On 30 September, staff members of Shelter “Safe House” gathered to learn more about the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can be used in their everyday work.
The training session was led by Andrejs Plociņš, Mg. sc. Comp., a lecturer at the “Buts” Training Centre.
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work, search for information and tackle everyday tasks. Widely used AI tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini are based on large language models. This is just one type of artificial intelligence, but perhaps the most visible at present, as we interact with these tools through language and dialogue — forms of communication that are so familiar to us.
Non-governmental organisations employ people from a wide range of professions, and AI can find useful applications in each of them. Our training group also brought together representatives of different professions, including lawyers, a social worker, project managers, a public relations specialist and an accountant. Each of us already had some experience and observations regarding the use of AI tools, as well as a desire to further develop our knowledge and skills.
At the end of the session, we concluded that we would like to continue learning, with a greater focus on practical applications — specifically, how each of us can use artificial intelligence in our daily professional responsibilities.
The training session was organised as part of the project “Sustainable Growth: Strengthening the Operations and Capacity of the Association Shelter ‘Safe House’” (Agreement No. 2025/LV/NVOF/MAC/034/L4).
This publication was prepared with financial support from the Society Integration Foundation, using funds from the Latvian state budget, within the framework of the project (Agreement No. 2025/LV/NVOF/MAC/034/L4). The association Shelter “Safe House” is responsible for the information campaign “Find Shelter in the Safe House!”