LITHUANIA Miglė Križinauskaitė-Bernotienė Miglė ©

2004-2009 2009-2014 2014-2021

TOTAL FUNDING TOTAL FUNDING TOTAL FUNDING €67.3M €84.0M €117.6M

EEA GRANTS NORWAY GRANTS EEA GRANTS NORWAY GRANTS EEA GRANTS NORWAY GRANTS €27M €40.3M €38.4M €45.6M €56.2M €61.4M

PRIORITY AREAS

2009-2014 2014-2021

Modernising the public sector through cooperation between Supporting the reform of the correctional services, local authorities and public institutions in Lithuania and strengthening the rule of law and combating crime Norway Strengthening a Baltic Research programme in cooperation Strengthening judicial reform including the wider use of with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway alternatives to prison Promoting green industry innovation in cooperation with Fighting cross-border and organised crime Norwegian enterprises

Promoting green industry innovation and entrepreneurship

Halting the loss of biodiversity and protection of ecosystems

COUNTRY FACTS Lithuania EU-27 GDP per capita in PPS (EU=100) 75 100

Economic growth (% change on previous year)~ 2.3 2.00

Unemployment rate (%)* 7.2 7.6*

Youth unemployment rate (%)* 13.2 16.8*

Public debt (% of GDP) 40.1 83.2

Gender pay gap (%) 14.4 16.3

At-risk-of-poverty rate (%) 30.1 23.5

Human development index ** 20 (EU-27 ranking)

Corruption perception index* 15 (EU-27 ranking)

Sources: Eurostat/UNDP/Transparency International All data is from 2016, except where * indicates 2017 and ** indicates 2015. All data is from EU-27, except where ~ indicates EU-28. LITHUANIA

2009-2014 PERIOD

PROGRAMMES UNDER THE EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS *Programme Operator • NORWAY GRANTS • EEA GRANTS

Programme Partner(s) Grant (€ million) Integrated marine and inland water Norwegian Environment Agency 4.7 • management Biodiversity and ecosystem services Norwegian Environment Agency 6.7 •

Green industry innovation Innovation Norway 8.0 •

NGO Fund - 5.5 •

Children and youth at risk - 6.3 •

Public health initiatives - 6.0 • Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, Capacity building and institutional Norwegian Environment Agency, Norwegian Police 8.0 • cooperation Directorate Cultural heritage and natural heritage Norwegian Directorate of Cultural Heritage 9.0 •

Diversity in culture and arts Arts Council Norway 1.0 • Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Scholarships 1.4 • Education Decent work and tripartite dialogue Innovation Norway* 0.5 • Schengen cooperation and cross-border - 3.4 • crime Correctional services Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service 7.7 •

Judicial capacity building Norwegian Courts Administration 7.7 •

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS Total funding (€M) Disbursed* No. of projects No. of partnership projects** 84.0 95.05% 223 106 (47.5%) *The percentage is calculated based on the net allocations to the beneficiary country and reflects funding spent per 16.05.2018. **Projects with donor project partner including mobility projects in the scholarship programmes. LITHUANIA

2014-2021 PERIOD

PROGRAMMES UNDER THE EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS *Fund Operator • NORWAY GRANTS • EEA GRANTS

Programme Partner(s) Grant (€ million) Business development, innovation and - 14.0 • SMEs Research Council of Norway, Norwegian Centre for Research International Cooperation in Higher Education, National 10.0 • Agency for International Education Affairs Social dialogue – Decent work Innovation Norway* 1.2 •

Health Norwegian Institute of Public Health 15.0 •

Environment, energy, climate change - 12.0 • Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Arts Council Culture 7.0 • (Norway) Civil society - 9.0 • Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service, Norwegian Justice and Home Affairs 33.0 • Courts Administration National Police Directorate (Norway), Council of Europe Bilateral national fund- funding for developing bilateral cooperation and - 2.3 •• activities of bilateral interest with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway

KEY FACTS No. of Donor Cooperation Agreements (MoUs) signed on Programme Partners 24 April 2018

1 Liechtenstein Link to be provided once the MoUs are signed 11 10 Norway

Read more about programmes and projects in Lithuania: www.eeagrants.org/lithuania