Through the Latvian Fund for ethnic minority NGOs, the EEA Grants contribute €650 000 to integration initiatives and increased understanding and cooperation between the various ethnic and religious communities in Latvia.

EEA and Norway Grants supported renovation works have recently started on the bi-communal Home for Cooperation Centre in the UN controlled buffer zone in Nicosia, Cyprus. Click here to watch a presentation video of the project.

A new educational centre for cultural heritage preservation was opened on 18 February in Budapest, Hungary. Thanks to €16 000 in support from the Hungarian NGO Fund of the EEA and Norway Grants, 160 teachers and professionals have been trained in preserving traditional Hungarian architecture. The new centre will be one of few offering courses in these subjects in Hungary.