1. Bilateral relations2. Financial progress 3. Implementation of work plan 2014, results and impact4. Work plan for 20155. Publicity/Swissness and Media monitoring6. Overall conclusions

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2.1. Financial progress: Committments

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2.2. Financial progress: Received and planned reimbursements from Switzerland

* In 2015 0,7 M CHF already received.

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2.3. Financial progress: Reimbursements from Switzerland in 2014

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3.1. Youth initiatives project

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3.2. Fire safety project

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NEW! Fire blankets will be

procured and external

research on project’s impact

and sustainability carried out

3.3. Micro lending programme

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*Grant applied when all loan agreement terms are completed and business plan successfully implemented (allocation of new grants were stopped since Aug 2013).

Completed 8 months earlier!

3.4. World Bank project

13*IT System for the Oversight of Sworn Auditors will be carried out by EA in case financing is sufficient.

Activities of CFRR

prolonged till 30 April 2015!

3.5. Sarkandaugava project

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3.6. Scholarship Fund

15*For each fellowship automatically 3 short visits are approved.

NEW! Additional financing

~ 300 thsd. CHF transferred from

Swiss researchers' project

3.7. Swiss researchers’ activities in Latvia

16*In average fellowships for 7 calendar days.

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4.1. Work plan for 2015 (I)

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4.2. Work plan for 2015 (II)

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4.3. Work plan for 2015 (III)

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5.1. Publicyt/Swissness

Latvian delegation participated in the International Congress on Vocational and Professional Education and Training Skills for the Future held on 15 to 18 September 2014 in Switzerland. Experience was gained about: vocational and professional education system, collaboration between involved parties and expenses for the education system in Switzerland. The Memorandum of Cooperation was signed.

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In the kindergarten in Riga the opening event – Microlending programme’s 1000th beneficiary (micro loan for kitchen’s furnishing).

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International conference “Support for the youth work development in Latvia and Europe on 5 to 7 November 2014 in Jurmala. 250 participants from 7 countries (Latvia, Switzerland, Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium, Norway and Austria) attended. Experience about national youth policy and NGO’s role in youth work development in Switzerland was delivered. Wide publicity was in the Internet and social media.

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5.4. Publicty/Swissness - Sarkandaugava project

On 28 October 2014 the delegation of Switzerland’s parliament’s deputies visited Sarkandaugava project at the implementation site.

5.5. Publicty/Swissness – Fire safety project

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An experience exchange visit was organized to project partner in Switzerland in October 2014. Know how about raising public awareness of fire safety issues, experience and training for fire safety matters, including e-learning was gained.

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Swiss researchers’ visits to Latvian universities enhanced bilateral relationships:•positive feedback from Swiss researchers received•further cooperation developed «outside the project»

5.6. Publicty/Swissness – Swiss researchers’ activities

Mr.Carl Olsen, Swiss Business School, lectured in Latvia 4 times.

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5.7. Media monitoring in 2014 (I)

Number of publications/broadcast by months

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5.8. Media monitoring 2014 (II)

Number of publications/broadcasts by projects

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5.9. Media monitoring 2014 (III)Number of publications/broadcasts by media type (%)

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Publications/broadcasts by tone (%)

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Overall progress – successful because: target indicators of projects are even overreached:•Modernization of courts project’s results–for 30% more equipment units installed•12 extra subprojects implemented within the NGO fund•for 25% more micro loans allocated within the Microlending programme•5 extra youth centres will be established within the Youth initiatives projectAdditional activities financed:•External research under the NGO fund, Modernization of courts project and Fire safety project•Fire safety WEB game and fire blankets•Production of video stories and media monitoring within the TAFGood governance:•Non-eligible expenditures only 0,4% – well below standard materiality level of 2%; Only one irregularity report during this reporting period•day to day communication between involved institutions in all levels

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The President of the Swiss Confederation Mr.Didier Burkhalter and the Speaker of the Parliament of Latvia Ms.Solvita Aboltina strengthening bilateral relationships on

the high level in Riga on 11 September 2014Picture from http://www.saeima.lv/lv/galleries/view/3411