| Abstract [eng] |
The master thesis „Knowledge society in Lithuania and the influence of European Union (EU) structural funds on its evolution“ discloses what influence of the European Union structural funds is on Lithuanian knowledge societies evolution. This theme is topical because Lithuania is a member of the European Union and it must take an action in the knowledge society creation process. Lithuania must get together with the other countries of European Union. The object of master thesis – the influence of European Union structural funds on knowledge society in Lithuania. The purpose of the thesis is to analyze what influence of European Union structural funds is on Lithuanians knowledge society development. The main goals of the thesis are the following: • To define the terms of knowledge and knowledge society; • To survey knowledge society evolution and conception in Lithuania; • To analyze the Single Programming Document (SPD) in the context of knowledge society; • By this SPD research to analyze the development of knowledge society in Lithuania; • To dispute some Lithuanian projects which influence on the evolution of knowledge society. We used the method of documents study. By this analysis we single out the following elements of knowledge society: human capital; the Lifelong Learning; the development of Scientific Research and Innovations; information technologies; the opportunity to gain knowledge; the effective creation, assimilation, distribution and use of knowing. By these elements of knowledge society we have selected some SPD tools which match with knowledge society development. By the research of SPD we infer: • There are some knowledge society development attributes in the SPD tools, but the main part of them still do not promote knowledge society development; • The processes of knowledge society development are superficial in SPD; • The qualitative realization of SPD tools is not controllable and observed. After this research we have drawn a conclusion that the knowledge society in Lithuania is new and progresing phenomenon. There are no conditions in Lithuania for the knowledge society evolution. After the research we have made a conclusion that the influence of the European Union structural funds on Lithuanian knowledge society development is very small. There are few tools in SPD which can help to develop the knowledge society. But the realization of these tools are only quantitative, not qualitative. The only fields that are funded by SPD are various seminars and trainings, the purchase of information technologies and etc. |
