| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S1100*S2100S333S40S50 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 100 (adopted and in force on 31 Dec 2025)
The Social Business Conception approved by Order No. 4-207 of the Minister of Economy (3 Apr 2015) was still in force in 2024: the Ministry of Justice's comments (Mar 2024) on the Government resolution implementing the 2023 SME-law amendment discuss an obligation to update it, not repeal it; no repeal was found: 'adopted and in force on 31 Dec 2025'. (The 2015-2017 social business action plan lapsed.)
Sectoral/programmatic adoption: approved by order of the Minister of Economy (No. 4-207, April 2015), not by a government resolution · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 100 (dedicated national SE strategy or action plan)
The Conception is a stand-alone national policy document on social business of the Ministry of Economy (and Innovation), listed by OECD as the national reference: 'dedicated national SE strategy or action plan (adopted)'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 33 (objectives only, or measures without named responsible bodies)
The Conception (Order No. 4-207, Apr 2015) sets three objectives (a favourable legal environment including public procurement, financial and tax support, public awareness) and four criteria; no measures with responsible institutions, targets or budget are reported (EC/Euricse country report 2018; the Ministry of Justice in 2024 calls it 'a concept document'): 'objectives only, or measures without named responsible bodies'. · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 0 (none)
The Conception calls only for a methodology to assess the social impact of enterprises (for lenders), not for monitoring of the policy; no monitoring body or progress report was found: 'none'. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 0 (no evidence)
The country report does not name the Conception's drafters (its background was the 2014 Social Enterprise Summit; the social business association was founded only in 2016), and no monitoring body exists: 'no evidence'. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I167I2100I367I40 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 67 (a ministry named responsible in a law, decree, adopted strategy or its statutory functions, within a broader unit)
OECD: 'There is no dedicated public authority responsible for SSE development'; the Law on Small and Medium Business Development (as amended 14 Dec 2023) and EIMIN Order 4-532 (9 Oct 2024) give the Ministry of Economy and Innovation the social-business status, administered by the Innovation Agency: 'a ministry named as responsible in a law ..., within a broader unit'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 100 (the social economy / SE broadly)
The SME Development Law (art. 2(16), art. 3(4)-(5), consolidated from 1 Jun 2024) defines social business as economic activity with social or environmental impact by 'social economy' entities and tasks the Government or its authorised institution (the Ministry of Economy and Innovation) with the status rules: 'the social economy / SE broadly'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 67 (set up)
OECD names an 'Enterprise Lithuania Working Group (Ministry of Economy and Innovation)', and the Ministry of Economy set up a multi-stakeholder working group in 2018 on transferring public services to social enterprises (EC/Euricse 2018); members and any 2024-2025 meetings are not documented, and Enterprise Lithuania merged into the Innovation Agency in 2022: 'set up'. Thin evidence. · source 1 · low confidence - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 0 (none)
OECD lists four ministries working on SSE topics and describes no coordination mechanism; the consolidated SME law sets no inter-ministerial arrangement (the 2024 draft resolution only required the status procedure to be agreed with four ministries): 'none'. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P1100P2100P3100P4100 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 100 (reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed, a national SSE quota))
Law on Public Procurement Art. 24 'Rezervuota teisė dalyvauti tam tikrų paslaugų pirkimuose' reserves health, social and cultural services (listed CPV codes) for organisations providing related public services, whose profit is used for the activity or distributed with regard to participation in governance, and whose governance or ownership rests on employee ownership or participation, for at most three years (Art. 77 transposed); Art. 23 adds Art. 20 reservations: 'reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities'. Consolidated text on an unofficial portal (version date not shown), hence medium. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 100 (national plan or rule with a target or quota for social clauses or the SE share)
Art. 23(2) obliges contracting authorities to reserve 'at least 2% of the value of all simplified procurement' each year, and the Sustainable Procurement Strategy 2024-2026 sets a 2025 target of 7% of contract value from socially responsible procurement (Public Procurement Office): 'national plan or rule with a target or quota for social clauses'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 100 (national figures for two or more years)
The Public Procurement Office publishes annual reserved-procurement results (2021: EUR 26.2m; 2022: 30.8m; 2023: 23.9m; 2024: 10.7m) and the 2025 share of socially responsible procurement (11.1% of value): 'national figures published for two or more years'. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 100 (both)
In 2025 the Public Procurement Office ran a workshop on socially responsible procurement and a national conference for contracting authorities, lectured to suppliers and social enterprises at the Innovation Agency's Social Economy Day (30 Oct 2025), and runs a helpdesk and, since Nov 2024, a call centre for social procurement questions: national training and helpdesk for contracting authorities and SEs, 'both'. · source 1
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| Official SE definition 3.1 D1100D267 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 100 (in law)
Social business and social business entity are defined in the Law on Small and Medium Business Development (amendment XIV-2375 of 14 Dec 2023), as coded in 3.2.1: 'in law'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 67 (two)
Art. 3(4) of the SME Development Law requires a social business entity to pursue positive social or environmental impact, to use a Government-set share of profit for that impact, to publish its financial statements free of charge and to meet independence requirements; there is no democratic or participatory governance element (that appears only in the 2015 Conception): social aim and profit limit, 'two'. · source 1
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Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 3 of 3Law on Small and Medium Business Development as amended by Law No. XIV-2375 of 14 Dec 2023 (social business: arts 2(16), 3(4)-(5)); EIMIN Order No. 4-532 of 9 Oct 2024 on granting and losing social business status · sources 1 2 3 4L1100L2100L3100L4100L550 Criteria and evidence- L1 · Adoption stage: 100 (in force)
- L2 · Scope: 100 (general: SE broadly, including a status open to several legal forms or any purpose)
- L3 · Implementing rules: 100 (all adopted, or none required)
Art. 3(5) leaves the procedure for acquiring and losing status, the profit share, independence rules and impact methodology to the Government or its authorised institution: EIMIN Order No. 4-532 of 9 Oct 2024 (description of the procedure; described by EIMIN in Nov 2024; order text not opened). - L4 · Status or register: 100 (operating, entities recognised)
Social business status granted through the Innovation Agency's Social Business Platform, the official public register: 369 organisations held status and 632 entities were registered on the platform (platform news, page modified 20 Jan 2026; 85% more than at the start of 2025). - L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 50 (not foreseen)
No council or agency foreseen. A social economy memorandum was signed on 10 Dec 2025 with a planned working group of the Ministries of Social Security and Labour and of Economy and Innovation (not a statutory body).
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| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E1100E267E367E467E567 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 100 (national programme dedicated to SE, run by government or a public agency)
The Innovation Agency, a public body under the Ministry of Economy and Innovation, administers social business status and runs the social business platform with training and ecosystem services (CPVA, 2024), and provides 'mentoring and consulting services to social enterprises via local agencies' (EC Gateway): 'national programme dedicated to SE, run by government or a public agency'. (Its Social Business Accelerator is documented only for 2026.) · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 67 (several regions)
The Gateway describes delivery 'via local agencies spread throughout the country'; the accelerator runs online and in Kaunas; coverage of all regions is not documented: 'several regions'. · source 1 · low confidence - E3 · Public funding of support: 67 (mixed national and EU/donor)
The Innovation Agency is state-owned and financed from the national budget and EU funds; the split for SE services was not found (the 2024 draft resolution notes extra state-budget money for the status platform): 'mixed national and EU/donor'. Thin evidence. · source 1 · low confidence - E4 · Continuity: 67 (two to four years)
The Innovation Agency has provided the services since its 2022 creation (status functions from June 2024); uninterrupted predecessor services under Enterprise Lithuania were not traced: 'two to four years'. Thin evidence. · source 1 · low confidence - E5 · Range of services: 67 (two)
Documented services before 2026 are mentoring/consulting and training (Gateway; platform) and status/registration support (CPVA): 'two'. The 2026 accelerator adds finance, impact measurement and market access, after the reference date. · source 1
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| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F167F267F367F433 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 67 (SE an explicit priority or target group in the national programme(s), or in the EU country programme)
Urban local development strategies under the 2021-2027 EU Funds Investment Programme (specific objectives 4.7 and 4.9, Ministry of the Interior rules) carry social business objectives and ERDF/ESF+ actions (Lazdijai, Utena, Biržai, Radviliškis); no national SE measure with its own allocation was found: 'SE an explicit priority or target group in the national programme(s)'. · source 1 - F2 · Calls and instruments: 67 (at least one call dedicated to SE in 2021–2025)
Lazdijai town LAG call No. 11-762-K 'Socialinio verslo, socialinių dirbtuvių kūrimas ir verslumo skatinimas' (ERDF, EUR 226,534) was approved on 14 Feb 2025: 'at least one call dedicated to SE in the period'. Recurrence across strategies was not documented by 31 Dec 2025. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 67 (government as co-partner)
Calls are issued by local action groups under ministry-approved strategies, with national co-financing and CPVA administration, and require the Innovation Agency's social business status: 'government as co-partner'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 33 (anecdotal)
Only local reports exist (Lazdijai: no application received under the 2025 social business call, indicators at 0); no national count of SE beneficiaries: 'anecdotal'. · source 1
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| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N133N20N30N40 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 33 (only general SME/employment programmes open to SE)
The Law on Social Enterprises, which carried state aid to WISE, ceased to have effect on 1 Jan 2023 (Lavišius 2023); no national line titled for social business was found; SEs use general subsidies and INVEGA guarantees: 'only general SME/employment programmes open to SE'. · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 0 (none)
N1 at 33: 'none, or N1 ≤ 33'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 0 (none)
N1 at 33: 'none, or N1 ≤ 33'. · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 0 (no evidence)
N1 at 33: 'no evidence, or N1 ≤ 33'. · source 1
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