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New Year --> New Habits 🖖 Follow our Journeys on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/osmosp… 📽 Benas Gerdžiūnas & Tomas Krilavičius 📌 Somewhere between Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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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.

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 🔻

Shared some thoughts with @15minlt on #Iran losing strategic patience and handing #Israel arguments for a large-scale retaliation [in 🇱🇹]: 15min.lt/naujiena/aktua…

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!

#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👇

#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 ⏭️ 15min.lt/naujiena/aktua…

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

Part I: lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…, In LT: lrt.lt/naujienos/pasa… lrt.lt/naujienos/pasa…

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 🇮🇶 ✨lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…

Last week our DE II team got the chance to experience Lagos. Read more about our trip in the article below:💻🏖️🎨 linkedin.com/pulse/lagos-la…

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. 📷📷 linkedin.com/.../digital-ex…...

🛎 My latest for @freedomhouse co-authored with @JUlinskaite (@TSPMI) aiming to put the Lithuanian 'year of elections' in proper context [Thread] ⤵️ freedomhouse.org/country/lithua…

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: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

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

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: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Flashback to Brussels via @TecheconomyNG 👇 as we discussed the second edition of #DigitalExplorers and the big picture behind it: shorturl.at/giox5 For those who have not yet applied 🔈 we are still on the lookout for tech talents: shorturl.at/uzJX8

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: youtube.com/watch?v=N_NGod…

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 - tinyurl.com/47uk26yk.🧶

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🧶

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