Activities

The remit of the Committee for the Future shall be:

1) to prepare and consider draft of laws and other legal acts regulating the modelling of future development of society and the State, development of innovation and technological progress, emigration and re-emigration processes and their impact on the development of society, modernisation of the State and strategic reforms, as well,as to submit and consider proposals on these issues;

2) to discuss and submit to the Seimas reports, conclusions and proposals on issues relating to strategic directions of the Lithuania’s development and projections for future developments and factors influencing future development and development models of the State, as well as on the promotion of the development of economic, innovation and technological progress, building and implementation of a long-term strategic vision for the development of the State, modelling of future developments and formulation of reform policies;

3) to submit proposals for the commissioning of studies relating to projections and strategic modelling of future development of the State;

4) to coordinate the work of public institutions and agencies as well as other organisations in preparing drafts of laws and other legal acts on the matters falling within the remit of the Committee;

5) to submit conclusions on the compatibility of drafts of laws and other legal acts and the legal acts defining a long-term strategy for the development of the State and their impact on future development of the State and society;

6) to analyse foreign, international legislation and practices related to modelling of the development of innovation and technological progress, formulating and implementation of strategic models and future scenarios of the development of the State, impact of innovation and technological progress on the development of society and the State, as well as to submit proposals and conclusions to the Seimas;

7) to examine the use of funds allocated to activities related to the matters falling within the remit of the Committee in each programme of the budget appropriation manager and to assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of their use;

8) to exercise parliamentary scrutiny on the matters falling within the remit of the Committee, to hear information and reports of ministries, other state institutions and agencies regarding the implementation of laws and other legal acts adopted by the Seimas relating to the matters falling within the remit of the Committee.

Article 58¹ of the Statue of the Seimas