{"id":9652,"date":"2025-05-12T14:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/partner-country\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:09:43","slug":"partner-country","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/en\/partner-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Partner Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9652\" class=\"elementor elementor-9652 elementor-9297\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f85c756 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f85c756\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abaf3f5\" data-id=\"abaf3f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914abdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"914abdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BI-International<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1429384 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1429384\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Partner Country Latvia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97939a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97939a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On April 24, 2025, Dagnija Balti\u0146a, Director of the National Library of Latvia National Library of Latvia, R\u016bta Bokta, Chairwoman of the Latvian Librarians&#8217; Latvian Librarians Association, and Dr. Sabine Homilius, President of Library and Information Germany (BID), signed the new cooperation agreement on the Partner Country Initiative between Latvia and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>At the conference \u201cEngagement, Cooperation, Development &#8211; the basis for the success of libraries\u201d (\u201cIesaiste, sadarb\u012bba, att\u012bst\u012bba &#8211; bibliot\u0113kas veiksmes pamats\u201d) in Riga the first step towards intensive cooperation over the next three years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c36e53\" data-id=\"8c36e53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce711df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce711df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LettlandUnterzeichnung-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9353\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LettlandUnterzeichnung-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LettlandUnterzeichnung-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LettlandUnterzeichnung-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LettlandUnterzeichnung-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LettlandUnterzeichnung-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LettlandUnterzeichnung.png 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13a7981\" data-id=\"13a7981\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b036f89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b036f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Partner Valsts V\u0101cija<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3057bf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3057bf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"LV\">2025. gada 24. apr\u012bl\u012b Latvijas Nacion\u0101l\u0101s bibliot\u0113kas direktore Dagnija Balti\u0146a, Latvijas Bibliotek\u0101ru biedr\u012bbas priek\u0161s\u0113d\u0113t\u0101ja R\u016bta Bokta un V\u0101cijas Bibliot\u0113ku un inform\u0101cijas savien\u012bbas (BID) prezidente Dr. Sab\u012bne Homiliusa parakst\u012bja jaunu sadarb\u012bbas l\u012bgumu par partnervalstu iniciat\u012bvu starp Latviju un V\u0101ciju.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"LV\">Pirmais solis ce\u013c\u0101 uz intens\u012bvu sadarb\u012bbu n\u0101kamo tr\u012bs gadu laik\u0101 tika sperts konferenc\u0113 \u201cIesaiste, sadarb\u012bba, att\u012bst\u012bba \u2013 bibliot\u0113kas veiksmes pamats\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96e71e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96e71e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b98be4b\" data-id=\"b98be4b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e310956\" data-id=\"e310956\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a56373 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"1a56373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kombi_RGB@2x-100-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9448\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kombi_RGB@2x-100-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kombi_RGB@2x-100-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kombi_RGB@2x-100-1024x399.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kombi_RGB@2x-100-768x299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kombi_RGB@2x-100-1536x598.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bi-international.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kombi_RGB@2x-100-2048x797.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h1 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">The Partner Country Program<\/h1><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Every three years at the Library Congress, the Federal Union of German Library Associations (Bibliothek und Information Deutschland, \"BID\") chooses a partner country that will be the focus of the association's international cooperation in the following years. The aim is to deepen professional relations between the two library countries in the long term. Professional visits, study trips, mutual participation in congresses and joint analog and digital events serve to get to know the library landscapes of the respective countries and their people and to exchange views on current professional topics.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76e10fb\" data-id=\"76e10fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d0a7c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d0a7c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Program<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25b640c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"25b640c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57391b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57391b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73d7a68\" data-id=\"73d7a68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-caf1f31\" data-id=\"caf1f31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bf8ef2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bf8ef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you want to know more about the activities of the \u2018Partner Country Initiative Germany \u2013 Latvia\u2019 please send a short e-Mail to <a 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