LATO – Latvian Transatlantic organization

Is Burden Sharing a Priority Concept in NATO?

By Kristaps Celmins / 13. January, 2022

Burden sharing amongst NATO allies has high importance as it is a distribution of risks and costs towards achieving a...

The Three Seas Initative: Bringing Central Europe Up to Speed

By Kristaps Celmins / 6. January, 2022

Listen to Daunis Auers, Professor of EU Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia and Ian Brzezinski...

LATO Interview Series #11: The Transatlantic Alliance is Challenged by New Threats: Does it Have the Required Unity to Succeed?

By Renate LATO / 23. December, 2021

Burden sharing amongst NATO allies has high importance as it is a distribution of risks and costs towards achieving a...

5 Years Later: the Evolution of Warfare, Disinformation and Cyber Security

By Kristaps Celmins / 2. December, 2021

5 years ago at the Rīga Conference, Elīna Lange-Ionatamišvili, Senior Expert, NATO StratCom COE and András Rácz, Senior Fellow, German...

Strategic Considerations in the Eastern Partnership Countries

By Kristaps Celmins / 30. November, 2021

Many European Union Eastern partnership countries are striving for development and moving closer to the European Union. Nevertheless, they are...

YATA 25th Anniversary

By Renate LATO / 29. November, 2021

LATO representative Renate Grudule participated in the 25th anniversary celebration of the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association in Brussels. The event...

Information Space Security Project #BorderResilience

By Renate LATO / 24. November, 2021

From 1 November to 31 December, the #BorderResilience information space security project is being implemented under the leadership of the...

Baltic States Youth Debate “Baltic Youth Vision for Europe”

By Renate LATO / 19. November, 2021

On November 17th LATO’s Secretary-General Sigita Struberga participated in the Baltic States Youth Debate "Baltic Youth Vision for Europe" organised...

Discussion: A Hot-Cold Summer of the Baltic Sea Region

By Renate LATO / 5. November, 2021

On September 13, 2021, the Ministers of Defence of Estonia, Lithuania and Poland arrived to Latvia, in order to attend...

The Rīga Conference 2021 has concluded

By Renate LATO / 1. November, 2021

On October 15 and 16 the annual security and foreign policy forum The Rīga Conference 2021 was held. In the...

Who we are

LATO is a non governmental organization established on march 21, 2000 with the aim of bringing together like-minded individuals who want to promote Latvia’s membership in NATO

Statutes

LATO aims:

to inform the public about NATO and Latvia`s membership in the Alliance;
to organise public informative events about Latvian and Euro-Atlantic security issues;
to promote partnership with other countries and to inform them about Latvia as an active EU and NATO member state;
to lay the foundations for Latvia`s international role as a member of NATO;
to foster the international community’s understanding of Latvia`s foreign policy aims.

What does LATO do?

distributes information and encourages discussions about questions relating to Latvia`s defence and security policy;
encourages research on Latvian and international security issues;
organizes seminars, lectures, conferences, and other events;
participates in forums on international security policy;
cooperates with organizations in Latvia and abroad that support the aims of LATO.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the highest decision making body of LATO. The members` AGM elects the LATO Board which consists of a Chairman, Deputy Chairman and seven Board members. The Board organizes the activities of LATO between AGMs, approves decisions and reports to the AGM. The Secretary General deals with administrative duties and other activities.

In 2011 LATO was granted public benefit organization status in the field of civil society development. It is a high appreciation for LATO performance in achieving our goals. Also, it is a way to strengthen and develop our cooperation with corporate partners*.

*According to Law on Enterprise Income Tax, taxes shall be reduced for enterprises by 85 per cent of amounts donated to societies and foundations registered in the Republic of Latvia, to which the public benefit organisation status has been granted. The total tax rebate may not exceed 20 per cent of the total amount of taxables.