Changemakers

For Lithuania, democracy and freedom are not just words – they are the compass that guides its actions. When a partner state is struggling to find its feet and Lithuania has the know-how to help, it shares it. From supporting Ukraine’s fight for freedom and co-leading reconstruction projects to sharing insights and solutions with EU hopefuls, Lithuania works to pass on best practices and field-tested governance models. After all, progress is not something any one country can achieve alone.

Rebuilding Ukraine

Lithuania supports Ukraine in every way it can, including by co-leading reconstruction efforts through EU4Reconstruction and the Future of Ukraine platform. Both give Lithuania a hands-on role, working directly alongside EU partners rather than watching from the sidelines. It is a role the country understands well. Having rebuilt its own institutions and infrastructure after decades of imposed Soviet rule, Lithuania sees real value in putting that experience to use where it is needed most.

Working with EU partners

Lithuania shares its experience of building digital government with countries such as Spain, Sweden, Greece, Malta and Estonia. Through initiatives like GovTech4All and its own GovTech Sandbox, it opens up systems and processes that have already been put to the test, so that partner countries can adapt what works for them instead of starting from scratch.

Lithuania is extending this approach to countries aspiring to join the EU, such as Moldova, Georgia and Armenia. Having gone through accession itself, it knows how demanding that road can be, and it is glad to share what it has learned, mistakes included, with the countries walking it now.

Innovating finance, together

The Bank of Lithuania carries the same ethos of collaboration into the financial sector. The joint testing initiatives it has established with regulators in Singapore, Kazakhstan and Ukraine let fintech companies from each partner market experiment with new products and regulations before they officially launch.