The National contact point for CERN

The National contact point for CERN in Latvia was established as a part of the Protocol to the ICA between Latvia and CERN.

The National contact point is involved in the following national and international activities:

Management of the CERN Latvia group, and it's stakeholder engagement in CERN-related activities;
Coordination and participation in CERN Baltic Group activities;
Dissemination of relevant information about CERN to Latvian partners;
Exchange of information between CERN and the relevant governmental and policy making institutions;
Coordination of the development of the national capacity in high-energy physics research;
Support and facilitation of a variety of CERN and CERN-related outreach activities;
Representation of Latvia vis-à-vis CERN and other relevant stakeholders.

The National contact point coordinates the following activities:

Participation of Latvian students in CERN student programmes, including the summer school programme;
Participation of Latvian teachers in the CERN teachers programme;
Visits to CERN by Latvian students and the academic, scientific and teaching staff, and visits to Latvia by CERN representatives;
Scientific and technical cooperation between Latvia and CERN in the development of high-energy physics and particle accelerator and detector technologies in the country;
Academic, scientific and technical training of Latvian university staff by experts from CERN;
Local scientific organisation involvement in CERN projects.