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Funding period

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Programme· LV-HOMEAFFAIRS · 2014–2021

International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime

  • Latvia
  • Programme Agreement
  • 2 programme areas

Improved crime prevention and investigation

Programme objective, as agreed.

Allocation

€16m

Allocation by financial mechanism: EEA Grants 100%.

  • EEA Grants €16m
  • Norway Grants None

Funded by EEA Grants

€18m 110% of allocation
Contracted in signed projects
7
Projects signed
0
Donor programme partners
1
Documents published

Where the money is committed

The agreement splits this allocation across several programme areas. Because it spans more than one, its projects cannot be attributed to any single area.

Allocation by programme area: International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime 91%, Domestic and Gender-based Violence 9%.

This programme's allocation by programme area.
Programme areaAllocationShare
International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime PA20€15m90.5%
Domestic and Gender-based Violence PA22€1.6m9.5%

Who runs it

Responsible bodies

Programme operator
Ministry of the Interior - Latvia
National focal point
Ministry of Finance
Short name
LV-HOMEAFFAIRS
Type
Programme Agreement

Donor programme partners

Institutions from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway working on this programme.

No donor programme partner is named for this programme.

Bilateral ambitions

shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations, including € 113,077 of the fund for bilateral relations under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 earmarked for the bilateral initiative "Forensic science cooperation: 3D scanning expertise method" in cooperation with the National Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS/KRIPOS) in relation to the pre-defined project ‘Strengthening the capacity of the forensic system and inspection of the site of the event’. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.

Conditions in the programme agreement

5 concerns were recorded against this programme when it was agreed.

  • A pre-defined project in the area of combating economic crime with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as project partner, shall be explored when developing the concept note.
  • A pre-defined project in the area of strengthening capacity of the forensic system with the National Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS/KRIPOS) as project partner, shall be explored.
  • A pre-defined project in the area of strengthening child friendly justice with the Icelandic Government Agency for Child Protection as project partner, shall be explored when developing the concept note.
  • The maximum level of funding available from the total eligible expenditure of the programme for infrastructure (hard measures) shall be identified in the concept note.
  • The programme shall focus on combating economic crime, strengthening capacity of the forensic system and on strengthening child friendly justice.

The 7 projects

€18m of awarded grant.

Signed per year

  • 4 2020
  • 1 2021
  • 2 2022
Smallest grant
€226k
Median
€2.1m
Largest
€8.2m
The largest projects under this programme, by awarded grant.
Largest projectsSignedGrant
Support to the State Police for increasing effectiveness and quality of economic crime investigation in Latvia Latvian State Police2 July 2020€8.2m
"Strengthening of the capacity of forensic system and inspection of the site of the event" Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia17 June 2022€2.7m
Preventing and combating economic crime at the Border Crossing Point Terehova State Revenue Service of the Republic of Latvia27 July 2020€2.5m
Promoting cooperation between law enforcement authorities in preventing and combating economic crime in Latvia State Revenue Service of the Republic of Latvia27 July 2020€2.1m
Support for Barnahus implementation in Latvia Latvian Ministry of Welfare18 February 2021€1.8m
Support for the establishment of a whistle-blowing system in Latvia Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau of Latvia6 October 2020€649k
Improvement of employees’ knowledge in combating money laundering in Latvia Latvian Financial Intelligence Unit11 February 2022€226k

Implementation status is not published for this funding period, so projects are shown by awarded grant and signature date rather than by progress.

Documents and calls

Published against this programme.

Documents published against this programme.
TypeDocumentVersion dateVersion
Programme AgreementProgramme agreement LV-HOMEAFFAIRS13 May 202520.0