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Providus
Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS
Formation2000; 25 years ago (2000)
FounderSoros Foundation
Founded atRīga, Latvia
TypeNonprofit, non-governmental, non-partisian think-tank
Focuspolicy, anti-corruption
LeaderIveta Kažoka
Websiteprovidus.lv

PROVIDUS (Full title: Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS) is a non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit think-tank, established by the Soros Foundation in 2002.[1] Think-tank PROVIDUS is a non-governmental organisation operating in the public interest and they are officially recognized as such. PROVIDUS’ homepage states the following mission statement: ”Our mission is to promote evidence-based policy and open society values.”

History and structure

PROVIDUS was established in 2002. Think-tank consists of its board, council and members.[2] Initial founders of the PROVIDUS are: "Soros Foundation Latvia" (now know as "Fonds atvērtai sabiedrībai DOTS"), Indra Dedze, Vita Anda Tērauda, Nellija Ločmele, Didzis Poreiters, Agnese Frīdenberga.

Current organisation's members are individuals that support PROVIDUS' goals, some of the current members are also initiation founders of the think-tank: Lolita Čigāne, Ilze Dzenovska, Valts Kalniņš, Andrejs Judins, Linda Austere, Iveta Kažoka, Dace Akule, Marija Golubeva, Marta Herca, Linda Curika, Ilze Ārnesta, Gatis Litvins, Agnese Lāce, Rasmuss Filips Geks, Līga Stafecka, Linda Jākobsone, Marta Rikša, Olafs Grigus.

PROVIDUS council's members are FDC Chairwoman, Dr.habil.oec. Inna Šteinbuka, partner of Law firm FORT and attorney-at-law Sandis Bērtaitis, member of the CPM International Board and international consultant Ivo Rollis and PROVIDUS leading researcher Agnese Frīdenberga.

Current director of PROVIDUS (since 2018) is Iveta Kažoka.[3] Previous directors: current member of the Parliament of Latvia Krista Baumane,[4] Dace Akule, current member of the Parliament of Latvia Vita Anda Tērauda.

Field of work

PROVIDUS aims to assist the politicians of Latvia in making better political decisions, fulfills watchdog's functions in the country's politics and promotes citizen engagement in various forms - both on a national and regional level.

From 2017 until 2020 PROVIDUS worked with questions and issues related to migration[5][6][7][8], political parties [9][10][11][12] and capacity strengthening of public administration,[13][14] fight against corruption,[15][16][17][18] as well as a fight against populism.

PROVIDUS' main methods of work include research, analysis of policies and legislations, providing recommendations and expert-opinions on legislations and actions, monitoring development of policies, providing political proposals, as well as organizing discussions and educational events.

The PROVIDUS team consists of 7 employees and 5 associated researchers. PROVIDUS council consists of 4 experts.

Projects

PROVIDUS researchers organize and execute various projects of national and international level in cooperation with organisations from Latvia and abroad.

In 2019 PROVIDUS finished and/or continued following projects:

  • Preparing for the EP election Takeoff),[19]
  • Meaningful feedback for courts,[20]
  • Līdzdalība valsts politikas veidošanas un uzraudzības procesos 2019 (Participation in the formation and monitoring of country's political processes 2019),[21]
  • Engaging municipalities: introducing best practices of civic involvement in decision—making[22][23] Project's results were presented in a conference "Public Engagement in Local Municipalities: Development and Innovations in Latvia and Europe".[24]
  • Thematical workshops for NGO leaders,[25][26]
  • Starptautiskās aizsardzības saņēmēju integrācijas izvērtēšana un uzlabošana] (Measuring and improving integration of beneficiaries of international protection),[27]
  • Towards a Citizens’ Union – 2CU.[28]

Sources of funding

PROVIDUS projects are funded with support of the European Commission, Open Society Foundation in Europe, Die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Sabiedrības integrācijas fonds (Society Integration Foundation), Teterevu fonds (Template:Labg) and others.

Latest publications (In English language)

Year Title of the publication
2020 Representation of women in the ICT sector in Latvia: public perception and workplace adaptation to gender equality
2020 How can European Affairs Committees be strengthened?
2020 Mapping the ecosystem in which social economy enterprises operate, including access to public procurement contracts
2019 Examples of civic involvement in the municipalities of Latvia
2019 How Latvia protected its elections in year 2018?
2019 The European benchmark for refugee integration: A comparative analysis of the National Integration Evaluation Mechanism in 14 EU countries
2019 Representative Democracy in the EU: Recovering Legitimacy
2019 Guidelines on Incorporating Tolerance and Mutual Respect in Language Tuition and Social Orientation of Refugees and Migrants Presented
2019 Protecting Election Integrity in the Age of Social Media: Best Practices
2019 Report: What affected voters' decisions in the 6 October 2018 parliamentary elections?
2019 Book Publication: Is Europe Facing a Democracy Crisis?
2019 Report on citizens' consultations on Europe in Latvia

PROVIDUS' directresses

Gads Vārds, uzvārds
2018 — now Iveta Kažoka[29]
2016 — 2018 Krista Baumane[30]
2013 — 2016 Dace Akule[31][32]
2002 — 2013 Vita Tērauda[33]
  1. ^ "Centre for Public Policy, Latvia (PROVIDUS)". Anticorruption policies revisited. ANTICORRP. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  2. ^ "PROVIDUS VALDE, PADOME UN BIEDRI". Providus (in Latvian). Providus. 2006-03-07. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  3. ^ "Think tank PROVIDUS will be lead by policy analyst Iveta Kažoka". Providus. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  4. ^ "Saeimā darbu sāk deputāte Krista Baumane". Delfi.lv (in Latvian). 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  5. ^ "Migrācija un mediji: kā runāt par migrāciju cieņpilni?". www.diena.lv. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  6. ^ lvportals.lv. "Uz migrāciju jāraugās kā uz iespēju - LV portāls". lvportals.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  7. ^ "Aicina skolotājus pieteikties dalībai seminārā "Migrācijas vizualizācija"". eTwinning. 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2020-06-05.[dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Eksperte: Latvija migrācijas jautājumos ir spējīga solidarizēties ar citām ES valstīm. Jaunumi. Es & ES. LETA". www.leta.lv. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  9. ^ "KNAB informē politiskās partijas un reklāmas pakalpojumu sniedzējus". KNAB. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  10. ^ "Iveta Kažoka: Vai Latvijas partijas saprot savu vēlētāju?". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  11. ^ "Saeimas partijas privileģētas. Valdošo partiju stiprināšana?". LA.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-06-05.[dead link‍]
  12. ^ lvportals.lv. "Valsts maksās politiskajām partijām vairāk. Vai darīs pareizi? - LV portāls". lvportals.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  13. ^ "Latvijas nevalstisko organizāciju kapacitātes stiprināšana interešu aizstāvības aktivitātēm". www.sif.gov.lv. Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  14. ^ "VALSTS PĀRVALDES POLITIKA: pašreizējā situācija un nākotnes izaicinājumi Izvērtējums un priekšlikumi diskusijai" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on Template:Dat. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); line feed character in |title= at position 27 (help)
  15. ^ "Delna – DELNA UN PROVIDUS IZGLĪTO VIDUSSKOLĒNUS PAR KORUPCIJU UN MUDINA SEKOT PAŠVALDĪBU VĒLĒŠANĀM" (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  16. ^ Gailāne, Gunita (2018-03-06). "'Providus' bažīgs par KNAB spēju kontrolēt partiju nereģistrēto naudu". delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  17. ^ "Iveta Kažoka: Kad korupcijas skandāls nav korupcijas skandāls". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  18. ^ lvportals.lv. "Šodienas un nākotnes izaicinājumi cīņā pret politisko korupciju - LV portāls". lvportals.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  19. ^ Kažoka, Iveta; Geks, Rasmuss; Tarasova, Sintija (2019-05-03). "Gatavojoties EP vēlēšanām (Preparing for the EP election Takeoff)". Providus. Retrieved 2021-02-01. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
  20. ^ "Meaningful feedback for courts" (in Latvian). 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2021-02-01. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
  21. ^ "Līdzdalība valsts politikas veidošanas un uzraudzības procesos 2019" (in Latvian). 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2021-02-01. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
  22. ^ "Iesaistošas pašvaldības: sabiedrības līdzdalības labākās prakses meklējot (Engaging municipalities: introducing best practices of civic involvement in decision-making)". Providus. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2021-02-01. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
  23. ^ "Par konceptuālo ziņojumu "Par līdzdalības budžeta ieviešanu Latvijā"". LIKUMI.LV (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  24. ^ "Conference "Public Engagement in Local Municipalities: Development and Innovations in Latvia and Europe"". Providus. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  25. ^ centrs, Zemgales NVO. "Providus un Latvijas pilsoniskā alianse piedāvā iespēju apgūt protesta pasākumu organizēšanas prasmes". Zemgales NVO centrs (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-06-05.[dead link‍]
  26. ^ "Tematiskās apmācības NVO līderiem (Thematical workshops for NGO leaders)". Providus (in Latvian). 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2021-02-01. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
  27. ^ "Starptautiskās aizsardzības saņēmēju integrācijas izvērtēšana un uzlabošana". Providus (in Latvian). 2019-03-17. Retrieved 2021-02-01. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
  28. ^ "Ceļā uz savienību pilsoņiem - 2CU". Providus (in Latvian). 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
  29. ^ "Domnīcu PROVIDUS vadīs pētniece Iveta Kažoka". providus.lv. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  30. ^ "PROVIDUS vadīs Krista Baumane". providus.lv. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  31. ^ "Providus apstiprināta jauna direktore - Dace Akule". Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  32. ^ "PROVIDUS būs jauna direktore - Dace Akule". providus.lv. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  33. ^ "Vita Tērauda CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on Template:Dat. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)

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