At the meeting, the Lithuanian representative, First Deputy Chancellor of the Government Rolandas Kriščiūnas presented a vision of Lithuania’s development cooperation policy and the progress achieved, and underlined Lithuania’s ambition to contribute even more actively to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as well as to invest in a sustainable future.
“We are delighted that Lithuania became a member of the Development Assistance Committee. This shows that our development cooperation activities are intensifying. Lithuania is also becoming a more mature donor country. We are ready to share our knowledge, the lessons of our own transition experience and advanced solutions. At the same time, we will have the opportunity to use the expertise of other countries to improve our development cooperation system", Kriščiūnas said.
According to Kriščiūnas, the DAC is a leading international format of development cooperation of major donor countries. As its member, Lithuania will have the opportunity to participate in decision-making.
Lithuania filled up a formal application for the OECD DAC membership in March 2022.
