Open Society Fund Lithuania

The Open Society Fund Lithuania (OSFL) is one of the network of foundations established since 1985 in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and Haiti by George Soros, the US financier and a prominent late 20th-century philanthropist.

The OSFL launched its activities in 1990 as an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organisation, the main objective of which was to support the development of open, democratic, civil society in Lithuania in the period of transition. This objective remains alive today, though the spectrum and priorities of foundation, implemented programs keep shifting.

The OSFL reviews and defines the strategy of its activities yearly, taking into account the pulse of society’s political and social change. Since it was founded OSFL support for different projects has amounted to over 55 million USD, with an emphasis on education, science, civil society, law, culture, communication and publishing.

The foundationaims to make Lithuania open to the world’s heritage of culture and knowledge. Through its programmes in the fields of law, civil initiatives, public health, information, publishing and others the OSFL strives to strengthen all these features and help modernise Lithuania’s civil bodies.