Visiting Scholar from Latvia in EPRC

Janis Aprans, researcher at the Centre for European and Transition Studies of the University of Latvia and currently also working as project director at the environmental consultancy company Vides Projekti, has recently spent some time as a visiting researcher at EPRC. On 20 October 2010, he gave a seminar presentation on the implementation of Cohesion policy in Latvia. Janis' presentation was based on his experiences both in the Latvian public administration and as a consultant. He addressed the high importance of Structural Funds in Latvia, where these amount to around 5 percent of the country's GDP, and discussed the effects of the economic crisis. Janis is also undertaking a PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Latvia, and he presented his current research on the effectiveness of the Latvian implementation system for Cohesion policy.