Resolution No.XIV-72 on the Program of the Eighteenth Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

The Program of the eighteenth Government is a nationwide multi-sectoral policy document. Government activities and goals can be implemented in a variety of ways. The Government pledges to follow these principles: (a) making the Government accountability clearer and more accessible to the public, and the involvement of society and its groups in decision-making, open communication and cooperation will add to greater public accountability of the Government; (b) gradual building a continuous and ongoing legislative and deliberative process providing an opportunity for stakeholders to engage constructively in discussions; (c) wide-ranging and inter-sectoral cooperation between institutions and governmental bodies; (d) commitment to launch long-term policies to strengthen and enhance the country’s reputation; (e) Government priorities take the form of missions, which often span across the competence of several ministries; (f) innovation; (g) focus on cultural heritage and effective cultural heritage management; (h) empowerment of the most vulnerable groups of the population, including risk assessment and protection of jobs and income; (i) reduction of risk-of-poverty rate to 17% (currently 20.6%) and increase of employment rate to 72.5% (currently 70.7%); (j) equal opportunities for all, adoption of measures aimed at ensuring gender equality between women and men; and (k) the short-term priority of the Government will undoubtedly be effective management of the COVID-19-induced situation until vaccination in the country reaches the recommended level.
Priority projects of the Government shall be as follows: (a) Enhancing public health is not only a way to prevent diseases, but also means to foster health through innovative public health technologies seeking to ensure that every member of society takes responsibility for their own health and health of a social group close to them. Key initiatives: healthy diet, healthy lifestyle, reduction of potential illnesses and diseases, and elimination of poverty, economic and social inequality, large disparities between regions, leading to large health-related disparities; (b) Stronger energy infrastructure. Key initiatives: large-scale local electricity generation; focus on power generation from renewable energy sources; (c) Increasing the added value and competitiveness of agriculture and food industry. Key initiatives: increasing competitiveness, innovation, expansion of bioeconomy, reduction of nutrients in soil, sustainable livestock farming and aquaculture, promotion of the production and consumption of safe, healthy, sustainable food products, ensuring farm viability and greater resilience, including sector resilience to crises and emergencies by applying targeted risk management measures, export promotion; and (d) Green deal. Key initiatives: fighting climate change, gradual transformation of the country into climate-neutral and circular, organic food production by environment-friendly methods, and green tax reform.