Bilateral agreements
Since 1992, while encouraging bilateral cooperation with our neighbouring countries and more remote countries in Western and Central Europe, Asia and other continents, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport has been developing cultural cooperation agreements and participating in their preparation and execution.
Cooperation agreements and contracts have been signed with the following countries:
| Armenia |
Treaty on cooperation in education and science Signed: 22 02 2012 |
| Belarus |
Treaty on cooperation in science and technology Signed: 24 01 2008 Entered into force: 28 11 2010 |
| Bulgaria |
Treaty on cooperation in the fields of education, science, studies and culture Signed: 10 04 1996 Entered into force: 27 11 1997 |
| Brazil |
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil on cultural cooperation Signed: Brazil 16 07 2008 Entered into force: 17 05 2010 |
| Czech Republic |
Agreement on the exchange of trainees Signed: 31 03 2000 Entered into force: 29 09 2000 Agreement on cooperation in the fields of culture, education, science, youth and sport Signed: 16 11 2011 |
| European Union |
Convention defining the Statute for European Schools Signed: 13 12 2004 Entered into force: 01 09 2005 |
| Philippines |
Treaty between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines on cooperation in science and technology Signed: Manila, 25 09 1995 Entered into force: 04 02 2005 |
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Flanders (Belgium) |
Cooperation Treaty between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of Flanders Signed: Vilnius, 07 03 1996 Entered into force: 19 03 1996 Cooperation Programme 2019-2023 in implementation of the Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of Flanders Signed: 06 11 2019 Entered into force: 06 11 2019 |
| Greece |
Treaty on cooperation in the fields of culture, education and science Signed: 24 02 1997 Entered into force: 24 09 1998 |
| Georgia |
Agreement on cooperation in the field of sport Signed: 12 04 1996 Entered into force: not in force |
| India |
Agreement on cooperation in the fields of culture, science and education Signed: 20 02 2001 Entered into force: 08 04 2005 |
| Spain |
Treaty on cooperation in the fields of culture, education and science Signed: 22 11 1995 Entered into force: 17 12 1997 |
| Italy |
Treaty on cooperation in the fields of culture, education, studies, science and technology Signed: 04 04 1996 Entered into force: 08 05 1998 |
| Israel |
Programme of cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the State of Israel in the fields of education, science, culture, youth affairs and sport for the period 2023–2026 Signed: 02 03 2023 Entered into force: 02 03 2023 Treaty on cooperation in the fields of culture, education and science Signed: 02 10 1994 Entered into force: 27 02 1998 |
| USA |
Agreement on cooperation in science, technology and innovation Signed: 25 06 2018 Entered into force: 26 02 2019 Agreement on the legal status of the American International School of Vilnius Signed: 14 06 2002 Entered into force: 16 06 2005 Agreement on the protection and preservation of certain cultural objects Signed: 15 10 2002 Entered into force: Not in force Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the United States of America concerning the Fulbright Academic Exchange Program Signed: 30 03 2017 Entered into force: 30 03 2017 |
| United Kingdom |
Treaty on cooperation in education, science and culture Signed: 08 11 1996 Entered into force: 01 04 1998 |
| Kazakhstan |
Treaty on cooperation in education, science and culture Signed: 06 10 2011 Entered into force: 09 12 2013 |
| China |
Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation Signed: 22 04 1992 Entered into force: 22 04 1992 Treaty on cultural cooperation Signed: 08 11 1993 Entered into force: 08 11 1993 |
| Colombia |
Cultural Cooperation Treaty Signed: 28 04 1995 Entered into force: 20 08 2001 |
| Croatia |
Agreement on cooperation in the fields of culture, education and science Signed: 05 12 2007 Entered into force: 02 04 2008 |
| Poland |
Youth Cooperation and Exchange Treaty Signed: 14 02 1997 Entered into force: 01 12 1997 Treaty on cooperation in the fields of culture, education and science Signed: 17 12 1998 Entered into force: 05 01 2000 Treaty concerning cooperation between the representatives of the Governments in the field of the protection of cultural heritage Signed: 16 12 1999 Entered into force: not in force Agreement between the Government of Lithuania and the Government of Poland on the mutual recognition of documents conferring the right to higher education, as well as on the mutual recognition of part-time studies, qualification degrees and degrees in science and art Signed: 01 02 2020 Entered into force: 03 08 2021 |
| Luxembourg |
Treaty on cooperation in the fields of culture, education, higher education, science and sport Signed: 18 11 2010 |
| Mexico |
Agreement on cooperation in the fields of education, culture, arts and sport. Signed: 24 01 2002 Entered into force: 04 07 2003 |
| Moldova |
Agreement on the recognition of qualifications in higher education Signed: 28 10 2013 Entered into force: 12 02 2014 Agreement on cooperation in the fields of education, science, technology and innovation Signed: 28 10 2013 Entered into force: 12 02 2014 |
| Mongolia |
Agreement on cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture and the arts. Signed: 27 06 2003 Entered into force: 13 03 2007 |
| France |
Agreement on cooperation in education, science, technology and technology. Signed: 04 04 2003 Action Plan for the Lithuania-France Strategic Partnership (2020-2024) Signed: 29 09 2020 |
| Romania |
Agreement on cultural cooperation Signed: 19 09 1995 Entered into force: 28 11 1997 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
Agreement on cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture and sport Signed: 27 08 2003 |
| Slovakia |
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Slovak Republic on cooperation in science and technology. Signed: 24 02 2011
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| Slovenia |
Treaty on cooperation in the fields of culture, education and science. Signed: 14 11 1997 Entered into force: 02 01 2002 |
| Finland |
Treaty on cooperation in the fields of culture, education and science. Signed: 10 11 1998 Entered into force: 09 07 1999 |
| Sweden |
Trainee exchange treaty Signed: 05 05 1994 Entered into force: 01 07 1994 |
| Holy See |
Holy See Treaty on educational and cultural cooperation. Signed: 05 05 2000 Entered into force: 16 09 2000 Treaty between the Republic of Lithuania and the Holy See on the recognition of qualifications related to higher education Signed: 08 06 2012 Entered into force: 23 10 2012 |
| Turkey |
Treaty on cooperation in education, science, culture and sport. Signed: 11 07 1994 Entered into force: 28 05 1999 Framework programme for cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture and the arts, youth and sport, media and communication Signed: 20 02 2009 |
| Ukraine |
Agreement on the mutual academic recognition of higher education qualifications, higher education qualifications and degrees Signed: 26 11 2009 Agreement on cooperation in the fields of education, science and culture. Signed: 04 08 1993 Entered into force: 04 08 1993 |
| Uzbekistan |
Agreement on cultural and artistic cooperation. Signed: 07 06 1995 Entered into force: 07 06 1995 Agreement on cooperation in the field of Education, Science and Technology Signed: 07 06 1995 Entered into force: 28 08 1995 |
| Wallonia (Belgium) |
Wallonia (Belgium) Cooperation agreement Signed: 02 10 2002 Entered into force: 14 04 2004 Outline of the Lithuania-Wallonia-Brussels exchange programme Signed: 26 04 2018 |
| Venezuela |
Cultural exchange and cooperation programme Signed: 16 09 1992 Entered into force: 16 09 1992 Cultural cooperation treaty. Signed: 19 07 1993 Entered into force: 19 07 1993 |
| Hungary |
Treaty on cooperation in the fields of culture, science and education. Signed: 07 10 1997 Entered into force: 21 06 1999 |
| Germany |
Treaty on cultural cooperation. Signed: 21 07 1993 Entered into force: provisionally applied since 05 08 1994 Agreement on the recognition of equivalence of higher education qualifications and degrees Signed: 15 05 2009 Entered into force: 30 06 2010 Agreement on the recruitment of trainees to improve their specialisation and language skills. Signed: 20 08 1993 Entered into force: 20 08 1993 |
| Baltic and Benelux countries |
Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, represented by the Government of Flanders, the Government of the French Community of Belgium, the Government of the German Community of Belgium, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the automatic recognition of higher education qualifications. Adopted: 14 09 2021 Ratified by: Law No XIV-1055 of 26 April 2022 of the Republic of Lithuania Not in force |
| Trilateral (Estonia and Latvia) |
Treaty on the creation of a common educational area at upper-secondary general and vocational education level (excluding higher education). Signed: 10 07 1998 Entered into force: 16 07 2000 Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Estonia, the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the automatic academic recognition of qualifications in higher education Signed: 08 06 2018 Entered into force: 07 01 2019 |
| UNESCO |
Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education Adopted: 25 11 2019 Ratified: 04 11 2021 Entry into force: 05 03 2023 Memorandum of Cooperation Signed: 21 05 1996 Entered into force: 21 05 1996 |
| The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Cooperation agreement on the further development of scientific and technical cooperation in the field of high-energy physics Signed: 04 11 2004 Entered into force: 09 11 2004 Protocol P120 to the Cooperation Agreement on the participation of the institutions of the Republic of Lithuania in the CERN scientific programme Signed: 26 09 2014 Agreement between the Republic of Lithuania and CERN on the granting of associate member status to CERN Signed: 27 06 2017 Entered into force: 14 12 2017 (Became an Associate Member on 08-01-2018) |