The aim of the course is to give students opportunity to gain insight into theoretical, ideological and practical framework of welfare in Lithuania, focusing on the opportunity to understand the Lithuanian model of work and social security, critically reflect and analyse the contemporary development concerning different field of the policy of work and social security in Lithuania.
Students will be equipped with skills necessary for advanced research and understanding relation between different fields of the social policy on the national level and to analyse applied social policies:
- to identify the national welfare model;
- to identify the general structure of Lithuanian social policy;
- to understand and critically analyze the implementation of social protection and social inclusion policy;
- to understand the design and supply of social services in Lithuania, critically analyze priority goals, tasks and measures in different sectors of national social policy.

Introductory lectures during the intensive programme in Vilnius, afterwards the course continues in Moodle.

Only for students in the Cosopo programme.