Useful links

European Union information services and documents:

• EuropeDirect – provides assistance to those looking for information on European Union policies, institutions, legal framework, programmes and funding opportunities; offers direct consultation and responds to enquiries by phone and email.
• Eurodesk (www.zinauviska.lt) – provides free information and advice for young people and those who work with them about studies, internships, jobs and volunteering.
• EURES – a network which connects employment services in the EU, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, as well as other employment-related organisations and institutions: trade unions, employers' associations, and local and regional authorities. EURES offers free consultation on issues related to work abroad – it provides information to individuals who are looking for a job about work in other European countries, and helps employers find employees.
• ENIC-NARIC– national academic recognition information centres which provide information and advice on academic recognition in the EU and partner countries of diplomas issued by foreign institutions and partial studies completed therein. In Lithuania, the functions of this network are carried out by the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education.
• PLOTEUS – the Portal on Learning Opportunities Throughout the European Space.
• CEDEFOP – the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training.
• ELGPN – the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network.
• Eurydice – information on the education systems and policies of the European countries.
• Euraxess – a Lithuanian researcher mobility centre which provides free practical information for mobile researchers and scientists who are either coming to Lithuania to work or leaving Lithuania to work abroad.
• ESCO – the classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations.
• ETF – the European Training Foundation.