Physical education and sports strategy formation in Lithuania
A lon g term strategy related to physical education and sports has not been prepared throughout all the Lithuanian independence period. Only after Lithuania has joined European Union, physical education and sports strategy project named the Physical education and sports development strategy was presented in the summer of 2007 (a working group was selected according to the prime minister of the Republic of Lithuania order No. 259, 13 July 2007). It should be admitted that Lithuanian physical education and sport sector problem analysis in scientific level is conducted fragmentarily. The most frequent research orientation consists of athletes training or sport science scientific problems, as well as various ages individuals’ physical activity and health, specialist training. Very little attention is dedicated to the sport sector’s management problems and the aforementioned sector strategy formation problem analysis is absent overall. The objective of the research is to constitute a management model of the physical education and sports sector and to identify strategic fields of activity. Scientific research techniques – expert interview, statistical data analysis and graphic simulations. Expert evaluation of the Lithuanian physical education and sports strategy project and identification of the strategic activity fields highlight the principle shortcomings.  Elimination of these shortcomings could potentially lead to a more effective and clear Lithuanian physical education and sports strategy project implementation process. Revelation of the managerial and social aspects of the strategy formation and taking into account comments and suggestions provided by the experts, allow the correction of the Lithuanian physical educations and sports strategy. JEL codes: M 100, M 190.