youth activities and civic participation
About the municipality:
Riebiņi municipality founded at 16.11.2004 from 6 districts - Rušona, Galēni, Stabulnieki, Sīļukalns, Silajāņi and Riebiņi. Municipality located in the Eastern part of Latvia, Latgale region; the total area is 630 km2; population - 5493 (according to The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs data).
The average population density per km2 is 8,8 people.
One of the biggest treasures – forests (31% from total area), lakes and rivers.
Education: kindergarten, 4 elementary schools, high school, 10 libraries, youth initiative centre.
Culture: Riebiņi culture centre and 6 houses of culture in the districts.
Social sphere: Social care centre, social house, GP placements in the districts, pharmacies.
Business environment: agriculture - the main employment sector (mainly livestock and grain farming).
International cooperation: partnership projects with neighbor countries - Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Estonia.
We want to participate to the "Europe for Citizens" program, Strand 2. Democratic engagement and civic participation; Measure 2.1. Town twinning.
Short description of the project, including its aims:
Various topics from the fields of agriculture, culture, music, traditional things and sports, especialy youth activities and civic participation.
INSTITUTION | Riebiņi municipality |
TYPE OF INSTITUTION | Other |
CONTACT NAME | Ilze Kudiņa |
CONTACT E-MAIL | ilze.kudina@riebini.lv |
COUNTRY | Latvia |
NAME OF THE PROGRAMME | Europe for citizens / Town-twinnings |
PROJECT TOPIC | youth activities and civic participation |
WORKING LANGUAGE | EN |
EXPIRATION DATE | 28.02.2017. |