On May 14, 2020, The Cabinet of Ministers approved the Conceptual Report* of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (VARAM) on the implementation of the Participatory budgeting in Latvia. This report was...
Photo (c): Laura Verza The lack of visibility, specialized training, support network and infrastructure, as well as limited access to finance are the main burdens that slow down the transition towards social economy and...
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The Participatory budgeting is an innovative tool for citizens participation, enabling citizens to determine how part of the local government or state budget is spent. The Participatory budgeting as an approach was launched in...
“Social Innovation Centre” representatives will meet with experts on access to information field – the representatives of the international organisation Access Info Europe www.access-info.org – this April this year to learn from the best,...
The project “Envisioning the future of teaching and training for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship” (VISION) aims to advance Europe’s capacity and effectiveness in teaching and training for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship (CIE). These three...
Together with project partners from France, Poland, and Spain SIC has started activities within a project called “YOUC! Promoting Youth Participation in Local Communities”. This project aims to improve the expertise of youth, civic organizations,...
On April 25th almost 50 young people from all around Latvia met at the European Union House in Riga to learn more about the access and freedom of Information. This event was organized in the...
At the end of March partners of project “Empowering Participatory Budgeting in the Baltic Sea Region – EmPaci” met in Rostock, for the kick-off meeting. The project will last for 2,5 years and focus...
This week partners met for the first time in Gdansk, Poland for a kick-off meeting of the project “Strengthening civil society rights by information access for European youth” or SIA4Y. The idea of this...
