ICT for global companies
Lithuania‘s tech ecosystem has matured over the last decade and currently shows an explicit capability to promote innovation across multiple sectors. Together with the well-developed Fintech sector, globally acknowledged IT players, local tech stars, and a rapidly growing community of high-end startups, GBS & ICT centres all play an important role how the ecosystem develops. The variety and complexion of technology solutions developed and performed at Lithuania-based GBS & ICT centres is continuously growing and evolving from usual customer support operations to the creation of advanced software products, cyber security solutions, and even AI algorithms.
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Reasons to choose Lithuania
1. Talent Pool
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36,000Software developers in the marketSource: StackOverflow, 2020 -
2,500new specialists injected into the market annually from specialized coding schoolsSource: Lithuania’s business services report 2021 -
1st globallyfor digital skills availabilitySource: IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, IMD World Competitiveness Center, 2023 -
2nd in the EUfor employment of female ICT specialistsSource: Eurostat, 2019 data
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2. GBS & ICT centres by functions provided
70% of Lithuanian GBS centres perform IT functions. You’ll find a breakdown of the IT functions they perform above.Source: Invest Lithuania, Lithuania’s Business Services Report 2021
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3. Most popular programming languages in GBS & ICT centres
Source: Invest Lithuania, Lithuania’s Business Services Report 2021
4. Reliable digital infrastructure
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6th globallyfor Global Cyber Security IndexSource: e-Governance Academy Foundation, 2021 -
3rdglobally for fiber coverageSource: OECD, 2019 -
6th in EUfor digital public servicesSource: Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) 2020, European Commission
5. Enhancing tech-savvy culture
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RockitROCKIT is the prime space in Lithuania where top fintech innovators, creators, and founders are building the future of Financial Technologies. -
Tech ZityAn ICT startup hub, uniting ecosystem players with a mutual goal – to shape the region’s startup ecosystem and grow together internationally.
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Women Go TechThe first mentorship and counselling programme in Lithuania for women seeking careers in the technology sector. -
AI BOOSTIn 2019, Lithuania launched its National AI strategy and in 2020 it opened the AI BOOST platform to consolidate and strengthen the country’s AI ecosystem. The platform also provides a one-stop AI information source and meeting point for developers, the broader society, the government and other stakeholders.
What’s happening
in the sector
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Global Business Services & ICTGlobal electronic components distributor Mouser Electronics chooses Vilnius for new customer service centreOct 25, 2023 -
Global Business Services & ICTSustainable technologies leader Johnson Matthey to establish a GBS centre in LithuaniaOct 09, 2023 -
OpinionThe evolving picture of Diversity and Inclusion in the Lithuanian GBS SectorSep 22, 2023
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