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First two days were dedicated to learning more about Panevezys while planning to launch Uncommon.lt there. Vytautas Kalinauskas, Project Manager at Panevezys City Municipality, City Development Department and Monika Miniotaite, Business Environment Project Manager at Panevezys NOW shared the plans on Panevezys development.

"During our first stop in Panevezys, we had arranged meetings with various private and public sector leaders. We met with various technology education organizations, visited ambitious National robotics projects and even met with the Mayor R. Rackauskas himself. The highlight of the trip to Panevezys was meeting with the team from the Open Youth Center. It's such a cool and important space and we are looking forward to partnering with them in the future," shared Peter Kazickas.

 

Peter Kazickas and KFF team visited RoboLabas, STEM Center that will open its doors this fall and Vocational Training Center where they received lots of important facts regarding the technology education and professional training. During the visit to one of larger and very successful business where engineers are in high demand, visitors learned about the plans to launch their own academy that would train future employees with specific skills and knowledge needed for the particular jobs. Most importantly, Peter made important connections with young active Panevezys residents who deeply care about their town and its future, including an Open Youth Center team that welcomed Peter with such an excitement and are looking forward to working together, sharing their knowledge, experience and talents.

 

"Over the next few days we met with more Education specialists and interviewed potential candidates for Uncommon.lt. We are very excited by the talented Lithuanians who applied to join us in launching Uncommon and can't wait to get to work soon," continued Peter. 

In Vilnius, Peter also met with the representatives of Teachers Lead Tech, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport and Devbridge with a goal to expand the network of stakeholders. To summarize just a few first days in Lithuania, lots of significant work was done expanding the network and gathering all the important information for Peter's new initiative Uncommon.lt. Thanks to many incredible people, now he is more aware of what Lithuania needs, how people think and work here.