CPVA

CPVA was established in 2002 and serves dual roles: managing EU structural and cohesion funds within Lithuania, and implementing bilateral Lithuanian development cooperation in Eastern Partnership countries (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus). Lithuania draws on its post-Soviet transition experience to support partners on democratic governance, rule of law, EU integration, and economic reform.

Lithuania and CPVA significantly elevated Ukraine engagement after 2022, managing bilateral grants for governance, civil society, digitalization, emergency recovery, and EU accession preparation in Ukraine. Lithuania’s development cooperation model emphasizes knowledge transfer from its own NATO and EU accession experience. CPVA co-finances Lithuanian NGOs and institutions active in Ukraine and engages in EU-coordinated technical assistance frameworks. For international NGO partners, CPVA’s Ukraine funding is a smaller bilateral channel best accessed through partnerships with Lithuanian civil society organizations.

The Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPVA) is Lithuania’s EU funds and bilateral development cooperation management body, implementing development assistance programmes primarily in Eastern Partnership countries and managing EU structural funds on behalf of the Lithuanian government.

Ukraine Commitment

Lithuania has been among the Baltic states most committed to Ukraine support since 2022, with CPVA managing bilateral development cooperation programmes focused on governance, civil society, emergency recovery, and EU integration capacity building.