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Public rights of access to engage in recreational activities in open non-urbanized countryside in Lithuania, Scandinavia and UK are analysed in this paper. Currently there is no universal public right of access in Lithuania. On the other hand, there is no strict prohibition to walk or stay in open countryside as well. But public rights of access to the Lithuanian countryside are more and more undermined as privatization of land, forests and water is going on and land owners try to fence their properties. The present Lithuanian legal basis that regulates public access to countryside is evaluated. Foreign experience in this field is reviewed. Scandinavian countries and Scotland adopted universal everyman's right. On the other side, public rights are very limited in England and Whales. Summarizing these different approaches and current situation in Lithuania proposals on implementing the public right of access in the Lithuanian legislature are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article covers an extensive concept of partnership of private and public sectors. The authors emphasize an intermediate case existing between public procurement and privatization. The paper also give a broad overview of risks and their management related to the PPP projects. The idea of the necessity of the public sector to transfer risk to the private one maintaining the controlling function is emphasized. By applying Great Britain's example, the authors reveal some of the aspects of an effective management of PPP projects. Private companies are seen as entities that are capable of implementing projects in a faster way. The article presents some guidelines for the PPP improvement in Lithuania. The necessity of law and institution as well as the issues related to projects differentiation according to the types, responsibility and accountability is emphasized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]