Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75 Fte (7)
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
Baltic International Academy is one of the non-governmental HEIs of Latvia, which implements the mission of preparation and graduation of highly-qualified, competitive, collaborative, internationally oriented, focused on life-long personal improvement and development, sustainable business and economic growth professionals in different fields of studies with critical, independent and creative thinking as social responsible members of the global society for different economic areas of Latvia and global world through high-qualified student- and graduate-oriented education, innovative and new-knowledge creative inter- and multidisciplinary research, multicultural study environment and highly performed internationally oriented academic and administrative staff.
Main EU files targeted
All initiatives related to research, education and innovation as well as activities, which are based on the principles of ethics, social responsibility, respect of human rights and environmental protection: the EU grant on the Enhancing Green Economy in 3 countries of Asia (EGEA); the EU grant on the DEMINA project - Innovation and Continuing Education in Destination Management; the STREAM platform for good practice of recognition of foreign qualifications; ERASMUS+ (KA103 and KA2); the European Regional Development and Social Funds (ERDF and ESF); EEA and etc.; European and International Associations of Schools of Social Work (EASSW and IASSW).
Address
Head Office
4, Lomonosova Str.
Riga LV-1019
LATVIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 2 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75
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
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
United Nations Global Compact (UN GC); UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education; the UNIRWIN/UNESCO Chairs; the Latvian Confederation of Employers; the Latvian Association of Colleges; the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME); Association of Private Universities of Latvia; the Latvian Convention Bureau; International and European Associations of Schools of Social Work (IASSW and EASSW); European Students’ Union; the Student Union of Latvia; the Latvian Association of Travel Agencies and Operators; Children's Identity & Citizenship European Association (CiCea); Asia Pacific Institute for Events Management; the Civil Alliance Latvia; the European Platform for Good Practice in Recognition of Foreign Qualifications (STREAM); the Latvian Country Tourism Association "Lauku ceļotājs"(“Country Traveller”); Bolashaq Development Fund; the Court of Audit of Azerbaijan; the American Psychologists Association; the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA); the International Association of Applied Psychologists; the Latvian Psychological Association; the Latvian Prison Administration (Prison Administration and Resocialisation Units) and other organizations and associations, thereby providing a close connections between higher education and the business environment, social organizations and associations.
Member organisations
The Academy is a co-founder of the College of Accounting and Finance (https://www.koledza.lv/index.php/en/par-gfk)
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
320,466 € (Source: ERASMUS+, ERDF, ESF)
Other financial info
In 2020, Latvian HEIs and Universities received a state extension of annual financial balance submission due to the high spread of the COVID-19. We can submit financial data for previous period because the financial report 2019-2020 has not yet been approved.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The most essential European projects and grants are: the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) "The possibilities of mastering the programmes of higher education for persons with functional disorders"; the development of STREAM platform for good practice of recognition of foreign qualifications (first, second and third versions); Erasmus+ KA2 Activities to strengthen the capacity in the partner countries "European Dimension in Qualifications for the Tourist Sector"; "Enhancing Green Economy in 3 countries of Asia (EGEA)"; Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education 2020 “DEMINA project - Innovation and Continuing Education in Destination Management”; the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Business in Malopolska – Partnership Network in the framework of activity 8.2: Building of the Malopolska position in European Networks; participation in the ESF grants, in collaboration with the Latvian Centre of Higher Education Quality "Development and quality management system implementation in Latvian higher educational institutions"; participation in the ESF project "Professional Social work development in local governments"; ERASMUS+ KA 103 and КА107 "Key Action 1", mobility for Learners and Staff, Higher Education Student and Staff Mobility. The full list of the Academy's EU projects and publications is available on request.
Other 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