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The goal of public policy website politika.lv is to improve the quality of public policy decisions in Latvia by promoting analyses-based decision-making and public participation.

On-line since July 2001, politika.lv is the first and largest on-line public policy resource in Latvia, publishing policy studies, in-depth opinion articles and other relevant resources on issues important for Latvia’s democratic development - such as civil society, European issues, human rights, social integration, the rule of law, corruption, education, information society. In addition to its regular topics, politika.lv has implemented special thematic projects: a European section “Fwd:Europe”, undertaken prior to the EU referendum (in 2003), and Elections Specials prior to the municipal (2001 and 2005), Parliamentary (2002 and 2006) and European Parliament (2004) elections. The website has introduced innovative interactive tools and pioneered on-line public consultations.

politika.lv is visited by 40,000 unique users per month and has almost 4000 subscribers to the weekly mailing-list. The user profile of politika.lv is that of a young well educated professional or student, working in either government, non-government or private sectors. Amongst the regular users of the website are journalists, policy analysts, civil servants, politicians, civil society activists and other opinion leaders. politika.lv resources are widely quoted in leading newsmedia and referenced to in decisions of the Constitutional Court.

In September of 2003, on the basis of an international survey by PoliticsOnline.com, politika.lv was named one of "The 25 Who are Changing the World of Internet and Politics".

politika.lv editorial team: editor-in-chief Dita Araja, producer Ilze Straustina, contents administrator Marta Herca. 

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