Straipsnyje analizuojamas atliekų tvarkymo politikos formavimas taikant žiedinės ekonomikos modelį, tiriamos Lietuvos atliekų tvarkymo politikos formavimo gairės numatytiems Europos Sąjungos žiedinės ekonomikos uždaviniams atliekų tvarkymo srityje įgyvendinti. Tyrimo dalį sudaro Lietuvos atliekų tvarkymo politikos tobulinimo gairių žiedinės ekonomikos uždaviniams pasiekti analizė. Siekiant nustatyti, kaip turi būti formuojama Lietuvos atliekų tvarkymo politika žiedinės ekonomikos kontekste, atliktas kokybinis tyrimas, apklausiant įvairių valdymo lygmenų atliekų tvarkymo srities specialistus. Remiantis atliktu ekspertų interviu, formuojama atliekų tvarkymo politika turi būti orientuota į techninės infrastruktūros ir sistemų plėtrą, glaudesnį tarpinstitucinį bendradarbiavimą ir griežtesnį teisinį šių sričių reguliavimą.

The free movement of persons is one of the most successful European Union projects, serving as a majorly important factor promoting the European integration processes. The adoption of the Treaty on the European Union and the creation of EU citizenship implemented significant changes: the status of EU citizens and their right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States can no longer be interpreted in the way it was before the adoption of the Treaty on the European Union. There are no requirements for EU citizens within the Treaty to pursue professional or independent activities or to work under an employment contract in order to access provided rights. However, the right of free movement is not unlimited. The administrations of the Member State governments are authorized to impose restictions on the free movement of citizens. In the light of these facts, this article examines exceptions in the field of free movement of persons and indentifies concepts of public policy, public security and public health. Special attention is given to so-called rule limitation of restrictions and to the mechanism of protection against expulsion from the country. The article concludes by saying that the institutions of Member State governments have the right to evaluate threats within the territory of the country and to decide on the content of public security by themselves. However, their discretion can not be used as an instrument to treat the conduct of other Member State citizens in a worse way than that of their own local citizens.

To substantiate the direction of the research, this paper establishes the factors which affect performance efficiency of stateowned enterprises (SOEs). The authors' analyse the effect of management control on the economic efficiency of activities of state-owned enterprises by application of management audit. The paper seeks to highlight the higher utility of economic activity as well as return of capital which was used in the process of activities. The paper analyses the quality of management and economic activity in SOEs based on scientific literature as well as reports and decisions of the representative government institutions as well as the results of empirical research which was accomplished in Lithuania. The paper stresses that the state-owned commercial property in Lithuania has thus far been managed inefficiently. Unlike private companies, SOEs practically fail to render much use to the state. This fact does not allow SOE's to reach the highest economic benefit. Accordingly, the authors' present an innovative approach towards the improvement of the management of SOEs economic activities through application of the audit principles, which traditionally are associated with the assessments of financial activity. The proposed model can be further extended and employed in other countries of Northern Europe, specifically in Latvia, Estonia and other Post-Soviet countries.

Safety and health at work comprises all preventative measures aimed at protecting functional capacity, health and life of employees at work which are used or planned at all operational stages of the company to protect employees from occupational risks or minimise these risks. The main objective of occupational safety and health is to maintain and develop health, safety and work ability of the employee, as well as to prevent occupational accidents and illnesses. In a democratic country every human has got an inborn and constitutional right to free choice of work and business, as well as to have favourable, safe and healthy working conditions. Every employee must be provided with secure and healthy working environment irrespective of the activities of the company, type of employment contract, number of employees, profitability of the company, work place, working environment, nature of work, duration of the working day or shift, citizenship, race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, social background, political or religious beliefs of the employee. Employers have a general duty to ensure the safety and health of workers in every aspect related to work. The main role of the European Union in health and safety is to harmonize workplace and legal standards and remove barriers to trade across member states. The directives of the EU set out minimum requirements and fundamental principles, such as the principle of prevention and risk assessment, as well as the responsibilities of employers and employees. The Framework Directive with its wide scope of application as well as further directives focusing on specific aspects of safety and health at work are the fundamentals of European safety and health legislation. European directives are legally binding and have to be transposed into national laws by the Member States. The current EU Strategy for the period 2007-2012 is focussing on prevention. In the Commission's view, the overall objective during this period should be to reduce by 25% the total incidence rate of accidents at work. To achieve this objective it calls for action by players at all levels -European, national, local and workplaces. National and EU policies should help to create working environments and occupational health services which enable workers to play a full and protective part in working life until they reach old age.This article reveals an empoyer responsibility to guarantee safe and healthy working conditions for employees, in accordance with EU legislation and policy. Equally, this article highlights the importance of risk assessment. Risk assessment is the cornerstone of the European approach to occupational safety and health. It is the key to preventing accidents and illness at work and occupational risks must be assessed in every company. Risk assessment enables employers to understand the action that they need to take, to eliminate or minimise the risks to their employees. If the risk assessment process is not done well or not done at all, the necessary preventive measures are unlikely ...

Global economic and social challenges in the World require fundamental changes in quality assurance in higher education institutions at the national and international level. Higher education institutions are encouraged to adjust study programs, which would meet the current requirements and needs of the labor market and individuals. Integrated curriculum is one of the measures, which could transform traditional educational paradigm and contribute to higher quality and relevance of learning and teaching. Therefore, this article addresses development and implementation issues of the integrated curriculum with the aim to provide the concept of integrated study program and discuss the opportunities for its application in educational institutions. The theoretical part of the paper gives a brief review of the meaning of the concept of integrated curriculum, the basis for development of such study programs and the connection of such curriculum with requirements of the labor market. Accordingly, the practical part presents the findings of empirical research about the implementation of integrated curricula in Kaunas University of Applied Sciences. The results of the study revealed integrated curriculum meets the students' expectations when the assessment of such programs is ensured constantly.