Agency news

 

08-Sept-2009
Value of Grant Contracts Signed by the Agency Exceeded LTL 1 billion!

We are proud to inform that today, on 8 September, the value of the Grant Contracts signed by the Agency exceeded LTL 1 billion. According to the up to date information the number of the contracts signed is 298, and the value accounts for LTL 1.001.046.502,61, and the allocated funds amount to LTL 919.164.754,67.
We would like to remind you that the projects being developed under Human Resource Development Programme seek the intensity of the population’s economic activity and employability, the encouragement of the quality workplaces’ establishment and equality in the labour market and social life, the expansion of the Lithuanians’ opportunities for a lifelong education and training by facilitating the development of the dynamic knowledge-based society, improving the quality and quantity of the human resources for the research and technological development, increasing Lithuania’s capacity and potential in the research and technological development, as well as the promotion of the administrative capacities and efficiency in public administration.

01-Sept-2009
Agency Joined Support Programme for Afghan Children

A Lithuanian organization Lietuvos Caritas and Lithuanian soldiers participating in a Provincial Reconstruction Team in the province of Ghor make arrangements for the support to the Afghan children under the name of Warm Hats for Afghan Children. The Support Foundation European Social Fund Agency is glad of having an opportunity for joining this nice initiative.

13-Jul-2009
Agency Certified under ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Standard

In June of the year 2009 the Audit Company Bureau Veritas, UAB performed the assessment of the Agency’s management system, resulting in the certification of the activity field Administration of Projects under the EU’s Support Programme Delegated to the Agency under Quality Standard ISO 9001:2008, and issue of Certificate No 90865A. 

18-Jun-2009
Meeting with Dr. Giedrius Viliunas, Secretary of Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Lithuania

On June 17, 2009 the Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania Dr. Giedrius Viliunas visited the Agency. During the meeting with the Agency’s employees the discussion on issues pertaining to the higher education reform and the correlation with future projects funded by the EU’s Structural Funds was arranged. In his speech the Secretary of the Ministry made an analysis of the following issues: Targets of Higher Education Reform, Consistency of Bologna Process, the EU’s Education and Training Strategy and National Strategic Plans (NSP), NSP Competitive and Target Projects, NSP Project Competition Calendar 2009, Increasing Efficiency of Higher Education Institutions’ Management, and answered the questions of the Agency’s employees. 

05-Feb-2009
Agency’s Blood Donation Initiative

On February 5, 2009 the employees of the Support Foundation European Social Fund Agency supported the initiative of the unpaid donation. The medical team of the National Blood Centre gave a ready assent and visited the Agency’s office. Kind and considerate medical team helped to dispel the worries of the first-time donors, and had serious discussions with the experienced ones. It is worth mentioning that even 26 employees of the Agency welcomed the initiative and were able to help those in the hour of need. This nice tradition has been fostered for the several successive years already. 

09-Jan-2009
Assessment of Quality of Public Services Provided by Agency

In pursue of the quality assessment of the public services being provided to identify the degree of the service conformity to the needs of the project developers and distinguish any core deficiencies, the Support Foundation European Social Fund Agency arranged an annual survey among the ESF project developers. In the late December of 2008, 635 questionnaires were sent to the ESF project developers. Altogether 131 replies were received. The analysis of the survey data showed the Agency’s activity was given 4.1 points out of 5 possible. The questionnaire contained 17 questions distributed into four groups, i.e. quality of the services provided, competence, communications, and improvement. The best assessment of 4.25 points out of 5 possible was allotted to communications (the scope of the analysis pertained to the availability and behaviour of the Agency’s employees, quality of the information on measures being administered, quality of the new website and initiatives undertaken). The least point of 3.74 was given to the Agency’s capability to conform to the time frames set forth by the contract in implementing its functions of the documentation verification. We show our appreciation to all project developers finding their time to fill in the questionnaires and assisting us in the improvement of the project administration processes, quality of the services, and strengthening our hands in the areas of weakness. 

29-Dec-2008
Christmas Charity Project

As every year the Support Foundation European Social Fund Agency’s employees undertook a charitable initiative and collected various stuff – clothes, footwear, toys, books, etc., and presented them to socially disadvantaged people. The charity was intended for Čiobiškis Special Home for Children Education and Care and Širvintos Social Support Centre through the mediation of the Širvintos Child Rights Protection Service. The Service possesses extensive lists containing information about socially disadvantaged and problem families and all those families have received various things granted them by the Agency’s employees. 

22-Aug-2008
ESFA Celebrates Six-year Anniversary

On 22 August 2008, it turns six years since the Support Foundation European Social Fund Agency has been contributing to education, improvement and discovery of new opportunities for the Lithuanian people. Through the administration of the programmes delegated to it, the Agency often faces new challenges, rapid development, and novelties, i.e. the number of the supervised projects, personnel, and office area have been constantly increasing and expanding. We make no secret of the particular importance of this year for the Agency, as finally we have entered a new stage of the programming period, our plans have turned into reality, and paperwork has developed into real actions. The passed period has helped the ESFA to grow and mature, to become a reliable, trustworthy, modern, and goal-oriented organization. Therefore, it is an excellent occasion to express our gratefulness to founders, partners, employees, colleagues, applicants and project managers who we have been cooperating with and jointly striving for the achievement of key targets of the Human Resource Development programme during all these years. 

12-May-2008
ESF Days in Regions

On 14-27 of May, 2008 the Support Foundation European Social Fund Agency, Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania and Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania have launched the project and public approach under the name of The ESF Days in Regions. The approach consists of the series of events devoted to the closure of the Lithuanian Single Programming Document (SPD) for the period 2004-2006, i.e. presentation of successfully implemented projects and the results achieved.