Lithuania strengthens partnership with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
On 14 October in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys and Bernard Magenhann, Director-General of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), signed a letter of intent aimed at strengthening cooperation between Lithuanian institutions and the JRC.
The newly signed document provides for closer partnerships in five areas: security, resilience and preparedness; data analysis, modelling, strategic foresight and evidence-based policymaking; digital transformation; energy, environment, climate and sustainable resources; and health and life sciences.
“Cooperation with the JRC provides Lithuanian institutions with opportunities to draw on the European Union’s research infrastructure and expertise, while contributing even more actively to addressing shared European challenges. Lithuania has valuable scientific and practical expertise that it can share with its EU partners,” Budrys said.
He expressed the hope that the mutual commitment to strengthening cooperation set out in the document would translate into concrete partnerships. According to Budrys, strengthening such links between science, diplomacy and policymaking is an important element of Lithuania’s science diplomacy.
The Joint Research Centre is a Directorate-General of the European Commission and the EU’s science and knowledge service. It conducts research and provides independent, evidence-based scientific and technical support to policymakers at the European Commission and in the EU Member States.
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