Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) is the main governmental institution, responsible for implementation of innovation policy in Lithuania.

MITA was established in 2010 with the aim to foster business and science cooperation and to create a favorable environment for entrepreneurship and innovation in Lithuania. These goals are foreseen in national Innovation Strategy. The Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Education and Science are the main founders of MITA. The activities of MITA are jointly supported and funded by them.

MITA has a mission to provide professional services aiming to foster the development of Lithuanian science, industry and services sectors based on advanced technologies and innovation.

Budget

The budget will be available to fund R&D&I projects managed by MITA is about 7 mil. EURO for the year 2012.

Activities

·         Funding of joint business and science projects,

·         Consulting on issues regarding applied research, innovation and technology,

·         Strengthening the clusterization processes and public-private partnership,

·         Developing the innovation management skills, especially in research commercialization and

          technology transfer.

Responsibilities

National R&D programmes and initiatives:

·         High Technology Development Programme for 2011–2013.

·         Industrial Biotechnology Development Programme for Lithuania for 2011–2013.

·         Innovation vouchers - a new instrument to promote innovations in SMEs, to encourage

          co-operation between business and research institutions.

·         Industrial property rights - a special national tool aimed to give financial support for the

          protection of industrial property rights that covers the patents of inventions and design

          at the European and  international level.

·         Open access centers - MITA performs the task of registration of these centers at the

           national level.

International R&D and innovation programmes:

·         FP7 (7^th Framework programme): participation in national contact point’s network and

          co-funding of projects participants;

·         EUREKA: participation in national coordinators network and funding of national projects;

·         EUROSTARS: participation in national coordinators network and funding of national projects;

·         CIP (The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme): providing information;

·         Bilateral agreement: Lithuanian and Israel cooperation agreement in industrial R&D field.

Staff – 21 employees.

Contact person

Kęstutis Šetkus

Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology

A. Goštauto str. 12-219, Vilnius

LT-01108, Lithuania

Tel. +370 5 2 127 437, Fax. +370 5 2312292

e-mail: kestutis.setkus@mita.lt