The European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) is the first Macro-regional Strategy in Europe. The Strategy was approved by the European Council in 2009 following a communication from the European Commission. The Strategy is divided into three objectives, which represent the three key challenges of the Strategy: saving the sea, connecting the region and increasing prosperity. Each objective relates to a wide range of policies and has an impact on the other objectives.

Researchers from LCSS (Lithuania Centre for Social Sciences) Institute of Economics and Rural Development summarized insights on the development of the entrepreneurship and social economy, the "just" transformation, as well as short and sustainable supply chains in Lithuania.

On 15–16th September 2022, researchers from the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (LCSS), Institute of Economics and Rural Development dr. Živilė Gedminaitė-Raudonė and dr. Rita Lankauskienė took part in the International scientific conference “Cooperation and experience of science in support of policies for rural development”, devoted to the 20th Anniversary of the European Rural Development Network, ERDN (2002–2022), which took place in Mielno, Poland.