Latvia

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To popularize successful experience in developing a civil society and cooperation with all sectors and mass media.
To enlarge international cooperation with other NGO's from different countries.
To provide a stable and long-term action for association.

Mission of association POST SCRIPTUM is realized by seminars, school visits, creative workshops, summer camps and regional and international exchanges. We have friends and projects partners all around Europe and MEDA countries mainly through Lifelong Learning Programme and Youth in Action. For motivating local people active participation in community, regional and European dimension life association takes part in various seminars and training courses. Leaders of our local organization empower participants - young women, to involve in inter-religious dialogue and to make understanding across religious and cultural borders. Women of association POST SCRIPTUM have participated in EU Programme Youth in Action training courses from year 2005 in Hungary, Germany, France and Lithuania. We would concentrate on learning and using Coaching method in EU ''2012-Year of active aging''. Our organization is working to realize own projects as well as participation: • Sports and environment program for kids - locally • Outdoor activities, team-building, camps – local and national • International projects – Camps Counsellor program in USA, Folk dance festival CARPATI , Romania, TenSing – Fest Karlovice, Czech Republic. Last participation in program Youth in Action - project ‘’Eco Power’’, Zakopane, Poland, May, 2011. Association POST SCRIPTUM is full-fledged member of National Youth Council of Latvia since 2003. Our organization has a contract with Latvia National Agency of Program Youth in Action for implementing ideas, sharing information and realizing educational activities in two local municipalities – Jelgava and Ozolnieki. On base of that year 2009 - 2010 our association realizes youth cooperation projects in Republic of Moldova and Romania. Now Association POST SCRIPTUM participates in Latvia State Employment Agency project and host young unemployed persons in work practice.

Today THEOREM develops the following activities:
- Research missions in Europe
- Co-production and touring of shows
- Communication and information
- Training
- Artists’ residencies and mobility

Main activities focused:
-to ensure intercultural dimension and carry out culture-centred learning activities;
-to promote citizenship education, ensuring participation, decision-making processes, awareness of human rights and responsibilities;
-to draw attention to environmental issues, ecology and sustainable kept surroundings;
-to develop education through sports and implement outdoor activities as advantage for wholesome lifestyle;
-to enable science related initiatives for youth and contribution of non-formal methods in scientific field.

Youth center, parent club, seminars, summer camps for youth, families, exchange programme in Marocco (2 years).

Activities: Project work, seminars, training courses and consulting. The Baltic Regional fund focusses especially on training business skills, project management, leadership, team building, communication, intercultural skills etcetera.

We provide information about different activities for youth in Latvia and other countries to give them chance to learn and develop new skills, learn foreign languages and express themselves in fields of art, music, traditional crafts and many other Very important aim for us, is to unify all young people of all nationalities living in the Baltic's, creativity, traditions, culture and inspiration is what we wish to promote Project ''Baltic Way for Peace'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWuwl5eK3w4 And now we work on CME ''NGO atlas''  

Main events we organize to gain our aims are our external events: BEST Courses on Technology (1-2 weeks, 22+ students from all Europe, intensive academical part + cultural and social part) and BEST Engineering Competition (2 categories: Team Design and Case Study, students use their knowledge solving provided tasks, 3 levels – Local, Regional, European), but also there are Educational Symposiums (discussions, workshops, trainshops about educational problems together with other organizations, universities and European and national governing bodies) and other events on education. Also many kind of internal events (workshops, trainshops, trainings, seasonal meetings, general meetings etc.) to improve the organization and its processes

NILA main activities are based on youth projects - both local and international as well as related with local community and integration development. Our important project completed and ongoing: 1) Youth exchange project in Bulgaria: „Riverside youth sports” 2) Youth exchange project in Latvia:„Discover your values” 3) National innitiative project in Latvia: „Skrūve pie skrūves un – aiziet!” 4) Project  „Jauniešu istaba” (youth room) 5) Project  " Radi dzīvi pats!"  (Create your life yourself) 6) Jauniešu istabas” regulāras un ilglaicīgas darbības nodrošināšana, stiprinot tās darbību un veicinot Pāvilostas novada jauniešu pilsonisko līdzdalību. (Youth room activity support and long term sustainability ensurance) 7) Youth exchange project in Sicily: COOLinary exchange. And many other local project and activities innitiated by both - young people and NILA.