Embassy

National Network
Latvia
Address

Priezu street 3, Murjani, LV-2142
Riga District,
Latvia

Telephone
+371 26490983
E-Mail
uldisleiterts@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
uldis@unrepublic.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2005
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Media
General Information
Embassy is a non-profit NGO founded on April 1, 2005 in Riga, Latvia. We are working on intercultural dialogue projects like CulturePub (2010), BalticJapan Magazine (since 2009), 1001 actions for dialogue campagn activity in Riga (2006), Nihongo.lv (2002-2006). Embassy was formerly known as "Baltic Culture Society"
Mission and Objectives

We are working on mostly web based intercultural dialogue projects. Our aims is to promote global thinking and understanding between cultures.

Main Projects / Activities

BalticJapan Magazinehttp://www.balticjapan.com/
CulturePub, culture jokeshttp://bit.ly/CulturePub-group
1001 actions for dialogue action "Let me try your culture"http://bit.ly/1001actions

Contact (1) Full Name
Uldis Leiterts
Head of the organisation
Uldis Leiterts

Saldus Children and Youth Centre

National Network
Latvia
Address

Liela iela 3 B
Saldus, LV-3801
Latvia

Telephone
+ 371 26184183
E-Mail
rudite.muraseva@saldus.lv
E-Mail (2)
saldus.bjc@saldus.lv
E-Mail (3)
jic.skunis@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+371 26158508
Mobile Phone (other)
+ 371 29483495
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1963
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Youth and education
General Information

Saldus children and youth centre is a governmental organization. We are working in 3 directions - interest education (dancing, art, theater, music etc.) for children and youth; support and education for teachers and youth workers; support and free time activities for youth. In our center acting pupils council from Saldus district "I and wee". They organize a lot of activities for youth from our district and provide cooperation between self-government and young people. For 3 years we have special Youth initiative and free time centre "Skunis", in which young people can spend their free time or active member from NGO's organize activities for other. Our budget cams from district and town self-government. Main activities – different projects (youth exchanges, youth initiatives etc.); events, discussions, concerts, trainings, camps, seminars, conferences and other after school activities with youth for youth and our district. Main partners – schools, youth organizations from Latvia and Europe.

Mission and Objectives

Mission – to contribute participation and development of children and youth, as individuals and as formal, informal and interest groups. Objectives – to give different possibilities for children and youth in interest education - to promote youth activity and mobility, by using non-formal education and spreading information. - To support and cooperate of and with local youth organizations, interest groups and young people.

Main Projects / Activities

Each year: different concerts, exhibitions and festivals (participants are children and youth from hobby education groups); seminars, discussions, courses, camps for youth leaders, youth workers, teachers; project activities in Latvia and abroad. Example from last youth exchanges – “I am not dangerous, I am different” (in Saldus,2007.) - to structure the understanding and tolerant attitude of young people from different subcultures to participate in common art and culture activities. “Pyramid of friendship” (Turkey, 2008.) – to make pyramid, each side one country with idea to show understanding about world in each nationality. “Jammed” (Lihtenstein,2008) – to make music and record music in international groups. “Liquid life” (Germany - Bulgaria, 2008.)- youth navigates throu the Europe on Viking ships, this time peacefully and altogether. They developed the feeling for the word of “we” and unit a Europe, as ”we are all sitting in the same boat” etc.

Contact (1) Full Name
Rudite Muraseva
Head of the organisation
Dace Valko
Contact (2) Full Name
Agnija Jaunbrale

Do It Creative

National Network
Latvia
Address

Jelgava, Dārza iela 8, LV-3001
Jelgava,
Latvia

Telephone
0037129898728
E-Mail
info@doitcreative.lv
E-Mail (2)
vilnis.krauze@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
0037129898728
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2008
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
Youth organization “Do it creative” was established by group of young people in 2008 with the aim to promote young people’s involvement and the entrepreneurial character. The organization is a legal platform which would provide an opportunity to realize innovative and creative ideas and projects - building measures and promoting youth activity.
Mission and Objectives

“Do it creative” first of all come from youth interests and benefits, the organization is opened to all suggestions from the youth side and is ready to help young people to realize their ideas. Do it creative - it is not only the title of the organization - it is also the organization’s operating principle.

Main Projects / Activities

Local projects,
Programm "Youth in action"

Contact (1) Full Name
Vilnis Krauze
Head of the organisation
Vilnis Krauze

Latvian Literature Centre

National Network
Latvia
Address

Pērses iela 14-9, Riga, LV-1011 Latvia
Riga,
Latvia

Telephone
+371 67311021
Fax
+371 67311024
E-Mail
janis@literature.lv
E-Mail (2)
centre@literature.lv
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2002
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Media
  5. Research
  6. Youth and education
General Information
Latvian Literature Centre (LLC) is founded in 2002 by Latvian writers, critics, and publishers. Structure of the organization, including number of staff employed and/or partners: At the moment there are 3 people working for the LLC on regular basis. For certain large scale or specific projects the necessary professionals are employed for a definite period of time. Budgetary resources available in a year: 120 000 EUR Sources of funding: The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, Riga City Council, a.o. Modalities of action: * LLC co-ordinates information dissemination on the local and international level; * acts as a mediator between Latvian authors, publishers and translators on the one side and publishers and other interested actors abroad; * supports the translation of Latvian literature in foreign languages and its publication abroad; * initiates and organises projects linked to writing and translation, supports the participation of Latvia in international events; * takes part in book fairs; * develops and expands the data base of Latvian authors, translators and Latvian literature in translation; * publishes informative materials; * enhances activities on civil society and development co-operation. Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: Literature Across Frontiers network, the Internation Writers' and Translators' House in Ventspils, Books from Lithuania, Institul Ramon Llull, a.o.
Mission and Objectives

Latvian Literature Centre is a society established to ensure international recognition of and access to Latvian fiction, poetry, plays and children's literature.
The target audience of the LLC are writers, poets, publicists, translators, literary critics, publishers, copyright agents both in Latvia and abroad, governmental and non governmental organizations in Latvia and abroad, as well as readers all over the world.

Main Projects / Activities

since 2003 – coordination of the international literature centre programme Literature Across Frontiers in Latvia (with the support of EU and Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation)
since 2004 – management of the culture programme ‘Latvian Literature in the World’ (with the support of Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation)
since 2004 – International Festival ‘Prose Readings’ – concept creation, production and coordination of foreign guest-participants
05–11/05/2008 South meets East – Seminar on translation of Mediterranean and Latvian poetry, Ventspils, Latvia (with the support of Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation)
since 2004 – organiser of 5 international poetry translation workshops in Ventspils and Riga
02/2008 Baltic Book Fair 2008, Riga, Latvia – concept creation, coordination of the book presentation programme, and cooperation with the organisers of the Russian guest-country programme
05/2007 Coordination of the literary events at the international festival ‘French Spring in Latvia’, including production of the multimedia show ‘Colour Fairy Tales by Imants Ziedonis’
since 2002 – organisation of book readings, meetings of publishers and the national book stand as well as participation at book fairs and exhibitions in Paris, Leipzig, Prague, London, Istanbul, Gothenburg, Frankfurt, Moscow, etc.

Contact (1) Full Name
Janis Oga
Head of the organisation
Janis Oga

Centre "Marta"

National Network
Latvia
Address

Matisa street 49A - 11
Riga, LV-1009
Latvia

Telephone
+371 6 7378539
E-Mail
centrs@marta.lv
E-Mail (2)
iluta@marta.lv
Mobile Phone
+371 2 9264898
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2000
Fields of Activity
  1. Gender
General Information

Member organisations 23 + 41 individual members, the board consists of 5 persons, there is staff of 15 persons + volunteers. Financial resources of the organisation include different projects, several foundations, individual donations, and private sector. The main directions of the work: 1) to provide social services (lawyer, psychologist, psychotherapist, social worker, couching specialist) for women in difficult life situations (domestic violence, sex trafficking, and prostitution); 2) to promote equality between women and men by making campaigns and providing policy advocacy; 3) education (language studies – English, Latvian, as well as work with young boys and girls in the groups). Cooperation is made with institutions as Equality NOW, the European Women's Lobby, Swedish Women Martha Association in Finland, S-Kvinnor in Sweden, Zontas in Stockholm, etc.

Mission and Objectives

Mission of the Organization: To promote the protection of women`s rights and the betterment of the socioeconomic situation of women. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of the Resource Center for Women "Marta" is to facilitate gender equality and to protect the rights of women in Latvia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Main Projects / Activities

- To facilitate the social integration of low-income women; - To secure support services for victims of domestic violence, human trafficking and prostitution; - To develop broad cooperation between women`s organizations and facilitate a network of cooperation between women`s organizations in Latvia; - To influence and monitor processes of political development.

Contact (1) Full Name
Iluta Lace
Head of the organisation
Iluta Lace
Contact (2) Full Name
Dita Lace

Olga Zitluhina Dance Company

National Network
Latvia
Address

Auces St. 9-10, Riga, LV-1048
Riga,
Latvia

Telephone
+371 67619946
Telephone (other)
+371 7062436
Fax
+371 9643439
E-Mail
zitluhina@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+371 29643439
Mobile Phone (other)
+371 29557844
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Research
  5. Youth and education
General Information
Proffessional contemporary dance company Artistic director is teacher and choreographer Olga Zitluhina The company has 5 dancers The company works on regular basis, is based in Riga (capital of Latvia) but tours a lot nationally and internattionally
Mission and Objectives

As the first contemporary dance company in Latvia Olga Zitluhina Dance Company dedicates a lot of effort to the development and recognition of contemporary dance in Latvia.
Company sees its work as never-ending exploration of movement and its ways of communication with audience.
The company has always worked on international scale, knows how beneficial the collaboration projects are.
The company always has particular interest in collaborating with people and countries where contemporary dance as young or even younger as in Latvia.

Main Projects / Activities

Research, creation and performing of contemporary dance performances
Education work
The company is actively involved and Olga Zitluhina is artistic director of the International contemporary dance festival TIME TO DANCE.
In 2010 the company started work on 4 years project dedicated to the problems of environment. The first part of the project is called Ursus maritimus and it will premiere in November 2011.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ms. Olga Zitluhina (Artistic director)
Head of the organisation
Olga Zitluhina
Contact (2) Full Name
Madara Daudze (manager)

Culture. Tolerance. Friendship.

National Network
Latvia
Address

Lielvardes 121-70,
Riga,
Latvia

Telephone
+371 29109794
Telephone (other)
+371 67576790
Fax
+371 67576790
E-Mail
leonid@kid.lv
E-Mail (2)
info@kid.lv
E-Mail (3)
leonid.kelim@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1996
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Youth and education
General Information
NGO “Culture. Tolerance. Friendship.” is youth organization, which since 1996 is engaged in educational and support activities for minority young people including dissemination of information, publishing of information materials, booklets as well as training activities. The subject areas of our work are children and young people, ethnic minorities, lifelong learning, fundamental human rights, European citizenship and combating discrimination. We implement many various projects both on national and international levels for young people aiming to increase their capacities and abilities and make them more competitive, self-confident, skilled and smart.
Mission and Objectives

The overall objectives of the organization are promotion of tolerance and intercultural dialogue among young people; combating racism, xenofobia and discrimination; promotion of active participation of minority young people and European citizenship.

Main Projects / Activities

Educational activities for young people: seminars, summer camps, youth exchanges, publications, etc.

Contact (1) Full Name
Leonid Kelim
Head of the organisation
Leonid Kelim
Contact (2) Full Name
Dmitry Bocharov

Arabic Culture Center

National Network
Latvia
Address

Skolas str. 21
Riga, LV-1010
Latvia

Telephone
+371 25982985
E-Mail
houssamam@hotmail.com
E-Mail (2)
info@bakc.lv
E-Mail (3)
info@abumeri.lv
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2005
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information

The idea of the Arabic Culture Center (ACC) was established after the tragic and horrible events of 11 of September 2001, when we started realizing the increasing of a sort of phobia against Arabs and the stereotyping of Arabs as being a threat to peace and the civil world all over Europe and Latvia included.

Mission and Objectives

The main goals of Arabic Cultural Center are: 1.) To encourage social integration of Arabs in Latvia and the EU. 2.) To strengthen cultural and social ties between Arabic world and Latvia. 3.) Offer educational lectures providing information on Arabic culture.

Main Projects / Activities

The ACC as mentioned earlier has many different types of activities, including cultural events and informative and educational lectures, for example it is worth mentioning in this regard the latest tour of seminars which included five major cities in Latvia, Daugavpils, Rezekne, Valmiera, Jelgava and Ventspils, under the name of peace and love( truth and reality of the Arabic world), this project was sponsored by the European Union under LEDII project against discrimination, the aim was to reach out to as many persons as possible constituting the Latvian society in an attempt to change the one sided view about the Arabs and Islam which people usually receive from the media by painting a more realistic and vivid picture of the Arabic world, the unique richness of its tradition, culture and religions.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Houssam Abu Meri
Head of the organisation
Dr. Houssam Abu Meri

Society Emuna

National Network
Latvia
Address

str.Skolas 10-3, LV 1010
Riga,
Latvia

Telephone
67281160
Fax
67281160
E-Mail
emuna2@inbox.lv
E-Mail (2)
miriam@apollo.lv
Mobile Phone
26535599
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2003
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
Structure of Congregation Emuna is as follows: The board consists of chairman of the board, deputy chairman of the board, four members of the board. Chairman of the board is Miriam Zalmanovich: PhD in History of Jewish People (University of Bar-Ilan, Israel). Administration consists of three people: Project leader, Project coordinator, Accountant. Pedagogic team: Four pre-school teachers Two teacher’s assistants (nurses) Hebrew language teacher, Latvian language teacher, Jewish history and tradition lecturer, music teacher, child psychologist, chess teacher. Therefore, total - 12 paid employees and 3 volunteers’ employees. All the employees are certified specialists in their fields. Our organization involves volunteers – they are around 20. Budgetary resources available in a year about 20000 euro Sources of funding: Latvian and foreign non-government organizations, like social organization Kašruts (Latvia), LA Pincus found (Israel), The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee(USA) , the membership dues from members of organization, private donators.
Mission and Objectives

EMUNA was founded on December 8, 2003.
The primary task of our organization was to introduce Jews to traditions, religion and culture. This objective was not easy - demonstration of Jewish identity during Soviet times was prosecuted. Many Jews stopped following tradition.
We decided to fulfill our task by bringing up children according to Jewish tradition. For this reason we established Pre-School Education Center “MISHAPACHTON” .
Starting with kids’ education, we realized that their parents – generation that grew up in Soviet times – are interested in Jewish tradition as well, therefore, we started organizing lectures and seminar for them. To complete this project the following goals and objectives are defined: Jewish education for children, involving their parents in Jewish culture and tradition and involving them into Jewish life of Latvia

Main Projects / Activities

On April 12, 2005 was founded pre-school center MISHPACHTON, its activity was licensed by Ministry of Education and Science (license number 07-80 (927))
Kindergarten Mishpachton unites approximately 20 kids, who are divided into four different age groups. Besides education corresponding to children’s age, Mishpachton pupils study Hebrew, Jewish tradition, songs in Hebrew; celebrate Jewish holidays. It is important to note, that kindergarten is not Orthodox-religious, but follows the Jewish traditional concept.
Besides kindergarten, Emuna has held activities for adults: lectures on Jewish topics, studying the Jewish history, holidays and celebrating them all together. The last public activity that took place in February 2009 gathered together around 350 people.

Contact (1) Full Name
Miriam Zalmanovich
Head of the organisation
Miriam Zalmanovich

Society Jampadarcis

National Network
Latvia
Address

Limbažu nov., Limbaži, Niedru iela 5, LV-4001
Limbazi,
Latvia

Telephone
+371 29252486
E-Mail
andis.jampadracis@inbox.lv
E-Mail (2)
maris_sirmulis@inbox.lv
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
Dance group ”Jampadracis” is founded in the Hanseatic League town Limbazi in the north of Latvia in 1985. There are various Latvian dances in ”Jampadracis” repertoire – ethnographic dances and Latvian choreographer’s original dances. There are thirty dancers in the dance group. The artistic director is Andis Lenmanis.
Mission and Objectives

1) Protection and development of Latvian folk dance;
2) Training and workshops of Latvian dance and culture;
3) Presentation about Latvian folk dance and culture.

Main Projects / Activities

The dance group takes part in different activities in Limbazi, Riga – the capital of Latvia - and all over Latvia. “Jampadracis” has given concerts and taken part in different festivals also outside Latvia – in Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, Austria, Norway, Hungary, EXPO – 2000, Danmark, Russia, Portugal and Spain.
Dance group “Jampadracis” as a non – governmental organization was founded in 2003. Since that time “Jampadracis” has done several projects by itself and participated in projects organized by the others.

Contact (1) Full Name
Andis Lenmanis
Head of the organisation
Andis Lenmanis
Contact (2) Full Name
Maris Sirmulis