Interaction Problems of State Government and Local Self-government

Abstract

The aims of this article are to describe the fundamental connection between State government, counties and
municipalities and to expose peculiarities of interaction of State government subjects and Local Self-government
institutions. The survey method is grounded on the systemic research and analysis of the Lithuanian legal acts: Law
on the Local Self-government, Law on the Governing of the County and Law on the Regional Development. The
main conclusions of the article are following: a) the objects, functions and responsibility of Regional institutions and
Counties are separated by legal acts, but in fact Regional institutions and Counties are indivisible unit; b) in reality
municipalities become subordinate to the State government and restraint from Self-government institutions appreciable
by limited liberty of decision making and finance resources, and intensive state inspection of procedures; c)
there is not fully realized principle of decentralization. In the future State government system and Local Self-government
reforms could take the way of self-governmental regions making and the power, functions and decision
making competence of municipalities could be extended.