Until 1 April 2024, civil servants and public sector employees are invited to apply for support under the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme “Public Administration”.
The support is intended for study and exchange visits to learn best-practice examples and solutions, networking and other activities aimed at improving the efficiency of state and municipal work. The program’s goal is to enhance the region’s competitiveness globally and strengthen cooperation among state and municipal institutions in the Nordic and Baltic countries at all administrative levels: national, regional, and municipal.
Besides supporting exchange visit to your partners or twinning institutions in the Nordic countries, the funding also covers professional visits of partners from Nordic countries and from other Baltic countries to Latvia.
One of the key requirements to qualify for the mobility funding is that the project must involve participants from at least three countries:
- Applicants from the Baltic States must visit partners in at least two Nordic countries.
- Applicants from the Nordic countries must visit at least two Baltic countries.
The application process is simple and straightforward:
- Independently establish contact with partners in the Nordic countries.
- Define topic and a justified purpose for the trip.
- Apply online at www.nb8grants.org.
- Prepare a travel plan.
- Take the trip (or host the visit) and make the most of the cooperation potential.
In 2023, 12 applications from Latvia were approved. The beneficiaries were the municipalities of Madona, Cēsis and Valmiera, as well as Liepāja Concert Hall, Riga City Council Welfare Department, Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments, State Construction Control Bureau, Ministry of Health, Court administration, State Police (Main Criminal Police Department), Forest Research Station, and the National Library of Latvia.
A total of 64 applications were received in the Nordic-Baltic region. The program budget for 2023 was 349,340 euros, and it supported 402 individuals.
This year, the program will have only one application round.
Deadline for applications: 1 April.
For more insight, we invite you to watch a video with previous beneficiaries sharing their experience. In the video: Timurs Tomsons and Elina Kundzina from the Liepaja Concert Hall “Lielais Dzintars” and Līga Mekša from Ropaži Municipality.
More information on the programme is available at www.nb8grants.org and www.norden.ee
The programme is administered by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia.
Contact person in Estonia: Madis Kanarbik, +372 7423625, public.administration@norden.ee
Programme contact person in Latvia: Daina Mežecka, +371 29394399, daina.mezecka@norden.lv
