Eastern Europe partnership and investment association (Rytų Europos partnerystės ir investicijų asociacija) (further – Association) is a public entity, which goal is to coordinate Association members’ activities, to represent and to protect interests of the members, or to meet other public interests. Goals of Association activities: • make better conditions for economic and business cooperation as well as functioning for all forms of ownership in development cooperation in Lithuania and Eastern Europe-based companies; • represent interests of Association members’, defend their legitimate interests in the state, community and international organizations; • coordinate actions of Association members’ to achieve common goals; • develop an open, civic and democratic society; • coordination of law and governance norms for cooperation and investment; • bring together Lithuanian business entities that wish to export their goods and services in Eastern Europe.