Web platform for Lithuania’s diplomatic network
A centralised web platform developed for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, enabling a single system to manage more than 50 Lithuanian diplomatic missions, consular offices, representations to international organisations and special missions across multiple languages. The solution ensures consistent information delivery, a unified user experience and efficient multilingual content management.
The challenge
The task
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs needed a modern web platform to replace separately administered diplomatic mission websites and enable centralised management. The system had to be flexible enough for each embassy or consular office to maintain its own content while using a shared architecture, design principles and functionality.
The platform had to support multilingual content, news publishing, event calendars, document publication, consular information, contact management, search and integrations with the ministry’s information systems. It was also essential to ensure a high level of security, straightforward administration and the ability to launch new diplomatic mission websites quickly using a unified model.
The result is a centralised web platform that simplified the administration of more than fifty websites, ensured consistent communications and reduced the cost of launching and maintaining new websites.
Main features
Multi-organisation web platform
A shared architecture for more than 50 diplomatic mission websites, enabling each organisation’s content to be created, configured and administered within one system.
Multimedia galleries
Management of photo, video and audio content, creation of galleries and albums, multimedia viewing and integration with external sources such as YouTube and Vimeo.
Information search and integrations
Advanced search, integrations with the ministry’s internal systems and databases, social media integrations and SEO tools.
Diplomatic mission website management
A shared template managed through one CMS, allowing an unlimited number of embassy, mission, consular office and special mission websites to be created, with modules enabled or disabled individually.
Multilingual content management
The MFA website supports Lithuanian, English, Russian and French, while diplomatic mission websites can use additional languages, alphabets and separate language structures.
Events calendar and registration
A calendar of events, meetings and other activities with categories, map locations, search and visitor registration.
Document and information resource management
Document upload, categorisation, search, browser viewing and downloads, including conversion of various document formats into browser-readable formats.
News and current affairs
Publication of news, announcements and articles by topic, category and period, with featured updates and automatic archiving.
Advanced content search
Basic and advanced search across articles, documents, photos, video, audio and other content, with automatic suggestions and filtering.
Forms, surveys and feedback
Creation and administration of dynamic online forms, surveys, tests and registration forms, as well as visitor comments and feedback, with results analysis.
Subscriptions and newsletters
Email and RSS subscriptions by topic or category, automated and semi-automated newsletter creation, and subscriber statistics.
Maps and geographic information
Google Maps integration for displaying the locations of diplomatic missions, events and other geographic objects.
Social media and communications integrations
Content sharing, likes, commenting and other social media functionality, with options to integrate blogs, forums and external applications.
Traffic analytics and administration statistics
Analysis of website traffic, users’ countries, visited pages, search phrases and other metrics, including Google Analytics integration.
The result
Centralised web platform for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website network
We created a multifunctional web platform that provides the common technology foundation for the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and its diplomatic missions. Separately administered solutions were replaced with a centralised system for managing the entire website network efficiently. The platform allows a new diplomatic mission website to be configured using shared components while maintaining a consistent visual identity and feature set. At the same time, each organisation can independently manage its content and publish news, documents, events and other relevant information. Integrations with the ministry’s internal systems, advanced search, multilingual support and a high-security infrastructure ensure reliable operation and provide a foundation for continued development as organisational needs evolve.
Project results
We delivered a unified web platform for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its diplomatic missions, covering the complete solution lifecycle—from assessment of the existing MFA website, requirements analysis, concept and design development to programming, integrations, data migration, testing, deployment, documentation and administrator training. A single CMS now hosts the MFA website and a flexible template for creating an unlimited number of diplomatic mission, consular office and special mission websites, with their structure, modules, languages and content managed individually. Long-term warranty support, maintenance and continued platform development were also planned after launch.
Long-term maintenance and development secured
Integrations implemented and data migrated
Testing, deployment and user training completed
Centralised modular CMS implemented
MFA website and multi-site diplomatic mission template created
Analysis completed and unified platform architecture designed