Welcome to NB8-Grants!

Balvi municipality is a local authority, with 20252 inhabitants and a territory of 2386.87 km2. In this project proposal, we are looking for one more Nordic partner to strengthen the entrepreneurial environment in the Balvi municipality by exchanging good practices, building the capacity of the municipal administration, getting to know problems and possible solutions in the entrepreneurship field, including the labor market, as well as identifying school programs as a tool for strengthening the field. 
We are looking for partners for possible future cooperation as well as on other topics like climate change and the environment, development of towns and rural areas, youth fields and schools, culture, etc.


For more information, please feel free to contact Santa Šmite (project manager of Balvi municipality administration), e-mail: santa.smite@balvi.lv, phone: +371 28080739.

Contact: Santa Šmite, Project manager (tel. + 371 26292288, e-mail: santa.smite@balvi.lv)

Panevezys City Municipality is a local authority institution implementing self-governing functions. It has over 240 employees. It would like to participate in Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Public Administration and is looking for future partners for group study visits, inernships to exchange of knowledge and good practice examples. Municipality is interested in cooperation in these areas:
Culture and arts for communities, culture acsessibility, cultural initiatives;
Smart city, sustainable development, sustainable mobility, climate change, environment, renewable energy;
Capacity building on Europen projects;
Youth involvment, engaging communities, social inclusion;
Promotion of sports and healthy life style;
Education, non-formal education, outdoor learning.
If you are looking for partners from the Baltic States, we would be glad to cooperate and work together.

Contact: Gintare Kliucininkiene, Investment projects specialist (tel. + 370 45501307, e-mail: gintare.kliucininkiene@panevezys.lt)

Internal audit in healthcare practice cheering.

Contact: Ilona Ogurcova, Director (tel. + 370 867781820, e-mail: constcc.dir@gmail.com)

During the visit we would like to know how your municipality or other public bodies have managed with COVID-19 situation and other related health issues to this pandemic problem solving. We want to see good examples and gain new knowledge about how one of Scandinavian countries are dealing with the pandemic. To the visit would come administration directors of Kaunas region municipalities.

By this possible visit we would like to promote knowledge transfer for mutual benefit within different sector areas on all administrative levels. Also promote promote cross-sectoral cooperation and also promote capacity building within local and regional authorities and maybe support of long term activities in the future.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Contact: Lina Misiukeviciene, Director (tel. + 370 67381500, e-mail: lina.misiukeviciene@krda.lt)

Klaipeda County Police Headquarters is looking for Nordic partners for group study visits to exchange knowledge and good practice examples. We are interested in cooperation in these areas:
- psychological assistance system in law enforcement (especially topics regarding best practices in peer support, crisis intervention, support for police offices after critical incidents/events);
- preventive activities, cooperation with local communities;
- collaboration in common projects and events.

If you are looking for partners from the Baltic States, we would be glad to cooperate and work together.
We are looking forward to hear from you!

Contact: Deimantė Jurevičiūtė, Chief Specialist (tel. + 370 70060752, e-mail: deimante.jureviciute@policija.lt)