Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Financial year: Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Baltic International Academy (BIA)
EU Transparency Register
576478126276-19 First registered on 30 Mar 2017
Goals / Remit
The Baltic International Academy (BIA) is one of Latvia's non-governmental higher educational institutions of applied sciences, strategically specialising in Social Sciences. The mission of the Academy is to ensure qualified, competitive, long-term and sustainable development of Latvian society by providing high-quality, internationally recognised higher education and educational services based on integration with the Latvian and international economic, educational and scientific communities.
Main EU files targeted
All proposals, programs, policies, and initiatives related to R&I, Horizon Europe 2021-2027, Science Policy; Education, Training, and Youth Policy; Socially Responsible Activities (social and demographic challenges, migration issues); Micro-credentials; Sustainable Development, especially the interaction between higher education and the business environment; Ethical and Environmental principles; Human Rights, especially Children's Rights; Vocational Education (Training/Refreshing/Upgrading/Professional Development Programs); Culture and Creativity, European associations of faculties and universities; ERASMUS+, the European Regional Development and Social Funds (ERDF and ESF); EEA, etc.
Address
Head Office
4, Lomonosova str.
Riga LV-1003
LATVIAEU Office
4, Lomonosova str.
Riga LV-1003
LATVIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
* Latvian Employers Confederation
* Latvian Association of Colleges
* Latvian Association of Private Universities
* Latvian Convention Bureau
* European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW)
* European Students’ Union (individual membership)
* Student Union of Latvia
* Children's Identity & Citizenship European Association (CiCea)
* Civil Alliance Latvia
* Latvian Country Tourism Association "Lauku ceļotājs"(“Country Traveller”)
* European Law Faculties Association (ELFA)
* European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA)
* Three Seas Universities Network
* One of the Latvian Employers' Confederation representatives in the Business at OECD Education Committee
* Latvian Psychological Association
* Association of Latvian Travel Agents and Operators
* Latvian Hotel and Restaurant Association
* Latvian Prison Administration (Prison Administration and Re-socialisation Units)
Other organisations and associations which ensure interaction between higher education and the business environment.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€ - 24,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EU Grants 126,838€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EU Grants 182,205€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Other financial info
According to Latvian legislation, the financial year of higher education institutions is shifted by half a year. Therefore, the financial year does not coincide with the calendar year.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The most important European projects and grants:
- ERASMUS+: Higher Education - International Capacity Building Project "European Dimension in Qualifications for the Tourism Sector".
- ERASMUS+: Higher Education - International Capacity Building Project "Enhancing Green Economy in 3 Asian Countries".
- State Education Development Agency " Funding of Study Scholarships for Civilians from Ukraine".
- State Education Development Agency " Funding of Research Fellowships for Researchers from Ukraine".
- Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education 2020 "DEMINA Project - Innovation and Continuing Education in Destination Management".
- Social Integration Foundation "Latvian Language Training for Ukrainian Civilians".
- ERASMUS+ KA 131 and KA171 "Key Action 1", Mobility of students and staff of higher education institutions.
- Representation of the Latvian Employers' Confederation in the Business at OECD (BIAC) Education Committee;
- Participation in OECD Local Employment and Economic Development Meeting (November 2023);
- Participation in the BIAC Education Committee Meeting (November 2023);
- Membership in the OECD National Expert Group from June 2023.
The most significant publications related to the above EU policies:
1. Micro-credentials:
1.1. Jurijs Baltgailis “Linking Institutional Factors with the Financial Soundness of Banks. Evidence from the CEE Region”. – EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. 2023. p. 213 – 230. Web of Science database
1.2. Stanislav Buka, Jurijs Baltgailis “DIGITAL CURRENCIES AND FINTECH INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH”. – MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATIONS. 2023. p. 202 – 214. Web of Science database
2. Sustainable Development, especially the interaction between higher education and the business environment
2.1. Stanislav Buka “Prospects for agribusiness in Ukraine over the next 5 years”. – International Journal of Environmental Studies. Open Access Volume 80, Issue 2, 2023. p. 291 - 298. Scopus database
3. Culture and Creativity
3.1. Vladislav Volkov “Comparative analysis of the state policy of national identity in Estonia and Latvia: The view of Russian ethnic minorities”.- Advances in Sociology Research. Volume 40. p. 39 – 69. Scopus database
3.2. Vladislav Volkov “Russian Ethnic Minority in the Political System and Organizational Culture of Latvia”. - ANNALS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN STUDIES. 2023. p.149 – 160. Erih+ database
3.3. Vladislav Volkov, Stanislav Buka, Inese Ratanova, Yulia Tymoshenko “Ethical and Ethnic Values in Organizational Culture in Latvia. Part I”. - Doctrina. Studia społeczno-polityczne. 2023. Erih+ databaseOther activities
The Academy participates in several European projects, grants and initiatives. Some of projects/grants are still in process, activities under others projects/grants have been successfully completed. The Academy participates in the EU projects/grants as the grant-holder, as a partner organization or as an independently invited participant depending on a project/grant.
Meetings
Meetings
None declared