Cesis Region in Latvia

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Cesis Region in Latvia

• Cesis Region lies 90 km northeast of the capital
  city of Riga
• Territory 3067 square km
• It comprises
• 4,8 of all Latvia

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Background information

• Inhabitants
• 58 000 (region)
• 18 730 ( Cesis)
• Density
• 20 inhb/ sq km
• Nationalities
• Latvians 85,2
• Russians 9,6

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Administrative division

• 24 communities
• Towns
• Cesis
• Ligatne

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History

• Cesis is one of the oldest
• towns (1206) celebrated its 800 th anniversary in
  2006

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History

• Historically Cesis is famous for
• being a member of the Hanseatic Union,
• the cradle of the Latvian national flag the
  second oldest flag in Europe
• the residence of the Livonian Order of Brother of
  the Sword

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Government Structure

• Local government in Latvia is organized on two
  levels- town or rural municipality and regional
  authority level
• Cesis region is governed by 24 chairmen who are
  elected by constituents of the towns and rural
  communities
• Cesis 11 city council members, Mayor,Vice-Mayor
  is elected by the council members

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Principal functions of the Cesis District Council

• Regional development (territorial and spatial
  planning, long-range development plans and
  strategies)
• Disaster management/civil defence
• Public transportation
• Continuing education of the pedagogical employees
• Basic health care the regions inhabitants,
  social care

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• Cesis District Council is responsible for the
  Cesis Adult education Centre, Regional Hospital,
  Health centre( Polyclinic), regional homes for
  the elderly and orphans

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Overview of Economics

• More than 5000 registered companies in the region
• The region is benefiting from the successful
  development of the following various industries
• Timber industry more than 60 companies with
  significant export capacity
• Furniture industry. Mostly small companies that
  manufacture specialty furniture products made
  from natural birch, oak, pine trees

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Overview of economics

• Brick and tile industry Lode is the only
  company in Latvia that produce solid bricks and
  ceramic roof tiles
• Printing industry Jana seta is one of the
  largest printing companies in the Baltics
• Construction industry the region has a several
  strong ( and many smaller) construction companies

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Overview of economics

• Food producing dominate milk , meat and bread
  factories ( additionally fish production,
  vegetable canning etc)
• 2 breweries with strong position in the Latvian
  beer market - Cesu alus and Piebalgas alus
• Cesu alus is well known from the 16 th
  century
• Despite the many and varied industries the region
  is
• dominated by the service and retail industries (
  5-20
• employees)
• Rate of unemployment 3,8-4

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Agriculture

• Agriculture continues to be a strong factor in
• the regions economy - employs 15-20 of the
• regions population.
• The main crops winter wheat and rye,summer
• wheat, barley ,oats and potatoes.
• Two significant scientific agricultural
  establishments
• Priekuli plant breading station, the
• National machinery testing and certification
  centre

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Cesis

• Unemployment rate 3.8 (01.03.2007)
• People in working age 11 762 (64)
• Average salary LVL 200-220

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Tourism

• Cesis region is a natural tourist destination
• Cesis stands as one of Latvias three nationally
  treasured cities
• Remains of the regions history
• 25 hill-fortress, Araiši lake
• Fortress, 11 stone castles and
• numerous ancient burial
• grounds, medieval cemeteries and places of
  worship

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Tourism

• Tourism attactions
• Hiking, canoeing,
• kayaking, cycling
• Outstanding eco-tourism
• wildlife viewing, bird-
• watching
• Mountain skiing etc
• Many cultural events, music
• festivals, performances of the
• Latvian National Opera

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Cesis -Cultural, historical monuments (29 state
significance, 120 of local significance Yearly
200 000 tourists
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Education

• Kindergartens 14
• Comprehensive secondary schools 14
• Primary schools ( 1-9 grade) 25
• Initial schools (1-4 grade) 6
• Vocational schools 3 ( 2 agriculture, 1
  metal/wood working)
• Libraries 39
• Culture houses 24
• Museums 6

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International co-operation

• Twin partners of Cesis District Council
• Frederiksberg, Denmark,since 1996
• Ostergotland, Sweden, since 1997
• Alytus, Lithuania, since 1999
• Ostfold, Norway, since 2001

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Agreement

• The New Agreement has been signed on 21 st
  February 2008, operative until 31.12.2010

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Interreg IIIB project

• Interreg IIIB/Phare
• Sustainable regional development High
• quality tourism 2/HQT
• Partners Germany, Sweden, Poland

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Interreg IIIB project

• Advantage Hardwood -tools for integrated regional
  and business development
• Vidzemes DA, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Lithuania,
  Estonia, Poland

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Our interests in the new network

• To broaden our contacts and project opportunities
• Fields of interest
• Rural development and its diversification,
  forest management , use of new technologies
• Bioenergy - effective use of natural
  resources. Competence centre? Energoeffectiveness
  in builgings, new technologies
• Regional planning and all related issues EU
  legislation, experiences of other countries,
  benchmarking, different models, conflict
  situations potential solutions etc

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• Public transport training programmes for staff,
  potential development models, new management
  models, new service concepts, technologies etc
• Womens entrepreneurship
• Innovative public administration methods

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• Personal relationships are the fertile soil from
  which all success, all achievement in real life
  grows. Ben Stein

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Thank you!