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PSE Platform Ambassador highlight: Viktorija Bražiūnaitė, LISVA

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27 March 2025

PSE Platform Ambassador highlight: Viktorija Bražiūnaitė, LISVA

Financing the ecosystem

Partnerships

Regenerative Green Transition

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This article is part of a series of introductory pieces for the Ambassadors of the EU Proximity and Social Economy Platform. Ambassadors play a pivotal role in bridging connections among the ecosystem’s stakeholders. Today, we introduce Viktorija Bražiūnaitė

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Editorial Team: Diesis

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Geographical descriptors

Albania

Armenia

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

EU-27

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Türkiye

Ukraine

Organisation Type

Academic/Research and VET Institutions

Business Support Organization

Company with 250 or more employees

Consumer / tourist organisation

Cultural and Heritage Organisations

Destination Management & Marketing Organisations

EU institutions

Financial Institutions and Investors

Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce

International Organisations

Local authorities

Media/Travel Journalist Organisations

National authorities

Networks and Federations / Confederations

NGOs / Non-profits

Regional authorities

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

Social Economy Entity

Trade Unions

  • Thematic area

    • Financing the ecosystem

    • Partnerships

    • Regenerative Green Transition

    • Skills

    • Transformative Digital Transition

    • Urban and Rural Wellbeing

    • Working conditions and governance

  • Interlinkages with other sectors

    • Proximity and social economy

    • Agri-food

    • Construction

    • Cultural and creative industries

    • Digital

    • Electronics

    • Energy intensive industries

    • Energy-renewables

    • Health

    • Mobility, transport, automotive

    • Retail

    • Textile

    • Tourism

    • Aerospace and defence

  • Action areas and keywords

    • 15-minute city

    • Access to Finance

    • Access to technology

    • Addressing capacity and skills gap

    • Advancing gender equality and safety at work

    • Blue Economy

    • Boosting digital skills by - and in the social economy

    • Buy social

    • Certification, labelling and self-regulation

    • Circular Economy

    • Clusters (including Cluster of social and ecological innovation)

    • Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

    • Creating financial incentives and supportive regulation for green and circular social economy business models

    • Data Maturity and data driven business models

    • Data sharing, Data management & Code of Conduct

    • Digital Platforms

    • Digital social innovation

    • Economic democracy

    • Education

    • Future workplaces

    • Greening infrastructures and business operations

    • Housing

    • ICP rights & workers involvement

    • Industrial relation and social dialogue

    • Innovation

    • Innovation as enabler for green transition and business development in the social economy

    • Internationalisation

    • Local employment

    • Local Green Deals, green business communities and citizens’ initiatives

    • Local Markets

    • Micro mobility

    • New business models

    • New business models – the platform economy

    • New European Bauhaus

    • Other action area

    • Public and private tech partnerships and support

    • Reinforcing Business to Business collaboration for greener and circular value chains

    • Responsible (Public) Procurement

    • Smart mobility

    • Social Finance

    • Socially oriented territorial regeneration

    • Strategy for Data

    • Supporting Digital Social Innovation & Tech for Good entrepreneurship

    • Sustainable Finance

    • Tech for Good

  • Ecosystem focus

    • Proximity economy

    • Social economy

  • Scope of activity

    • International

    • Local/neighbourhood

    • National

    • Regional

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Viktorija Bražiūnaitė is the head of the Lithuanian Social Business Association (LISVA), which is active in the field of social entrepreneurship and innovation. She is also involved in various social business initiatives and projects both in Lithuania and internationally.

LISVA is a national umbrella organisation uniting social enterprises and their representatives in Lithuania. The association aims to promote the development of social enterprises and strengthen the ecosystem in this field. The main objective of LISVA is to represent the interests of social enterprises, advocate for favourable public policies for social enterprises and create opportunities for cooperation between different sectors.

Viktorija pays particular attention to promoting regional innovation and strengthening opportunities for economic breakthrough. She strives to ensure that social business is perceived not only as a driver of social change, but also as an effective way to stimulate regional economic development.

LISVA key priorities:

  • Advocacy for social business development policies and legal recognition.
  • Strengthening the social business ecosystem through partnerships and collaboration.
  • Capacity building and leadership development for social business representatives.
  • Increasing visibility and public awareness of the impact of social business.
  • Ensuring financial sustainability and resilience of social enterprises.

Discussion topics relevant to LISVA and the wider network:

  • Building and strengthening the social business ecosystem  
  • Visibility and public awareness of social business impact  
  • Social business policy and regulatory frameworks:
  • Capacity building and leadership development  
  • Financial sustainability and resilience of social enterprises  
  • International cooperation and networking 

LinkedIn

"We will encourage our members and partners to use the Proximity and Social Economy Platform not only as a networking space, but also as a strategic tool to strengthen the social economy ecosystem. It is a valuable resource for broadening ongoing discussions, sharing experiences and know-how, and gaining insights from best practices within the social economy community. By using this platform, we can build stronger partnerships, increase the visibility of social business impact and work together towards financial sustainability and resilience"

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