The Kaunas Heritage Management Programme (Paveldotvarkos programa) is a municipal scheme that supports the upkeep of historic buildings and other cultural heritage properties in Kaunas, Lithuania. Kaunas City Municipality initiated it in 2015 under Lithuania’s Law on the Protection of Immovable Cultural Heritage.2
The programme enables property owners and managers—including individuals, companies and co-owners—to seek full or partial municipal funding for conservation work.2 Eligible work can include restoration and repair, addressing urgent safety risks, improving façades, installing decorative lighting and adapting buildings for accessibility.2 Funding may cover up to 50% of eligible work on other municipal heritage properties and up to 75% for wooden architecture; full funding is possible in specified cases, including for particularly significant properties by municipal council decision.2
Eligible locations include Kaunas Old Town, the historic districts of Naujamiestis and Žaliakalnis, the former military barracks in Žemieji Šančiai, and the UNESCO-listed area “Kaunas Modernism: Architecture of Optimism, 1919–1939” or its buffer zone.2 The programme therefore supports both individual heritage buildings and properties located within designated heritage areas.2
The supplied article metadata describes the 2024 initiative as involving nearly €2 million and 62 buildings whose owners sought city support. The article’s full text could not be retrieved, so those figures cannot be independently verified against its body here. The available municipal programme information confirms the scheme’s 2015 launch and general remit, but does not identify individual project developers or named people involved.2