KTU Savivaldos mokymo centras (SMC) įkurtas 1993 metais JAV-Baltijos fondo ir Kauno technologijos universiteto iniciatyva. SMC vizija – moderni, novatoriška organizacija – savivaldybių darbuotojų kvalifikacijos kėlimo paslaugų rinkos lyderė, kurianti ir teikianti aukščiausios kokybės paslaugas/produktus ir taip įtakojanti savivaldos stiprėjimą Lietuvoje. SMC misija – stiprinti savivaldą Lietuvoje,
ugdant savivaldybių darbuotojų kompetenciją per teikiamas mokymų, konsultacijų ir informavimo paslaugas. Savo veiklą grindžiame šiais principais:
-Aukšta teikiamų paslaugų kokybe;
-Bendradarbiavimu;
-Lankstumu;
-Dėmesiu žmogui. The Municipal Training Centre (MTC), a self-sustainable organization, was established in 1993 as a joint initiative of the US-Baltic Foundation and the Kaunas University of Technology. MTC's mission is to strengthen local governance in Lithuania and abroad by:
-Developing and implementing training programmes for public officials and politicians;
-Providing information, consulting and research services;
-Improving the performance of local government institutions;
-Initiating and implementing civic society development programmes. The Municipal Training Centre has a unique identity, being at the same time a school, a research centre and a consulting agency in local government and community development issues. Among similar institutions in Lithuania, MTC is the only one to group all these activities together. One of the MTC's basic tasks is to assist municipalities to improve and modernize the way they provide services. The Centre provides good examples, outlines the possibilities of cross-administrative cooperation and familiarizes them with the latest developments in the field of local government. Being a department of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities of Kaunas University of Technology, the MTC works closely with Lithuanian (in particular with the Association of Local Authorities, the Lithuanian Institute of Public Administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) as well as foreign partners.
