How to prevent people from experiencing belittlement and discrimination due to mental health difficulties?
"Every person throughout their life can experience mental health difficulties, and one in four experiences a mental health disorder. It [...]
When Hearing the Other becomes a challenge (Sandra Adomavičiūtė, Head of the Open Society Foundation)
Rethinking values, reviewing the challenges of intercultural dialogue in Lithuania and Poland at a time of division and ethnocentric [...]
NGOs in Lithuania during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges, Consequences and Opportunities, 2020 Overview
Many NGOs could not properly operate or continue their activities after the quarantine was imposed in March 2020. The [...]
Public Policy Analysis
Establishing the Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis (VIPA) and ensuring its successful functioning are key strategic tasks for the OLF in [...]
Simona Merkinaite. What 1989 can (and cannot) teach us
When viewed as the breaking point of conformity, 1989 contains multiple and legitimate meanings. This is the main conclusion that [...]
Historian A. Nikžentaitis: “There is a lot of unreasonable euphoria in Lithuania about the collapse of the Soviet Union”
Regarding the transition period in Lithuania, a myth has emerged that the activities of the Sąjūdis, as well as “the [...]
Nerija Putinaitė. In the Soviet era, national elements were used as a substitute for faith
The phrase “Ringing Clay” from the title of the book by Nerija Putinaitė, (Associate Professor at the Institute of International [...]
“Sustaining Civil Society. Lessons From Five Pooled Funds in Eastern Europe” 2019 report
The 1990s ushered in an era of widespread governmental support for liberal democracy and an opportunity to build civil society [...]
“The Civic Society Organization Sustainability Index: Challenges for NGOs in Lithuania and in the region” 2018 report
The annual Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI), which has been funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) [...]
