Forum co-organisers and supporters:
Secretariat of Special Assignments Minister for
Electronic Government Affairs of Latvia
Ministry of Economics of Latvia
Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia
Ministry of Transport of Latvia
Information Society Development Committee under the
Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Department of State Information Systems, Ministry
of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia
ISACA Latvia chapter
Association INFOBALT
(Lithuania)
Estonian Association of Information Technology and
telecommunications ITL
telecentre.org
InnoSME Project
Secretariat of Special Assignments Minister for
Electronic Government Affairs of Latvia
The Secretariat of Special Assignments Minister for Electronic
Government Affairs of Latvia was established in 2005. Its goal is a
democratic and effective state administration directed towards the
needs of a citizen, being capable of ensuring the competitiveness
and welfare of the state of Latvia and its citizens in the
information era.
The Secretariat will have accomplished its task,
when:
we implement a better administration by improving the
quality of public services;
we establish a cheaper state
administration by improving its efficiency and reducing the
costs;
we establish a democratic administration by promoting
the inclusion of society in the work of state administration.
K. Valdemāra Street 33, LV 1010, Rīga, Latvia
Telephone: +371
67114730
E-mail: pasts@eps.gov.lv
http://www.eps.gov.lv/
Ministry of Economics of Latvia
Ministry promotes sustainable development of structurally and regionally balanced national economy. Ministry develops the policies of industry, energy, internal market (for goods and services), the development of business activities, the development of competitiveness and technologies, consumer rights protection, housing, construction, and the policy of tourism and foreign trade policy. Ministry is working closely with non-governmental organizations representing the entrepreneurs and other social partners.
Brīvības Str. 55, Rīga, Latvia, LV-1519
Working time of the
Ministry:
on working days 8:30 - 17:00
Minister: (+371) 67013101
Public Relations Division: (+371)
67013193
Client Information Centre: (+371) 67013079
Fax:
(+371) 67280882
E-mail: pasts@em.gov.lv
Web page: http://www.em.gov.lv/
Ministry of Education and Science of
Latvia
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia is the leading state administration institution in the fields of education, science, sports and official language policy. It is responsible for the development of draft legislative acts regulating the relevant fields and draft policy planning documents, supervision of the implementation of the policy in the state administration institutions, agencies subordinated to the Ministry and capital companies, where the Ministry is a shareholder.
Vaļņu street 2, Rīga
LV-1050, Latvia
Phone: +371
67226209
Fax: +371 67223905
E-mail: info@izm.gov.lv
Ministry of Transport of Latvia
Ministry of Transport is the main state governance institution in
transport and communications. Ministry elaborates the policy papers
and regulatory framework for these sectors.
Fields of
Activities
Qualitative, transport infrastructure integrated in
common Eurasian transport system, entrepreneurial environment and
safe traffic - Road traffic, Railways, Maritime Affairs,
Aviation
Qualitative, accessible to everyone public transport
services
Harmonized and stable legal environment of
communication sector accessible to everyone and qualitative
electronic communication and postal services
Accessible,
competitive transit services with increased added value
Gogoļa str. 3
Rīga, LV 1743, Latvia
Phone: +371 6702
8361
Fax: +371 6721 7180
E-mail: satmin@sam.gov.lv
http://www.sam.gov.lv/
ISACA Latvia chapter
The Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) was established in 1967, and today it has more than 65,000 members who are professionals in the area of information technology management, security and auditing. They come from more than 140 countries. The ISACA issues CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) and CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT) certificates. The Latvian chapter of ISACA has 97 members who are professionals in the areas of IT and information security. It has been working in Latvia for more than 10 years.
For more information: http://www.isaca.lv/
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