| N° | Focus areas | Form of implementation, objectives and possible activities | Indicative financial allocation | |
| Million CHF | Million EUR* | |||
| 1. Security, stability and support for reforms | ||||
| 1. | Regional development initiatives in peripheral or disadvantaged regions | Objective 1: To strengthen structures and capacities on regional and local government level Form of implementation - Individual project Possible activities: 1. Transportation system analysis of local governments after implementation of administrative-territorial reform and definition of activities for improvements; 2. Implementation of local governments activities by ensuring the transportation of school children and related support measures; 3. Support for fire safety measures in local government general education institutions. | 16,15 | 13,3 |
| Objective 2: To support youth in its development. Form of implementation - Programme Possible activities: 1. Youth initiatives in regions: school exchange, campaign for youth mobilisation, training courses (e.g. application training, computer training), job fairs etc.; 2. Training of social workers to provide support to youth in crisis. | 4 | 3,29 | ||
| 2. | Modernisation of the judiciary | Form of implementation - Individual project Objective: To enhance the performance of the judicial system and the access to justice. Possible activities: 1. Optimisation of judicial management including the improvement of judicial procedures, the management of costs, the strengthening of the use of electronic means, the improvement of proceedings, the introduction of video-translations and the capacity building of personnel; 2. Enhancement of access to justice including citizen information (awareness campaigns, brochures, etc.), reduction of access costs and improvement of physical accessibility. | 8 | 6,59 |
| 2. Environment and infrastructure | ||||
| 3. | Rehabilitation and modernisation of basic infrastructure | Form of implementation - Individual project Objective: To improve the environment in order to increase living standards and promote economic development. Possible activities: 1. Rehabilitation of hazardous waste dumping sites; 2. Hazardous waste management; 3. Remediation of historically polluted sites. | 13 | 10,71 |
| 3. Support for private sector | ||||
| 4. | Improved regulation of the financial sector and improving access to financing | Form of implementation - Individual project Objective 1: To support the effective implementation and enforcement of the Acquis Communautaire targeted to Corporate Financial Reporting. Possible activities: Institutional and regulatory capacity building for corporate sector financial reporting and auditing at the national level. Objective 2: To promote employment creation through the support of the private sector. Possible activities: Micro Lending Programme for small and micro enterprises and self-employed persons. | 9,46 | 7,79 |
| 4. Human resource and social development | ||||
| 5. | Research and development | Form of implementation - Block Grant Objective: To strengthen the scientific potential through enhanced access to education and research through selective promotion programmes. Possible activities: 1. Scholarships for research work in Switzerland for doctoral degree students and junior researchers (2,28 million CHF); 2. Short term grants for researchers from Swiss institutions to do lecturing or to share research experience in Latvian institutions (0,22 million CHF). | 2,32 | 1,90 |
| 5. Special Allocations | ||||
| NGO Block Grant | Form of implementation - Block Grant Objective: To promote civil society's contribution to economic and social cohesion as important actors of development and participation. Possible activities: Small Project Block grant(s) for the civil society/NGOs contributing primarily to social service provision as well as environmental concerns, allowing to strengthen organisational capacities. | 3,5 | 2,88 | |
| Technical Assistance Project (including Project Preparation Facility) | Latvian administration of the Latvian-Swiss Cooperation Programme including preparation, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, as well as support for the preparation of final project proposals. | 0,27 | 0,22 | |
| Swiss Programme Management and CRUS** management costs | Swiss administration of the Latvian-Swiss Cooperation Programme and CRUS management costs of the Scholarship Fund. | 3,18 | 2,61 | |
| Total financing of the Swiss-Latvian Cooperation Programme | 59,88 | 49,29 | ||
| * Exchange rate of the Bank of Latvia on 15.07.2014. used 1 EUR=1.2142 CHF. | ||||
| ** The Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities. |
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