Nov. 9th, 2016, the conference, "Open Government Principle Implementation in Civil Service and Public Management" was held at Mykolas Romeris University (MRU).

MRU Rector Assoc. Prof. Algirdas Monkevičius and Civil Service Dept.. Director Osvaldas Šarmavičius delivered the welcome addresses.

During the conference, academics and civil service and public sector representatives presented papers, discussed how open government principles can help further advance the development of a country and how to increase citizen participation in the decision process.

The conference was organized by MRU in conjunction with the Civil Service Department, the National Anti-Corruption Association and "Versli Lietuva."