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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.