Benchmark Study 1
Benchmark Study 1
Benchmark Study 1
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o Thematic and Geographical focus<br />
IPP BENCHMARK REPORT<br />
The thematic focus: spatial planning, social issues, promotion of economic activity and employment,<br />
innovation development, e-governance, e-service, e-procurement, research.<br />
EU programmes. One of the SRDA fields of activity is participation in transnational activities, ensuring<br />
thus exchange of information and experience and promoting the SRDA objectives more effectively. The<br />
SRDA participates in territorial cooperation projects as well as in implementing the financial<br />
programmes of foreign countries.<br />
Main programs of participation: Baltic Sea Region Programme, Interreg IVC, ESPON (contact point in<br />
Latvia). SRDA ensures the operation of the EU Territorial Programmes Office, under which two<br />
information points and three Joint Technical Secretariats are operating. Other international activities.<br />
Implementation and administration of projects in the framework of Swiss-Latvian Cooperation<br />
programme and Norwegian Financial Instrument. SRDA actively is looking for new cooperation<br />
opportunities.<br />
o Partnerships<br />
Local partners. The most important partners for SRDA in international activities are the local<br />
municipalities, planning regions, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development,<br />
Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, Latvian Technological Centre, universities, Latvian<br />
Association of Local and Regional Governments.<br />
International cooperation networks. Latvia is the contact point of ESPON (European Observation<br />
Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion), member of the IQ-NET network, and international<br />
projects networks.<br />
European partners. SRDA has established collaboration with different European countries’ local and<br />
regional governments, state institutions, research institutes and a variety of other institutions in regional<br />
development, including the EU fund promoters.<br />
Main SRDA international partners: the Nordic Council of Ministers, Saxony-Anhalt<br />
Representation to the EU, Development Bank of Saxony-Anhalt, State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt,<br />
the Baltic Institute of Finland, the Tampere region council, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional<br />
Research, Nordic Centre for Spatial Planning (Nordic Centre for Spatial development), Finland Baltic<br />
Institute.<br />
Common projects with Valencia (Spain), Eszak-Alfold (Hungary), Tampere (Finland), Estonia,<br />
Lithuania, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Poland and other countries.<br />
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