Sub-national Government Structure and Competence of Local Municipalities and County Governors’ Institutions in Lithuania: Analysis of Empirical Research Results

Abstract

The article presents the results of questionnaire survey on improvement possibilitiesof the sub-national government structure and competence of local municipalities andcounty governors’ institutions in Lithuania. Levels of sub-national government, competenceand interaction of local municipalities and county governors’ institutions are analysed.Arguments of the respondents – experts of sub-national government – for andagainst the modification of sub-national government structure and competence of localmunicipalities and county governors’ institutions of Lithuania are weighted;guidelines for the solution of the problem in question are being searched.