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On June 23, Jurate Kazickas, the President of the KFF and Zenonas Bedalis, the KFF Executive Director of Vilnius bureau visited the President Adamkus Library , which is the first Presidential Library in Europe, currently under construction. They were greeted by Prof. Egidijus Aleksandravicius, member of the Board of Directors, and Arunas Antanaitis, Director of the Presidential Library. On July 13, Neila Baumiliene, the KFF Executive Director of New York bureau also met with Arunas Antanaitis.
The Lithuanian government gave a grant of 3 mln Litai (868 860 Euros) for the reconstruction of the building. The KFF grant of $125 000 will used for the improvements of the Library’s reconstruction designs and the reconstruction itself. The library has been created according to the American tradition when a former President gives his archives, historic documents and personal things to a museum. Its founders are the former President Valdas Adamkus, Kaunas Municipality and Vytautas Magnus University.