NGO 'I Want to Help Refugees' challenges Culture Ministry's decision to suspend co-creation and integration project
The NGO 'I Want to Help Refugees' has sent a reply letter to the Ministry of Culture, contesting the decision to suspend its project and calling the decision unlawful.
The non-governmental organisation 'I Want to Help Refugees' has sent a response letter to Latvia's Ministry of Culture, formally challenging the ministry's decision to suspend a project implemented by the organisation. The association maintains that the decision is unlawful and is seeking to have it reviewed.
The contested project is carried out within the framework of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). Its full title is 'Cultural Diversity Festival as a promoter of co-creation and integration'. As the name suggests, the project aims to foster cultural diversity, collaborative creativity and social integration.
The association said it had sent the letter to the Ministry of Culture, but did not disclose further details about its content. The organisation argues that the administrative decision to halt the project does not comply with legal provisions, and therefore it is being challenged. The next steps will depend on how the ministry responds to the association's arguments.
This case illustrates how a civil society organisation can use legal avenues to defend its work and ongoing initiatives. The Culture Ministry has taken a decision, but the association is convinced that it lacks a proper legal basis and now wants to have the decision overturned or amended.
