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Since the main policy outlining the arena proceeds at the level of governmental organisations, the operational level of policy governance needs to be aligned with the demands of wider participation. Namely at this level, representation of local government interests together with public opinions concerning the relevant problems, methods for their solution and their relevance to wider needs are required. This paper is designed to investigate participation of local government in the decision-making process initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science and to evaluate the impact of interest representation in the formation of public policy. The research methodology of mixed methods was employed (document analysis and interviews with the members officially nominated to resolve problems, decision-making groups, councils and commissions operating from 2007 to 2010 at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania). Formal participatory instruments were applied 162 times involving 985 actors in affiliate associations, service providers, regulators, service supporters, funding offices and independent experts. The research has revealed occasional tendencies of local government participation in the participatory instruments for public policy formation. On the contrary, empirical studies of the group characteristics exhibit a rather low level of interest representation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper discusses changes in methodologies for assessment of scientific output produced by Lithuanian science and education institutions in the period 2005-2010. It provides the bibliometric assessment of scientific output in physical, technological, life and medical sciences and considers the impact of methodology changes on publishing of Lithuanian scientific journals; the summarry of bibliometric data of Physical, Biomedical and Technological Lithuanian scientific journals in Thomson Reuters databases is presented, too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urban Design and Planning, being a significant field of architect's professional activity, science and education, in the Lithuanian classificators of science (1998) and education (2001) is replaced by Land Management which is concerned with another field closely related to engineering management of rural territories. The paper discusses differences in the conception of these disciplines, and need of correcting the classificators is suggested with intention to create reasonable development conditions for the science and education of urban design and planning corresponding to those existing in the other EU countries. Some of the conceptions and incorrectly used concepts of the Law on Territory Planning requiring changes are indicated. It is stated that during 11-19 years an inadequate approach to a complex and socially urgent matter, related with culture, science and art, has brought the urban development of the country to a situation having evident attributes of chaos. Most damage is done to the architecture of towns, where the role of urban design activity, defining the conceptions of built-up morphostructure, urban complexes and the architecture of public spaces, is essential. Sustainable compositional development of a town defining its individual image and aesthetic attraction also depends on the qualification of a participating architect urbanist and his role in a team of planners. A model of positioning urban design and planning in the systematic conception of architect's professional activity, science and education as well as possibilities of supplementing the classificators are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to show by means of selected examples that the evolution of science, in a figurative sense, from the Babylonian confusion of tongues to a universal language is one of the most exciting chapters in the history of mankind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors of this paper are seeking to reveal the managerial reasons underlying the proactive demand for studies and the insufficient spread of creativity in Lithuania, the resulting low innovativeness rates and the organisational peculiarities of the interaction between studies and practical activities of business entities. The present study provides examples of research into the premises of students' scientific creativity and innovative undertakings compared to post-graduates 'who are employed by business entities, innovative activity and the results of their self-perception. It presents recommendations on the improvement of partnership relations among studies, science, and business in the context of science development scenarios elaborated by the authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Processes and phenomena in various fields of science are often analysed by mathematical models. Recently mathematical models are applied not only in physical and technological sciences, but also in biology, pharmacy and other sciences previously known as experimental. However, an extensive use of mathematical models and computer codes offers new problems and challenges. One of such challenges is effective an evaluation of model output uncertainty and sensitivity analysis. The main aim of the paper is to overview the statistical methods that are available for uncertainty and sensitivity analysis and to indicate their strengths and weaknesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper offers both the theoretical and practical approaches to the important problem -- development of cooperation between science and business sectors, focusing on its specific features of the link in the context of science management. The authors have applied procedural operational attitude to business and science institution management and enhancement of their interaction. A special emphasis is placed on creating new, original and effective managerial scenarios of promoting partnership between science and business. On the basis of the two-sided analysis of science and business sectors transformations, carried out by the authors, challenges of the partnership have been defined. The authors have described managerial reasons for demand and offer in the area of cooperation between science and business sectors, and have identified factors, which have negative effect on this process. The publication introduces principles and guidelines for creation of the above-mentioned scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]