On the 28th of November the consultative meeting at the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists took place, where the representatives from the EU support agencies presented the existing and planned Calls of EU support for business. LIFE programme has been presented by the ‘Building LIFE capacities in Lithuania’ project manager A. Šmitienė, who informed about the funding opportunities to businesses. V. Krutulytė from European Social Fund Agency presented the fund‘s support to businesses and organizations, while A. Pautienius from Lithuanian Business Support Agency (LBSA) talked about the LBSA support and co-financing funds.

On the 7th of November 2017, a seminar „LIFE programme capabilities and practical implementation“ took place in Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, where EU LIFE programme and its funding of environmental and climate projects. L.Čeičytė from Lithuanian Environmental Ministry presented LIFE programme and Lithuanian National co-financing. A.Šmitienė, „Building LIFE capacities in Lithuania“ project‘s leader, informed the participants of LIFE programme topics relevant to the Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, project assistant S.Paltanavičiūtė introduced the ongoing LIFE project in Germany related to climate change adaptation and agronomy, communication specialist K.Cijūnėlienė presented the services of Lithuanian capacity building project. Lithuanian Fund for Nature representative D.Bastytė shared their experience of applying for and implementing LIFE projects, gave valuable practical advice for potential applicants.

1st of September 2017 was an official start date of Lithuanian LIFE project „LIFE OSMODERMA - Ecological network for Osmoderma eremita and other species dependent on veteran trees“ (LIFE16 NAT/LT/000701). The project is set to protect a rare hermit beetle (Osmoderma eremita) and its habitats.