It has been planned that the Information Centre for Immigrants will be available in Riga and the four regions of Latvia, and it will operate as a one stop agency by providing information and support to the clients, service providers and people of Latvia, including interpreting services for the rarer languages in Latvia such as Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi, Dari, Tigrinya, Uzbek, Pashto, etc. The agreement envisages that ~43% of the project financing is allocated for providing interpreting services.
Within the framework of the project, training in the communication among various cultures will be organized for the training specialists, a volunteer network will be developed and coordinated, experience exchange activities will be organized, and information for the society will be provided on a regular basis.
The project is implemented by the society "Shelter "Safe House"" within the framework of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. The project is co-financed by the European Union. The budget of the project is EUR 939,944.15 of which EUR 704,995.61 is co-financed by the European Union and EUR 234,998.54 — by the state budget. Grant Agreement No.PMIF/12/2016/1/1.
*A third-country national is any person who is not a citizen of the member states of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation
Information was prepared by: Rasa Salina (Rasa Saliņa), Communications and Social Media Expert, phone: 22026355, e-mail: rasa.salina@gmail.com