{"id":35146,"date":"2025-08-15T15:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utena.lt\/about-utena\/bendradarbiavimas\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T17:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:37:53","slug":"bendradarbiavimas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utena.lt\/en\/about-utena\/bendradarbiavimas\/","title":{"rendered":"International cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35146\" class=\"elementor elementor-35146 elementor-26166\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bac3c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8bac3c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e1337 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52e1337\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0052a9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"0052a9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n<b>Deprecated<\/b>:  ltrim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in <b>\/home\/utenaadmin\/public_html\/wp-includes\/formatting.php<\/b> on line <b>4487<\/b><br \/>\n<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64472c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64472c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">International cooperation<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff364d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ff364d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef5eb8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ef5eb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-062425c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"062425c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>International cooperationInternational relations<\/h4><p>The international cooperation of Utena District Municipality with foreign partner cities is part of the city&#8217;s openness, growth and international dialogue. In order to promote cultural exchange, economic cooperation, educational and youth projects and the sharing of good practices in various areas of local government, we maintain relations with cities in various countries.<\/p><p>Utena District Municipality cooperates with the cities of Lidk\u00f6ping (Sweden), Preiliai, R\u0117zekne (Latvia), T\u0159ebo\u0148 (Czech Republic), Che\u0142m (Poland), Pontinia (Italy), Kovel (Ukraine), Beit Sahour (Palestine), Gori (Georgia).vimas<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cdadfb2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4cdadfb2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ac46f6e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ac46f6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c436c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34c436c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31bd4990 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31bd4990\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f400c43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f400c43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26704\" src=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/trebon-97x114-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"113\" \/>On 10 October 1997, a cooperation agreement was signed and approved by the Utena District Council on 26 November 1997 between the city of Utena in the Republic of Lithuania and the city of Trebon in the Czech Republic. The cities agreed to cooperate in the fields of culture, education, tourism and sports.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc8ffdc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc8ffdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fef6941 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fef6941\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5990c6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5990c6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26705 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lidkoping-96x116-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"116\" \/>On 7 July 1997, the Utena District Council approved the cooperation agreement concluded on 12 June 1997 between the Swedish Lidk\u00f6ping Municipality and the Utena District Municipality. The municipalities decided to exchange knowledge and experience in the following areas: care for the elderly, development of local democracy, development of free enterprise, district heating, waste collection and wastewater system. On 18 April 2008, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Lidk\u00f6ping Municipality (Kingdom of Sweden) and the Utena District Municipality for another five years, which provides for the following areas of focus: care for the elderly and people with disabilities, education, social security, culture, sports, environmental protection, tourism, small business and trade, and cooperation in projects financed by the European Union.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36ab9fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36ab9fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fcab40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8fcab40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ddb28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9ddb28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26706 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/preili-96x113-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"113\" \/>On December 10, 1997, a cooperation agreement was concluded with the Preiliai District Municipality of Latvia and approved by the Utena District Council on December 23, 1997. The Utena and Preiliai District Municipalities agreed to exchange knowledge and experience in the areas of health care and social welfare, development of democracy, development of free business, development of industry, trade, agriculture, transport and communications, planning, culture, science, environmental protection, tourism and sports, district heating, waste collection and wastewater system improvement, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f48b59e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f48b59e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-554dfc0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"554dfc0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dd4107 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dd4107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26707\" src=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rezekne.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"114\" \/>On September 3, 2016, Utena District Municipality signed a cooperation agreement with the city of R\u0117zekne (Latvia). On September 3, 2016, on the occasion of the 755th anniversary of the city of Utena, Utena District Municipality and Rezekne City Municipality (Republic of Latvia) signed a cooperation agreement, in which they committed to cooperate at the local government level and pay special attention to economic cooperation, development of investment projects, cooperation in the areas of small and medium-sized businesses, education, culture and sports, and to pay special attention to the partnership of youth organizations, environmental protection and tourism, health and social security. The Utena District Municipality Council approved the cooperation agreement with the city of Rezekne by decision No. TS-234 of August 25, 2016.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf3519b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf3519b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5164417 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5164417\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f9ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53f9ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26708 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pontinia-96x132-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"132\" \/>On March 10, 1998, the Utena District Council approved the cooperation agreement concluded on February 10, 1998 between the Utena District Municipality and the Pontinia Municipality in Italy. The twin cities agreed to exchange knowledge and experience in the following areas: development of local democracy, development of free business, and health care. It was also agreed to create contacts between the residents of Pontinia and Utena, and to provide the residents (citizens) of the cities with the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience in different areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0019ad7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0019ad7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d615fa0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d615fa0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe05c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbe05c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26709\" src=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chelm-99x158-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"153\" \/>On May 6, 1998, the Utena District Council approved the Cooperation Agreement between the City of Utena of the Republic of Lithuania and the City of Chelm of the Republic of Poland, concluded on April 2, 1998. The municipalities agreed to constantly exchange experience and seek common solutions in the following areas: environmental protection, health protection and social care, education and upbringing, culture, sports, tourism. In order to implement the joint agreements in accordance with the current laws of the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Poland, the parties agreed to support various forms of cooperation between enterprise collectives, associations, foundations, and institutions. It was also decided to exchange local municipal institutions, enterprises, educational, cultural and sports institutions, and during the holidays, youth and schoolchild delegations, to promote cultural exchange by exchanging performances of art collectives and professional performers, tourist groups, exhibitions, museum expositions, to organize fairs, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84451ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84451ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e19f5f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e19f5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dcb34c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dcb34c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26710\" src=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kovel_city_-98x128-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"125\" \/>On September 30, 2004, the Utena District Municipality Council, by decision No. T-257, approved the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Utena District Municipality and the city of Kovel, Republic of Ukraine. This agreement was signed in Kovel on May 20, 2005. It was decided to cooperate in economic activity, trade, business, ecology, municipal services, transport, education, culture, sports, tourism, health care and other areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d0281 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66d0281\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e51f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"65e51f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd00c3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd00c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26711\" src=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Beit_Sahour.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"113\" \/>On September 5, 2015, Utena District Municipality signed a cooperation agreement with the Municipality of Beit Sahour (Palestine). The parties committed to cooperate at the local government level and to pay special attention to cooperation in the areas of education and youth cooperation, culture, historical and religious heritage, sports, social security, environmental protection, tourism, economic cooperation, trade, small business and crafts, and relations between municipal-level institutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2f4b64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2f4b64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98180bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98180bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86b847d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86b847d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26712\" src=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gruzija-300x257.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gruzija-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/utena.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gruzija.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/>On May 25, 2019, Utena District Municipality signed a friendship and mutual cooperation agreement with the city of Gori (Georgia). 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