FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
National Network
Latvia
Address
Terbatas street 74A , Office 306 Riga, LV-1001 LatviaCountry
LatviaCity
RigaStreet address 2
Terbatas street 74A , Office 306Telephone
+37125451199Website
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1995Contact Person1
Anna LielpētereContact Person 2
Maija LocāneOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
Youth and educationGeneral Information
The Club "The House" has 4 sections in different regions of Latvia; the main of them is located in Riga. All members, including the board of seven people (president, two vice presidents, two regional representatives and two board members), are volunteers. Sources of funding are donations, membership fees, project grants and sponsors. The Club "The House" is also a representative of Young European federalists (JEF) in Latvia and a member of the Youth Council of Latvia. The main activities are projects, seminars, lectures, camps, competitions about Europe’s topics with the aim to encourage young people to be active citizens of Latvia and EU. Our partners are youth non-governmental organisations in Latvia and other countries, JEF sections, state institutions (e.g. Ministry of Foreign Affairs), European Commission, European Parliament information office.Mission and Objectives
The mission of the organisation is to popularize the idea of a united Europe, to promote democracy, tolerance and human rights while informing and educating youth. The main aim is to achieve that youngsters find out more about European institutions, about European culture, history, traditions, sport, social and political processes.Main Projects / Activities
The Club “The House” has lots of traditions like organizing activities in Europe Day, questionnaire about Europe for students, tea evenings with discussions about different themes, film evenings. The most important projects in last two years were hosting 4 EVS volunteers, trainings about European Parliament elections and informal education, street actions about NATO and Europe Day, photography exhibition “Europe in Latvia”, exchange with Belarus.