OSMOS

A Baltic think & do tank creating and reflecting new mutually beneficial international partnerships.

[OSMOS @OSMOSBaltics]

New Year --> New Habits 🖖
Follow our Journeys on LinkedIn:
https://t.co/H22FLqXLOg

📽 Benas Gerdžiūnas & Tomas Krilavičius
📌 Somewhere between Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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Find out more: https://t.co/mbZnXUtZob

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Back in Nov, we joined a community of labor mobility experts and Commissioner @YlvaJohansson at the annual @ICMPD LMPN Conference.

Our @ZSvedkauskas had the privilege to moderate a workshop on bridging EU ICT skills gaps with mobility opportunities for global tech talents.

[OSMOS @OSMOSBaltics]

Thrilled for launch of #Iraq-#KRI-#Lithuania public sector knowledge exchange on data in public services. Huge thanks to our partners @FiveOneLabs and leaders who contributed to this important dialogue. Excited for future exchanges in Lithuania in 2025! Find out all about it 🔻

[Kurdistan Chronicle @KrdChronicle]

“Data analytics and data science serve as a horizontal priority that goes throughout all the pillars of Digital Explorers - Iraq Edition.”

Read more: https://t.co/pGy7FQtZvY

[Žilvinas Švedkauskas @ZSvedkauskas]

Shared some thoughts with @15minlt on #Iran losing strategic patience and handing #Israel arguments for a large-scale retaliation [in 🇱🇹]:
https://t.co/o82Ppexlip

[Žilvinas Švedkauskas @ZSvedkauskas]

As incoming commissioners were revealed in #BRX, I had a chance to catch up with CEE policy thinkers and doers in Warsaw #EuropeFutureForum. @VisegradInsight @ZEITstiftung, great to see the region talking and taking joint action at the EU level, thanks for getting us together!

[Digital Explorers @digitalxplorer]

#NAIJA BOOTCAMP MEMORIES📽️ As we prep for first relocations to Lithuania & Latvia and many Explorers are accelerating their careers through local internships, here´s a throwback to the data science training marathon in Nigeria, which we threw with Get Global by TeleSoftas👇

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#UkraineInAfrica #OSMOS

OSMOS own @ZSvedkauskas comments on the recent 🇺🇦 military moves in #Mali and #Sudan and reflects on their impact on Kyiv's home front and partnership potential in Africa 🌍

Find out more in LT @15minlt ⏭️
https://t.co/JMeUpCtpyp

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Last week, our @ZSvedkauskas briefed @OECD WP Migration about @digitalxplorer progress. In a room with policy leaders and migration experts, he highlighted the need for small states to work together while contributing to global talent circulation #SmallisBeautiful #Baltics

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Part I: https://t.co/vscex4kZUa, In LT: https://t.co/fCrzq0ji9W
https://t.co/FAXseEpXPW

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Looking for some inspiration to kick-start the week? - take a look at the photo story of Benas Gerdziunas about fresh perspectives and new beginnings in the Iraqi digital ecosystem 🇮🇶 ✨https://t.co/5BtSzOw6aB

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Last week our DE II team got the chance to experience Lagos. Read more about our trip in the article below:💻🏖️🎨 https://t.co/GJTCgNo2Mq

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Last week, our Digital Explorers - Iraq Edition team spent some quality time in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan, making new and rediscovering already established digital connections. Read more about their time in Iraq below. 📷📷
https://t.co/AsqtH5Ftm2...

[Žilvinas Švedkauskas @ZSvedkauskas]

🛎 My latest for @freedomhouse co-authored with @JUlinskaite (@TSPMI) aiming to put the Lithuanian 'year of elections' in proper context [Thread] ⤵️ https://t.co/L2xVuB5PEt

[Digital Explorers @digitalxplorer]

Digital Explorers team is in Iraq! 🇮🇶✌️

On Tuesday our team visited Sulaimani Polytechnic University (SPU) and we kicked off the works for reviewing and launching a long-awaited data science program. Read more about our visit there: https://t.co/PL5sZyDgEG

[OSMOS @OSMOSBaltics]

Hey, fellow data analysts from Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan! Accelerate your career with Digital Explorers - Iraq Edition! ⌨️🖱️

[Digital Explorers @digitalxplorer]

Hey, fellow data analysts in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan! Are you eager to accelerate your career by leveraging the #unexpectedconnection with Lithuania, one of Europe’s most advanced digital nations? 🖱
Visit https://t.co/BcWXeuomTt for more details and apply by May 9, 2024.🚀

[Digital Explorers @digitalxplorer]

Thrilled to Reconnect with you, Nairobi! 🌍

The Digital Explorers II team, in partnership with Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), organized a two-day bootcamp for 42 aspiring data analysts last week.

You can read more about the event here: https://t.co/0jyUhQMZpw

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Flashback to Brussels via @TecheconomyNG 👇 as we discussed the second edition of #DigitalExplorers and the big picture behind it: https://t.co/ebAZY6hp0U For those who have not yet applied 🔈 we are still on the lookout for tech talents: https://t.co/huyOrLOSJm

[Digital Explorers @digitalxplorer]

Psst, tech people in🇳🇬🇰🇪🇦🇲🤫
Want to accelerate your career? Been eagerly awaiting for our next season to connect with the digital Baltics? 👩‍🚀👨🏿‍🚀
Super excited to share that the wait is over - Digital Explorers II CfA is now OPEN:
https://t.co/XmhbevYWCf

[OSMOS @OSMOSBaltics]

We were excited to hear that our cost-benefits analysis inspired other colleagues to start conducting their evaluations. Special thanks to @ebarcevicius and @IvanovasVadimas for diving into methodologies and numbers together! Value for Money analysis - https://t.co/NmLijQipoq.🧶

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#BalticsinAfrica #ThrowbackThursday
Our reflective practitioner @LukasIvanauskas was on a special #KnowledgeSharing mission this November. 1/5🧶

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During the 🇪🇺#LMPN conference in Brussels on 22-23 Nov., Lukas presented a Value for Money analysis of the first @digitalxplorer pilot that showed that public investments in such talent partnerships initiatives pay off even with relatively limited numbers of participants. 4/5🧶