Operational Programmes

An Operational Programme is the document submitted by a member state and approved by the European Commission with consistent priorities that can be implemented out of assistance funds. A specific action programme can be financed only by the European Social Fund or the Cohesion Fund and/or the European Regional Development Fund.

The Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 14 December 2005 No. 1351 has also obligated the Commission to develop the Strategy for the Use of EU Structural Funds in 2007-2013 and to identify the Operational Programmes with responsibility of the drafting of Operational Programmes and the functions related to the formation of working groups (inclusion of partners).

In the course of working out proposals for the Operational Programmes, a public discussion took place on 29 September 2005 to discuss a possible thematic grouping of the Strategy priority directions into Operational Programmes and the issues of organizing the development of such Operational Programmes.

The proposals to the Operational Programmes, which have been prepared by the Commission and discussed with social, economic and regional partners, were submitted for consideration of the Government that has identified the following 3 Operational Programmes by its Resolution of 14 December 2005 No. 1351 “On setting Operational Programmes for implementing the Lithuanian Strategy for the use of EU Structural Funds for 2007-2013”:

1. Human Resources Development Operational Programme;
2. Economic Growth Operational Programme;
3. Cohesion Promotion Operational Programme.

The Operational Programmes were developed by specific working groups consisting not only of the representatives from state authorities, but also from representative partners (as specified in Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 14 December 2005 No. 1351 that sets forth Operational Programmes).The working groups to develop Operational Programmes have been approved by the Order of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania of 27 February 2006 No. 1K-070 “On the personal composition of the working groups to develop Operational Programmes”.

The table below contains information about the working groups by each Operational Programme, the investment directions assigned to the competence thereof and responsible authorities.

* AM – Ministry of Environment; IVPK – Information Society Development Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania; SADM – Ministry of Social Security and Labour; SM – Ministry of Transportation and Communications; ŠMM – Ministry of Education and Science; VRM – Ministry of the Interior; ŪM – Ministry of Economy.