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PROGRAMME

Sunday, 20 May 2012

• Arrivals and Check-in at the hotel
• Welcoming of participants

• Opening of the event by Dr. Alexander Brakel, Head of KAS Belarus office and Mr. Vaidas Augunas, President of EDUCATIO
• Lecture “Peculiarities of Local Municipalities in Republic of Belarus” by the expert of Lev Sapieha Foundation (Belarus)
• Meeting in the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania with Mr. Vytautas Kurpuvesas, Chairman of Local Government Committee on the topic “Local Governance in Lithuania. Parliament and Local Self Governments - Mutually Benefiting Relation or Competition?”
• Lecture “Pecularities of Local Government in Lithuania” by Doc.Dr. V.Dumbliauskas, Mykolas Romeris University
• Summary of the day

Trip to Kaunas

• Meeting in Kaunas Municipality with Mr. Andrius Kupčinskas, Mayor of Kaunas on the topic “Politics in Large Municipalities: Challenges and Opportunities”
• Discussion with a representative of Kaunas Municipality's Administration “Public Administration: Is it possible to Reduce Bureaucracy?”
• Discussion of the topic “Politics on Local Level – Basics of Political Communication on Local Level” with members of Local Council
• Summary of the day

Trip to Anykščiai

• Meeting with Mr. Sigutis Obelevičius, Mayor of Anykščiai on the topic “Management of Small Municipalities”
• Discussion “Peculiarities of Local Party Politics in Small Towns” with representatives of Anykščiai Municipality
• Summary of the day

• Lecture “Organizing Local Municipalities – How to Protect Local Interests: Lithuanian Experience” by Mr. Arūnas Gražulis, Adviser on EU issues, Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania
• Discussion “Peculiarities of the Municipal Work in the Capital. Work in the Opposition” with Ms. Rasa Baškienė and Mr. Jonas Urbonavičius, Representatives of Vilnius Municipality
• Summing up of the results of the trip