International Cooperation

The CPMA has approximately 20 years of experience in management and implementation of various European Union and other international donors’ programmes (European Economic Area and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms, Swiss Contribution).

 

The CPMA has a number of partner institutions in other Member States (Expertise France, FIIAPP, SIDA and etc.) and cooperates in various international projects. 

 

The CPMA is actively involved in development cooperation projects financed by international donors mainly through:

• preparation of proposals together with state and local authorities for development cooperation projects financed by international donors;
• implementation and administrative-financial management of development cooperation projects implemented by Lithuanian governmental and public sector institutions and financed mainly by the EU and other donors;
• organisation of trainings and preparation of methodology for implementation of development cooperation projects financed by international and bilateral donors;
• gathering and sharing information on international development cooperation projects;
• administration of Twinning programme functions including most of the National Contact Point functions.

As a new and important occasion, from 1 January 2017 at national level the CPMA was appointed in the Law on Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid of the Republic of Lithuania as an institution which, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, will implement the Programme of Development Cooperation and Support for Democracy financed from the Lithuanian budget. Moreover, CPMA will participate in preparation of proposals together with state and local authorities for development cooperation projects financed by international donors and administrate these. More information can be found here far fa-external-link

The CPMA has a number of international projects implemented abroad (mostly in the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) (the Balkans and Turkey) and European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) Eastern Partnership countries and the portfolio of these projects is more than 30 MEUR.

CPMA received a notification by European Commission of a successful “pillar assessment” in 2017. The assessment was carried out in the end of 2016 at the request of DG ENER in respect of continuing indirect management of the EU Ignalina Programme. The first “pillar assessment” was received in 2010.

More information about international projects can be found here far fa-external-link