The table below aims at gathering the administrative and governmental bodies of Lithuania, which are responsible for digital public administration policies and interoperability policies.
National
The Lithuanian Ministry of Economy and Innovation is the main actor responsible for the setting up of policies in the domain of digital government. More specifically, it works on the definition of policies to harness emerging new technologies, better service delivery to citizens and businesses, and open data.
| Erika Kuročkina Vice-Minister responsible for Digitisation policy Contact details: Source: https://eimin.lrv.lt/en/structure-and-contacts/the-management/egle-mark… |
The Information Society Development Committee is a body under the Ministry of Economy and Innovation which coordinates processes related to information society development in the country. The Committee is also responsible for defining the methodology of and monitoring the life cycle of State information resources, and for managing the central eGovernment gateway, the reuse of documents and the provision of IT services.
The Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania is the national supervisory body for trust services (as stated in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014) and the body responsible for establishing, maintaining and publishing the Lithuanian trusted list referred to in Article 22(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014. The Communications Regulatory Authority makes the Lithuanian trusted list available to the interested public in machine-readable form, specifically in XML format based on ETSI TS 119 612. The Lithuanian trusted list is updated after any modification and at least once every six months.
The Core Centre of State Telecommunications provides electronic communications and cybersecurity facilities for the performance of vital functions and mobilisation tasks of State institutions and establishments by offering a secure State data transmission network. The secure network is independent of public communications networks and connects only the most important Lithuanian institutions which are assigned functions during emergencies, natural disasters, mobilisation and other crises. The government-approved secure list of network users contains approximately 490 institutions, including public authorities and their subordinates, hospitals, municipal administrations and others.
The Ministry of Justice systematically manages the registers of the Republic of Lithuania, i.e. the Population Register, the Address Register, the Real Property Register, the Register of Legal Entities, the Register of Property Seizure Acts, the Register of Contracts and Restrictions on Rights, the Register of Marriage Contracts, the Register of Wills, the Register of Legally Incapable Persons and Persons with Limited Legal Capacity, the Register of Powers of Attorney, the Trademark Register, the Patent Register and the Design Register.
The Ministry of Justice coordinates the work of the aforementioned registers, monitors the compliance with safety requirements for register data, and controls the execution of the registrars’ annual and prospective budgets. It ensures that all registers are managed in accordance with the law and register regulations, and also performs other functions established in the Law on the Management of State Information Resources and other pieces of legislation.
The State Data Protection Inspectorate is one of the personal data protection supervisory authorities in Lithuania. The mission of the Inspectorate is to safeguard the human right to personal data protection. Its tasks include: (i) the supervision of the activities of data controllers and processors during data processing; (ii) the control of personal data processing compliance with the law; and (iii) the prevention of personal data protection violations as well as the protection of the rights of data subjects. The Inspectorate also provides consultation to data subjects, controllers and processors, and develops and publishes methodological guidance on the protection of personal data and privacy. The Inspectorate is one of the authorities responsible for supervision under the Law on Electronic Communications.
The Lithuanian government decided to consolidate all cyber responsibilities under the Ministry of National Defence to create a single window for everyone, ensure the sharing of Lithuania’s cyber experience with others and, finally, strive for the best solution regarding civil-military synergies in cybersecurity.
To finally consolidate the management of cybersecurity and electronic security, amendments to the Law on Cybersecurity and the Law on the Management of State Information Resources were made and adopted on 21 November 2017. The Ministry of National Defence has taken on the leadership role for Lithuania’s overall cyber and electronic security since the beginning of 2018. Furthermore, a unified National Cybersecurity Centre has become the main computer emergency response team (CERT), bringing together the Lithuanian public, private, governmental and military spheres.
In 2019, the Ministry of National Defence established a governmental network, detached from the public internet and encompassing State institutions having functions related to mobilisation. This will ensure that even in the event of a conflict, fundamental State institutions will remain protected and able to exchange information.
In addition to carrying out national initiatives, Lithuania, represented by the Ministry of National Defence, is a lead nation of the EU’s Permanent Structured Cooperation in Security and Defence project called Cyber Rapid Response Teams and Mutual Assistance in Cybersecurity. Together with eleven other EU Member States, Lithuania is creating a common capability to respond to cyberattacks – a multinational team with a well-developed cyber toolkit, which will be able to support Member States in times of need.
In Lithuania, the field of digitalisation is coordinated by the Digital Agenda Council. It is composed of high-level representatives of the government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, Ministries and social partners. The Council aims to:
- prepare strategic planning documents in the field of digitalisation in Lithuania;
- make proposals on digitalisation priorities, and evaluate the goals and objectives of the implementation of digitalisation priorities;
- monitor how the digitalisation initiatives contribute to the implementation and achievement of the goals, and take into account the results, so as to provide conclusions and proposals on the further development of Lithuanian digitalisation; and
- coordinate digitalisation initiatives and draw conclusions on the appropriateness of the project proposals submitted by the institutions that contribute to the implementation of digitalisation priorities.
The Council is chaired by the Vice-Minister of Economy and Innovation.
The Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania (ALAL) is a non-profit organisation in the form of a legal entity which represents the common interests of its members - i.e. local authorities – before all State authorities, and foreign and international organisations of local authorities. ALAL has limited power to coordinate eGovernment initiatives in all municipalities.
The Lithuanian Network of Public Libraries plays an important role for Lithuanian communities by providing free access to ICTs, reducing the digital divide between the Lithuanian residents, developing electronic services skills and raising awareness. This network assists in the effective delivery of access to digital government.
Set up back in 2019 and operating in the Innovation Agency Lithuania since August 2022, the GovTech Lab continued to make an impact in 2022 as well.
The GovTech Lab helps public sector institutions and start-ups work together to prototype innovative digital solutions. To that end, it runs a structured programme, called GovTech Challenge Series, designed to solve public sector challenges that do not have a clear answer but have a potential to foster the creation of innovative digital solutions, co-created with start-ups and SMEs. The GovTech Lab also works on spreading the knowledge about GovTech and building networks of innovators both within and outside the public sector. The team of GovTech Lab organise community events for both the public and private sectors, from local meetups and training sessions to public sector officials, to international conferences. To build a local GovTech community that could have a global impact, GovTech Lab has also co-founded and run an international network of similar organisations that connects the global GovTech community – CivTech Alliance.