Lithuania

2006 – 2007 Study “Legal environment for foundations in Lithuania and The USA”
2007 – 2010 “Legal analysis of the concept of endowment” and legislative initiative that resulted in amending Law on foundations of the Republic of Lithuania.
2009 – 2011 “Improvement of legal environment for NGOs in Lithuania”.
2013 – 2015 “Legal environment of collaboration and partnership of Government and NGO”.
2014 – 2016 “Improvement of legal environment for freedom of association in Belarus”.

•  Workshops built on  active participation, communication and cooperation, learning by doing and other purposeful group activities for their social and emotional development - for school classes; • Seminars, trainings and long term projects (more than 20) for Lithuanian school teachers and other educators (for their personal development) based on the forms of non formal education; • More than 80 intercultural youth exchanges since 1993 with different European partners; • Summer camps for disadvantaged young people and children from foster home; • The main project for high school classes “Another week” - based on methods of youth non-formal education (the age of targets: 14-18 years old). The whole class during 5 days (not attending the school) have creative workshops built on their own active participation, communication and cooperation, learning by doing and other purposeful group activities for their social and emotional development. Professional artists and youth workers are leading these groups. Youngsters themselves choose the topics for the week. Generally chosen topics are: relationship with adults, bullying, loneliness, unknown future, daily school life, etc. • Intercultural youth exchanges.

• Administration of the EU PHARE Civil Society Development and EU PHARE ACCESS programmes; • Technical support to the European Union Programmes, providing financial support to the non-governmental organizations; • Annual organization of Lithuanian non-governmental organizations forum since 1996; • Publishing of the informational bulletin “The Third sector” since 1995, which was replaced by the informational portal in 2007; • Creation and administration of the public database of non-governmental organizations; • Publications – “Writing Winning Grant Proposals. Step by Step”; “Foreign Support to the Lithuanian NGOs”; “Practical Guide for Lithuanian Non-Governmental Organizations”; “a Handbook of NGO Governance”; “Non-Profit Organizations: Nature and Regulation”, etc. • Implementation of tens of researches regarding the Lithuanian non-profit sector; • Coordination of the Lithuanian NGO Coalition's activities; • Establishment of the Lithuanian NGOs coalition for philanthropy. This resulted in the opportunity for the citizens to donate 2% of income tax to the non-profit organizations; • Initiative to establish the National anti Poverty Network and the Platform of Non-Governmental Development Organizations in Lithuania.

NTP stimulates innovative sally of companies by allowing to consult on law, finance, management, sales, marketing and other issues useful to small and medium size business. NTP rents offices and provides “Virtual office” services. “Northtown” business clubs, meetings and seminars are constantly organized for the business community.During the period of 10 years NTP has trained over 200 young people, incubated more than 50 technological start-ups and provided premises for more than 100 of SMEs and non-profit organizations, implemented more than 20 different project in various fields.

Novus credo has submited applications for two EU Social fund projects. The first one is Creation of integration model for physically disabled persons into labour market at Alytus district. It aims to integrated model of employment into activities of vocational school.
The second application is related to the creation of infrastructure of physical rehabilitation and provisions of services.
It has provided consultancy projects to private and public companies. Projects were related to Increasing energy eficiency at infrastructural development; Preparation of documentation related to security at work issue for State labour inspection, training of targget group. Implementation of Social Accountability Standard (SA8000).

Main activities: coordination of cultural activities in the municipality; promoting art lovers activities, fostering and organization; cooperation with societies, non-governmental organizations; ethnic cultural activities and development; various festivals and cultural events organization.

In 2003 our organization established “Family Home”, where we provide various social services.
Every year our association is implementing activities and providing support for the children in Children day care centre. There they can get food in charitable canteen, play and stay in safe environment. Family strengthening programme organizes and provides individual and group activities for parents and their children in order to develop and strengthen social, parental skills, get knowledge about children care, their needs.
Our centre also provide charity (foodstuff, clothing, home ware, etc). 
In the “Family Home” beside Charitable canteen, Children day care center, Family support service, there is Women crisis center, where we give a special support. This women crisis center is the only one in our city, which offers temporary shelter for the mothers with children. 
Our centre activities are financed basically through projects and charity activities as well as city municipality support.

All youth leaders, young peoples of our Centre are volunteers.
Since 2004 we are sending and coordinating EVS organisation. Started 2008 we are also hosting. Up till now we have hosted more then 17 volunteers from all over EU and partner countries. We are coordinating 7 different projects.