The aim of the article is to conduct a comparative analysis of the
quality of government (QoG) in Lithuania (treated as a single NUTS 2 region) and in
Polish Voivodships (16 NUTS 2 regions). The analysis of the quality of government
was conducted on the basis of indicators quality of government in the European regions
developed twice, in 2010 and in 2013, by the Quality of Government Institute in
Gothenborg. The results of the performed analyzes show that in both cases the quality
of government in Lithuania and in Poland was relatively low, and as regards the
quality of government, Lithuania was placed very low in the ranking of the 17 analyzed
NUTS 2 regions. The article is of theoretical and empirical nature. The theoretical
part is dedicated to presenting public tasks implemented by self-government
units in Lithuania and in Poland along with the concept of the QoG. The empirical
part contains description of the methodology of research and results of conducted
comparative analysis. The article is concluded with a summary, in which the main
conclusions from the study are presented.