Proposals of the Ministry of Finance will contribute to the timely and successful implementation of the plan “New Generation Lithuania”
The Government has approved the proposals of the Ministry of Finance to modify the plan “New Generation Lithuania” (NGL). The modifications will allow for a better management of the implementation risks of the NGL plan and ensure that the responsible ministries can implement the planned investments and reforms on time by the end of the eligibility period of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) in August 2026.
The need to modify the NGL plan arose for objective reasons: insufficient demand for certain measures, changed alternatives to implementing measures, increased costs and other circumstances that have made it impossible to fulfil the planned milestones on time or in full.
The updated NGL plan also allows for the submission of further payment requests to the European Commission (EC) for the results achieved. Lithuania has so far submitted three payment requests to the EC.
A total of 70 milestones of the NGL plan are being modified and funds from three measures under the NGL plan are being reallocated. Almost all modifications in the milestones are related to the revision of investment measures, and the reallocation of funds additionally finances new activities: the development of infrastructure for cycling and walking paths, the electrification of railways and the acquisition of forest land worthy of acquisition for the benefit of the State for environmental reasons.
At the same time, three reform milestones relating to the implementation of the reform of interurban transport, amendments to the legislation on minimum income protection and amendments to the Law on Unemployment Social Insurance are being revised.
The proposals to modify the NGL plan were submitted and agreed by the Ministries of Environment, Economy and Innovation, Energy, Social Security and Labour, Transport and Communications, Health, Education, Science and Sport and Agriculture.
The NGL plan, as amended, will be submitted to the European Commission for assessment as soon as possible and, in accordance with the deadlines set, the approval of the modified plan could be included in the ECOFIN Council meeting in June or July 2025.
Last updated: 08-05-2025
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