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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Business and Industry Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Culture Development Disabled Persons Economics and Finance Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Food Governance HIV/AIDS Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Information Labour Least Developed Countries Media Migration Minority Rights Peace and Security Population Refugees Religion Safety Science and Technology Social Development Sports for Peace and Development Statistics Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Values Violence Volunteerism Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth Financing for Development: Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Men and boys Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Research Service provision The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Women and the media Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Population: International migration Population growth Population structure Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Public Service and Management Innovation Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Aging Conflict Cooperative Disabled persons Employment Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Statistics: Demographic and social surveys Sustainable Development: Biodiversity Capacity-building Climate change Consumption and production patterns Demographics Disaster management and vulnerability Education Energy Gender equality Health Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment Land management Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sustainable Tourism Waste Management
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Germany Spain Belgium Cyprus Finland Romania Austria Russian Federation Jordan Denmark Hungary Singapore Latvia Republic of Moldova India China Tunisia Italy Türkiye Portugal Luxembourg Iceland Slovakia Lithuania Sweden France Egypt Ukraine Australia Georgia Azerbaijan Greece United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Israel Poland Estonia Malta
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Non profit/ non governmental organisation DONUM ANIMUS based in LATVIA (European Union) was founded to promote sustainable development of local communities. Aims of the Association are: 1. to promote the development of socially responsible society; 2. to promote possibilities of participation opportunities of each individual in development of sustainable living environment; 3. to promote social inclusion of persons with limited opportunities (physical, social, economical etc.); 4. promotion of solidarity between generations; 5. to promote improvement of quality of society’s mental and physical health; 6. to contribute to development of philantrophy and mentoring; 7. to contribute to preservation of intangible cultural heritage; 8. to develop sharing of experience and cooperation between Latvia and other countries, including cooperation with trasitional economies and developing countries; 9. to conduct and to publish researches about the Association’s topical issues; 10. to promote use of innovations and creativity in different spheres of life; 11. to organize scientific and practical conferences, seminars, courses, exibitions and other educating activities; 12. to update socio-economic problems of society and to promote solutions for them; 13. to promote possibilities for lifelong education and self-development for each individual.
Year established:	2013
Year of registration:	2013
Organizational structure:	Assembly of the members is the highest decision-making body of the Association. All members of the Association are right to participate in assembly of the members. Each capacitated individual aged over 14 is eligible for enrollment in the Association, as well as each legal person registered in the Republic of Latvia, who is interested in successful activity of the Association, by submitting written application to the Board. Members have rights to take part in the events organized by the Association, to submit proposals regarding action of the Association and its improvement, to express his/her opinion. Assembly of the members elect and withdraw the Board.Assembly of the members confirm summary of the activities of previous year, main aims and objectives of current year, as well as decide other issues. Each member has a right to participate and speak in the assembly of the members.Assembly of the members is able to make decisions if more than half of the members are present. Executive branch of the Association is the Board, made up by 1 chairman of the Board and 3 members of the Board out of whom 1 is the alternate to the chairman of the Board. Chairman of the Board and an alternate to the chairman of the Board are elected by the board. Activities of the Board are organized by a chairman of the Board or an alternate to the chairman of the Board, who is delegated to officiate the duties of a chairman of the Board during his/her absence. The Board is led by a chairman of the Board, who serves as a president of the Association.
Number and type of members:	50 Members. Assembly of the members is the highest decision-making body of the Association. Honorary member of the Association is not subjected to assembly of the members, the Board or officials, except the case, if honorary member of the Association is a full member of the Association.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Member Organization of the Anna Lindh Foundation Latvian National Network;Associate Member of the National Youth Council of Latvia; Social Partner of the Government of Latvia.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources

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