Providus
Web: www.providus.lv
Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS - a non-governmental, non-partisan and not-for-profit organisation - is nowadays the leading think-tank in Latvia. The objective is to facilitate comprehensive policy change in areas important for Latvia's development. PROVIDUS also provides expertise to other countries undergoing democratic transformation. PROVIDUS activities include: publishing research and policy analyses, providing expertise to the government in the policy-making process, advocacy and monitoring, consultancy services and training as well as promoting public participation in the policy process and holding of an annual Public Policy Forum. PROVIDUS also provides institutional home for the largest on-line policy resource in Latvia - politika.lv.
Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS was established at the end of 2002 by the Soros Foundation-Latvia and several individuals. Since then has been operating within its priority areas that are including good governance, criminal justice policy, education policy, and from 2006 also European policy, however the public policy portal politika.lv has been functioning on-line since 2001 and from 2003 it is a component of the Public policy centre PROVIDUS. In June 2006 PROVIDUS was awarded the status of a public benefit organization by the Ministry of Finance. In the area of good governance.
