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Development of Regions in Latvia Development of Regions in Latvia 2010 State Regional Development Agency Riga, 2011 Development of Regions in Latvia 2010 State Regional Development Agency Edition developed by: Valentina Locane (State Regional Development Agency) Ivita Peipina (State Regional Development Agency) Janis Brunenieks (State Regional Development Agency) Inga Vilka (University of Latvia) Peteris Skinkis (University of Latvia) Liga Ozolina (LLC Grupa 93) Jurijs Kondratenko (LLC Grupa 93) Zintis Hermansons (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development) Gatis Ozols (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development) Danute Valeniece (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development) Andris Miglavs (Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics) Editor - Ronalds Krumins (LLC Grupa 93) Map bases of LLC Reģionu Pētījumu un Plānošanas Centrs and LLC Grupa 93 used in the edition Maps prepared by Ronalds Krumins (LLC Grupa 93) Cover design - LLC MicroDot Translated by LLC Skrivanek Baltic Layout and text editing - LLC MicroDot Layout preparation project manager - Brigita Bluma © State Regional Development Agency, 2011 In the event of re-publishing or quoting reference to the edition "Development of Regions in Latvia 2010" is mandatory CONTENTS introduction .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 I.t e r r i t o r i e s o f p la n n in g r e g io n s a n d l o c a l g o v e r n m e n ts IN L A T V IA .......................................8 Administrative Territorial Division.................................................................................................................... 8 Planning and Statistical Regions.......................................................................................................................8 Local Governments of Republican Cities and Novads................................................................................. 12 II DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANNING REGION DEVELOPMENT.........................................................................14 Demographic Situation....................................................................................................................................14 Socioeconomic Development .......................................................................................................................24 III DEVELOPMENT DESCRIPTION OF THE REPuBLICAN CITIES AND NOVADS............................................39 Description of Republican Cities.................................................................................................................... 40 Description of Novads...................................................................................................................................... 46 IV ASSESSMENT OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT LEVEL.....................................................................................65 Territory Development Level Index................................................................................................................ 65 Territory Development Level Alteration Index.............................................................................................. 71 Improvement of Methods for Assessment and Supervision of Territory Developm ent.......................... 74 Operation of the ESPON Research Program in Latvia................................................................................. 76 V ANALYSIS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FINANCES......................................................................................... 77 Total Volume of Local Government Budgets.................................................................................................77 Local Government Budget Revenue..............................................................................................................78 Local Government Budget Expenses..............................................................................................................82 Local Government Financial Equalisation.....................................................................................................84 Expenses for Social Assistance.........................................................................................................................86 VI DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE......................................................................................... 90 Public Services................................................................................................................................................. 90 Electronic Services.......................................................................................................................................... 90 Electronic Governance Solutions Held by SRDA.......................................................................................... 91 Review of Local Government Websites......................................................................................................... 94 V II DESCRIPTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TERRITORY GROuP DEVELOPMENT.................................. 101 Urban and Rural Territories............................................................................................................................. 101 Development Centres and their Areas......................................................................................................... 104 Coast of the Baltic Sea and Riga G u lf............................................................................................................111 Borderland........................................................................................................................................................113 VIII REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SuPPORT INSTRuMENTS MANAGED BY MRDLG AND S R D A ..........116 National Support Measures for Regional D evelopm ent.............................................................................116 Implementation of EU Fund Activities............................................................................................................118 EU Support for European Territorial Cooperation......................................................................................125 Other Support Instrum ents......................................................................................................................... 128 IX.FINANCING OF THE Eu FuND ACTION PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES FOR THE R EG IO N S....................132 X COMPARATIVE DESCRIPTION OF LATVIA AMONG EuROPEAN uNION MEMBER STATES AND THE BALTIC SEA REGION COuNTRIES 139 DEVELOPMENT TRENDS, CONCLuSIONS AND PROPOSALS 147 Abbreviations used........................................................................................................................................................ 150 References.......................................................................................................................................................................151 ANNEX 1. Basic Indicators of Planning Region, Republican city and Novads Development.......................................152 ANNEX 2. Planning Region, Republican City and Novads Territory Development Indexes.........................................156 ANNEX 3. Local Government Budget Revenue in 2010................................................................................................ 158 ANNEX 4. Local Government Budget Expenses in 2010 According to Economic Classification.................................161 ANNEX 5. Local Government Budget Expenses in 2010 According to Functional Classification.................................164 ANNEX 6. Local Government Financial Equalisation Indicators in 2010........................................................................167 ANNEX 7. Local Government Principal Budget Expenses for Social Protection and Social Benefits in 2010.............. 168 ANNEX 8. State Pensions and Unemployment Benefits in 2 0 1 0 ..................................................................................170 ANNEX 9. Electronisation of Services in Local Governments. Website Review............................................................. 172 ANNEX 10. Division of the EU Fund Activities per National, Regional and Local Level Influence...............................175 Dear readers of the survey "Development of Regions in Latvia 2010”, It is often said that well-developed regions are the important, and that is why the Ministry of Environmen­ foundation of an entire country's welfare, and it has lost tal Protection and Regional Development supervising none of its relevance this year. Only an equal standard of regional development policy since 2011 is working on living and opportunities for development in the capital the introduction of the principle of one-stop agencies city of Riga, other towns and cities and the more remote and the development of e-services. novads will be able to move the entire country closer to The support of the European Union funds in territo­ a greater welfare. rial development is not less important. For this reason, However, the disparities in the development of the the negotiations on the EU budget for the next financial regions remain significant, and the data included in the programming period are key for ensuring that funding report "Development of Regions in Latvia 2010" also for cohesion policy that aims
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