1. MĀLPILS Region Rīga Latvia

2. Mālpils : - 4103 inhabitants -60 km from Latvian capital Riga -area of 22 051 ha, about half of which is covered with forests In the centre of Baltic Estonia Latvia Lithuania

3. Municipality council Mālpils 12 public institutions – 7 schools, 2 lybraries, Museum, Culture center, Social care center, Sport center Local TV and monthly newspaper 98 small enterprises (agriculture, wood processing, milk production etc.)

4. Education The first school in Mālpils has been built 1679. Nowadays we have 7 schools: Kinder garten “Māllēpīte” Primary School Sidgunda Secondary school Music- and Art school Vocational secondary school Boarding school NGO “Malpils Folk Highschool”

5. NGO “Mālpils Folk Highschool” The main activities are various courses, seminars, exhibitions and education events for the inhabitants of Malpils in the co-operation with local, regional and international partners

6. Agriculture and more…

7. Production Mālpils is famous in whole Latvia through the production of our milk factory and especially Mālpils’ Cheese

8. Sport center

9. Culture center Events’ halls with 600 places and 200 places Concerts, exhibitions, events, theaters, festivals, conferences, seminars, courses Children folk dance group, children music groups, folk dance groups for youth and adults, handicraft group Urga, choir, Grandmothers club Rezēdas and other interest groups

10. Art in Mālpils Ausstellungsraum Exhibitions room Senior artists

11. Youth policy Since 1998 –participation of whole schools and NGO “Malpils Folk school” in the projects of various education programmes of EU (Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius, YOUTH, Grundtvig) A youth initiative group has been functioned as a part of NGO “Malpils Folk school” since December 2006

12. Senior policy Grandmothers club Rezēdas Seniors’ council Common excursions, concerts, theathres, interests courses etc. Foreign partners in Aurich, Germany (written communication, meetings in Latvia and Germany)

13. Manor house Mālpils (1760; 1905) www.malpilsmuiza.lvwww.malpilsmuiza.lv – hotel and meeting place