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OLF is expanding its activities with the Borderland
2017-06-20The events on 12-13 June 2017 marked the continuation, or, more precisely, the renewal of cooperation between the Borderland Foundation and the newly re-established OLF. The stimulating discussions held in Poland seem to have opened up excellent possibilities for continued cooperation. Almost all the core members of the OLF joined the two-day meetings in Sejny […]The Vilnius Institute of Policy Analysis (VIPA) is an independent organisation uniting different policy experts
2017-04-30Associate experts of the VIPA investigate important problems of the state and society, address uncomfortable issues, search for fact-based answers, and propose solutions to make public life more transparent. Our activities are aimed at increasing freedom, transparency, democracy, and civic awareness in Lithuania. We want the Lithuanian citizens to participate actively and boldly in the […]Vox Populi: “Freedom is the greatest dream”
2017-04-24Dr. Milda Ališauskienė, the Chairperson of the Board and Sandra Adomavičiūtė, Head of the Open Lithuania Foundation, revealed more details surrounding the circumstances of the reopening of the OLF and shared their thoughts on planning and implementing the Foundation’s activities for 2017 with Kultūros savaitė (Week of Culture, a Lithuanian National Radio and TV program) […]Opening of the OLF 2.0
2017-04-20The official opening of the renewed Open Lithuania Foundation (OLF) took place on April 18, 2017. An opening ceremony in the evening followed a press conference in the morning and interviews for media in the afternoon. Didžioji Street number 5 in Vilnius, the iconic home of the old OLF where many NGOs are still based, […]Why is the OLF being reestablished?
2017-04-19(Remarks of Prof. Dr. Justinas Žilinskas at the OLF’s press conference at Baltic News Service, April 18, 2017) The OLF is coming back at a complicated time. I do not want to call this period a crisis, since we are already hearing enough cries of panic. Yet, it is clearly a fact that Lithuania, along […]The OLF will focus on a resilient society
2017-04-19Vilnius, April 18. (BNS). The Open Lithuania Foundation (OLF) is reopening its operations with a promise to focus on increasing its society’s resilience and on the country’s internal issues that are sometimes driven by corruption, nepotism and social inequality. According to the Chairperson of the Board, Dr. Milda Ališauskienė, having first operated from the early […]Restoration of the OLF
2017-04-12Rather than having one supreme concept or a defining single act, both the open society idea and the Open Lithuania Foundation (OLF) itself are dynamic, flexible and renewable. Two recent occasions came as reminders of the latter: the celebration of the OLF’s 25th anniversary on December 3, 2015, while it was still in its suspension period, […]
