opportunities to have the necessary contacts and to gain the necessary reinforcement by creating a wide social network. Meanwhile, in families where is poverty, low parental education, dysfunctional relationships between family members, there are additional barriers to family members’ educational opportunities and, at the same time, lack of motivation for change. As intergenerational social mobility is an important measure of societal justice, research on intergenerational social mobility in specific generation would provide an opportunity to identify significant factors and their limiting influence on the growth of individuals in the structure of society.

Įtėvių ir globėjų savigalbos grupės yra savanoriškai susibūrusių asmenų dariniai. Straipsnyje aptariama, kaip savigalbos grupės gali tapti svarbiais socialiniais ištekliais vaiko globos deinstitucionalizacijos procese – šeimas stiprinančiais ir įgalinančiais instrumentais, daugeliu atvejų užtikrinančiais ir sklandesnį vaiko globos šeimoje ir įvaikinimo procesą. Įtėvių ir globėjų savigalba kuria ir naują socialinės kultūros, paremtos solidarumu ir dosnumu, pasitikėjimu, paradigmą.

Social partnerships create conditions for innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), social economy organizations which optimize of costs and the accumulation of social capital. Moreover, our studies allow for ample space to illustrate the theoretical arguments, statistical data, research and regulations, case studies, qualitative and quantitative research, and the insights of the author. As such, the proposed subject would be “Social Partnerships influenced by innovative solutions” with the objective to analyze the social partnerships on innovation and social capital development. A strategic challenge for employment aimed, firstly, to assess the level of recognition of the Social Economy in three important spheres, namely public administration, the academic and scientific world and the Social Economy sector itself in each country, and, secondly, to identify and assess other similar concepts.

Darni plėtra, nuolat esanti ir akcentuojama politinėje dienotvarkėje, vis dar stokoja Lietuvos mokslininkų dėmesio. Straipsnio tikslas – išryškinti socialinio kapitalo dimensiją darnios plėtros kontekste, pristatant globalų švietimą kaip socialinio kapitalo didinimo, o tai reiškia, ir darnios plėtros įgyvendinimo, priemonę. Remiantis teorinių šaltinių analize aptariamos tokios temos kaip darnios plėtros samprata, darnios plėtros dimensijos, darnios plėtros strategijų ir globalaus švietimo sąsajos.

The concept and the paradoxes of financial literacy analyse in the article deals with the concept of financial literacy, education and intelligent virtual educational skills training, which are a key part of every adult competencies relevant to each individual’s maturity. Highlights the financial literacy and lifelong learning interface when the latter is exposed to such processes as constantly undergoing change processes, forms of learning and providers of decentralization and virtual learning demand growth. Financial literacy is a widely debated issue, but little formal education programs in mainstream schools and university studies this problem, a lack of focus. 2015–2016, carried out a qualitative study, the results of which have helped to clarify the concept of financial literacy, knowledge, behavior and practice interfaces.

In the article, the authors aim to substantiate how effectively we can use the subject of education in schools, primarily integrating Economics, Civic Education and Ethics. In the search for effective education for children and young people, we need to invest more in the integration of social education through the dissemination of smart education and positive socialization while still at school. Social action in order to anchor it is often stereotyped, typified and stigmatized, and so acts of social communication are needed and must be accompanied by actions of smart education, social cognition, social awareness and empowerment. Therefore, the social education theories and good practices discussed in this article seek to systematize, integrate methods and tools that enable coping, processing, achieving, creating or obtaining specific outcomes that transform education into meaningful life goals and empathy and social emotional skills.

In order to highlight the factors of the formation of social and intellectual capital in the organization, the interconnection and the influence of the transformation process on the process of innovative activities within the organization, the problem was formed as a question: what are the interconnections between social and intellectual capital and how to develop them in the context of innovative activities of the transformation into an intelligent organization? Reviewing the theories of social and intellectual capital in the article, the constituents of social capital are discussed, the structure of intellectual capital is elaborated, interconnections between social and intellectual capital in the context of transformation of the organization are highlighted. Social capital is being formed by concerned participants acting in networks with different characteristics: bonding, bridging and linking. Participants of bonding social network are closely interconnected, they feel comfortable and experience the emotion of attachment. Participants of bridging social network have more personal possibilities due to the strong interconfidence among network participants, which determines individual future perspectives. Linking social network is identified as the connection based on organizational relationship. Such network links individuals with different status and makes them hear each other’s interests and needs and unite with the aim to initiate organizational changes. The result of social capital accumulation process depends on such components as development of social relations, declusterization, diversification of social networks, and coordination of individual, group and intergroup interests. Intellectual capital, being immaterial, acquires economic expression in the organizational processes, however, the list of its components is still in the process stage. [...]