Towards Local Transparency 2.0
Transparency International Lithuanian Chapter ·Lithuania
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">In the past 15 years the level of bribery in Lithuania has decreased three-fold falling to the all-time low in 2019. Yet, high-level corruption such as nepotism remains widespread. Citizens consider municipalities as one of the most corrupt institutions in Lithuania. </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">The solution: TI Lithuania, together with its partners, will conduct monitoring and evidence-based advocacy initiatives aiming to increase transparency and accountability of municipal level politicians, public authorities and other institutions, as well as citizen engagement at the municipal level. The main project target groups are (1) municipal level politicians and decision-makers, (2) local community leaders and (3) representatives and decision-makers from national authorities, associations.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">Planned results: </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">1) stronger evidence-based advocacy by TI Lithuania and its partner CSOs, improved monitoring of public institutions (proposals to at least 6 pieces of national legislation addressing local governance issues, at least 35 public policy proposals); </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">2) increased transparency and accountability of politicians and public institutions (at least 38 monitoring initiatives aimed at increasing the level of transparency of at least 250 public institutions and of at least 180 municipal level politicians and public officials, at least 5 online tools with the newest data from municipalities aimed at increasing citizens‘s opportunities to monitor public sector institutions and local level politicians); </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">3) increased civic participation, improved civic education (at least 10 schools supported in engaging some 2500 members of school communities and at least 2 municipalities in engaging some 500 citizens in public consultations and decision-making processes; at least 80 thousand citizens engaged via online tools); </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">4) strengthened partnerships with and improved networking capacity of TI Lithuania and at least 16 partners, jointly implementing at least 28 initiatives.</span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
During the implementation of the project, Transparency International Lithuania consulted with Citizens Foundation on issues related to the participatory budgeting (PB) platform, as well as the sustainability of PBs in municipalities. Colleagues from the Citizens Foundation were sharing their knowledge and expertise with TI Lithuania’s staff members during the implementation of this project.
Project partners
- Citizens Foundation Iceland Donor project partner· Iceland
- Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Project partner· Lithuania
- LCC International University Project partner· Lithuania
- Lithuanian Junior Doctors’ Association Project partner· Lithuania
- Eitminiskes gymnasium Project partner· Lithuania
- Kalveliai "Ausra" gymnasium Project partner· Lithuania
- Prienai “Žiburys” gymnasium Project partner· Lithuania
- Vilnius Simonas Konarskis gymnasium Project partner· Lithuania
- Siauliai “Rasa” progymnasium Project partner· Lithuania
- Ukmerge Senamiestis progymnasium Project partner· Lithuania
- Sakiai “Ziburys” gymnasium Project partner· Lithuania
- Silale Simonas Gaudesius gymnasium Project partner· Lithuania
- Pabrade “Rytas” gymnasium Project partner· Lithuania
- Panevezys Vyturio progymnasium Project partner· Lithuania