This Decision shall en e in o o ce on he day ollowing ha o i s publica ion in he O icial Jou nal o he Eu opean Union.
ILJA LEMEŠKIN
P ahos Ka olio uni e si e as
The di ec ions o scien i ic esea ch a e: old Bal ic
li e a u e and w i ing, compa a i e olklo e, lexicog aphy, his o y o he Bal ic.
Whe e is he lock?
The Li huanian Way? * The i le o his ex ends wi h a clause ha o ces you o admi
a once ha he au ho has no op imis ic answe o he ques ion aised. Who is Klaus
leading he Li huanian o eign policy? is he o ical. I encou ages e lec ion and sha ed
conside a ions on he esul s o he con e ence Li huanian S udies in Con empo a y
Educa ional P ocesses (Vilnius, LEU) held on 6 Ap il 2017. I is necessa y o s a wi h
speci ic issues, i.e. he p ojec "Encou aging coope a ion be ween o eign Bal ic
cen es and Li huanian scien i ic and educa ional ins i u ions be o e his o y". I eel an
obliga ion o emembe and emind you o wha I wi nessed 10 yea s ago. On No embe 27,
2007 in Vilnius was held a la ge con e ence "Bal is ika in he wo ld." The hen Li huanian
au ho i ies showed excep ional sympa hy and in e es in he a e o Bal ic his o y in
he wo ld ( he same canno be said o he cu en one). Pe haps his was also due o he
ac ha he hen P esiden o he Republic o Moldo a, Valdas Adamkus, was a
long- ime ep esen a i e o his as o eign wo ld. He had a clea unde s anding o he
impo ance o he Li huanian cen e , i s p ac ical bene i s in he li es o emig an s, o
example, o he Uni ed S a es. The P esiden ecei ed he con e ence pa icipan s and
o ganize s, and du ing he mee ing he s a ed: Only s ong Li huanian s udies in Li huania
can p omo e coope a ion wi h o eign scien i ic ins i u ions and he sp ead o
Li huanian s udies in he wo ld.
A e he end o he con e ence, appa en ly on he same day, 27 No embe 2007, a mee ing o he SMM
ook place. Jolan a Zaba skai ė, G asilda Blažienė, Danguolė Mikulėnienė (a ha ime LKI was he only
Li huanian ins i u ion ha ook ca e o he Bal ic cen es, hei in e nal exis en ial p oblems)
pa icipa ed; La e , when unding was in oduced, mo e ins i u ions became in e es ed in us. Eugenijus
Jo aiša, Zigmas Zinke ičius, Algi das Sabaliauskas came o he mee ing and exp essed hei clea
posi ion. The e we e ep esen a i es o he cen e s. I ecall Pie o Umbe o Dini, * The ex was
p epa ed on he basis o he epo ead a he plena y session o he Wo ld Con e ence on Li huanian
S udies (bal is ics) in Con empo a y Educa ional P ocesses on 6 Ap il 2017. The con e ence was
o ganised unde he EU- unded p ojec "Encou aging coope a ion be ween o eign Bal ic cen es and
Li huanian scien i ic and s udy ins i u ions" and ook place in Vilnius, Li huanian Uni e si y o Educa ion.
Insigh s om he Inspec o a e 267
Whe e does he Li huanian o eign policy lead?
The wa e o Kazanskien, he o he s. I was hen ha a u u e p ojec , inanced
by he Eu opean Union's S uc u al Funds, was decided on, he pu pose o which
would ha e been o help he Bal ic s a es ab oad su i e and p ospe . The Bal ic
cen es, as non- esiden s, could no ac as ecipien s o unds om he
s uc u al unds, so he Li huanian Highe Educa ion Ins i u ion was in i ed o
assis , which, as a kind o adminis a i e oo , had o co e he en i e p ojec .
This ime, i was all abou adminis a ion. I did no e en occu o me ha his
ins i u ion (i u ned ou o be ha ins i u ion: we a e now alking abou one
coo dina o and his pa ne s, i.e. he o he uni e si ies o he Republic o
Moldo a) would ha e i s own concep ual insigh s, i s own desi es, i s own
aspi a ions and solu ions, which a e a ely discussed and coo dina ed wi h he
cen e s, will de e mine he planning and implemen a ion o ou ac i i ies.
The o mal inclusion o he Li huanian ins i u ions in he p ojec , which a ha
ime seemed ine i able and mu ually bene icial, also de e mined he na u e o he
p ojec : om ab oad, i is some imes el ha because o ou (i.e. he cen es)
wo k and he name o ou wel a e, he ac i i ies o hose ins i u ions will be
es ablished by hemsel es. I happens wi hou ou knowledge o abili y o make a
di e ence. O e he pas 10 yea s, no a single mee ing has aken place wi h
ep esen a i es o he wo ld's Bal ic cen es o discuss he concep ual aspec s
o he p ojec implemen a ion, o example in he Minis y o wi h he p ojec
coo dina o and his pa ne s. This is combined in he o e all p ojec amewo k.
The main goal now decla ed is o s eng hen coope a ion wi h scien i ic and s udy
ins i u ions o he Republic o Moldo a and he mobili y o lec u e s. Kyla ques ion:
is he Li huanian side awa e o he eal si ua ion ab oad? The e a e a ious
ag eemen s be ween uni e si ies, be ween minis ies o indi idual coun ies,
academies o science, he E asmus p og amme used, e c. hose con ac s, which
ha e always exis ed and will con inue o exis , p o ide o he exchange o
co esponding quo as, which ha e some imes emained unused. Is i eally wo h
spending so much ene gy and money (5,8 million eu os) on his ac i i y? O cou se,
i 's good o be able o send a be e s uden , bu igh now ha o e is
un easonably exhaus ed. Bal ic cen e s om he Wes simply do no ha e so many
s uden s, and hose who do ea n money o hei s udies, s udy a second special y
o ano he highe educa ion ins i u ion and canno go ab oad a any ime du ing
he semes e . A di e en si ua ion, as obse ed by o he con e ence
pa icipan s, exis s in Geo gia and o he Bal ic cen e s in Eas e n Eu ope, whe e
a di e en s udy mo i a ion and a di e en s uden ype a e encoun e ed. I is
also no easy o ag ee wi h he opinion o he aim o he p ojec , which limi s he
aim o s eng hening he communica ion and coope a ion o o eign whi es wi h
Li huanian scien i ic ins i u ions. Does i eally seem ha he cu en
coope a ion is no enough? The a ious scien i ic p ojec s in which ep esen a i es o Bal ic cen es ha e pa icipa ed and con inue o pa icipa e ha e hei own o igins, hy hms and pa e ns which canno be ope a ed, in ensi ied o o he wise egula ed unde he newly es ablished coope a ion.
ILJA LEMEŠKIN
268 o he Li huanian Language Ac LXXVI. The schedule o isi s o Vilnius is
and has always been e y dense and wi hou he p ojec ac i i y in ques ion.
Ano he a ea o ac i i y is he o ganisa ion o upskilling cou ses. The goal is
noble, bu he e we e al eady a lo o hose cou ses in 2012-2015. Lec u e s and
lec u e s wo king ab oad seem o be a ahead o hei colleagues wo king in
Li huania in e ms o hei le el o quali ica ion. How long can I d i e o a
oca ional aining cou se? Some imes you also need o wo k, ha is, o apply
you imp o ed compe ences in p ac ice, in you wo k.
When we alk abou hose asks and he speci ic asks ha conce n us, we end up
ge ing s uck. The Bal ic cen es hemsel es know exac ly wha , when and how hey
need (and some imes need) o do. The ini ia i e should only come om hem (excep
pe haps only in places whe e Bal ic cen es a e s ill o ming). The o mal manage s
o he p ojec should no ha e he igh o decide a hei disc e ion wha o eign
Bal icis s need and wha hey do no need, because hey may be somewha lacking in
knowledge abou he Bal ic cen e s in he wo ld, hei condi ion and needs. The
Li huanian side has o con ol he a ge ed use o unds. The a o emen ioned wo ks,
which he Bal ic cen es ha e planned and would like o ca y ou , equi e
compe ence and unds, bu he expe ience gained shows ha i is p ecisely hese
wo ks ha he scien i ic and s udy ins i u ions o he Republic o Moldo a
some imes ind unin e es ing and unnecessa y. The cen es a e conce ned wi h he
wo k, he cu en ac i i ies o s uden s, doc o al s uden s, lec u e s and scien i ic
s a ha ensu e he su i al and de elopmen o he cen es, in o he wo ds,
e e y hing ha can be called he needs o he cen es is cons an ly changing
in ensi ely. Ideally, i he wo k ca ied ou in he p ojec is necessa y, i.e. use ul o
us, he wo k om Li huania would be eques ed […] in o de o he p ojec o be
iable, […] a leas once pe semes e , and no excep ionally and u gen ly once e e y
wo yea s be o e he s a o he p ojec . All his aises a undamen al ques ion
o he ep esen a i es o he Bal ic cen es: is i wo h s aying in he p ojec in
he cu en ci cums ances and wha should be he u u e ela ionship o
coope a ion be ween Li huanian scien i ic and s udy ins i u ions and he Bal ic
cen es? I would be e y undesi able o see a si ua ion whe e, o he bene i and
bene i o o eign Bal ic cen es (bu wi hou hei knowledge), a ce ain Li huanian ins i u ion o a pe son ep esen ing i who is no well known o o eign Bal ic ci izens silen ly d aws up a "sui able" ac ion plan, o he implemen a ion o which you a e kindly in i ed o con ibu e.
Deli e ed on 21 Ap il 2017
ILJA LEMEŠKIN
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