The Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) is a private non-profit apolitical organisation established in 1990 to promote the ideas of individual freedom and responsibility, free market, and limited government. Our goal is to help advance general interests of the people of Lithuania who can best be realized in a free market as every individual pursues his or her objectives - without any privileges, protection or restrictions - by serving the society and not relying on the government apparatus.

 

The LFMI‘s team conducts research on key economic and economic policy issues, develops conceptual reform packages, drafts and evaluates legislative proposals and aids government institutions by advising how to better implement the principles of free market in Lithuania. LFMI also conducts sociological surveys, issues economic literature and organizes conferences, workshops, and lectures. Educational activities are an integral component of LFMI‘s work aimed at making free market ideas a part of the Lithuanian society‘s life.

 

Pursuing its mission to promote free market ideas, LFMI develops a wide range of public dissemination instruments. We work closely with the business community, international organizations, the media and other groups. In seeking to present our ideas timely and effectively, we constantly seek new forms of disseminating information. Our voice is well heard, and the 19 years of concerted efforts show that people are accepting the ideas of individual freedom and free market as familiar and indispensable.

 

Financial independence is an essential condition for the accomplishment of our mission. Acting on this premise, we seek funding from private sources. Our activities are powerful and uninterrupted owing to the people who foster the same values as we do and provide donations for the establishment of these values.