On June 7 and 8, 2024, representatives of Free Riga visited Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences to help transform the building at Tērbatas iela 10A into a laboratory of sustainable construction. The building was cleaned and in the future workshop area the interior decoration was removed. The work plan for the development of the building is based on the ideas developed by Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences and Romanian Polytechnic University of Timisoara architecture students in the 2023 E³UDRES² living laboratories. But in the end of July, representatives of Vidzeme University will visit Free Riga to help implement the ideas of Viskaļi - Life Quality Design Institute.
The activities are implemented by the Erasmus+ project “Building Alternative Skills to Implement Creativities and Commons, No. 101111802” and are co-financed from the European Union budget.
From 23.04. to 26.04.2024. several ViA employees and students (Marija Katrīna Dambe, Linda Murāne, Alīna Beitāne and Liene Goļča) participated in the Riga session of the "BASICC- Building Alternative Skills to Implement Creativities and Commons" project. Project representatives from Latvia, France, Italy, Belgium shared their experience and knowledge, learned about the situation in Latvia and Riga in relation to empty, abandoned buildings and building communities, as well as visited and analyzed several places in Riga: the Quality of Life Design Institute "Viskaļi", Briana quarter, creative quarter "Provodniks" etc.
The activities are implemented by the Erasmus+ project “Building Alternative Skills to Implement Creativities and Commons, No. 101111802” and are co-financed from the European Union budget.
The overall objective of the LIFE-IP LatViaNature is to ensure implementation of the PAF specifically addressing gaps and shortcomings and ensuring favorable conservation status of the natural and semi-natural habitats and species of Community interest by developing best practices, and creating and adopting innovative solutions.
The proposed IP will include the following specific objectives:
To improve the conservation status of habitats and species through wise planning and effective management;
To improve the efficiency of Natura 2000 network;
To improve the nature planning system at site level by making it more flexible and user-friendly;
To develop motivating mechanisms to support effective nature conservation on private lands;
To develop an effective system for control and management of invasive alien species;
To create a modern, centralized data portal for nature conservation sector;
To strengthen the capacity of administration and to enhance collaboration among governmental, non-governmental sectors and scientific institutions;
To increase the stakeholder involvement and to raise awareness of specific target groups, especially private landowners, regarding nature conservation in general and specific areas of the IP;
To raise awareness of the general public on nature conservation issues and to increase their knowledge and voluntary involvement in biodiversity conservation.
Implementation period: 01.11.2020. - 31.12.2028.
Funding/ programme: EU Life Environment Programme
HESPI role: Project partner
Cooperation partners: Nature Conservation Agency (lead partner), Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia, University of Latvia, Daugavpils University, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, JSC “Latvia’s state forests”, Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre, Latvian Fund for Nature, Pasaules dabas fonds
Project funding: 19484173.00 EUR
Project scientific manager (e-mail): Agita Līviņa (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Involved staff: HESPI research staff Andris Klepers, Anda Arkliņa
The Aim and description: BASICC develops skills for the organization of vacant spaces in Europe, in connection with the European ecosystem of "social and proximity economy".Project will develop pedagogical innovations: university degree sessions on vacant places and their reuse in shared spaces, a work-based learning for access to a professional title of digital mediation space managers, a university course on acquired reflexive skills and a digital narrative platform. Dissemination strategy is addressed through a protocol for designing national training courses on the management of common spaces. Communication with the general public will happen through the production of a documentary on the skills developed by the learners. Evaluation is oriented towards policy makers, to whom project members will provide comprehensive analyses of the learning associated with occupying vacant spaces and the economic impact of the ecosystem created.
Project period: 01.08.2023.-31.07.2025.
Project number: 101111802
Project partners: 15 project partners from Italy, France, Latvia, Turkey, Belgium and Germany. Lead partner: Coop Eskemm
Project total budget: 1 250 000.00 EUR
ViA project budget: 28 783.00 EUR
Programme: Erasmus+
Involved staff: Marija Katrīna Dambe, Linda Murāne, Krišjānis Zaķis, Liene Golča
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At the beginning of July 2024, Linda Murāne went to Brussels, where the next experience and research visit of project partners was held within the framework of the BASICC project. Two communities MONA...
On June 7 and 8, 2024, representatives of Free Riga visited Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences to help transform the building at Tērbatas iela 10A into a laboratory of sustainable construction. The...
From 23.04. to 26.04.2024. several ViA employees and students (Marija Katrīna Dambe, Linda Murāne, Alīna Beitāne and Liene Goļča) participated in the Riga session of the "BASICC- Building Alternative ...
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA) representative Marija Katrīna Dambe went to the meeting and work seminar in Italy from January 29 to February 2, 2024 to agree with the partners on the nex...
In the period from 12.12.23. -15.12.23. ViA representative Linda Murane went to the Frence, Rennes to meet BASICC project partners from France, Belgium, Italy and Germany. During the meeting, the wo...
In November, representatives of ViA together with the organization "Free Riga" went on an experience exchange tour to get to know each other and better understand the experiences and needs in the rest...
From 11.10.23.-13.10.23. Linda Murāne went to Brussels, where with the organization "Free Riga" and other project partners, she had the opportunity to "step into the shoes of French students" and part...
The Aim of this interdisciplinary research project is to study scientific culture at secondary schools in Latvia as one of the most crucial driving forces for science literate society, generate knowledge basis for scholarly discourse and policy recommendations, and to develop and test a model of theoretically and empirically grounded criteria for evaluating scientific school culture in the post pandemic future.
Implementation period: extended until 31.12.2025. (03.01.2022. - 30.12.2024.)
Project Nr.: lzp-2021/1-0135
Funding/ programme: Fundamentālo un lietišķo pētījumu programma
HESPI role: Project implementer
Cooperation partners: University of Latvia
Project funding: 299 996.40 EUR
Project scientific manager (e-mail): Agnese Dāvidsone (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Involved staff: HESPI research staff Agnese Dāvidsone, Vineta Silkāne, Gatis Krūmiņš. Master's students - guest research assistants Gita Dukure, Lelde Āre. Guest researcher Anželika Krastiņa. LU research staff Zanda Rubene, Linda Daniela.
