ECONOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE (ERC) is a non profit company. Since 1992 ERC is operating as a research institution carrying out its original projects and as a consulting company working for domestic and foreign companies and institutions. ERC maintains relations with various Lithuanian governmental and municipal institutions, regional and national business and industry organisations. ERC also has a working relationship with research institutions and consultancy companies in Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Azerbaijan and other countries. Main areas of our activities are social-economic research, development of public infrastructure (feasibility studies), local and regional development (strategies, capacity building, establishment of partnerships and local participation, etc.), technical assistance projects, organisation of events.