Let yourself be tempted by the fruits of the projects we finance!
Eve is the single information point on European education, training, culture and youth projects. It showcases
thousand of projects and their results, from the Culture, Youth and Lifelong Learning Programmes
(Erasmus, Leonardo Da Vinci, Comenius, Grundtvig, …).
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One in five young people in Europe cannot find a job. The lack of quality employment opportunities threatens an increasing number of young people with a sense of exclusion
There is no single remedy, but there is a need for wide-ranging efforts to seek solutions. The EU programme Youth in Action is a valuable part of these efforts, with its focus on learning through experience. A newly published brochure ‘Youth Employment’ gives some examples of how non-formal learning and Youth in Action contribute to building up young people’s knowledge and skills, and give them a glimpse of what it requires to seek and hold down a job or to become an entrepreneur.
On January 5, 2012, the director of the secretariat of the Society Integration Foundation, Mrs. Aija Bauere particitapted in discussion on Latvian Radio about financing model for non-governmental organization and the establishment of the NGO fund in Latvia. As noted by Mrs. A.Bauere “Presently it is very important to ensure qualitative participation of society in decision making in various levels – both nation and local. Therefore it is essential to strengthen the non-governmental sector. To achieve this objective – stable funding for the sector is of importance now and in future”
Riga Stradins University (RSU) in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in the Baltics www.fes-baltic.lv has set up a student radio “speak louder” runaskalak.lv, which opened on February 10, 2011.
Student radio “speak louder” archive mode will be played all day, but live four times a week – from Tuesday to Friday from 19.00 to 21.00.
Winterfest – Herman Braun Foundation’s annual International music festival. It is being held from November till the middle of February. The first one took place in 1999. Winterfest is rather a set of concerts to celebrate the occasions of Christmas in December, New Year and Orthodox Christmas in January, consequently, and the regular anniversary of Herman Braun Foundation in February.
More information: www.hbf.lv
16th International Baltic Ballet Festival in 2011- from April 11. to 19.!
Youth and national minority initiatives, education and integration progress society continues cooperation with one of the best known international festivals in Latvia and abroad – the International Baltic Ballet Festival.
More informations: http://www.ballet-festival.lv
Youth and national minority initiatives, education and integration progress society has started a new cooperation with one of the best known festivals in Latvia – the International Baltic Ballet Festival.
This year’ s International Baltic Ballet Festival is held between 16 and 29 April; the compact yet challengingly dynamic programme offers two weeks worth of contemporary dance events, commencing traditionally with an opening concert at Riga Central Railway Station at 5 pm on 16 April 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
We have joined the national Latvian network of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures.
The Anna Lindh Foundation is an organisation shared and resourced by over forty Euro-Mediterranean countries, to bring people together as a way to promote dialogue between cultures and respect for diversity.
Our organization is participating in international project “IYI – Improving the quality of international youth projects”, which is organized by Youth Centre for non-formal education – CnC from Croatia.
We are working on 2 different music exchange projects with partners from Russia. Deadline for submission of proposals: 12 October 2009.
The programme: Support to EU – Russia Cultural Cooperation Initiatives (Action Programme 2009 Russian Federation). http://www.delrus.ec.europa.eu/en/p_634.htm
