About Us

Our vision 

A leader in sustainable investment for a climate-neutral Lithuania. 

Our mission 

To promote environmental and climate change investments and ensure their effective management. 

Our values 

Responsibility: to the environment, to the community, to colleagues, to each other. 

Expertise: development, learning, leadership, knowledge sharing, high quality results. 

Unity: collaboration, collegiality, partnership. 

Openness: innovation, trust, transparency. 

Areas of activity

We are a modern, professional institution administrating European Union funds (ISPA, European Regional Development Funds, Cohesion Funds, LIFE+ and LIFE program) and the Republic of Lithuania funded projects in the environmental sector. 

Within the scope of our competences, we participate in the implementation of the State policy in the following areas: 

• environmental protection
• climate change management
• building modernization (renovation)

EPMA administers, implements, and carries out: 

• environmental projects
• climate change management projects
• pollution prevention projects
• building modernization (renovation) projects
• LIFE-funded projects
• international projects
• development cooperation projects 
• the Union's greenhouse gas (GHG) registry as a national registry administrator
• the functions of the flexibility mechanisms introduced in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement

We are an institution which ensures that environmental projects are implemented efficiently, rationally and compliantly. 

EPMA’s field of activity cover the following sectors: 

• mitigating the impacts of climate change
• renovation of buildings
• energy
• transport infrastructure and transportation
• waste prevention and management
• environmental management
• reducing water pollution
• reducing air pollution

Key functions of EPMA:

• Administer programs financed by the state budget, the Modernization Fund, and other sources aimed at addressing climate change issues in Lithuania
• Implement pilot environmental projects
• Serve as a center of expertise for multi-apartment building renovations and other energy efficiency and environmental measures
• Support the Ministry of Environment in achieving strategically important operational results
• Share accumulated expertise in project implementation, legal frameworks, public procurement, financial control, risk management, project oversight, and other areas with the Ministry of Environment and its subordinate institutions for the execution of environmental investment projects
• Coordinate and develop the activities of institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Environment in the field of international cooperation
• Unite environmental and climate experts
• Implement projects under the EU Twinning Program and Lithuania's Development Cooperation and Support for Democracy Program
• Share best practices from Lithuania and the EU
• Provide support for reforms in other countries, including legal framework changes, and the development of administrative and institutional capacities of civil servants