External Environment

Legal Environment
NGO Information & Support Center, Vilnius $13,000
For core support and for a project monitoring and evaluating the legal and political climate surrounding NGOs and philanthropic activity.

Lithuanian Law University, Vilnius $6,000
For core support and for a law school course on legal issues relating to NGOs and the non-profit sector.

The Department of International and EU Law of the Faculty of law of Vilnius University, Vilnius $3, 000
For core support and for courses on international NGO legislation

Law Clinics of Vilnius University, Vilnius $4,000
For core support and for legal consultations to Lithuanian NGOs working domestically and internationally.

Media Program
Lithuanian State Radio 1^st Program, Vilnius $7,200
For the radio program The Other Road, focusing on third sector organizations, legal and tax issues relating to NGOs and their activities, and promoting civic participation in national and local decision–making.

Lithuanian Gay League, Vilnius $7,500
For core support to an organization working to combat discrimination against lesbians and gays and to defend their civil rights.

Lithuanian Union of Citizen Advice Bureaus , Vilnius $7,500
For core support to an organization working to establish free and easy access to public information.

Lithuanian Center for Human Rights, Vilnius $11,250
For core support to an organization promoting human rights through research, educational programs, and advocacy.

NGO Information and Support Center, Vilnius $7,500
For core support to an organization providing information, technical assistance, consultation and training to NGOs throughout Lithuania.

Center for Innovative Education, Vilnius $12,000
For core support to an organization focusing on educational policy, providing training and publications for schoolteachers and promoting equal access to education for minorities.

Transparency International Lithuanian Branch, Vilnius $10,000
For core support to an organization combating corruption and promoting transparency in Lithuanian government.

Kaunas Region SME Association $13,500
For core support to an organization advocating for small- and medium-sized enterprises in Lithuania and promoting civic participation in national decision-making.

Center for Civic Initiatives, Vilnius $13,875
For core support to an organization working to promote civic engagement in Lithuania in cooperation with policymakers, NGOs, government offices and educational institutions.

Lithuanian save the Children, Vilnius $15,000
For core support to an organization focusing on children's rights and working to secure and defend those rights through legislation and implementation of UN policies.

Lithuanian Council of Youth Organizations, Vilnius $9,500
For core support to an umbrella organization for NGOs promoting youth activities.

Women’s Issues Information Center, Vilnius $6,000
For core support to an organization working in cooperation with the Lithuanian government, women's NGOs, and international organizations to promote women's participation in decision-making and to advance the status of women in Lithuanian society

Social Policy Unit, Vilnius $6,000
For core support to an organization working with the Ministry of Social Security and Labor to assist the modernization of Lithuania's social security and welfare system, to ensure equal access to employment opportunities, to restructure social service organizations, and to develop poverty reduction policies.

In 2001, BAPP Lithuania made grants to three coalitions of NGOs for their pursuit of a common advocacy agenda in two issue areas. One lead organization was designated as the primary recipient of the grant, although all coalition members are beneficiaries. Grantees were encouraged to identify foreign advocacy partners with expertise in their respective issue areas, and funding provided by BAPP may be used, in part, to support study tours to neighboring countries, and/or visits of the foreign partners to Latvia.

Youth Career and Advising Center, Kaunas $26,583
For core support and for a training program in advocacy for a coalition of NGOs focusing on Lithuanian educational policy.

Lithuanian ‘Save the Children’, Vilnius $26,750
For core support and for a training program in advocacy for a coalition of NGOs focusing on children's rights.

Kaunas Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts $26,667
For core support and for a training program in advocacy for a coalition of NGOs assisting small and medium-sized enterprises.

Child Line at Child Development Center, Vilnius $5,000
For core support and to build the organization’s capacity to advocate for children's rights.

Druskininkai Youth Center, Druskininkai $2,500
For core support and for a cooperative project with the Druskininkai local government and other NGOs developing and attracting funding for a series of cultural events.

Skuodas Association of Children and Schoolchildren Parents, Skuodas $3,000
For core support and for a campaign to engage parents in discussion and decision-making with respect to educational policy and reform issues.

Visaginas Coalition for Youth, Visaginas $3,750
For core support and for sponsoring public discussion of the state of the town's youth, including opportunities for youth to work in nonprofit organizations, opportunities for young people to participate in government council meetings, and budgetary issues related to local government funding for sports activities.

Alytus NGO Information Center, Alytus $3,750
For core support and for a networking project for local NGOs, and for technical assistance to community participation initiatives.

Youth Society ‘Verus’, Vilnius-Anyksciai $5,000
For core support and for promotion of reform in the juvenile justice system.

Center for Public Initiative ‘Democracy for Byelorussia’ $2,875
For core support and for work to encourage participation of the Byelorussian minority living in Lithuania in civic life and their integration into society.

Kaunas Women’s Crises Center, Kaunas $4,995
For core support and for advocacy on behalf of abused women with local police departments and government institutions.

Safe Child Center , Kaunas $5,000
For core support and for a children’s rights protection project, including working to safeguard children from physical, emotional and sexual abuse, as well as from use of illegal drugs.

Kaunas NGO Support Center, Kaunas $6,000
For core support to an organization providing consultations, training, information and technical support to the NGOs of Kaunas.

Baltic Partners for Change Management, Vilnius $4,000
For monitoring and consulting community-based NGO grantees, and for providing training programs in advocacy and proposal writing.

Siauliai Regional Development Agency, Siauliai $4,500
For core support, for an analysis of the challenges facing small and medium sized enterprises in Siaulai, and for organizing roundtable discussions with municipal government representatives to improve local policy concerning business development.

Sirvintos Regional NGO Center $3,155
For core support and for a project to design a community development strategy.

Lithuanian Association of Adult Education, Vilnius $13,000
For core support and for a training program for local community leaders.

Kaunas Municipal Training Center, Kaunas $6,000
For core support and for training sessions to NGOs and local government officials.

Grants were made to the following local government offices, for regranting (with a one-to one match from the local governents) to local NGOs. In all cases, independent grantmaking committees were set up for the regranting process. NGOs receiving funding for their activities to promote local philanthropy, in the form of sponsoring public gatherings and cultural events, working with local media, offering training in fundraising, and fostering partnerships with local businesses and government offices.

Akmene Regional Government $1,250
Alytus City Government $5,000
Jurbarkas Regional Government $1,250
Moletai Regional Government $750
Lazdijai Regional Government $1,250
Mazeikiai Regional Government $1,750
Pasvalys Regional government $1,250
Siauliai City Government $3,750
Utena Regional Government $2,500

Pan-Baltic Community Philanthropy/Participatory Planning Pilot Project

For a project conducted simultaneously in all three Baltic countries to bring together individuals, local governments and local business representatives to identify issues of priority for their communities, and to mobilize local resources to address these issues. The project is intended to introduce effective mechanisms for individuals to participate in, or have an impact upon local decision-making processes, as well as to develop viable approaches to community-based philanthropy in each site.

Grants were made to the following implementing partners for this project:

Kaunas NGO Support Center $22,000
To oversee implementation of the project in two pilot sites of the country and to enhance the organization's capacity to provide guidance for similar initiatives in other regions in the future.

Utena NGO Coalition $9,625
For implementation of the project in the pilot site of Utena by arranging and facilitating meetings of community stakeholders, and for participating in training sessions on participatory planning and community philanthropy.

Telsiai County Business Incubator $9,625
For implementation of the project in the pilot site of Telsiai by arranging and facilitating meetings of community stakeholders, and for participating in training sessions on participatory planning and community philanthropy.

Matching grants of up to $5,000 will be made available to each site for the support of community initiatives identified through the participatory planning process.

NGO Information & Support Center $30,000
For promoting philanthropy in Lithuania through web-based training programs and distributing information on CD-ROM's, and through the creation of web-based donor databases and web sites advertising opportunities for volunteering.

Lithuanian and US Initiatives $7,500
For promotion of philanthropy in Lithuanian neighborhoods.

Center for Organizational Development $12,500
To train a group of 50 NGOs in self-assessment, based upon an approach developed by the Center with BAPP funding in 2000.

In addition, BAPP-Lithuania made the following grants in 2001 from its 2000 Special Needs and Opportunities Fund to organizations for their participation in international seminars, conferences and other events, and for domestic workshops on community philanthropy, participatory planning, policy-making and advocacy:

Kaunas NGO Support Center $667
For a study tour of community foundations in Poland.

Women Issues Information Centre, Vilnius $101
For participation in a forum for NGOs from the Baltic Sea Region in Lubeck, Germany

Kaunas Regional Development Agency, Kaunas $605
For participation in a conference aimed at the establishment of the establishment of the Baltic Alliance of Regional Development Institutions (BARDI), in Gdansk, Poland.

Telsiai County Business Incubator, Telsiai $1,000
For participation in a conference on cooperative projects across the Polish & Lithuanian border in Gdansk, Poland.

Women's Issues Activities Center, Utena $281
For participation in a conference on equal opportunities for women's participation in government and local decision-making processes,in Latvia.

National Regional Development Agency $436
For participation in a BARDI founders conference in Riga, Latvia.

Public Institution "Europe House", Vilnius $558
For participation in an international congress of the Federation of Europe House (FIME) in Saarbrucken (Germany).

Petrasiunai Community Center, Kaunas $441
For participation in a seminar of the International Federation of Communities (IFC) in Vienna, Austria.

Women Issues Information Center, Vilnius $213
For participation in the conference "Equal Opportunities Policy: equal opportunities for women and their invisible problems" in Madrid, Spain.

Lithuanian Council of Youth Organizations, Vilnius $831
For participation in a South-East European youth policy forum in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Kaunas NGO Support Center $780
For participation in a fund-raising seminar organized by the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Social Innovation Fund, Kaunas $996
For participation in a Learning Fair and European Adult Education Association (EAEA) General Assembly in Humburg, Germany.

Klaipeda NGO Information Center $993
For participation in the 2^nd Forum of Estonian NGOs and a seminar on "Developing Skills and Institutions for Quality Legislation in Estonia" in Tallinn, Estonia.

Alytus NGO Information Center $845
For participation in the 2^nd Forum of Estonian NGOs and a seminar on "Developing Skills and Institutions for Quality Legislation in Estonia" in Tallinn, Estonia.

Lithuanian National Consumer Federation $480
For participation in the 2^nd Forum of Estonian NGOs and a seminar on "Developing Skills and Institutions for Quality Legislation in Estonia" in Tallinn, Estonia.

Children Support Center, Vilnius $1,000
For participation in the Junior Chamber International World Congress Barcelona 2001 in Barcelona & Calabria, Spain.

Social and Psychological Service Centre, Vilnius $1,000
For participation in a strategy meeting with major partners in Leuven, Belgium.

Student Organization for Sustainable Economy and Management (oikos Lithuania) $641
For participation in the oikos Legislative meeting in Lubliana, Slovenia.

Children Charity Foundation "Sirvinta", Sirvintos region $635
For participation in a workshop on philanthropy and civil society development in Bielefeld, Germany.

National Association of Higher Adult Learning Schools, Kaunas, Lithuania, $853
For participation in the conference "Democratizing Adult Education," in Burssels, Belgium

"Daugai Land" public organization, Utena region, $703
For a study visit to Ostrolenka region in Poland focusing on government contracts to NGOs for social service provision.

Kaniukai Land Association, Utena region $925
For a participatory planning experience exchange visit to Ostruda city, Poland

Centre for Multicultural Relations, Vilnius $199
For participation in the 11^th international conference "Human Rights, Peace Culture and Tolerance", Moscow, Russia.

Initiative of Drug-Addicts Mutual Support, Vilnius $1,000
For a study tour of the Municipal Center for Addiction in Sofia, Bulgaria

Klaipeda County Consumers Union $771
For a study tour of the Consumers’ Association in Milton Keynes, England.

Utena youth organizations union ‘Round Table" $250
For a seminar on promoting local-level philanthropy.

Telsiai Business Incubator $500
For a seminar on strategy development of a community foundation in the Samogitia region.

Educata, Kaunas region $375
For a workshop on community planning and civic participation in local government decision-making.

Sventezeris Youth Centre "Priebega" Lazdijai region $300
For a seminar on the role of third sector organizations in community development and in promoting of civic participation.

Women's Issues Information Center, Vilnius $375
For a workshop on the role and means of women's NGOs participation in nation wide advocacy campaigns.

Sakiai Community Centre, $375
For a workshop on community philanthropy and participatory planning.

Kretinga Women Information and Training Center, $425
For a workshop on community leadership and programs of local improvement.

Lithuanian "Save the Children" $500
For a workshop on children rights advocacy.

Balninkai Community Centre, $375
For a conference on community planning and development.

Telsiai public club "Gija" $475
For a workshop on NGO coalition building.

NGO network "Gabija" $375
For a workshop on strengthening the network of NGOs working with and for the elderly.

Mosedis Neighbourhood Community $250
For a workshop on community participation and local advocacy campaigns.

Public Institution "Vision of the Century", Trakai region $250
For a workshop on community planning.

Andrioniskis Community Centre, Anyksciai region $250
For a workshop on community planning.

Klaipeda County Union "Sveja" $425
For a workshop on community philanthropy and community foundations.

Siauliai Youth Organizations Union "Round Table" $425
For a workshop for representatives from youth organizations.

AIESEC-Vilnius $175
For youth leadership training programs.

NGO Information and Support Centre, Vilnius $375
For a workshop on fundraising, and the availability of donations from foreign businesses and foreign embassies in Lithuania.

Kulautuva Community Center, Kaunas Region, $250
For a workshop on community planning and civic participation.

Psychological Support Service "Viltis", $250
For a workshop on accounting for NGO practitioners.

Utena Sports Club $250
For a workshop on accounting for NGO practitioners.

Klaipeda NGO Information Center $250
For a workshop on accounting for NGO practitioners.

Elektrenai Community Club $500
For a workshop on inter-sectoral partnership.