NEWS
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 ...
KEY TO FACILITATING WHISTLEBLOWING
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 18.04.2022–17.04.2023 PROJECT COST: 7901.40 EUR DONOR: People of Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway through the EEA grants. CONTACT: Inese Tauriņa ABOUT THE PROJECT Delna has been working with whistleblowers for more than 16 years. Already in the first Whistleblowing Law, which entered into force in 2019, associations and foundations were defined as having an essential role in the protection ...
CAPACITY BUILDING OF TI LATVIA
PROJECT DURATION: 01.08.2022 – 28.02.2024 PROJECT COST: EUR 19,780.86 FINANCING: Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein from the European Economic Area and a Norwegian grant administered by the Active Citizens Fund in Latvia. CONTACT: Inese Tauriņa THE AIM OF THE PROJECT: to develop new financial sources unrelated to existing projects and activities: – creating strategic cooperation with companies in Latvia ...
TOGETHER FOR TRANSPARENCY 3
PROJECT PERIOD: 01.01.2023–31.10.2024 PROJECT COST: 65,950 EUR FINANCING: “NGO Fund” program financed by the Latvian state budget. CONTACT: Agnija Birule AIM OF THE PROJECT: To promote the fight against corruption in Latvia by increasing transparency on decision-making and public participation opportunities, as well as by promoting closer cooperation of the Latvian anti-corruption community. MAIN ACTIVITIES Strengthening the whistleblowing – promote the ...
YOUNG PEOPLE – THE FUTURE CIVIC MONITORS (CIVIC EU)
PROJECT DURATION: 01.11.2022 – 31.10.2024 PROJECT COST: EUR 86,019 FINANCING: European Commission in cooperation with the European Agency for Culture and Education CONTACT PERSON: Agnija Birule AIM OF THE PROJECT: To draw attention to the civic participation and participation of young people in democratic processes in five countries of the European Union – Romania, Italy, Slovenia, Greece and Latvia, ...
INTEGRITY PACTS – PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN MONITORING THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDING
PROJECT DURATION: 01.06.2023-30.11.2025 PROJECT COST: EUR 189,359.77 FINANCING: European Union (Recovery Fund) CONTACT PERSON: Jēkabs Kārlis Rasnačs RELEVANCE In Latvia, the volume of public procurement for one year is approximately 3.3 billion euros – a third of the state budget. It is the local governments that have significant funds at their disposal, which they spend on public procurement. For this ...
RESEARCH “INTERNAL WHISTLEBLOWING SYSTEM IN COMPANIES”
Transparency International Latvia (TI Latvia) published a research “International whistleblowing system in companies” in autumn 2022. The purpose of research was to explore the experience of state and municipality-owned enterprises, as well as private companies in the process of establishment and implementation as well as operation of the internal whistleblowing system. The research is based ...
OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS EMPHASIZE – COMBATING CORRUPTION IS POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH COOPERATION
On 9 December, Transparency International LATVIA (Delna) in cooperation with the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) held a thematic event “Corruption – a Threat to National and Global Security” dedicated to the International Anti-Corruption Day. During the event, officials and experts discussed the fight against corruption to strengthen Latvia’s security. On the International Anti-Corruption Day, ...
