H O M E

 PERSON FIRST

   SHELTER as Emergency Services   and   SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

 promoting accessibility   -   improving e-quality   -   reinforcing net-working

 15-18/2  Study Visits in Riga, Latvia 

       

PERSON 1st  PERSON FIRST 22-23-24   1st WEBINAR: SHELTERS & SERVICES  ARTICLES & REFERENCES 1  Articles and References

 

STATEMENT : Poverty,  extreme  poverty  and social inequalities  increasing  more  and  more with all  its  load  of  individual  misery  and  social  exclusion  that  we all know  both  at  local, regional, national and  European level. Precarious health, both physical and mental illnesses are the inevitable corollary that increasingly afflicts an entire part of the population who, despite being citizens, cannot make use of the same rights granted to all others.

 https://www.eapn.eu/poverty-watch-latvia-poverty-watches-2020/

 eapn-Latvia_EAPN-Latvia_Poverty-Watch_30082021_ENG-5269.pdf


WHY, in spite of the increase in the number and diversity of services offered, in spite of the professionalism and the important training of the operators, in spite of the increase in social and health budgets, especially in many metropolis, a certain number of homeless and mentally ill people - seem to refuse - preferring to stay on the street rather than accept the solution proposed by the services ?

EMERGENCY  SERVICES :  Are the interventions integrate social & health, coherent with real request of person in need, respectful of the dignity, accessible to marginalized and excluded people everywhere they are, congruent and sustainable?

Are sufficient and adequate services in emergency center  ?

 

        

AGENDA    February  15-18    draft


WED   15   Feb

 

        

Arrival of participants in Riga. Hotel “Monika”, 21 Elizabetes Street, Riga   (N.B.: paid by each participant himself / herself)

18:00-19:30

Welcome and general info introducing agenda by SMES-Europa president Luigi Leonori and chairperson of EAPN-Latvia Laila Balga

Short presentation by EAPN-Latvia on shelters, day care centres and emergency centres questioned within the project in Latvia. Elina Alere-Fogele, Consultant

Venue: Hotel “Monika” conference room

 from 19:30

Free evening

THU  16   Feb

 

9:00

9:30-11:00

Departure of two groups (10-11 persons each) for study visits

Visits of two groups in 2 shelters and centres

EAPN-Latvia provides a guide and transportation for each of the groups

  • Riga Municipal night shelter Day care centre (Group 1)

  • Riga Municipal night shelter women’s department (Group 2)

11:00


11:30-13:00

Departure of two groups (10-11 persons each) for study visits

Visits of two groups in 2 shelters and centres

EAPN-Latvia provides a guide and transportation for each of the groups

  • Riga Municipal night shelter women’s department  (Group 1)

  • Riga Municipal night shelter Day care centre (Group 2)

13:00-14:00

Lunch at social enterprise “RB Cafe” (paid by EAPN-Latvia)

14:00


14:30-15:30

Departure of two groups (10-11 persons each) for study visits

Visits of two groups in 2 shelters and centres

EAPN-Latvia provides a guide and transportation for each of the groups

  • Riga Municipal night shelter men’s department (Group1)

  • Latvian Red Cross shelter “Gaiziņš” (Group 2)

15:30

 

16:00-17:30

Departure of two groups (10-11 persons each) for study visits

Visits of two groups in 2 shelters and centres

EAPN-Latvia provides a guide and transportation for each of the groups

  • Shelter “Blue Cross” (Group 1)

  • Riga Municipal night shelter men’s department
    (Group 2)

17:30

Return to the hotel

18:00-19:00

Summary of the day’s study visits moderated
by Luigi Leonori and
Ides Nicaise

Venue: Hotel “Monika” conference room

19:30-21:00

Joint dinner at the restaurant “Sokrats” at the hotel “Monika” (paid by each participant himself / herself, menu for individual orders will be sent prior to the dinner)

FRI  17    Feb

 

9:00

 

9:30-11:00

Departure of two groups (10-11 persons each) for study visits

Visits of two groups in 2 shelters and centres

EAPN-Latvia provides a guide and transportation for each of the groups

  • St. Luke Group Day care centre (Group 1)

  • Shelter “Blue Cross” (Group 2)

11:00

 

11:30-13:00

Departure of a joint group  (~20 - 21 person) for study visit

EAPN-Latvia provides guide & transportation for thegroup

  • Shelter “V.E.L.G.” (large group)

13:00-14:00

Lunch at bistro “Lido Vērmanītis” (paid by each participant individually)

14:30-17:00

Seminar with representatives of EU Partners, NGOs, administrators and workers of local visited associations, and Latvian decision makers. 

15:40 – 16:00 Coffee table (paid by EAPN-Latvia)

Moderator Luigi Leonori, Assistant Laila Balga. Translation from English provided.

Venue: House of the European Union, 2nd floor, 28 Aspazijas Blvd., Riga 

17:00-19:30

Free time

19:30-21:00

Dinner at the restaurant (planned, participants invited by EAPN-Latvia)

SAT  18    Feb

 

 9:00-11:00

 

BUGET SMES 2022

Synthesis and proposals for the next month webinar (for those who can participate)

 

Check-out and departure from Riga