Monday 3 May 2010

Lithuania: Association LITDEA formalised

The Lithuanian Development Education and Awareness Raising Network LITDEA has worked informally since the end of 2008 (see related article in April 2009 TIS: New Lithuanian development education network LIDEA). This year, on the 4th of March 2010, the network has been formalised as "Association LITDEA".

The Association LITDEA is the result of a merge between two networks: the previously informal LITDEA network and most members of the Association "New Connections" - another group of NGOs working in development cooperation as one of their priorities since 2004. Both now together transformed into the new "Association LITDEA" (by reorganising the name and statutes of the former Association "New connections").

LITDEA currently unites 9 NGOs working in development education and general public awareness raising in Lithuania as well as working abroad in partnership with and for the benefit of foreign partners. All the members of LITDEA are conjoined by the will of acting together in order to create better conditions in Lithuania and Europe for developing supportive activities for the countries in need. Two more organizations expressed the wish to join the network.

For more information please read about LITDEA in the following text: http://www.trialog.or.at/images/doku/litdea-short-en.pdf or contact Lina Kalibataite at lina@kolping.lt.

Information provided by Lina Kalibataite, LITDEA

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