Lithuanian local authorities encourage students to work within municipal administrations
This project, dubbed 'Development of student practices in local self-government administrations", will put forward methodological guidelines in order to facilitate the organisation of practical traineeships for students. The guidelines will notably catalogue the expectations of and the opportunities made available to students, universities and municipal administrations. An online database is also being prepared and will include data on students and traineeship opportunities.
'Our aim is to encourage young people to become civil servants in the municipal sector," explains Roma éakaitienë, executive director of ALAL. 'Thanks to these traineeships, municipalities and their citizens will strongly benefit from the input of young, innovative and eager minds, while young people will gain invaluable work experience where democracy and governance begins."
ALAL expects students to begin to benefit from this project by the end of 2011.
Lithuanian local authorities and CEMR
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) has one member association in Lithuania: the Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania (ALAL).
Established in 1995, ALAL represents all of Lithuania's 60 municipalities, which accounts for a total of three million inhabitants. Presided over by Rièardas Malinauskas, mayor of Druskininkai, the association represents the interests of Lithuanian local authorities national, European and international levels.
ALAL notably aims at participating in the drafting of legislation, at providing organisational and legal assistance to local authorities, and at promoting inter-municipal cooperation.
Local government in Lithuania
Lithuania is a unitary state composed of 60 municipalities.
More information on local and regional authorities in Lithuania
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