On  August14,2013 association „Latvian Movement for Independent living” has signed agreement with Society Integration Foundation under the EEA Grants 2009-2014 programme „NGO fund" about implementation of Project „Support to the activities of Association „Latvian Movement for Independent living” – step towards stronger civil society”.

Objective of Project plan is to strengthen the institutional and human capacity of association „Latvian Movement for Independent living” (hereafter – LATMIL)  and to ensure regular and sustainable involvement of LATMIL in the development, implementation and monitoring of social policy and decision making processes, in order to promote equal rights of persons with disability   to live in the society with full inclusion and participation in the life of society.

Project target group is association itself and its members, but indirect target group is persons with Disabilities and their family members.  

During the implementation of project association will be actively involved in the development of social policy to promote the beginning of deinstitutionalization process of persons with Disabilities in Latvia. Through the citizen forum association will foster active citizenship of vulnerable group – persons with Disabilities and relatives taking care of persons with Disabilities on daily basis. At the same time skills to participate in decision making processes will be given to these vulnerable groups. e-Participation platform, created in the framework of Project on the long term will serve as tool to stimulate the engagement of civic society in decision making processes. e-Participation platform will give opportunity for the persons who are not able to be present in formulation of opinion or position (because of the need to take daily care of relative with disability as there is lack of community based social services),  to participate in decision making processes. It will also provide this marginalized group with actual information on the activities of association in participatory democracy.  

During the implementation of Project association will perform the watchdog role and will monitor the quality of States long-term care institutions for persons with disabilities. At the same time LATMIL will advocate for the rights of persons with severe disabilities who are segregated in the long term care institutions.

LATMIL will strengthen the organizational and human capacity to ensure the further sustainable work, through enlargement of membership and involvement in the international NGO coalition, as well through development and implementation of fundraising strategy.

 Project will be implemented in the premises of  association in Riga and In Riga planning region.  

The implementation period of Project is from 01.08.2013. till 31.12.2015.

 Project co-finansation from EEA Grants and Republic of Latvia is 51 969,14 EUR.

The project is financially supported by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

 Programme is financed by the EEA Grants and Latvia.

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