Lithuania

Menų agentūra ARTSCAPE (Arts Agency ARTSCAPE) is a non-profit cultural organization based in Vilnius, Lithuania, working as a production, distribution and management support company locally and internationally.  

Meritokratas is a company based by principles of meritocracy, we drive culture and technological transformation through collaboration and communication from within the organizations. We believe that technology is here and can be used to spread democracy and liberalize media.

Education Development Centre is a state educational institution which provides educational support for students, teachers and for school. Education Development centre (EDC) was established on the 1st of September in 2009 after the reorganisation of Pedagogues Professional Development Centre (PPDC), Education Development Centre (EDC), Teachers’ Competence Centre (TCC), Lithuanian Adult Education and Information Centre (LAEIC) and is the largest institution under the direct authority of the Ministry of Education and Science. Education Development Centre proceeds on implementing and develops the activities of reorganised educational institutions and is responsible for the most important areas of educational support for Lithuanian educational community. EDC develops general education curriculum, teacher training programmes, and implements continuing adult education, evaluates textbooks and educational tools, carries out EU Structural Support projects, and successfully collaborates with teachers of all Subject Associations and the other social partners.

National Development Institute is established in Lithuania by various shareholders - from university and public institutions to private persons and NGO's. It is a small institution of up to 10 workers. Sources of funding are different: EU, local governmental or municipal funds, private donations as well as some of resources from economic activities. Our organization is engaged in projects in Lithuania as well as to post-soviet countries (Georgia, Moldova, Kaliningrad, Ukraine, Armenia and Belarus, ect.) to share Lithuanian development experience. We have been working on nonformal education projects currently together with Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia. Our organization is engaged in cooperation with actors from European countries (Central and Eastern European countries, Nordic countries and other EU countries) in order to share and transfer good practices to Lithuania and underdeveloped countries. Lithuania has common historical issues and human rights and democratic development aspects especially with Izrael as well as the other countries seeking for democracy in South-Mediterrarian region (like Tunisia). Our organization is interested in developing relations with these countries and becoming an ambasadors of Lithuania.

National Non-Governmental Development Cooperation Organisations’ Platform (Lithuanian NGDO Platform) brings together 21 Lithuanian non-governmental organisations working in the field of development cooperation (DC) and development/global education. NGDO Platform was established on March 29, 2007. Lithuanian NGDO Platform is an active member of the European Confederation of Relief and Development NGOs CONCORD, closely cooperates with the NGDO Platforms in Ireland, Scandinavia and the Baltic states. Lithuanian NGDO Platform has 5 board members, Executive director, financier. All the additional staff relates to various functions - communication, project management. Sources of funding variates from funding received from Lithuanian governmental bodies (Ministry of Foreign Affiars, Ministry of Social Affairs and etc). , municipalities, European Commission (DEVCO, Erasmus, EU AID and etc.). Implementing our activities we closely partner with various institutions and bodies globally and in Lithuanian.

National tourism business association (NTVA) unites professional inbound and local tourism operators. NTVA provides professional advisory services for all tourism operators in order to guarantee professional service for tourists coming to Lithuania.

Structure of the organization: operating personnel – 6 people in culture – 11 Budgetary resources available in a year – 160 000 Euro. Sources of funding: subsidy of Vilnius city municipality local projects EU projects Modalities of action: The significance of the institutions is justified by active involvement of the citizens into mass events and cultural activities which are complemented by the variety of styles and genres of amateur arts groups: workshops (choreography, music, theatre), clubs (amateurs of stage arts and sports), amateur arts groups representing diverse cultures of the city and classes (the piano, the accordion, the English language). Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: Avrasya Toplululugu Dernegi (Avrasya Community) - Turkey “Курултай Башкир Латвии” – Latvia “JASMA” – Latvia “Wachwood Heath Technology College” - United Kingdom “Comm: Pact” – United Kingdom “KIDS” – Belgium “Stagehuis Schilderswijk” – Netherlands Structure of the organization: operating personnel – 6 people in culture – 11 Budgetary resources available in a year – 160 000 Euro. Sources of funding: subsidy of Vilnius city municipality local projects EU projects Modalities of action: The significance of the institutions is justified by active involvement of the citizens into mass events and cultural activities which are complemented by the variety of styles and genres of amateur arts groups: workshops (choreography, music, theatre), clubs (amateurs of stage arts and sports), amateur arts groups representing diverse cultures of the city and classes (the piano, the accordion, the English language). Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: Avrasya Toplululugu Dernegi (Avrasya Community) - Turkey “Курултай Башкир Латвии” – Latvia “JASMA” – Latvia “Wachwood Heath Technology College” - United Kingdom “Comm: Pact” – United Kingdom “KIDS” – Belgium “Stagehuis Schilderswijk” – Netherlands

Association unites academic and business institutions, its members are: 5 business companies (LLC “Elsis Business Solutions”, LLC “Hexacon Baltija”, LLC “Prosperitus”, LLC “Gaumina” and LLC “IT Vision”), College of Social Sciences and Valakupiai Rehabilitation Centre. The aim of this organization is to unite academic and business institutions for mutual cooperation in order to increase the quality of studies and to prepare the specialists according to the real needs of nowadays business companies. Main budgetary resources are project preparation and implementation, business consultations, training, dissemination, etc. Members of association have participated in number of projects: Third Countries’ Student integration, Interactive 3-D Training, Applied Scientific Researches, etc.