The goal of the conference was to bring home to politicians the principles of liberal social policy and to analyse how these principles operate in specific areas, such as social aid and education.
PROGRAMME
09:05-09:20 Welcome Address
Audronė Morkūnienė, Vice Minister, Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Manfred Wichman, Head of the Baltic States Project, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Tallinn
Ugnius Trumpa, Vice President, LFMI
Gerhart Raichle, Director, Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Potsdam
Questions
10:35-10:50 COFFEE BREAK
10:50-11:25 Social Policy Provisions of the Lithuanian Liberal Union
Artūras Melianas, Chairman, Social Affairs and Labour Committee, Parliament of Lithuania
Questions
11:25-11:50 Social Policy Provisions of the Social Liberals
Gediminas Jakavonis, Elder of a Parliamentary Group of the New Union (Social liberals)
Questions
12:00-12:20 Problems of Implementing Liberal Social Policy Principles in Lithuania
Elena Leontjeva, President, LFMI
12:20-12:50 Discussion
12:50-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-14.35 Social Assistance in Lithuania
Violeta Murauskaitė, Director, Social Assistance Department, Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Questions
14:35-15:05 Comments:
Gerhart Raichle, Director, Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Skirmantė Kondratienė, Advisor to the President of Lithuania
Guoda Steponavičienė, i.a. Vice President, LFMI
Prof. James Tooley, University of Newcastle
Questions
16:05-16:30 Beyond the Limits of Social Security Privatisation
Remigijus Šimašius, Policy Analyst, LFMI
Questions
16:30-17:00 Discussion
17:00 Reception
Registration 
