Europos Komisijos išorės tarnyba ir jos vaidmuo Europos Sąjungos diplomatinės tarnybos tinkle – Lietuvoje nauja, visiškai netyrinėta tema. Todėl šio darbo autorė siekia išanalizuoti Europos Komisijos išorės tarnybos delegacijų vaidmenį ir statusą Europos Sąjungos diplomatinės tarnybos tinkle, taip pat įžvelgti šio vaidmens ir statuso pokyčius. Siekiant minėto tikslo, šiame darbe iškeliami tokie svarbiausi uždaviniai:  Pristatyti Tinklinio valdymo viešajame sektoriuje perspektyvą, išskiriant tinklinį užsienio politikos valdymą;  Apibūdinti naujas Tinklinio valdymo perspektyvoje formuluojamas diplomatijos formas bei pritaikyti šią perspektyvą Europos Sąjungos diplomatinės tarnybos struktūros analizei;  Iškelti Europos diplomatijos formos trečiosiose šalyse vystymosi hipotezes;  Apibrėžti Europos Komisijos išorės tarnybos vietą Europos Sąjungos diplomatinės tarnybos tinkle, apibūdinant Išorės tarnybos struktūrą, plėtrą, institucionalizacijos procesą, naujausias administracines šios tarnybos reformas bei funkcijas;  Identifikuoti Europos Komisijos išorės tarnybos delegacijų statuso, veiklos pobūdžio, santykių su kitais tarptautinės arenos veikėjais bei vaidmens Europos Sąjungos diplomatinės tarnybos tinkle pokyčius;  Apibūdinti kaip praktiškai vyksta Europos Komisijos delegacijų ir valstybių narių diplomatinių tarnybų bendradarbiavimas trečiosiose šalyse. Svarbiausios šio darbo išvados pažymi, kad Europos Komisijos išorės tarnyba išvystė funkcinę, į vartotoją orientuotos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / External Service of the European Commission and it‘s role in network of EU diplomatic service is a new and not researched topic in Lithuania. Therefore the author of this paper seeks analyse the role and status of delegations of the External Service of the European Commission in network of European Union diplomatic service and also to detect mutation of their role and status. There were several main goals set for this purpose:  To introduce Networked approaches to public sector, putting stress on networked governance of foreign policy;  To define the new forms of diplomacy formulated in Networked approach and to apply this approach for the review of constitution of EU diplomatic service;  To hypothesize on development of European diplomacy form in third countries;  To determine the role of External Service of the European Commission in the network of EU diplomatic service defining the formation, development, process of institutionalization, latest administrative reforms and functions of the External Service.  To identify the mutation of status and brief of delegations of the European Commission in third countries, also to define changes in their relationships with the other actors of international arena and in their role in Network of EU diplomatic service.  Characterize the process of cooperation between delegations of the European Commission and embassies of member states of EU in third countries. Main conclusions of this paper say that the External Service of the... [to full text]

The aim of this thesis is to critically assess the diplomatic performance of the European Union (EU) in its neighbourhood, namely in Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus after the inauguration of the European External Action Service (EEAS). The Lisbon Treaty announced the need for a stronger, more efficient, more coherent EU in world politics. This implied, inter alia, that in third countries, the former Commission representations have been transformed into Union Delegations that represent the EU. Besides this, the Treaty changes opened an opportunity for coordination between national and EU level diplomacy in order to obtain a more effective collective effort. These changes where focused on EU s overall performance, which has been a salient issue on the agenda of European policy-makers. The issue of the EU s performance in the wider Eastern Europe remains poignant, not least because of current developments in its neighbourhood (such as the crisis in Ukraine, Moldova s downturn in its democratization efforts or the inclusion of Belarus on the list of most repressive countries in the world). While the Brussels-based part of the EEAS has captured the attention of both academic and non-academic literature, this thesis turns its focus to the performance and diplomatic practice of the EU in third countries, i.e Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. When talking about European diplomatic performance abroad, a key focus in the thesis is on practices through which the details of everyday practices that form and shape the performance of any actor is explored. In order to do so, the investigation conducted for this research is guided by three assumptions on the use of EU diplomacy in overcoming its foreign policy dilemmas. Looking at performance, then, implies examining EU diplomatic practices against pre-set goals; evaluating the cooperation between member-states (MS) embassies and Union Delegations towards formulating and implementing a common approach ; and, conducting a screening of diplomatic capabilities on the ground. Findings show that the EU delegations represent the EU as a whole, became communication hubs on the ground and took the lead on cooperation with the EU MS embassies. Empirical evidence revealed that, in practice, the Delegations continued to conduct aid-driven diplomacy, as a legacy from the former Commission representations. And, that the coexistence of national and EU diplomacy was marked, at times, by MS opting out of the common approach in favour of parallel actions. While the Delegations in these countries have grown in size and, most importantly, have diplomats as staff members; the development of the Delegations also came with an intra- and inter-institutional tension on the ground that echoed Brussels institutional dynamics. Lastly, a comparative evaluation of EU diplomatic performance in Eastern Europe more generally uncovered multistakeholder diplomacy, burden-sharing, bloc diplomacy, unilateral diplomatic actions and interest-driven diplomacy as key drivers and dividers in EU s attempt to address its foreign policy dilemmas.