About project
- Executer: Latvian Scout and Guide Central Organization
- Project title: The Net
- Regions of execution: Latvia
- Project budget: 82 636.46
- Project status: Closed
- Cooperation partners from donor countries: "The Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association" (Iceland)
- Project contact person: Agnija Jansone, e-mail: info@skauti.lv, ph. 27852614
The aim of the project is to promote regular and long-term voluntary work.
During the project, civil society in Latvia will be strengthened by increasing the number of people involved in regular and long-term volunteering activities, including:
1)Civil society/volunteering initiatives developed;
2) New scout and girl scout units established - in at least 6 municipalities;
3) A strengthened network of organizations working with regular and long-term volunteers on a daily basis, both by providing time and space for the exchange of good practice and by co-creating and implementing new initiatives to strengthen democracy;
4) The contribution of volunteering to the Latvian economy from the organizations involved in the project and their networks calculated, based on Slovak (and other) examples;
5) Ensured participation at the political and civil service level in matters concerning long-term and regular volunteering and organizations working with such volunteers;
6) Public information and interest in short-term and long-term volunteering activities ensured.
Cooperation with donor countries: the project is being implemented in cooperation with “The Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association” (Iceland).