BITINAS AUDRIUS, Professor of Practice
Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise
Social security law, labor law, EU social security and labor law, management of pension systems.
Main publications
- Bitinas, Audrius. The development of occupational pension markets in the European Union and in Lithuania: regulation and challenges // The dynamics of welfare markets: private pensions and domestic/care services in Europe / editors Clémence Ledoux,Karen Shire, Franca van Hooren. Cham : Springer, 2021. ISBN 9783030566227. eISBN 9783030566234. p. 291-315. (Work and Welfare in Europe). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56623-4_11.
- Bitinas, Audrius; Cirtautaitė-Kaminskienė, Simona; Petrylaitė, Vida. Social security law: Vilnius University textbook. Edition 1. [Socialinės apsaugos teisė : Vilniaus universiteto vadovėlis. 1 leidimas]. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2020. 368 p. eISBN 9786090704141.
- Hiilamo, Heikki; Bitinas, Audrius; Chân, Narith. Extending pension coverage in Cambodia: The governance and investment challenges of the Social Security Investment Fund // International social security review. Hoboken : Wiley. ISSN 0020-871X. eISSN 1468-246X. 2020, vol. 73, iss. 4, p. 97-116. DOI: 10.1111/issr.12252.
Main scientific and research projects
- 2018-2019 expert at the French Development Agency “AFD”. Projects: “Implementation of Gabon’s Social Security Code”, “The Welfare State of Sakartwelo”.
- 2017-2019 expert and consultant at the French agency “Expertise France”. “Gemini” projects in Azerbaijan: “Improving the pension system”, “Improving the health system”.
- 2016 June, expert in the Council of Europe project “Independent, high-quality and ethical activity of a lawyer”.
- 2015-2019 expert in the European Union “Socieux+” pension program. Projects: “Improving Ghana’s Social Security Strategy”, “Improving Tajikistan’s Pension System Management”, “CIPRES Conference on Pension Reforms in Africa”, “Pension System Sustainability and Investment Development in Cambodia”, “Improving Pension System Regulation in Cambodia”, “Labor Market Measures for the Disabled in Kyrgyzstan”.
- 2015-2016 expert in the project “EU unemployment benefit system”. Project supervised by “Eftheia BVBA”, funded by the European Union.
Significant expert activity, membership
- Since 2022 member of the Tax Committee of the Lithuanian Bar Association.
- Since 2013 expert of International social security and labor.
Awards
- The President of the Republic of Lithuania, D. Grybauskaitė, awarded a Commemorative Sign for his personal contribution to Lithuania’s presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Popularization of science
- A. Bitinas. Pension reform: towards sustainability and growth. Opinion Delfi.lt, 2021.11.13
- A. Bitinas. Social security investments for the sustainability of the future pension guarantees // EU Socieux+ Technical reports collection, 2019, No. 2, Brussels.
Languages
Lithuanian, English, French and Russian.