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ANNUAL MEETING SWISS-LATVIAN COOPERATION PROGRAMME April 2014 – March 2015

ANNUAL MEETING SWISS-LATVIAN COOPERATION PROGRAMME April 2014 – March 2015. Riga , 25 March 2015. Agenda. Bilateral relations Financial progress Implementation of work plan 2014, results and impact Work plan for 2015 Publicity/Swissness and Media monitoring Overall conclusions.

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ANNUAL MEETING SWISS-LATVIAN COOPERATION PROGRAMME April 2014 – March 2015

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  1. ANNUAL MEETING SWISS-LATVIAN COOPERATION PROGRAMMEApril 2014 – March 2015 Riga, 25 March 2015

  2. Agenda • Bilateral relations • Financial progress • Implementation of work plan 2014, results and impact • Work plan for 2015 • Publicity/Swissness and Media monitoring • Overall conclusions

  3. 1.1. Economic cooperation between countries

  4. 1.2. Cooperationinotherfields

  5. Agenda • Bilateral relations • Financial progress • Implementation of work plan 2014, results and impact • Work plan for 2015 • Publicity/Swissness and Media monitoring • Overall conclusions

  6. 2.1. Financial progress: Committments

  7. 2.2. Financial progress: Received and planned reimbursements from Switzerland * In 2015 0,7 M CHF already received.

  8. 2.3. Financial progress: ReimbursementsfromSwitzerlandin 2014

  9. Agenda • Bilateral relations • Financial progress • Implementation of work plan 2014, results and impact • Work plan for 2015 • Publicity/Swissness and Media monitoring • Overall conclusions

  10. 3.1. Youth initiatives project

  11. 3.2. Fire safety project NEW! Fire blankets will be procured and external research on project’s impact and sustainability carried out

  12. 3.3. Micro lending programme Completed 8 months earlier! *Grant applied when all loan agreement terms are completed and business plan successfully implemented (allocation of new grants were stopped since Aug 2013).

  13. 3.4. World Bank project Activities of CFRR prolonged till 30 April 2015! *IT System for the Oversight of Sworn Auditors will be carried out by EA in case financing is sufficient.

  14. 3.5.Sarkandaugava project

  15. 3.6. Scholarship Fund NEW! Additional financing ~ 300 thsd. CHF transferred from Swiss researchers' project *For each fellowship automatically 3 short visits are approved.

  16. 3.7. Swiss researchers’ activities in Latvia *In average fellowships for 7 calendar days.

  17. Agenda • Bilateral relations • Financial progress • Implementation of work plan 2014, results and impact • Work plan for 2015 • Publicity/Swissness and Media monitoring • Overall conclusions

  18. 4.1. Work plan for 2015 (I)

  19. 4.2. Work plan for 2015 (II)

  20. 4.3. Work plan for 2015 (III)

  21. Agenda • Bilateral relations • Financial progress • Implementation of work plan 2014, results and impact • Work plan for 2015 • Publicity/Swissness and Media monitoring • Overall conclusions

  22. 5.1. Publicyt/Swissness Latvian delegation participated in the International Congress on Vocational and Professional Education and Training Skills for the Future held on 15 to 18 September 2014 in Switzerland. Experience was gainedabout: vocational and professional education system, collaboration between involved parties and expenses for the education system in Switzerland.The Memorandum of Cooperation was signed.

  23. 5.2. Publicty/Swissness – Micro lendingprogramme In the kindergarten in Riga the opening event – Microlending programme’s 1000th beneficiary(micro loan for kitchen’s furnishing).

  24. 5.3. Publicity/Swissness – Youth initiatves project International conference “Support for the youth work development in Latvia and Europe on 5 to 7 November 2014 in Jurmala. 250 participants from 7 countries (Latvia, Switzerland, Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium, Norway and Austria) attended. Experience about national youth policy and NGO’s role in youth work development in Switzerland was delivered. Wide publicity was in the Internet and social media.

  25. 5.4. Publicty/Swissness -Sarkandaugava project On 28 October 2014 the delegation of Switzerland’s parliament’s deputies visited Sarkandaugava project at the implementation site.

  26. 5.5. Publicty/Swissness – Fire safety project An experience exchange visit was organized to project partner in Switzerland in October 2014. Know how about raising public awareness of fire safety issues, experience and training for fire safety matters, including e-learning was gained.

  27. 5.6. Publicty/Swissness – Swiss researchers’ activities Swiss researchers’ visits to Latvian universities enhanced bilateral relationships: • positive feedback from Swiss researchers received • further cooperation developed «outside the project» Mr.Carl Olsen, Swiss Business School, lectured in Latvia 4 times.

  28. 5.7. Media monitoring in 2014 (I) Number of publications/broadcast by months

  29. 5.8. Media monitoring 2014 (II) Number of publications/broadcasts by projects

  30. 5.9. Media monitoring 2014 (III) Number of publications/broadcasts by media type (%)

  31. 5.10. Media monitoring in 2014 (IV) Publications/broadcasts by tone (%)

  32. Agenda • Bilateral relations • Financial progress • Implementation of work plan 2014, results and impact • Work plan for 2015 • Publicity/Swissness and Media monitoring • Overall conclusions

  33. 6.Overall conclusions Overall progress – successful because: target indicators of projects are even overreached: • Modernization of courts project’s results–for 30% moreequipment units installed • 12 extra subprojects implemented within the NGO fund • for 25% more micro loans allocated within the Microlending programme • 5 extra youth centres will be established within the Youth initiatives project Additional activities financed: • External research under the NGO fund, Modernization of courts project and Fire safety project • Fire safety WEB game and fire blankets • Production of video stories and media monitoring within the TAF Goodgovernance: • Non-eligible expenditures only 0,4% – well below standard materiality level of 2%; Only one irregularity report during this reporting period • day to day communication between involved institutions in all levels

  34. ThankYoufor attention! The President of the Swiss Confederation Mr.Didier Burkhalter and the Speaker of the Parliament of Latvia Ms.Solvita Aboltina strengthening bilateral relationships on the high level in Riga on 11 September 2014 Picture from http://www.saeima.lv/lv/galleries/view/3411

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