Description
The project will contribute promotion of active civil society in Ventspils city and Ventspils district. The Project will support NGO activity in Ventspils city and Ventspils region organizing common public events, promote new NGO activities, attract new members and volunteers and disseminate information about the possibilities to engage in NGO activities. Representatives of the Organization will regularly participate in decision making processes at the municipality level and provide expert consultations on the NGO sector to the municipality. In cooperation with the Association for the National Culture Societies of Ventspils the Project promoter will monitor several Russian speaking NGOs, train and consult their members in order foster integration process in the region. Target group: inhabitants of Ventspils city and the region, young people and national minorities.
Summary of project results
The aim of the Project was to promote the development of the public sector and activation in Ventspils city and Ventspils district. During the project local NGOs and municipalities have been regularly and systematically provided with consultative, educational, methodical support in the field of civil society development, and with basic infrastructure for NGO activity. This motivated the local organized society (NGO representatives) for collaboration in processes of planning Ventspils regional development and decision making. Within the programme support for Ventspils city and region NGOs has been provided; strengthened the unity of NGOs by organizing common events; NGO representatives with voting rights have regularly actively operated in Ventspils City council commissions and committees; involvement of public and individuals in political process on the level of municipality and state was promoted (the number of interested people who took part in city’s strategic planning meeting was especially high); the youth activity was promoted by organizing 2 training courses about Erasmus+ project application preparation; 9 project applications for fund raising were prepared by Ventspils NGO support centre, 6 of them were approved and implemented. Acquired experience in various Latvian regions has made it possible to compare and adopt best practices, get new ideas for future action.
Summary of bilateral results