Lithuania

Lithuanian Designers‘ Society (“The Society“) is a limited liability public entity - an association of  professional designers, who have been granted a special national Art Creator Status. It unites 138 members and approximately 50 candidates. The organization operates on voluntary grounds only and its budget is comprised solely of sponsorships and members’ contributions.

. The Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO has 25 members with approved period if 4 years (maximum of two terms). Members of the National Commission have no remuneration for their work. The Secretariat of the National Commission is a budgetary institution, assisting to the National Commission. It consists from 6 employees: Secretary-General, 3 Programme managers, administrator and the financial specialist; 2. Budgetary resources for 2006 – appr. 150 thousand EUR; 3. UNESCO financed projects, - appr. 60 thousand USD per year; 4. Concrete projects, seminars, everyday activities in drafting, evaluating and implementing programmes in compliance with the UNESCO mission; 5. State and municipal institutions and agencies, scientific, study, cultural establishments, NGOs, interested in education, science ,culture, human rights, environment protection, development of communication and information, etc.

Structure of the organization, including number of staff employed and partners: 68 staff employed, 2200 members, 1260 volunteers. Sources of funding: National and regional public funds, EU funds, private donations, first aid courses income. Modalities of action: Concrete projects. Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry Of Social Scurity and Labour, State Border Guard Service, UNHCR, Caritas, Akropolis, 15min.lt, LRT.lt.

Lithuanian Restorers Union is a public professional, scientific and creative organization, unifying restorers of cultural heritage, others working in the field of heritage protection or indirectly involved in this activity professionals. Legal form: association Union bodies: General Congress of Union and the sole governing body - the Chairman of the Union. An executive Union body - Union Board (13 members) Sourse of funding - annual membership fee, other funds Organization of the annual competition in Lithuania "The best restoration project of the year". Participation of non-formal adult education program in 2013.

Lithuanian Social Business Association (LiSVA) is a national umbrella organization uniting social enterprise organizations. It was established in 2018 to create an environment favorable for social business, increase the awareness of social business and promote the implementation of international best practices. This is achieved through advocacy, capacity building and ecosystem development activities. Organization structure: 2 employees (director and project manager), 2 contractors (communications and administration) and a board of trustees. Annual budget: 86 000 Eur Sources of funding: National and European funds, annual membership fee. Projects: national project funded by Ministry of Social Security and Labour and Lithuanian village network “Courage to Change”, European Social Fund project “Involvement of NGOs in public administration in the field of social entrepreneurship”, Nordic Council of Ministers project “Nordic-Baltic Cooperation for Green and Inclusive Societies” Main partners: Enterprise Lithuania, Geri Norai, Latvian Social Enterprise Association, Estonian Social Enterprise Network, SE Forum.

Lithuanian Social Business Association (LiSVA) is a national umbrella organization uniting social enterprise organizations. It was established in 2018 to create an environment favorable for social business, increase the awareness of social business and promote the implementation of international best practices. This is achieved through advocacy, capacity building and ecosystem development activities.

Organization structure: 2 employees (director and project manager), 2 contractors (communications and administration) and a board of trustees.
Annual budget: 86 000 Eur
Sources of funding: National and European funds, annual membership fee.
Projects: national project funded by Ministry of Social Security and Labour and Lithuanian village network “Courage to Change”, European Social Fund project “Involvement of NGOs in public administration in the field of social entrepreneurship”, Nordic Council of Ministers project “Nordic-Baltic Cooperation for Green and Inclusive Societies”
Main partners: Enterprise Lithuania, Geri Norai, Latvian Social Enterprise Association, Estonian Social Enterprise Network, SE Forum.

Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum Structure of the organization: Director, Chief Curator of Museum Collections, Deputy Director, Office Administrator, Visitors Service department (Head of the department, Cultural activity manager, Educational programs curator, Guards of exhibitions, Exhibition section (Designer and exhibitions installer)) (Theatre department (Head of the department and Museum Specialists), Cinema department (Head of the department and Museum Specialists), Music department (Head of the department and Museum Specialists), Art department (Head of the department and Museum Specialists), The department of collection accounting and storage (Head of the department, Photographer, Restorers, Accounting Department, Curator of literature collections, Maintenance Service. Museum in total has 47 employers. Current projects are concerned with new exhibitions, digitization of Museum values, online exhibitons, researching and publishing materials on Lithuanian theatre, music and cinema  history. Budget of our Museum is about 600000 EUR. The main source is Lithuanian goverment, Museum incomes, various funds, and sponsors. Sourcers of funding: Various Programs financed by Ministry of Culture of the Respublic of Lithuanian, Lithuanian Council for Culture, EU programs, Norwegian Financial Mechanism (EEA-Grants - Norway Grants), sponsors and others. Main partners are other Museums in Lithuania, Lithuanian Museum Association, Lithuanian Art Museums (LAM) the Lithuanian Museums’ Centre for Information, Digitization and LIMIS ( LM CIDLIMIS), Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, National Drama Theatre, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania other Theatre, Music organizations, Lithuanian Cinematography Union, Lithuanian Theatre Union other local institutions.

1. Structure of the organization - functional style. Number of staff employed - 260. 2. Budgetary resources in year:3.679.333 Eur. 3. Sources of funding: -Funding from State - 1.393.941 Eur -LYC incomes - 2.102.931 Eur -Support from funds - 57.982 Eur -Investment and others - 241.253 Eur. 4. Modalities of action: Yearly projects: “Global Education Week” and „Global Action Week“, International Dance Festival “Bloomy Rain”, Non-commercial Children and Youth Cinema Festival. Youth exchanges “MIX ART”, „Different background one action“, „Discovering possibilities“, Contest for children and youth “Junior Lifeguard”, project “Journalistic Research”, Graffiti Contest and etc. National Teacher Forum; International Conference „Formula of Europe – today's competencies for tomorrow success“. 5. Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: Stiftung Sozialpädagogisches Institut "Walter May"(Germany), Das Jugendbildungszentrum Blossin (Germany), Training Association in Denmark (FOF), Skagen Education Centre (Denmark), Hyvärilä Youth and Holiday Centre (Finland), Metsäkartano nature youth and tourist centre (Finland), CEMEA - methodical centre of active pedagogy in France, FICEMEA - international organization uniting various NFE associations in different countries, EAICY - European Association of Institutions of Non-Formal Education for Children and Youth, Lithuanian Non-formal Education Association "Youth Academy".