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IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 01.09.2021–28.02.2022 TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROJECT: 14, 444 EUR DONOR: Nordic Council of Minister Office in Latvia, 10% co-funding by Transparency International Latvia, Transparency International Estonia, and Open Knowledge Sweden. CONTACT: Liene Dreimane   Transparency International Latvia (“Sabiedrība par atklātību – Delna”), in cooperation with Estonian partner Transparency International Estonia and Swedish partner Open Knowledge Sweden, has started a ...

Why to raise the alarm in the workplace and how to prevent cryptocurrency crimes and the use of cryptocurrencies in money laundering? These are the questions we discusseed year at the conversation festival LAMPA on 21 August.  14:00 – 15: 00 (EET) Conversation – Why to raise the alarm in the workplace? How to raise concerns through ...

To explain the results of the 2020 Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) concerning Latvia, as well as to examine public perceptions of corruption in the country and their effect on public trust in the government, Transparency International Latvia (Delna) will organise the public discussion “Is there corruption in Latvia?” on 21 August 2021 at the conversation festival LAMPA ...

Transparency International Latvia has published a new report which provides a bird-eye view of the main features of the complex money laundering schemes carried out through Latvian and other Baltic banks, while assessing governments’ efforts to prevent the occurrence of similar schemes in the future and evaluating the ongoing risks linked to the abuse of ...

Transparency International Latvia (TI Latvia) has published an extensive study on current interest representation (lobbying) practices in Latvia at the national level and in municipalities, ethical and unethical interest representation, communication of interest representatives with decision-makers, and examples of lobbying standards worldwide. It also provides insight into previous attempts to regulate the field of lobbying ...

Managing Conflicts of Interest in Central Government and State-Owned Enterprises EXPERT FORUM AND ROUNDTABLE June 18, 2021, 14:00–16:00 (EET)     This roundtable is the second in a three-part series concerning GRECO recommendations and Latvia’s progress in combatting corruption and advancing transparency. The aim of this discussion is to increase awareness and discussion on the prevention, identification, and management of conflicts ...

At the roundtable discussion on April 23, 2021 we discussed the planned legislation on lobbying in Latvia alongside international experts. On the Fourth Evaluation Round by GRECO Latvia received recommendations to establish rules on how members of the Parliament engage with interest representatives (lobbyists) and other third parties who seek to influence the legislative process. Since 2019, ...

Video without interpretation is available here on Youtube ->  Transparency International Latvia and U.S. Embassy in Latvia organised the online roundtable discussion “Legislation on Lobbying in Latvia”. The aim of this event is to increase awareness and discussion about what is the best international practice and what is the best scope and principles of the lobbying ...

Transparency International Latvia has released a new update to the platform “Deputāti uz Delnas”. The platform now includes a new section called “MP database”, in which users can visualize basic statistics about the MPs currently sitting in the Parliament and, through a “MP grid”, can easily access basic profile information, and data on donations to political ...

To help understand the reasons for Latvia’s stagnation in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and to explore possible ways of reducing corruption, Transparency International Latvia (TI Latvia) hosted a discussion panel on 18 February, 2021. With a view to providing insight into the problems and to point to concrete solutions, participants included justice and corruption ...