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About us
Ministry of Transport is a leading institution of state administration of transport and communication branches which elaborates legal acts and policy planning documents regulating the branch. It provides the implementation of the transport policy.
Management
Information about the management of the Ministry of Transport.
Minister of Transport
Minister of Transport Kaspars Briškens
Structure
Structure of the Ministry of Transport.
Institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Transport
Information about institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Transport and state capital companies in which the Ministry of Transport is a holder of state capital shares.
International Cooperation
Information about International Cooperation.
ASEM - The Asia-Europe Meeting
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an intergovernmental process established in 1996 to foster dialogue and cooperation between Asia and Europe. Today, ASEM comprises 53 Partners: 30 European and 21 Asian countries, the European Union and the ASEAN Secretariat. Its main aim is to provide a platform for promoting political dialogue, strengthening economic…
Attachés
Attachés ensure interests of the Ministry of Transport and its subordinate institutions in which the Ministry is a state capital shareholder at the embassies of the Republic of Latvia in the accredited countries.
Projects
Current projects in the Ministry of Transport.
Rail Baltica
Rail Baltica Global project is an initiative of great significance and added value both in the Baltic Sea region and Europe as a whole. Rail Baltica is an essential part of the European standard 1435 mm gauge Trans - European Transport Network (TEN-T) North Sea - Baltic Corridor – a new electrified high speed double standard gauge railway line equipped with…
Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing – an opportunity for everyone to promote the lawful, fair, open and transparent functioning of the institution through the right to express one’s opinion freely.
News
Current events in transport sector in Latvia.
News
Current events in transport sector in Latvia.
Photo
Photo archive of the Ministry of Transport on "Flickr".
Video
Videos by Ministry of Transport.
Sectors
Transport sector includes railways, road traffic, maritime and aviation, as well as, passenger carriage and transit branches. Road transport and traffic safety are under responsibility of the road traffic branch. The branch of communications includes electronic communications and the post.
Aviation
Information about aviation sector.
Carriage of dangerous goods
The carriage of dangerous goods is one of the strictest internationally regulated transport sectors. At the United Nations (UN), the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia has been nominated as the national competent authority for the carriage of dangerous goods.
Branches organizations
Information about organizations in the field of carriage of dangerous goods.
Regulations
Information about regulatory framework for carriage of dangerous goods.
Electronic communications
Information about electronic communications.
Maritime sector
Maritime sector (maritime safety) is one of the most widely regulated sectors internationally. The growing intensity of vessel traffic is increasing the number of international instruments binding on flag states, port states and coastal states. The task of flag states, port states and coastal states is to ensure safe shipping and protection of the marine…
Postal sector
The Ministry of Transport develops, organizes and co-ordinates the implementation of the postal sector policy and represents the interests of the State in international organizations of the postal sector.
Public transport
Information about public transport sector.
Railway
Information about railway sector.
Road Transport
Sectoral policies of the road transport sector are developed, organized, coordinated by the Ministry of Transport. The road transport sector includes subdivisions of road infrastructure, road transport, and road traffic safety.
Transport logistics
Information about transport logistics sector.
Legislation
Legislation regarding transit sector.
Statistics
Information about transit statistics.
Investments and EU
Information about investments and European Union.
European Union
On 1 May 2004 the Republic of Latvia became a Member State of the European Union (EU). EU’s work and Latvia’s participation in it are set down in framework agreements, which have been agreed upon by all EU Member States.
Council of the European Union
Council of the EU or the European Council together with the European Parliament fulfil legislative and budgetary functions, it also fulfils policymaking and coordination functions. The Council is chaired by the Presidency, one of the Member States holding the Presidency for 6-month period, and the General Secretariat of the Council.
Development of initial positions
The Ministry of Transport regularly develops initial positions for European Commission proposals. The development of new positions in the Ministry of Transport is regularly announced in this section.
Directorates-General of the European Commission
The European Commission is a politically independent institution of the European Union (EU), whose mission is to promote the observation of general interests of the EU, as well as to propose and apply legal acts, to implement policies and to use the EU’s budget.
EU legal acts
Information about EU legal acts.
Public consultations
European Commission regularly make public consultations to find out institution and society views on the laws and policies that are being developed at the European Union level. New public consultations on which the Ministry of Transport is preparing an opinion, are regularly announced in this section.
Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU
Brexit is the process of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (EU). At midnight on 31 January 2020 CET (respectively, on 1 February 2020, at 01:00 Latvian time), the United Kingdom withdrew from the EU.
Investments
Upon accession to the European Union (EU), significant EU funds for transport infrastructure development are available to Latvia. Latvia received 174 million EUR from the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA) during the period from 2000 to 2006, but after May 1, 2004 until the end of the programming period in 2006, Latvia received 181…
Programming period 2014 - 2020
Information about programming period 2014-2020.
Informative materials
Areas of support
Usage of EU funding
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[at]
sam.gov.lv
3 Emīlijas Benjamiņas street, Riga, LV-1743
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satiksmes.ministrija
[at]
sam.gov.lv
+371 67028038
Location
Emīlijas Benjamiņas iela 3, Rīga, LV-1743
Employees
Andis STRODS
Director of Department
+371 67028038
andis.strods
[at]
sam.gov.lv
Departments
Investīciju programmu vadības sistēmas nodaļa
+371 67028241
satiksmes.ministrija
[at]
sam.gov.lv
Unit of TEN-T Network Infrastructure Development Projects
+371 67028001
satiksmes.ministrija
[at]
sam.gov.lv
Unit of Nation Road Traffic and Local Government Infrastructure Development Projects
+371 67028243
satiksmes.ministrija
[at]
sam.gov.lv
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