On April 10, during the Local Action Group's project selection committee meeting for the 16th call, all projects received in this call that passed the benefit/quality assessment stage were approved. However, there are not enough funds available in the strategy to support all of them.
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On April 15, during World Culture Day, Leonardas Šablinskas, a member of the Rokiškis District Local Action Group (VVG), founder of several cultural non-governmental organizations, idea nurturer, and financial supporter of cultural initiatives, was awarded the silver badge "For Contributions to Rokiškis Region Culture."
Silver Badge Nominees: (from left) Leonardas Šablinskas, Aldona Žėkienė, and Violeta Aleknienė.
On August 13, the Rokiškis District Local Action Group Board gave the green light for the eligibility assessment of all five projects submitted under the 17th call for proposals, each of which scored more than 40 points in terms of benefits and quality.
Although funding from the Rokiškis Rural Development Strategy 2014-2020 was only sufficient for the first project, additional funds for the projects ranked 2nd to 5th will be sourced from the over-contracting fund managed by the National Paying Agency (NMA) under the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI).
During the final 17th call for proposals under the Rokiškis Rural Development Strategy 2014-2020, which ended on July 19 and was aimed at applicants seeking to expand their businesses, the Local Action Group (VVG) received five local project submissions.
"The evaluation phase for the benefits and quality of all projects has been completed, and all projects scored more than 40 points in terms of benefits and quality, which means they are of sufficient quality," said Raimonda Stankevičiūtė-Vilimienė, head of the Local Development Strategy administration. "A VVG project selection committee meeting is scheduled for August 13, which is expected to confirm the evaluators' conclusions."
However, the available funding only covers the first project on the list.
On September 24th, the "Cultural Twists" awards of the Rokiškis region were presented. One of the awards, "Professional Support for Cultural Projects," was given to Sigita Gasiūnienė-Bracienė, a member of the VVG board and the chairperson of the Aukštakalniai village community (shown in the photo).
From September 6th to 8th, Obeliai celebrated its traditional "Obelinė" festival along with this year's sporting highlight – the Olympics. For the first time in history, the Rokiškis region can proudly boast Olympic bronze medals, earned by Lithuania's 3x3 Olympic basketball team. Out of the four players, two were from Rokiškis: Gintautas Matulis, originally from Rokiškis, and Šarūnas Vingelis from Obeliai.
To honor their victory, the resourceful and creative people of Obeliai built a model of the Eiffel Tower in their square, which will long serve as a reminder of this remarkable Olympics. Additionally, Šarūnas Vingelis was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Obeliai by the townspeople.
The Eiffel Tower of Obeliai, where Olympic basketball player Šarūnas Vingelis, a native of Obeliai, climbed up. Next to the tower, enjoying the spectacle, is the creator of the idea, Romas Kundelis, the founder of the "Small Towns Basketball League." Photo by Egidijus Vilimas.
On August 23rd, the rural community "Pakriauna" marked its 20th anniversary with the 10th traditional honey harvest festival. The entire cultural community of Obeliai contributed to the event with various activities—educational programs on honey, beeswax, herbs, and scents were presented, folk artists exhibited their works in the library, and local performers from Obeliai entertained on stage.
Over the 20 years of active work, the community has only had two leaders: Saulius Stanišauskas during the first decade, and Ala Nikitina during the second. All those who cherish and actively participate in community activities were remembered and honored.
The celebration was filled with children's enthusiasm as they illustrated their impressions of life in Pakriauniai village for the festival's exhibition and even prepared their own performance for the event. Obeliai's local government commissioned the local blacksmith, Vidas Turkevičius, to create and present a special "Pakriauna" marker to the community.
At the unveiling ceremony of the sign (from left) were Jūratė Šinkūnienė, the head of Obeliai eldership, and Ala Nikitina, the chairperson of the community.
On May 21st a traditional bicycle ride is being organized to celebrate the day of honoring the partisans, the army and th society day. This year's march will be dedicated to the history of the Lithuanian partisans who operated in the Šimonys forest.
Applications for the 2023 selection competition of examples of good projects of the Lithuanian rural development 2014-2020 program "Future village developers 2023" must be submitted by April 30th.
Only completed projects that have been implemented without violations, have not been subject to sanctions and have achieved all the monitoring indicators provided for in the project application can be submitted to the tender.
Executors of eligible projects who wish to participate in the Good Project Examples competition must complete the "Good Project Example Form"
On April 3rd-29th, events are held in Kamajai in memory of Antanas Strazdas "Ei, tu tu tu Strazdelis, tujei mandras paukštelis".
40,000 Euros are provided in the budget of the municipality of Rokiškis district for the participating budget: 20,000 Euros to implement district projects and 20,000 Euros for city projects. The purpose of financing community initiatives aimed at improving the living environment, project finansating idea is to increase the opportunities of citizens to be included in the formation of the municipal budget.
The applicant can be any resident who has declared their place of residence in the municipality of Rokiškis district, who is at least 16 years old, and who has collected 20 signatures of residents who have declared their place of residence in the district, supporting the idea.
Proposals for project ideas are being accepted until 2023 March 14th at the Rokiškis district municipality administration (Respublikos g. 94, Rokiškis) and electronically (e-mail: savivaldybe@rokiskis.lt).
The value of the project implementation is up to 20,000 Euros.
More information can be found here
