Public Activities

Dr. Avizienis was one of the founders of Czesław Miłosz Birthplace Foundation in 1995. Now he is its director. The principal goals of the Foundation are:
• To restore and protect Šeteniai, the birthplace of Czesław Miłosz.
• To promote the knowledge and appreciation of the ideas and of the literary works of Cz Miłosz.
• To nurture creative interchanges between writers, scholars, and students of Lithuania and its neighboring countries.
• To establish and maintain at Šeteniai a conference center dedicated to the attainment of the above goals.
• To raise funds for the support of the Foundation’s activities and to promote the protection of the Nevėžis river valley around Šeteniai.

In 2002 Dr. Avizienis was elected to Kaunas City Counsil and was the Chairman of the committee of urban development and ecology.

Since 2003 Dr. Avizienis is a member of Homeland Union. He was its candidate to European Parliament. Currently Dr. Avizienis was an advisor of Kaunas City mayor.