Swiss - Latvian Cooperation Programme 2009-2012

Swiss - Latvian cooperation programme is financial assistance mechanism used additionally to financial assistance of European Union Structural funds and Cohesion fund as well as European Economic Area and Norwegian Financial Mechanism.

Swiss financial assistance complements these programmes and concentrates mainly on those projects that are either not financed or are financed from other financial sources. In accordance with the signed Framework Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the Swiss Federal Council Concerning the Implementation of the Latvian - Swiss Cooperation Programme to Reduce Economic and Social Disparities within the Enlarged European Union, one of the envisaged activities of the cooperation programme was the grant scheme for support of NGOs.

The purpose of the Block Grant is the establishment of a NGO Fund, with the objective to promote civil society's contribution to economic and social cohesion as important actors of development and participation. It supports the following activities: Small Project Grants for the NGOs contributing primarily to social service provision allowing strengthening organisational capacities. Swiss financial contribution is CHF 3.5 million. Swiss competent authorities have approved the Society Integration Foundation as the intermediary body for implementation of the Grant scheme "NGO fund".

April 24, 2013: Closing event of the Swiss - Latvian Cooperation Programme Grant Scheme "NGO fund"
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More information about Swiss contribution

Society Integration Foundation administers Grant scheme "NGO Fund"

• 1. NGO Fund of Swiss - Latvian cooperation program