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Internet users using digital diplomacy techniques can generate state soft power on social networks through the promotion of traditional power resources – culture, values and behaviour. In this way, the digital dissemination of information by states becomes an instrument of their power policy. This article analyses the concept of digital diplomacy, the transformation of its characteristics and activities in the digital space. The text examines the interaction between digital diplomacy and soft power, also focuses on the European Union’s digital diplomacy, which has become an important part of the EU’s foreign policy. Due to the novelty of the topic and the lack of research in the public discourse, the article is relevant to research in order to find out what digital diplomacy methods the EU institutions, diplomats, individual Internet users are and how it forms the European information geopolitics.

In recent years the European Union has experienced an unprecedented influx of refugees and asylum seekers that has continued up until now. This issue is relevant to Lithuania as well, since the country has committed to host 1105 asylum seekers from Greece and Turkey, and their successful integration to large extent depends on legislation adopted by the Government. The present article analyses the concept of the international asylum law and the peculiarities of legal regulation of the refugee integration system in Lithuania. Both the analysis of legislative documents and experience in working with refugees has disclosed a gap between the existing theoretical system and its implementation in practice. The author discloses the problems of the refugee integration, when regulation of the social relationships is required; however there is no relevant legal norm that could be applicable in a particular case. The article also discusses the priorities and regulatory documents of the Lithuanian policy on integration; however the main focus is made on the theoretical analysis of the Description of the Procedure for Providing State Support for the Refugee Integration and – referring to the practical experience – on insights into its implementation measures. The analysis has disclosed that implementation of the refugee integration measures is hindered due to lack of a long-term policy on the refugee integration in Lithuania, lack of collaboration between the state and private sector and prevalent negative attitudes in the society; the above factors result in loss of interrelation between the legal norms and the social relationships that are to be regulated.

Straipsnyje, taikant naratyvinę tyrimo strategiją, atskleidžiama Lietuvos interneto piratų subkultūra per socialinio dalyvavimo skaitmeninėje erdvėje prizmę. Stengiantis atsiriboti nuo teisinio šios veiklos vertinimo keliami šie esminiai klausimai: kokie socialinio dalyvavimo internete ypatumai, galima veiklos raiška ir nauda potencialiai veikiančiajam.

The article addresses the problem of uncertainty in social work. The problem is analyzed in the context of domination of postmodern worldviews. Three types of uncertainty are distinguished: ontological, epistemological and procedural. Resting on various literature critical thinking, human rights discourse and client strengths perspective are presented as possible alternatives for decision making in a complex world.

The article analyses the most relevant anthropological and transformative tasks of social work supervision in the context of today’s risk society, promoted by the process of globalisation with its instrumental rationality, which devalues the significance of the personality in the social system. The article provides the ontological grounds of the transformative function of supervision based on synergic patristic anthropology, and describes the simultaneous vectors of the transformative function in the supervision process: 1) experiential (experience-based) transformative learning, or acquisition of ‘practical wisdom’; and 2) anthropological transformation as a process of recreation of true self-identity. The article conceptually emphasises the decisive influence of the intrinsic quality of the supervisor’s personality in the performance of the transformative tasks of supervision, as well as the supervisor’s ability to form reciprocity relations with supervisees in the supervision process.

Siekiant užtikrinti sklandų suaugusiųjų mokymosi procesą ir tinkamai juos motyvuoti, pastarąją išlaikant bei užtikrinant teigiamą jos kaitą, andragogui svarbu išmanyti pozityviosios tėvystės mokymo grupių dalyvius motyvuojančius mokytis veiksnius ir priemones, aktuali mokslinė problema, kokie vidiniai ir išoriniai veiksniai motyvuoja suaugusiuosius mokytis ir kokias veiksmingas priemones andragogas turėtų taikyti, siekdamas motyvuoti besimokančiuosius pozityviosios tėvystės mokymo grupėse ir taip palaikyti teigiamą jų mokymosi motyvaciją per visą mokymosi procesą? Straipsnyje siekiama atskleisti ir pagrįsti suaugusiuosius motyvuojančius mokytis veiksnius ir veiksmingas motyvuojančias mokytis priemones pozityviosios tėvystės mokymo grupėse. Atlikto tyrimo aktualumą ir originalumą atskleidžia autorių siekis parodyti, kad motyvuojančių mokytis veiksnių bei priemonių išmanymas gali būti praktiškai naudingas andragogui motyvuojant tėvus mokytis pozityviosios tėvystės mokymo grupėse. Praktiniu požiūriu gauti tyrimo duomenys gali būti reikšmingi siekiant veiksmingai motyvuoti tėvus, išlaikant ir stiprinant jų mokymosi motyvaciją per visą mokymosi procesą. Remiantis tyrimo rezultatais nustatyta, kad suaugusiųjų mokymosi motyvacija turi būti palaikoma ir stiprinama per visą pozityviosios tėvystės mokymo procesą, o jos teigiama kaita priklauso nuo andragogų taikomų priemonių veiksmingumo bei suaugusiuosius motyvuojančių mokytis veiksnių išmanymo. Straipsnyje pateikiami tyrimo rezultatai atskleidžia suaugusiuosius mokytis pozityviosios tėvystės motyvuojančius vidinius ir išorinius veiksnius bei, respondentų požiūriu, veiksmingas juos mokytis motyvuojančias priemones.

Straipsnyje analizuojama Bolivijos vietinių (angl. indigenous) bendruomenių solidarumo reikšmė pasipriešinimo judėjimams ispaniškojo kolonializmo, liberalaus respublikonizmo bei neoliberalaus politinio-ekonominio modelio laikais. Tradicinis bendruomeninis žemės valdymas ir sprendimų priėmimas suformavo tvirtus solidarumo saitus, kurie buvo svarbiausias laisvės ir lygybės siekių išteklis. Atsiradus naujam tarptautiniam vietinių teisių diskursui, išaugus nevyriausybinių organizacijų ir antropologų pagalbai vietinių bendruomenių švietimui, solidarumo samprata keitėsi, įtraukiant į ją emancipuojantį klasių supratimą. Emancipuojančio solidarumo įgalinti socialiniai judėjimai pasiekė politinę pergalę 2005 metų rinkimuose – naujuoju prezidentu tapo vietinis valstietis Evo Morales.

The article analyzes the social and pedagogical conditions of rehabilitation of students with special needs. The attention is focused on the peculiarities of their integration in educational environment and on the support system of these students in Lutsk institute of human development of Open international university of human development “Ukraine”.

Motivation has long been identified as one of the main factors affecting the English language learning. The study examines the type and level of ESP learning motivation (extrinsic and intrinsic) of 148 first-year undergraduate students of Klaipeda University as well as their attitudes towards learning the English language. Identification of the kind of students’ motivation and their attitudes to learning will help to formulate measures for the improvement of students’ learning motivation and the subject learning quality.

The article presents the results of continuing research performed at Vytautas Magnus University and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences which justifies the importance of collboration between social workers and other professionals working in the field of helping professions, creating a person’s supportive social environment, which the article perceives as a unity environment. There are analyzed theoretical and empirical aspects of cooperation between social workers, health professionals and educators, emphasizing the conceptual attitude of personal empowerment and its significance in an aging, transforming society. The interpretation of the research results revealed, the interdisciplinary cooperation in practice is discussed, the changes of professional training and continuing education are highlighted, emphasizing readiness to work in an interdisciplinary team. In the first part of the article there are discussed social tensions, their expression in social work and healthcare practice, revealing the challenges for a person – a professional and a client. The second part of the article highlights the interdisciplinary communication, leading to the creation of enabling environment of unity, and the importance of social tensions in the context of supportive cooperation discussed resolution it’s practice. In the third part there are analyzed cases for the conditions and possibilities of educational interdisciplinary cooperation: the results of the analysis of medical and social work study programs are reflected; introduced changes in the organization of study programs, discussed the expression of innovations in study programs and practice. There is emphasized counseling as a key factor in educational change in the implementation of a “learner center”, a lifelong learning strategy in the process of continuing education. In formal professional training, this can ensure the position of the tutor, empowering systematic studying; in practice, supervisor encouraging reflection on professional experience, thus developing competence.