Transparency International Latvia (Delna) invites you to a conference “Integrity Pacts for Safeguarding EU Funds in Latvia and Europe: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future” on the 28 February at 9.30-16.00. in Hotel Pullman Riga Old Town, Jekaba iela 24, Riga.
.The conference aims to bring together Latvian and foreign experts from government and civil society to:
- Discuss and assess the emerging impacts, main challenges and lessons learned from the Integrity Pact piloting in Latvia and in other 11 participating countries;
- Generate concrete ideas for citizen and CSO engagement in the implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy in Latvia after 2020 – including use of the Integrity Pact and applicability of practices employed in other countries (i.e. participatory budgeting, public debates and data-driven monitoring).
Speakers:
- Inguna Kramina, European Commission
- Ivan Zupan, Transparency International Secretariat
- Vasja Čepič, Transparency International Slovenia
- Soren Kirk Jensen, Infrastructure transparency initiative COST
- Solita Dombrovska, Central Finance and Contract Agency
- Inta Vingre, Procurement Monitoring Bureau
- Atis Eglitis, Cesis municipality
- Liga Stafecka, Think Tank PROVIDUS
- Liene Gatere, Transparency International Latvia (Delna)
- other speakers will be confirmed on the 21.02.2020.
- moderator: Haralds Burkovskis.
The working language of the conference will be English. Simultaneous interpretation from/into Latvian language will be available to conference guests.
.Conference program for download.
.More information: Antonio Greco, antonio@delna.lv, +371 67285585.
Project “Integrity Pacts – Civil Control Mechanism for Safeguarding EU Funds” is funded by European Commission.
