Category Archives: History

Brief report on forum “Public sector reforms: lower costs, greater efficiency – successful examples in Eastern Europe” (Organized in cooperation with FEPS; Riga, December 11, 2009)

On December 11th, 2009, Freedom and Solidarity Foundation held a forum “Public sector reforms: lower costs, greater efficiency – successful examples in Eastern Europe”, which called on government workers, academics, political party representatives, students, and others. Around 100 people attended the event, which indicated the

Public discussion „New Challenges for NATO members and its partners” on April 21, 2009.

Riga will host a public discussion „New Challenges for NATO members and its partners” on April 21, 2009. In the occasion of the 60th anniversary of NATO and Latvia’s 5th anniversary of membership in the Alliance, Freedom and Solidarity Foundation, Latvian Transatlantic organization (LATO) and

Latvia as an alternative energy “superpower”

Latvia has two powerful lobbies which influence our energy politics. These are the well known Latvenergo and Latvijas Gaze. Elsewhere there are similar lobbies, however other countries also have powerful lobbies, which balance the influence of energy giants on political agenda decision making. However, while

Freedom and Solidarity Foundation Third Forum: The Demographic Situation and Innovation: Growth Prospectives for Latvia. December 6, 2008, Riga

The chairman of the Freedom and Solidarity Foundation Atis Lejiņš opened the forum. He pointed out the demographic problems faced by Latvia in the coming years and stressed the need to resolve these problems within the EU context. He recalled his recent participation in the

BSF 1st Forum: How to democratize political parties? On the road to abolish political serfdom Latvia. Jurmala, March 15, 2008.

More than 100 participants took part in discussion forum „How to democratize political parties? On the road to abolish political serfdom in Latvia” organized by Freedom and Solidarity Foundation (FSF) on 15th of March in Jurmala, Latvia. During the first session Dr Elmar Römpczyk, Co-ordinator