Lithuanian Development Cooperation Platform (Lithuanian NGDO Platform)

What Lithuanian Development Cooperation Platform (Lithuanian NGDO Platform) does

The Lithuanian Development Cooperation Platform (legal name Vystomojo bendradarbiavimo platforma, also operating as Lithuanian NGDO Platform and VB Platforma) is a non-profit coordination coalition founded in 2007 and headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania. It serves as the national umbrella body for Lithuanian NGOs working in development cooperation, global education, humanitarian action, and sustainable development, currently uniting eight specialized member organizations across themes including equal opportunities, human rights, women's rights, children's welfare, mental health, environmental policy, and local action groups. Its day-to-day activities comprise policy advocacy toward Lithuanian ministries, project implementation under multi-year grants, awareness campaigns (Africa Days, Kaleidoskopas awards, SDG ambassadors, #HumanitarianVolunteers), and global-education content delivery to schools and the general public.

The platform's underlying technology is a public information and member-coordination portal (vbplatforma.org) supplemented by a publication library and social channels (Facebook, SoundCloud, Issuu). It is not a commercial technology product company: there is no app, no API/SDK, no proprietary software beyond the website, and no commercial SaaS offering. The platform's "product surface" consists of project deliverables, publications, educational materials, and advocacy outputs produced under grant funding.

The business model is project-based grant funding rather than commercial revenue. Funding flows from the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, the Swiss-Lithuanian Cooperation Program, and EU-aligned development cooperation programs. Notable active projects include Connect for Global Change (42 months from 2024, €11.1M total budget, €557,444 to the platform), an NGO transparency and role-strengthening project with Foundation Zewo (March 2025 - December 2028, €2.36M total, €199,872 to the platform), the VBirNVO 5.0 institutional strengthening project (2025), ŽALINK on climate policy (2024), and Vol4HumAid. The platform operates with 17 employees, charges no fees for membership or services, and serves a coordination rather than transactional customer base.

Name

Lithuanian Development Cooperation Platform (Lithuanian NGDO Platform)

Legal name

Vystomojo bendradarbiavimo platforma

Website

https://vbplatforma.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Lithuanian Development Cooperation Platform is a Vilnius-based, non-profit coalition founded in 2007 that coordinates eight Lithuanian NGOs in development cooperation, global education, humanitarian action, and sustainable development advocacy, funded by Lithuanian ministries and EU/Swiss grant programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

NGO Coordination and Development Cooperation Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery) (BPADAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Country Development Assistance Programs (Bilateral ODA) (BPADABAA), Institutional Capacity Building & Training (Workforce/Systems Strengthening) (BPADAEAC), Governance, Public Financial Management & Service Delivery Reform (BPADAEAD), Donor Coordination, Monitoring & Evaluation (MEL) Programs (BPADABAN)

Keywords

• NGO coordination services
• Development cooperation
• Global education
• Humanitarian action
• Policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Vilnius

HQ country

Lithuania

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Project-based funding: The platform operates as a non-profit coalition funded through development cooperation projects financed by Lithuanian government ministries (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Social Security and Labour) and international programs including Swiss-Lithuanian cooperation programs.
2. EU Development Cooperation Projects: Multi-year development cooperation projects such as Connect for Global Change (11,111,111.11 EUR total budget) funded through EU-aligned programs with civil society strengthening objectives.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Lithuanian Development Cooperation Platform (Vystomojo bendradarbiavimo platforma) is a non-profit membership-based coordination platform for Lithuanian NGOs engaged in development cooperation, global education, policy advocacy, and humanitarian action. It serves as a national umbrella organization that strengthens civil society participation in policy-making and implements projects funded by Lithuanian government ministries and international development programs. The platform provides project coordination, capacity building, knowledge sharing, and awareness-raising services to its member NGOs and broader stakeholders.

Product overview

Lithuanian Development Cooperation Platform (Lithuanian NGDO Platform) is a non-profit NGO coordination and advocacy organization, not a commercial technology product company. It serves as a membership-based platform that coordinates development cooperation activities among Lithuanian NGOs, facilitates policy advocacy, and implements various development cooperation projects. The organization does not offer commercial technology products or SaaS offerings; rather it provides a website portal for information sharing, project coordination, and advocacy activities related to global education, sustainable development goals, and humanitarian action.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Globalus švietimas (Global Education): Active learning process helping individuals understand global challenges, their causes, and the impact of personal choices on global processes.
• Vystomasis bendradarbiavimas (Development Cooperation)
• Politikos formavimas (Policy Advocacy)
• Humanitarinis veiksmas (Humanitarian Action)
• Darnaus vystymosi tikslai (Sustainable Development Goals)

Products and services

• Connect for Global Change Multi-year development cooperation project implemented by the platform to strengthen civil society engagement in development cooperation activities, with EU-aligned funding.
• Institutional Strengthening VBirNVO 5.0 Institutional capacity-building project for NGO associations, funded by the Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour to strengthen NGO sector organizational capabilities.
• NGO Role Strengthening and Transparency Project Consortium project focused on strengthening NGO roles, transparency, and civil society participation in decision-making processes in Lithuania, implemented with the National NGO Coalition and Swiss partner Foundation Zewo.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Foundation Zewo (Switzerland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Swiss organization partnering in the NGO transparency and role strengthening project. Part of Swiss-Lithuanian Cooperation Program 'Civic Engagement' with 2,356,495.51 EUR total budget.
• National NGO Coalition (Nacionalinė NVO koalicija)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Lead organization in NGO strengthening project with Platform as partner. Consortium includes: National Poverty Reduction Network, NGO Information and Support Center, Education NGO Network, Lithuanian Social Business Association.
• National Poverty Reduction Organizations NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Partner in NGO strengthening consortium project on transparency and civil participation in decision-making processes.
• NGO Information and Support CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Partner in consortium working to increase civil society participation in governance and strengthen NGO quality and transparency.
• Education NGO NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Partner in consortium project strengthening NGO sector participation in policy and governance processes.
• Lithuanian Social Business AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Partner in consortium addressing NGO transparency, role strengthening, and civil participation in Lithuania.
• Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and LabourcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Funding source for institutional strengthening projects (VBirNVO 5.0, 2025). Ministry runs competitive funding programs for NGO associations' institutional capacity building.
• Vartotojų aljansasminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Consumer Alliance NGO partnering in ŽALINK project (Green Ambitions) on climate policy mobilization. Project funded up to 119,627 EUR under Climate Change Program.
• Žiedinė ekonomikaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Circular Economy NGO implementing ŽALINK project alongside the Platform. Project focuses on mobilizing support for ambitious Green Deal initiatives in Lithuania.
• Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign AffairscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary government partner for Lithuania's development cooperation policy. Platform collaborates on policy formation, advocacy campaigns, and public awareness activities related to official development assistance and sustainable development goals.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AKÜ - Estonian Roundtable for Development Cooperation: Estonia's national development cooperation NGO roundtable. Highly comparable Baltic peer running a member-based coordination model linking Estonian civil society with government on ODA policy, global education, and development cooperation project implementation.
• LAPAS - Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation: Latvia's national development cooperation NGO platform. Closely comparable Baltic neighbor running a similar small-scale membership platform engaging Latvian MFA on development policy, NGO capacity building, and Eastern Partnership programs.
• The 92 Group (Danish NGDO Forum): Denmark's umbrella forum of Danish development and humanitarian NGOs. Direct peer given its identical function of coordinating national NGO policy positions on development cooperation, global education, and humanitarian aid, engaging Danish MFA and Danida.
• Forum Syd (Swedish Platform): Sweden's national civil society platform for development cooperation, funded by Sida. Highly comparable as a member-based consortium coordinating Swedish NGOs on policy advocacy, global education, and project delivery to partner countries, with a similar Ministry of Foreign Affairs relationship.
• Grupa Zagranica (Polish NGDO Platform): Poland's national platform of NGOs working in international development, humanitarian aid, and global education. Direct peer because it operates the same Eastern Partnership-adjacent regional focus and policy advocacy role with Polish MFA, particularly relevant given shared Eastern Partnership geography.
• Fingo (Finnish NGDO Platform): Finland's national umbrella platform for development cooperation NGOs. Direct peer because it operates the same membership-based NGDO coordination model linking civil society with government (MFA Finland) on development policy, global education, and humanitarian action - the same role the Lithuanian Platform plays for Lithuania.
• Slovak NGDO Platform (MVRO): Slovakia's national platform of development cooperation NGOs. Direct Central European peer running an analogous small-scale coordination model for Slovak NGOs on development policy, global education, and humanitarian action with Slovak MFA.
• FoRS - Czech Forum for Development Cooperation: Czech Republic's national NGDO platform. Closely comparable as a small-to-mid-sized Central European NGDO platform coordinating NGO positions on development policy, EU development cooperation, and global education with a similar small staff footprint.

Others

• Eurodad (European Network on Debt and Development): European network of civil society organizations working on development finance, debt, and aid effectiveness. The Lithuanian Platform explicitly participates in Eurodad, making it a peer network for joint policy research, advocacy, and capacity building on development cooperation standards.

Broad incumbents

• CONCORD (European NGDO Confederation): European-level confederation of national NGDO platforms, of which the Lithuanian Platform is a member. Comparable as the supranational umbrella that coordinates the very type of national platforms the Lithuanian entity represents, providing policy advocacy at EU level on development cooperation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/VystomojoBendradarbiavimoPlatforma
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/national-non-governmental-development-cooperation-organisations'-platform-ngdo-platform-

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