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PRESS RELEASE: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL LATVIA INVITES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANTI-CORRUPTION OPEN DATA HACKATHON
Transparency International Latvia (“Sabiedrība par atklātību – Delna”) in cooperation with Estonian and Finnish Transparency International (TI) chapters are pleased to announce international anti-corruption open data hackathon which is going to take place online on January 25 and 26, 2024. The event is organised to invite civil society, public institutions, companies and every person to ...
SOCIETAL INVOLVEMENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR REDUCING CORRUPTION
On 8 December, 2023 the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau of Latvia (KNAB) and “Transparency International LATVIA” (“Sabiedrība par atklātību – Delna”) hosted the conference “Corruption – a Threat to National and Global Security” that was dedicated to the International Anti-Corruption Day and gathered together representatives of the public, private, and non-governmental sectors who emphasised ...
THE POWER OF OPEN DATA IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION
The fight against corruption is a collective global endeavour, and the Nordic-Baltic countries are no exception. In the era of information and data-driven solutions, the integration of open data has emerged as a powerful tool in this battle. Open data refers to publicly available information that is freely accessible and can be used, shared, and ...
CONFERENCE “CORRUPTION – A THREAT TO NATIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY”
What can we do in Latvia today to see significant progress in the fight against corruption in ten years? What are today’s challenges and future opportunities? Latvia’s results in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index falls significantly short of what was expected in Latvia’s National Development Plan (to reach 64 points in 2024). Over the ...
STRENGTHENED ENFORCEMENT CAPACITIES OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROJECT DURATION: 15.11.2023-14.11.2025 PROJECT COST: EUR 37,522.00 DONOR: European Union’s Internal Security Fund (ISF) CONTACT PERSON: Jēkabs Kārlis Rasnačs Delna implements the project in cooperation with the Secretariat of Transparency International, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain chapters. The aim of the project is to promote the European Union’s (hereinafter – EU) fight against cross-border corruption. ...
MUNICIPALITY 16+
PROJECT DURATION: 01.09.2023. – 30.06.2026. PROJECT COST: 400 000,00 EUR FINANCING: European Commission in cooperation with the European Agency for Culture and Education. CONTACT PERSON: Agnija Birule AIM OF THE PROJECT: Rise up youth civic participation level by understanding the mechanisms of youth civic participation in the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Latvia; and to develop a complex and research-based tool ...
PRESS RELEASE: YOUTH WITH HIGH MOTIVATION MONITOR MUNICIPAL WORK IN WESTERN REGION OF LATVIA
Can young people oversee what is happening in the municipality? The answer is – YES. Seven active young people (aged 16 to 19) from Liepaja city, South Kurzeme and Dobele districts engaged in civic monitoring of municipality and composed monitoring reports from July 5 to July 20, 2023. The youth were drawn to topics such ...
TOWARDS INTEGRATED AND WIDELY USED NORDIC ANTI-CORRUPTION DATA
PROJECT DURATION: 01.06.2023 – 31.05.2024 PROJECT COST: EUR 14 940,00 DONOR: Nordic Council of Ministers funding: 13 446,00 EUR, Delna co-financing: 1 494,00 EUR CONTACT PERSON: Jēkabs Kārlis Rasnačs The main goal of the project is to promote cooperation between the Nordic and Baltic countries in the development of innovative solutions to improve the use of public data in the ...
DELNA’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2022 AND TASKS FOR 2023
The aim of Transparency International Latvia (Sabiedrība par atklātību – Delna; Delna) is to create an open, fair and democratic society that is free from corruption in public administration, politics, business and in human relations. In 2022, the organization accomplished the tasks defined in the statutes to achieve the goal, focusing especially on identifying and ...
TRANSPARENCY WATCHDOGS: ROAD TO ACCOUNTABLE DECISIONS IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 01.09.2020–31.12.2023 TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROJECT: 104 992.88 EUR DONOR: People of Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway through the EEA grants, co-funding by individual donors of Transparency International Latvia. CONTACT: Agnija Birule AIM OF THE PROJECT: to promote public awareness of how corruption and lack of transparency hinder the development of democracy and involve the public in demanding ...