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The launch event of the Active Citizens Fund and the presentation seminar of the first project calls will take place during the Democracy Week on May 8 at 13:00 - 15:30 online on the website www.activecitizensfund.lv! Read more

Almost 200 million euros allocated for strengthening civil society. Such support from the EEA/Norway Financial Mechanisms demonstrates the importance of civil society in the processes of democracy, human rights and social cohesion throughout Europe. It's being implemented by 13 funds in European countries within the framework of the Active Citizens Fund (ACF). One of these is the Latvian Active Citizens Fund, which joined the ACF family 3 months ago. Read more

Although the launch of the Active Citizens Fund (ACF) on 24 March was postponed due to the coronavirus COVID-19, work on the fund's first calls for proposals has not stopped. The first calls were and are still scheduled for the second quarter of 2020. Read more

Given the worldwide spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 and the associated health security measures, the NGO Consortium managing the Active Citizens Fund (ACF) has decided to postpone the ACF launch event previously planned for March 24. Read more

In order to facilitate the search for potential partners, The Active Citizens Fund (ACF) Operator in Latvia is hosting a matchmaking event that will take place on 24th March 2020 in Riga, Latvia and would like to invite Donor countries’ (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) organizations to participate in this event. The event is organized in the frame of the ACF bilateral cooperation initiatives. Read more

On Thursday, 6 February, in Brussels, at the conference "Engaging Citizens for Good Governance in Cohesion Policy", it was stated that support of the Active Citizens Fund enables NGOs to seek solutions to regional challenges. It also helps to bring EU policies closer to citizens by translating broad objectives into local priorities. Read more

From 2020 to 2024, the Active Citizens Fund will provide support for civil society in Latvia to implement activities in programs “Democratic Culture”, “Human Rights”, “Sustainability and Capacity”, and “Bilateral and Regional Cooperation”. Read more