The focuses are on the neighbouring Kaliningrad oblast of Russia, Belorus, and the South Caucasus region.

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The focuses are on the neighbouring Kaliningrad
oblast of Russia, Belorus, and the South Caucasus
region.
NGOsworking Lithuanian abroad
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Lith. NGOs meeting with EC EuropeAid (28 02 2004)
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The main success of the Platform during 2004

• The Platform become coordinated movement
• of 15 NGOs
• External forces
• Trialog and CIDA-ODACE

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Lithuanian NGDO Platform members

• They are very different
• The women organizations,
• ethnic minorities associations
• have excellent connections for cross-border
  cooperation,
• experience in refugee work, gender issues.

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Lithuanian NGDO Platform members

• The coalition The New Connections are six NGDOs,
  working on national and international level in
  Development education.

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Lithuanian NGDO Platform members

• The Lithuanian Red Cross,
• Movement Chernobyl,
• Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry
• Church related organizations
• Lithuanian Caritas, Lithuanian Kolping society,
  Life and Faith institute
• are members of well established global
  institutions.
• As participants at general assemblies,
  committees members they are regularly exposed to
  the global challenges, involved into decision
  making processes, projects.

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Lithuanian NGDO Platform members

• Environmental Information Centre
• via GLEN network
• sends volunteers to Asia and Africa countries.

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Lithuanian NGDO Platform

• For the time being, we can only guess how many
  Lithuanian NGOs are going to implement EC
  projects by participating in the consortiums with
  NGDOs of OMS.

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The main challenge facing the Platform during 2005

• The Platform members concerns are
• members capacity building program,
• to create working structure for mutual
  information and experience exchange,
• to share information, human recourses,
• to learn to represent the value of the very
  specific social diplomacy activities carried out
  abroad at national and EU level.

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The main challenge facing the Platform during 2005

• Assessment of opportunities
• Description of member organizations competence,
  experience, projects

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Lithuanian ODA

• Is carried by MFA
• Department of Multilateral Relations
• Director Mr.Rokas Bernotas
• Development Assistance Department DAD
• Mr.Gediminas Levickas

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Working documents

• Statement by Lithuanian Government Nr 564, issued
  on 06 05 2003
• Concerning Development Assistance Policy
• for 2003 2005
• Focus on Ukraine, Moldova, South Caucasus,
  Balkans
• Technical assistance projects
• www.lrv.lt

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MDG UNDP and MFA 2004, Kaunas
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UNDP project with MFA 2004-2005Strengthening
National Capacity of Lithuania as an Emerging
Donor
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European Parliament

• Dr. Danute Budreikaite
• V-President of the Comm. on Development
• dbudreikaite_at_europarl.eu.int

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ODA

• The time has come for a change
• No one will - should - be excluded
• LETS DO IT TOGETHER