6.3 billion Euro distribution is crumbling: things are not as expected

“It just came to our knowledge then. The name is one, and the interior is something else,” he said Tuesday on the “Delphi Theme” program. – The goal was a long-term strategy. It has changed to simple and short goals. term: “fire fighting. The impulse is to increase consumption and we see that the vast majority of the money goes to the construction sector, to concrete.”

As you know, the long-term investment economic development plan prepared by the Ministry of Finance, called “DNA of the economy of the future”, provides for a total of 6,300 million. euros. New investments are expected to amount to 2,200 million. EUR 4.1 billion has already been accelerated and already planned investments have been accelerated. euros. There are currently 15 projects approved in the plan, but the weekly investment committee should approve more.

Another Delfi Theme interlocutor, the president of the Lithuanian Business Confederation, Andrius Romanovskis, said that participation in the Investment Committee is an advisory vote.

“It just came to our attention then. We are more ‘advocate-advisers’ in different situations, and the pace is tremendous. For example, around 8 pm yesterday I received 7 or 8 letters with different topics, different solutions. I’m joking that we should have one or two positions in each organization to follow We see that speed is the main focus of this plan.

This is also the biggest challenge and object of criticism. Lithuanian people have a saying that goes “fast work – blind kittens,” he said.

Birutė Miškinienė, vice president of the Vilnius Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, also said she did not have a decisive voice or influence on the committee.

“At the beginning we started to participate quite enthusiastically. The process was really put together very well, with dates. It was supposed to end on September 4, but we don’t have a result today, which means we didn’t put the project together as expected.

We wanted to do too much, in a short time and with very limited resources. There are too many tools, we get a lot of great documents. They are professionally prepared, but do not have the time and ability to delve into it, as they tend to arrive very late, meetings are not scheduled so you can plan your time.

This is not our first job and we all work here on a social level. Because we are not “equals”, we are involved. It was summer, people were on vacation, and we also have challenges for remote discussion. What does it mean when there are 60 or more people in a group? 45 minutes for the question. The structure is, the evaluations carried out, the Central Agency for Project Management presents. It would all look so good, but if you ask me if I’m sure there will be a breakthrough in that DNA plan, definitely not, “she said on the show.

Representatives of the Ministry of Finance were also invited to the “Delfi issue”, but did not represent their position. It was clarified that some are on vacation and others need to be in meetings.

Quality documents

Ms Miškinienė said that she sometimes felt sorry for the officials who prepared the documents for the DNA plan.

“They don’t know everything, but sometimes they don’t have the practice, the mechanism to involve the social partners. They are also afraid of business, that he exerts pressure, etc. I think we are all learning. Learning is a great price, “he said.

Romanovsky said employees who don’t count working hours and work and write projects are heroes.

“At this level, the documents are perfectly prepared. So the question, of what? What is the point of? On the other hand, it is good that they let him in and now we can make noise. We would not have known anything about those decisions makes a few years The money would be distributed and so on.

By the way, the members of the Seimas now have other challenges. Parliamentary scrutiny is a dilemma. Committee meetings take place and no members of the Government attend. This was in the middle of the pandemic, because there is an attitude that we are working, do not disturb ”, commented the president of the confederation.

He said the entire DNA plan is likely to raise more political questions.

“Because the new government (whether it changes or not) will continue to review everything. One factor in this was speed, although we know that speed is more important in the first weeks of a pandemic. Now that the situation has stabilized during the In the summer, decisions should be made wisely and not quickly, I think we will see that although some ‘checks’ are written, they are not valid.

We also see that some institutions are seizing the opportunity and want to increase funding for themselves. If you used to have to defend yourself at the Seimas, now you can suddenly get your ideas out and get money, he said. – Speed ​​was needed in March and April, but the state apparatus entered and accelerated only now. And now we should make an objective pause and look at what we are actually doing.

A recession was planned, and now it turned out that the economic downturn wasn’t that bad. If so, it would be worth taking a break from the engine of the economy. “

I haven’t seen the big picture yet

I. Ruginienė said that she is included in all the subcommittees of the Investment Committee.

“It was written because we voiced a lot of criticism from the beginning and the government apparently decided that the easiest way is not to respond to criticism, not to make amends, but simply to write to the committees.

Our participation is simply a formality. As a result, the LPSK suspended its participation in the subcommittees, since participation implies automatic approval. It is no longer possible to change or express an opinion because specific concepts are already being analyzed. For this reason, I think we must start the discussion from the beginning, from the plan, its ideas and the stages of its creation, “he said on the program.

The president of the Confederation said that she only participated in the outcome of the process. “When you have to sit and watch for seven Fridays, in 30 minutes, you are actually recorded to agree and move on,” he said.

The interviewee added that he had not yet seen the big picture of the DNA plan.

“Which sectors earn more, where will that money go, where will it not? We dose ourselves with that information little by little and then you decide” here and now “- you decide” yes “or” no “(generally” yes “). And who will be tomorrow, will know tomorrow, “said I. Ruginienė.