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• Consolidation Committee: the work of countless institutions in integration policy oftentimes leads to a real mess

 

Saeima’s Society Consolidation Committee concluded there are systemic problems in the field of society integration, determined by the lack of coordination and supervision: countless number of ministries and institutions are implementing projects in the field, which oftentimes leads to a real mess. According to the head of the Committee Ainars Latkovskis, so far, the system was only able to function thanks to the employees' personal willingness to cooperate. Finances for the society integration represent a special problem. The Committee plans to address the Prime-Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, requesting answers to a number of questions. In particular, the Committee is asking whether the government has a detailed programme on the issue of non-citizenship, whether the government has information about various groups of non-citizens and what is the government strategy to speak to the non-citizens. The Committee also wants to know how the government plans to improve coordination between various integration institutions. Latvijas Avize