ECIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 8TH EDITION, ON 31 OCTOBER 2023

This year — 2023 — is special because November 1st will mark the 30th anniversary of the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty which created Union Citizenship. This is an opportunity to think about the meaning of European Citizenship, what it has achieved so far, where it is today and its future prospects. A chance for lateral thinking

Project “NOTE”partners in Italy engage in a Simulation of European Parliament and discuss activities

From October 4th to 6th, 2023, in the city of Taurisano, located in the province of Lecce, Italy, partners of the “NOTE” project from all over Europe gathered to deepen their understanding of the European Parliament’s operations by participating in a simulation, as well as to discuss the project advancements and the upcoming activities in

Training on food products’ and catering procurement

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 29 September 2023 the training on school children nutrition and Green public procurement for food products and catering took place at the Kandava Regional Elementary School for procurement specilists and school epresentatives from Kurzeme municipalities as part of the BSR Food Coalition project. Lecturer Ilva Dreimane presented recent modifications in

Project partners’ meeting in Kurzeme and the first school meals’ master class

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On the 1st day of the partners’ meeting on 9 May 2023 the school meals’ project partners from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia met in Jūrkalne (Ventspils County) to discuss of the project progress so far, as well as the planned pilots in each parther region. Each partner shall implement its pilot

SuRuMo – Project description

„SuRuMo“ („Sustainable Rural mobility“) Project Nr. CB0100064 Objective of the project: to carry out research in pilot areas, collect the data collected and create a single digital platform to find solutions for sustainable mobility in rural areas. Time of implementation: 01.05.2023.- 31.10.2026. Project financing: the total project budget of EUR 1,627.227.64, where 80% of EUR

School meals’ pilot project schools meet in Grobiņa

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 12 April 2023, as part of the #bsrfoodcoalition project,  10 schools from Kurzeme (Tukums, Ventspils, Saldus and South-Kurzeme counties), which will take part in the school meals pilot project, came together for their first meeting at Zenta Mauriņa Secondary School in Grobiņa. The pilots are expected to start in May

Schools meals’ project partners meet in Daugavpils

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 27.02.-01.03. the Kurzeme Planning Region together with representatives of Ventspils County Municipality took part in the school meals’ (BSR Food Coalition) project meeting in Daugavpils, hosted by the Latgales Planning Region. In the meeting all project partners from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia came together to discuss the survey results in

The “Note” project has been launched with series of events at the end of February and March

In February and early March 2023, the launch of the “NOTE” project was marked with several meetings and events, where both project partners and other target audiences important for the implementation of the project participated. The aim of the kick-off meeting was to get to know the partners, exchange working practices, discuss administrative aspects of

Second focus group discussion on introduction of local farmers’ grown food in school meals (Kuldīga)

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 17 February 2023, as part of the “BSR Food Coalition” project, various stakeholders from Kurzeme municipalities, catering services’ providers at schools and local farmers came together for the second time to discuss the existing cooperation with schools, municipalities, cooperation between farmers and caterers, by emphasizing the problems, challeneges and possible