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Latvia
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NGDO Platform
Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation - LAPAS
Address
Latvijas Platforma attīstības sadarbībai (LAPAS)
A.Čaka 49 - 4
LV-1011, Riga
Latvia
Tel: +371 262 75253
Email: info@lapas.lv
Contact person
Inese Vaivare, Director: info@lapas.lv
Basic data
Start of activities: 2001
Official registration: 2004
Number of member organisations: 30 (November 2012)
Link to the platform members' list: http://lapas.lv/par-lapas/lapas-daliborganizacijas/
CONCORD member since 2005.
Active in the following CONCORD WGs (April 2012)
AidWatch
CSO Development Effectiveness
Development Education and Awareness Raising (DARE)
Gender
Policy Coherence for Development (PCD)
Policy Forum
More information on the platform, its strategic aims, main successes and challenges in 2012: status November and status April (pdf)
Watch the video "Stories from LAPAS"
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Website MFA: http://www.am.gov.lv/en/DevelopmentCo-operation/
Basic documents: http://www.am.gov.lv/en/DevelopmentCo-operation/BasicDocuments/
Basic data
- ODA spending in 2011: 0.07 of GNI, 14 million EUR
- ODA spending in 2010: 0.06 of GNI, 12 million EUR
- ODA spending in 2009: 0.08% of GNI, EUR 15 million EUR (2008:0.07%)
- ODA priority countries: Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Afghanistan
Further reading
TRIALOG country report on Latvia (January 2008)
