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On 8 and 9 December 2021, Latvia hosts a bilateral cooperation visit of the Norway Grants 2014–2021 programme “Correctional Services”*, which brings together representatives of the programme and the project** from Latvia, as well as Kim Ekhaugen and Kristin Saunes Franklin from the Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service (KDI). During the visit, participants will discuss […]
From 8 to 10 September 2021, Trondheim, Norway will host the Cooperation Committee meeting of the Norway Grants programme “Correctional Services” which will be attended by Raivis Kronbergs, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia; Ilona Spure, Director General of Latvian Prison Administration; Agris Batalauskis, Director of the Project […]
On 19th August Director General of Latvian Prison Administration (LPA) Ilona Spure, representatives of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia, as well as Norway Grants project* team met with the director of International Unit of the Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service Kim Ekhaugen and senior adviser Kristin Franklin Saunes. During the meeting, […]
This week, the first lessons of the new mentor training programme are taking place in the Latvian Prison Administration. The new programme has been implemented with the support of Norway Grants and representatives of the Norwegian Correctional Service who will also participate in its implementation and share their professional experience.The Director General of the Latvian […]
The Latvian Prison Administration (LPA), with the support of Norway Grants, is working to improve the training environment available to correctional staff. Over the last decade, significant changes have taken place in the correctional service system, and the goal of Latvia’s prison reform is not only to enforce modern sentence execution in modern prison infrastructure, […]
In October 2020 the representatives from Latvia and Norway met during the video conference to discuss further activities of bilateral cooperation of the Norway Grants for 2014–2021 programme “Correctional Services” and the project implementation*. Taking into account the restrictions for movement and organization of events as a result of COVID-19 pandemics, video conferences are a […]
On 18 June 2020, a meeting of the Norway Grants International Working Group Evaluation and Indicators” took place, where representatives from Norway, Latvia and five other European countries met remotely. The Working Group first met in May last year in the United Kingdom, when a discussion was launched on the need to implement the Measuring […]
A trilateral experience exchange video meeting has been held between Norwegian, Bulgarian and Latvian partners implementing correctional services programmes supported by the Norway Grants. In Latvia, within the framework of a project supported by the Norway Grants, it is intended to design and build a Training centre and an open prison block of the Prison […]
During restrictions determined due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sixth Cooperation Committee meeting of Norway Grants for 2014–2021 programme “Correctional Services” was held on 29 April 2020 via video conference. During the conference, representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, Latvian Prison Administration, State Probation Service, Financial Mechanism Office, as well as […]