PROJECTS

aNATOmy: telling the history, role and future of NATO

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The project “aNATOmy: telling the history, role and future of NATO” aims to carry out a set of interlinked communication activities to raise the level of awareness and understanding about the NATO’s history, future, and the current presence of the Allied forces in Latvia. First, two important audience groups - women and young people - generally have a weaker connection to NATO; second, younger generations are more likely to relate it to war and military, and less likely to associate NATO with the idea of peace and security, and third, NATO is often perceived as lacking transparency.

The project aims to emphasize NATO’s values and role in ensuring security of our country. The main target groups that we aim to reach with this project are three: young people (age group 18 to 35), and especially young women in this age group; and broader, non-specialized publics, including the Russian speaking minority in Latvia. During the project, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA) as the Lead partner with a project partner – the regional TV network “Re:TV” will produce the following:

A factual-documentary TV program consisting of four episodes (46 minutes each), devoted to four specific themes;
Four online promotional video materials related to the TV episodes;
Four face-to-face discussions in three different places in Latvia with live broadcast;
Promotional content for the TV program and the face-to-face discussions in the social media profiles of ViA and Re:TV.

The project will run for nine months, from March 1 until November 30, 2019. The total budget of the project is 28 355 EUR.

Contact person: Agnese Dāvidsone, Head of Communication and media studies, 26603344, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sempre - Social empowerment in rural areas

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Project aim is to equip social service providers in rural areas of the Baltic Sea Region with better tools for service innovation. These tools will be based on the idea of empowerment and end-user involvement.

ViA role is to focuss on disadvantage youth that are restricted in their resources such as (living distance, financial condition, poor family condition, adversely living conditions and other restrictions), mainly highlighting the involvement of pre-incubation of social entrepreneurship and lifelong learning.

Project duration 03/2016-02/2019

Lead partner Diaconie of Schleswig-Holstein (Diakonisches Werk Schleswig-Holstein)

Partners
- Evangelical Lutheran church in northern Germany, Germany
- Academy of economics Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Novia University of applied sciences, Finland
- Kokkola university consortuim chdenius, Finland
- Diaconal Centre Liepaja, Latvia
- University of Latvia, Latvia
- Lutheran Diaconia, Latvia
- Estonian evangelical Lutheran churc, Estonia
- Foundation for social action, Estonia
- The foundation for lifelong learning PERITIA, Poland
- Coompanion Norrbotten, Sweden
- Sunderby Folk high school, Sweden
- University colledge South Denmark, Denmark
- Nordregio, Sweden

The project is implemented by Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programe. Total funding of project partner – Vidzeme University of applied sciences is 308 000 EUR, ERDF co-funding is 261 800 EUR. The total funding of project is 4 860 664, 11 EUR.

Link to the research project

Integration of Third Country Nationals by Involving Mass Media

The aim of the project: to improve the information quality and the availability of content on third-country nationals provided by the mass media, thus preparing and engaging the media in a constructive dialogue and the development of mutual understanding between third-country nationals and the local community.

The project "Integration of Third Country Nationals by Involving Mass Media" is implemented with the support of Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.

Project period: August 1, 2017 – December 31, 2018

Total budget: EUR 162 487,03

Target group: Representatives of Latvian mass media (journalists and editors)

Main activities:

to create and implement a media content management system: assessment of training needs of media workers, training plans, code of ethics, editorial guidelines;
to develop and implement a training program for three different groups (24 academic hours for each group);
to organize an experience exchange visit abroad for media representatives on the European media practice in reflecting third-country nationals;
to create and distribute media content that confirms the application of the content management system created in the project.

Cooperation partners:

Ltd. Publishing House „Rīgas Viļņi”
JSC „Radio SWH”
JSC „TV Latvija”
Ltd. „Vidzemes televīzija”, Latvian Regional Television „Re:TV”
Latvian Television
Ltd. „Cēsu Druva”
Ltd. LETA
Association „Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation"

More information on the project: HESPI researcher Agnese Dāvidsone (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

More information on the project and project activities is available here!

Project “Cult-RInG” – Cultural Routes as Investment for Growth & jobs

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The project “Cultural Routes as Investment for Growth & jobs” is implemented with the support of ERDF.

The overall objective of the Cult-Ring project is to highlight the value of investments in European Cultural Routes, in terms of their contribution to Growth & Jobs, with capitalisation of good practices, policy learning, policy implementation, development of new Cultural Routes, monitoring and capacity building.

Within the project ViA HESPI has agreed to develop the section "Development of Cultural Routes 2019-2025" of Vidzeme Tourism Development Strategy.

Project period: September 5, 2018 - December 28, 2018.

Total budget: EUR 39688,00

More information on the project: HESPI director and senior researcher Agita Līviņa (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Youth to youth about environment

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The project “Youth to youth about environment” is implemented with the support of The Administration of Latvian Environmental Protection Fund. The aim of the project:to implement activities in an educational and creative way that would strengthen the connection of Latvia's youth (both general education pupils and students of vocational schools and universities) with nature, linking the understanding of natural values in specially protected nature territories in Latvia with the protection of the diversity of nature and a modern vision of solutions to environmental problems.

Project period: April 20 – October 1, 2018.

Total budget: EUR 7340,64.

Main activities:

Creation of video about the educational campaign "The Man in the Environment"
Creation of a video about the project " Youth to youth about environment ";
An interactive event "Back in the Stone Age" and a bicycle expedition in nature “"Climate change in nature – then and now" (surroundings of Lake Lubāns, Lubana region - May 2018);
Educational and creative event in nature "Waste as a resource" (in the Līču-Laņģu cliffs and Lielajā Ellītē, Priekuli region - September 2018);
Educational and creative event in nature "Waste as a resource" (Engures Nature Park, Engure Region - September 2018);
Cognitive event in nature "Nature diversity and landscapes" (in the valley of the Pededze River, surroundings of Litene - May 2018);
Cognitive event in nature "Nature diversity and landscapes" (in Gauja National Park - September 2018);
A research about young people's environmental awareness.

More information on the project: HESPI director and senior researcher Agita Līviņa (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)