The basic principles of the inter-ministerial and inter-institutional co-operation in Lithuania are formulated in the Law on Strategic Governance (approved in 2020) and the Strategic Governance Methodology (2021). Transversal cooperation at the national and local levels is mainly based on special inter-institutional action plans. These plans are approved by the government and provide for the distribution of tasks and activities of the cooperating parties, and performance indicators.
Another form of inter-institutional cooperation is working groups that are formed to address specific issues. Working groups are defined as advisory expert bodies that carry out specific tasks assigned to them by a certain ministry within a specified time frame. In 2025, the Ministry of Culture provides information about 10 inter-institutional working groups coordinated by the Ministry, although some of them have already finished their tasks. These working groups deal with various issues of cultural policy, such as the quality of the services of the Culture Pass program, the adaptation of the European Media Freedom Act into the national law of the Republic of Lithuania, etc. The working groups involve not only representatives from the Ministry of Culture and other ministries in addressing the tasks, but also experts from public organisations and state cultural institutions.
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