This study was led by Willem Adema and Marissa Plouin (ELS), and drafted by Marissa Plouin (ELS), Federica De Pace and Francesca Papa (ECO), with extensive inputs from Willem Adema, Senior Economist (ELS), Isabell Koske, Deputy Director, Country Studies (ECO) and Filippo Cavassini, Senior Economist (ECO). Stefano Scarpetta, Director, Mark Pearson, Deputy Director, Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor and Head of the Social Policy Division (ELS), and Alvaro Pereira, Director, Country Studies (ECO), provided guidance and inputs. Ali Bargu, Pauline Fron (ELS), and Jakob Brunnengräber (ECO) also contributed to the report. Hanna Varkki (ELS) prepared the report for publication.
The project team of Lithuanian authorities was led by Dainius Čergelis from the Ministry of Environment and Soneta Brinienė and Asta Misiukienė from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. The OECD gratefully acknowledges the financial support by the Lithuanian Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Social Security and Labour towards the preparation of this report. The OECD Secretariat also thanks the numerous Lithuanian officials and stakeholders who participated in candid exchanges with the OECD and shared their views on housing challenges and potential ways forward, including representatives from the Ministry of Social Security and Labour; the Ministry of Environment; the Ministry of Interior; the Ministry of Energy; the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Justice; the State Data Agency; the State Tax Inspectorate; the Central Project Management Agency; the municipalities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevėžys and Plungė; the municipal enterprise, Vilnius City Housing; the Lithuanian Real Estate Development Association; the Public Investment Development Agency; the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists; the Lithuanian Banking Association; the Lithuanian Energy Institute; the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences; the National Land Service; the State Enterprise Center of Registers; and the Lithuanian National Anti-Poverty Network.
A previous version of the report was discussed at a workshop jointly organised with the delegates of the OECD Economic and Development Review Committee and the OECD Working Party on Social Policy. Thanks are extended to the participants for valuable comments and insights.