Community-Oriented Development

Abstract

The evaluation of modern trends, it can be said that Lithuanian cities can create a full quality of life. Success will depend on various factors: state policy and financial instruments, development strategies, investment and efficient management of public assets, urban centers, residential areas renewal, and most importantly – sustainable development of community participation. Sustainable development is an important community mobilization develops, positive leadership and community capacity in which it is necessary to validate the local government or other laws. Sustainable development communities necessary skills: understanding of sustainable development; ability to create a vision for the leadership, communication; teamwork; project management; process re-engineering; effective financial management; local economic development and understanding of democratic processes. Decisions about development, the future of local communities must be adopted in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity – the local community itself is able and willing to accept and implement certain decisions, decisions must be adopted and implemented in the higher authorities. Promoting partnerships and general cooperation, a key objective should be to improve quality of life. It is necessary to teach people, local communities, so that they understand that sustainable development is the responsibility of all, only their competence and contribution. With this goal, it is proposed: Promote public, private and NGO sector in the partnership and to validate solutions of inter-institutional and financial resources; Foster local culture and traditions, to create a safe and friendly neighborhood of the natural environment; Communitywide socio-education and systemic socio-communication; systemic development, multifunctional, multicriterian and multisectoral networks; communities to ensure the stability and continuity, independence from politicians and elections; building trust between the community, business, government, planners and designers; encourage multi-public (schools, cultural houses, libraries, etc.) and commercial (commercial, offices, etc.). These assumptions help for buildings welfare and smart and creative communities. Public infrastructure development and the introduction of the infrastructure charge to ensure that the funds are used, from which comes in charge of infrastructure development and achieved the expected results based on the development and evaluation on the basis of science and knowledge. In urban areas land issues, the right to dispose of public land to municipalities. Keywords: sustainable development, sustainable community development, community based-development, public interest, ecosystem-based community approaches multifunctional, multisectoral, multifactoral design. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/su.2014.14