LIETUVIŠKAI

 

Simonas Gaušas, principal analyst

 

Simonas has more than 7 years of professional work experience in public policy research and evaluation. Working as a member or manager of the project teams he mostly focuses on education, labour market and regional policies. During his career he has provided methodologically sound, well-managed evidence-based policy advice and support services to the European Commission and Lithuanian government institutions as well as public institutions in non-EU countries.

 

Key areas of expertise:

 

  •  Policy areas: Education (esp. financing of vocational education and training, higher education and adult learning), labour market (esp. labour mobility and forecasting of labour supply and demand), social policy and regional development.
  • Methods: Interviews, surveys, statistical analysis (using SPSS), foresight analysis methods.           
  • Project management:  large experience in managing projects covering all EU and partner/candidate countries; more than five years of management of EU funded framework contracts; managing of both national and international expert teams; intensive cooperation with external experts and partner companies. 

Member of ReferNet Lithuania network on the development of vocational education and training.

Member of SkillsNet network on forecasting labour supply and demand in Europe.

 

 

Education

 

  • MA, European Public Administration, Vilnius university, Institute of international relations and political science (Lithuania), 2006.
  • BA, Political Science, Vilnius University, Institute of international relations and political science (Lithuania), 2004. 

Study visits (Sweden, Belgium, UK) in the field of vocational education and training. International conferences, workshops and seminars in the fields of education financing and forecasting labour supply and demand.

 

 

Selected publications

 

  •  Cedefop (S. Gaušas one of co-authors). Sharing the costs of vocational education and training. An analysis of schemes in the newer EU Member States. Cedefop Panorama series, 182. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2009. Available at: www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/news/3955.aspx. 
  •  Committee of the Regions. After Lisbon, the role of regional and local authorities in a new Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Better Jobs. Comparative analysis of 27 National Progress Reports. Brussels: The EU's Assembly of Regional and Local Representatives, ISBN 978-92-895-0507-9, 2010. Available at: http://portal.cor.europa.eu/europe2020/Pages/Library.aspx.
  • Gaušas, S. and R. Dumčius, „Combining quantitative and qualitative research methods in comparative study on VET cost-sharing mechanisms and regulatory instruments” in P. Grollmann and M. Hoppe (Ed.), Methods and instruments for the evaluation and monitoring of VET- systems – Conference proceedings. Bonn: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BiBB), Discussion papers, No. 119, ISBN 978-3-88555-888-0, 2009.
  • Gaušas, S. and R. Dumčius, „Comparative analysis of vocational education and training cost-sharing schemes across the 12 newer EU Member States“, Vocational education: Research and Reality, No. 18, 2009, pp. 86-111.
  • Public Policy and Management Institute (S. Gaušas one of the co-authors). Study Ex post evaluation of implementation of horizontal priorities in the EU structural assistance, Vilnius, 2008.
  • Public Policy and Management Institute (S. Gaušas one of co-authors), study Demand for vocational education and training in Lithuania, Vilnius, 2008.
  • Public Policy and Management Institute (S. Gaušas one of the co-authors), study Development of non-formal adult education in Lithuania: analysis of financing alternatives, Vilnius, 2007.
  • Gaušas S., R. Dumčius, T. Šarūnas ir G. Vaščenkaitė, „Development of non-formal adult education and training in Lithuania “, Personalo vadyba, No. 3, 2007.
  • Public Policy and Management Institute (S. Gaušas one of the co-authors), study Competencies of graduates of master's studies and the needs of the Lithuanian economy, Vilnius, 2006.

 

Public Policy and Management Institute (S. Gaušas one of the co-authors), feasibility study Preparation for the Optimal Development of Vocational Education and Training Infrastructure, Vilnius, 2006.