Baltic Project 4 - EAPN-Latvia

The European Anti-Poverty Network
Latvijas PretNabadzības Tīkls

Svētdiena, 2023. gada 1. oktobris

BALTIC PROJECT 4

Strengthening the NGO network - a tool for social security
NVO tīkla stiprināšana - sociālās drošības instruments

Nordic Council of Ministers - Ziemeļu Ministru padome

01/10/2020 - 30/04/2022

Short description of the project

The project will be implemented in the Baltic Sea region by 8 non-governmental organizations from Latvia, Russia (the Kaliningrad Region and Saint-Petersburg), Belarus, Estonia, Poland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

The overall objective of this project is to deepen the understanding of the role of civil society and to strengthen the NGO network of the Baltic Sea Region to contribute to the social and health sector for promotion the social security in general by applying the basic principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and other social rights instruments. Planned period 19 months. A one NGO Symposium, 8 seminars/workshops and an evaluation meeting will take place in 9 partner countries in order to implement the project tasks. These activities will improve the knowledge and skills of the target group - 18 NGO experts in the social and health promotion sector - and strengthen the partners' capacity for cooperation and advocacy of topical interests in education institutions, state's or municipality's structures, as well as summarize the NGO experts' conclusions and will provide the dissemination of information within the Region on the role and opportunities of NGO network for social security.

The planned project budget is DKK 572000, co-funding of the Nordic Council of Ministers DKK 444150 included.

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Project partners

● Latvia EAPN-Latvia, Association	● Estonia Eesti People to People
● Russia PSP-Fond	● Russia Union of Women of the Kaliningrad Region
● Belarus Local Foundation for Promotion of International Dialogue and Cooperation "Interakcia"	● Poland Stowarzyszenie Vesuvio
● Norway Velferds Alliansen	● Sweden b-Creative Cultural Association
● Denmark Interfolk - Institute for civil Society	● Denmark Odense Aftenskole

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Project team

Latvia

● Laila Balga, Project Coordinator
info

eapn.lv

● Inguna Lapsina, Financial Manager
info

eapn.lv

● Maris Kalejs, IT Manager
sanne

sanne.lv

Estonia

● Ruta Pels, Project Manager
ruta.pels

mail.ru

● Leonid Smulskiy, Publicity Manager
ptpest

hot.ee

Denmark (Copenhagen) Denmark (Odense)

● Hans Jorgen Vodsgaard,
Project Manager
hjv

interfolk.dk
(01/10/2020-12/03/2021)

● Jan Johansen,
Project Manager
janjoh

mail.dk
(15/05/2021-30/04/2022)

Poland

● Alina Maria Stadnik, Project Manager
vesuvio7

wp.pl

● Wlodzimierz Andrzej Stadnik,
Project Manager
vesuvio7

wp.pl

Belarus

● Marina Borisova,
Project Manager
borisova

interakcia.by

● Yuliya Kukhtsinskaya,
Financial Manager
kukhtsinskaya

eu-belarus.net

Kaliningrad, Russia

● Marina Matiunina, Project Manager
marysja132007yandex.ru

Norway

● Honoratte BNN Muhanzi,
Project Manager
honoratte.muhanzi

velferdsalliansen.no

● Aste Solheim Hagerup,
Administrator,
aaste.solheim.hagerup

velferdsalliansen.no

Sweden

● Ingmarie Rohdin, Project Manager
ingmarierohdin

b-creative.link

● Åsa Hedlin Olsson,
Researcher/Administrator,
asahedlinolsson

b-creative.link

● Cristina Boldrini Tisci,
Responsible for marketing and networking
ingmarierohdin

b-creative.link

Saint-Petersburg, Russia

● Boris Panich,
Project Manager
bppsp-f.org

● Olga Efimova,
Project Manager
oe

psp-f.org

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NGO experts in the social and health promotion sector

● Aigars Sveicers, EAPN-Latvia expert
asveicers

gmail.com

● Marite Rozentale,
EAPN-Latvia expert,
maritero

inbox.lv

● Ruta Pels, EPTP expert
ruta.pels

mail.ru

● Jan Johansen,
Odense Aftenskole expert
janjoh

mail.dk

● Jette Mellgren,
Odense Aftenskole expert
mail

jettemellgren.dk

● Helle Klodskov,
VUC Odense expert
HHA

vucfyn.dk

● Marina Matiunina, Women's Union of the Kaliningrad Region, expert marysja132007yandex.ru	● Alina Maria Stadnik, VESUVIO expert vesuvio7wp.pl	● Åsa Hedlin Olsson, B-Creative Association expert, hedlinolssongmail.com
● Marina Borisova, INTERAKCIA Foundation expert borisovainterakcia.by	● Yuliya Kukhtsinskaya, INTERAKCIA Foundation expert kukhtsinskayaeu-belarus.net	● Daria Stepnova, INTERAKCIA Foundation expert stepnovainterakcia.by
● Ingmarie Rohdin, B-Creative association expert ingmarierohdinb-creative.link	● Olga Efimova, PSP-Fond expert oepsp-f.org	● Egils Rupeks, EAPN-Latvia expert egils.rupekscfbc.lv
● Boris Panich, PSP-Foundation expert bppsp-f.org	● Honoratte BNN Muhanzi, Velferdsalliansen EAPN-Norway expert honoratte.muhanzi velferdsalliansen.no	● Aste Solheim Hagerup, Velferdsalliansen EAPN-Norway expert aaste.solheim.hagerup velferdsalliansen.no
● Pavel Smulski, EPTP expert Paul_smulskihotmail.com	● Hanne Blomstrom, FirmaPlus+ hanneblmail.dk	● Edite Kalnina, Latvian Cooperation Network of Women's NGOs expert editekalninaekgmail.com
● Dace Paegle, EAPN-Latvia expert dacebernuforums.lv	● Natalya Novikova, EAPN-Latvia expert novikovakompit.lv	● Irena Moreino, National Library of Latvia, expert irena.moreinolnb.lv
● Ilze Gensberga National Library of Latvia, expert ilze.gensbergalnb.lv	● Tord Hansson, B-Creative Association, expert tordstefanhanssongmail.com	● Natalya Anosova, Women's Union of the Kaliningrad Region expert anosnataliyandex.ru
● Gunta Kelle, EAPN-Latvia expert guntaimka.lv	● Froydis Petersen Jensen, Velferdsalliansen EAPN-Norway expert postvelferdsalliansen.no	● Wlodzimierz Stadnik, VESUVIO expert vesuvio7wp.pl
● Elina Alere Fogele, EAPN-Latvia expert elina.alere.fogeleeapn.lv	● Evija Skaistkalne, National Library of Latvia, expert evija.skaistkalnelnb.lv	● Inga Vovchenko, National Library of Latvia, expert inga.vovcenkoln.lv
● Ilga Liepina, EAPN-Latvia, expert ilga.liepinsgmail.com

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Project main activities

1. November-December 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Project opening. Symposium of NGO experts.

2. January-February 2021, Tallinn, Estonia.
Seminar/workshop of NGO experts.

3. March-April 2021, Bromolla, Sweden.
Seminar/workshop of NGO experts.

4. May-June 2021, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Seminar/workshop of NGO experts.

5. July-August 2021, Rzeszow, Poland.
Seminar/workshop of NGO experts.

6. September-October 2021, Minsk, Belarus.
Seminar/workshop of NGO experts.

7. November-December 2021, Oslo, Norway.
Seminar/workshop of NGO experts.

8. January-February 2022, Kaliningrad, Russia
Seminar/workshop of NGO experts.

9. March-April 2022, Riga, Latvia
Project evaluation meeting of NGO experts. Project closing.