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Information Centre for Newcomers invites you to the Open Day on 11 of October in Cēsis!

To inform about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) in Cēsis, ICN is organizing Open Day on the 11 of October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, at Pļavas street 3A, Cēsis. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives of the IC...

Information Centre for Newcomers in Liepāja welcomes you to the Open Day!

To inform about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) in Liepāja, ICN is organizing Open Day on the October 9 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at Klaipēdas Street 96A, Liepāja. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives of the ...

Latvian Teacher: Persons under International Protection are Highly Motivated to Learn Latvian

At the end of August of this year the third group of students consisting of 11 individuals from Russia (4), Turkey (3), Georgia (2), Ukraine (1) and Egypt (1) took the test for the lowest level of language proficiency under the Support Actions for Persons under International Protection II project. T...

Information Centre for Newcomers invites you to the Open Day on 25th of September in Daugavpils!

To inform about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) in Daugavpils, ICN is organizing Open Day on the 25th of September from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, at Parādes Street 11, Daugavpils. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representa...

During the Open Day Event in Jelgava Consultations on Education and Employment were Provided in Six Languages

On 27 August of this year conversations in Kurdish, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Russian and English could be heard at 22 Cukura Street – foreigners from different parts of the world visited the Open Day event of the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) to learn more about ICN activities, obtain f...

In August, 28 people completed the integration training course, 11 people – the Latvian language course

NGO “Shelter “Safe House”” informs that in August the integration training course organized under the project Support Actions for Persons under International Protection II was completed by two groups, in which in total 28 persons under international protection from six countries participated. The f...

From 14th till 18th of September in Dobele will be held forum "Integration Dialogue"

In the recent years, Latvia has become one of the popular destinations across Europe to pursue a higher education degree, launch a business or seek an employment. In the past two years, the number of foreign students enrolled in the major higher education institutions of Latvia has doubled, howeve...

Information Centre for Newcomers invites you to the Open Day on 27th of August in Jelgava!

To inform about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) in Jelgava, ICN is organizing Open Day on the 27th of August from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, at Cukura Street 22 - 101, Jelgava. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives...

Information Centre for Newcomers welcomes you to the Open Day!

To inform the general public about the activities and services provided by the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICI), ICI is organizing Open Day on the 17th of August from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at Lāčplēša Street 75-1B, Riga. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representat...

Persons From 16 Countries Have Taken Part in the Support Measures During the First Half of the Year

Society “Shelter “Safe House”” informs that from 2 January to 30 June of this year activities were implemented to promote inclusion of persons under international protection in the Latvian society under the Support Actions for Persons under International Protection II project. In total, three group...

This year the Information Centre for Newcomers has already provided 832 free consultations on legal, education and employment matters

From January 2 to June 30 the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) has provided all over Latvia information and support to 495 foreign citizens, who arrived from 30 countries outside the European Union, and 27 specialists working with this target group. Most frequently, customers have chosen to r...

Attention! Information Centre for Newcomers Riga office has changed!

21 Person Under International Protection Receives a Certificate About Completion of the Latvian Language Course

In order to provide for persons under international protection an opportunity to acquire Latvian language knowledge and skills needed for work and in everyday life, and develop the main competences required for learning a language, such as reading, speaking, writing, listening and use of grammar, La...

An Evening of Chinese Culture of Another Kind

On 14 June representatives of seven different cultures gathered at the Information Centre for Newcomers (ICN) to learn about the unknown culture of Hong Kong people. Students told about their homeland – the dialect of Chinese language spoken in Hong Kong, its currency, flag, art, lifestyle and cuisi...

Within the framework of the educational course about Latvia, people mostly expressed interest in the fields of healthcare, employment, and education

“This group was mostly interested in and asked most of the questions about the fields of healthcare, employment, including job opportunities in Latvia, as well as educational issues – perspectives, recognition of an acquired education diploma,” Z. Rudene says. “During the course, the participants ad...

Support Point in Vidzeme

The author of the interview: Liga Salnite (Līga Salnite). The author of the photos: Marta Martinsone-Kasa (Marta Martinsone-Kaša) A helping hand to newcomers. For almost two years Baiba Zalcmane (Baiba Zalcmane) has been the person in Vidzeme, Cesis any foreigner, who has come to Latvia, can turn...

The Information Centre for Newcomers has Provided Support to Third Country Nationals from 35 Countries This Year

Customer advisers have provided a total of 340 face-to-face consultations on various legal issues, education, employment and other matters related to life in Latvia. Most often foreign nationals have asked questions about migration issues, including residence permits, education and family reunificat...

In April, 30 persons under international protection from 12 countries completed the integration training course in Latvia

Within the framework of the integration training course, persons under international protection can acquire knowledge about the state of Latvia, state system, history, culture and traditions, practical information about Latvia, inclusion in society, principles of non-discrimination, communication, r...

More than Two Hundred Hours of Volunteering in the Language of Friendship

"This month, we have implemented several initiatives, cooperated with other organizations, participated in various assistance activities, as well as promoted volunteering and the Information Centre for Newcomers," Ramona Liepiņa, Volunteering Coordinator says. In March, volunteers had an opportunit...

Persons Under International Protection Have Started Latvian Language Courses and Integration Courses

Presently Latvian language courses are held for two groups, which consist of 25 persons under international protection from 11 countries — Eritrea (7), Afghanistan (2), Azerbaijan (5), Russia (4), Israel (1), Congo (1), Sudan (1), Tajikistan (1), Belarus (1), Uzbekistan (1), Georgia (1). Latvian lan...

Planning is Carried Out for Commencing Activities Aimed at Persons under International Protection

“In February, integration study course “Introductory Course about Latvia” was submitted for licensing. It is planned that the study programme for persons under international protection will include lessons about how various systems operate in Latvia – labour market, education system, housing market,...

Volunteers of the Information Centre for Newcomers Invite to Join!

Since the establishment of ICN, more than 130 volunteers have participated in the creation of various activities and the provision of support over two years, organising a total of 48 team-building events, including culture evenings of different nations, which have become popular in Latvia. “Current...

Implementation of the Support Actions for Persons under International Protection II Project has Begun

250 representatives of the target group will have an opportunity to attend Latvian language courses, which will help the attendees to learn Latvian and enable them to communicate in the process of solving various everyday problems or obtaining documents from the local or public authorities. Knowledg...

NGO “Shelter “Safe House”” Continues to Develop the Information Centre for Newcomers

ICN will continue to operate as a one one-stop agency in Riga and at the four regional centres in Latvia – in Daugavpils, Jelgava, Cesis and Liepaja –, providing wide-ranging support face-to-face, through telephone information line or electronically free of charge to foreign citizens and service pro...

Information Centre Has Helped over 2.5 Thousands Foreigners

By 20 December 2017 ICI has provided support to 2514 persons – 1451 in Riga, 462 in Liepaja, 199 in Jelgava, 223 in Daugavpils, 179 in Cesis. In total, 3655 consultations have been provided regarding various legal and social issues. Most frequently, customers have chosen to receive consultations in ...

Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The support project educating persons under international protection about Latvia closes

Within 18 months, 20 groups, i.e., the total 455 representatives of the target group from 22 countries participated in the Social Economic Inclusion Program and completed the education: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,...

Baltic Sea Counter Trafficking Award winners announced; one of the winners - Sandra Zalcmane

To this day, in all sectors of our work, cases of sexual and labour exploitation remain too common. Be it from the service industry to hospitality and fashion. From the restaurants and hotels we visit, the services we use and items we buy – all of these may potentially rely on human trafficking, for...

Volunteers of the Information Centre for Immigriants invite to participate in a creative workshop!

"Star in the East" is a charity campaign that is taking place for the fourth year and aims to collect 6,000 gifts for children in refugee camps in the Middle East this year. Like in previous year, volunteers from the Information Center for immigrants invite everyone who is interested to participate...

In January in Riga a 3-day long Training Forum - "Integration Dialogue" will be held

In order to facilitate, foster and nurture the growing connection between the Baltic States and South Asia - Make Room is launching its regional Northern European representation in Latvia. Make Room, Indian-European Social Change Ecosystem, was independently established following the 13th EU-India S...

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