Non-Governmental Organization

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The Lithuanian Green Movement (LGM) was established by national environmental clubs, groups and activists in 1988. LGM coordinates the activities and exchanges information between some 500 members all over Lithuania.

As the first post-Soviet environmental Non_Governmental Organization in Lithuania, LGM played a significant role in the democratization process and in raising public awareness and participation on environmental issues in Lithuania. Today, LGM is one of the country's most active environmental NGOs, with the main strategies of influencing public policy, increasing public participation and raising public awareness about environment protection and sustainable development.

LGM's main activities include:

• the protection of the Baltic Sea and its catchments;
• the conservation of protected territories and natural landscapes;
• environmental education and the raising of public awareness about environment and sustainable development;
• energy and environment;
• transport and environment;
• monitoring the activities of the International Financial Institutions in Lithuania;
• support for the development and strengthening of environmental NGOs and citizen's groups in Lithuania;
• environmental protection in general.

LGM publishes a bi-weekly newsletter called "Green Lithuania"

Kopin (Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali) is a voluntary organization based in Malta which works in the field of North-South cooperation. Kopin was launched in public during a seminar on "The Policies of the European Union with regards to North South Cooperation" held on 24 June, 2000. Although Kopin is not bound to any other organization it has good relations with a number of Maltese and foreign organizations. Kopin is a member of the Forum for Justice and Cooperation together with the Third World Group, Koperattiva Kummerc Gust (Fair Trade Cooperative) and Inizjamed.

The aims of Ce.L.I.M. are to promote self-development and self-reliance among the poor of African and Eastern European Countries and to raise awareness in Italy about the problems related with development. Ce.L.I.M. pursues its main objective by implementing development projects in the South of the World and in Eastern Europe for the benefit of poor people in collaboration with local NGOs, churches and government authorities, usually through the service of Italian volunteers.