Ogre county council Latvia

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Ogre county council (Latvia)

• Public services
• Conference in Novy Bydzov,
• 8-10th May 2008

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Public services of Ogre county council (1)

• Organize the provision of public utilities for
  residents
• water supply and sewerage
• supply of heat
• collection, conducting and purification of waste
  water
• management of municipal waste.

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Public utilities and waste management

• Municipal agency Malkalne is providing public
  utilities in all Ogre county territory
• Municipal agency provides water supply and
  collection of waste water to 75 of population in
  Ogre town
• In Ogre county are working three enterprises in
  waste collection
• Waste recycling infrastructure is in development
  stage and in this year funding for environment
  protection in county has raised to 298.

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Public services of Ogre county council (2)

• sanitary cleanliness of administrative territory
• building, reconstruction and maintenance of
  streets, roads and public squares
• lighting of streets, public squares and other
  areas designated for public use
• development and maintenance of parks, public
  squares and green zones
• control of collection and removal of waste
• flood control measures
• establishment and maintenance of cemeteries and
  places for burial of dead animals.

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Infrastructure of road and street network

• One of the main transit traffic routes is going
  through Ogre county
• 80 of all pollution is created by traffic flow
• High traffic intensity and every year amount of
  cars increase for about 10 of all registered
  cars in county
• Street length in urban area is 100 km and road
  length in rural area 105 km
• In 2007, municipality funding for street and road
  network has grown five times.

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Public services of Ogre county council (3)

• Provision of education for local residents
• ensuring the specified rights of residents to
  acquire primary and general secondary education
• ensuring children of pre-school and school age
  with places in training and educational
  institutions
• organisational and financial assistance to out of
  school training and educational institutions and
  education support institutions.

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Education institutions in Ogre county

• 7 kindergartens,
• 6 comprehensive schools (Ogre Secondary School
  Nr.1, Ogre Grammar School, Jaunogre Secondary
  School, Ogre Primary School, Ogresgals Primary
  School, Ogre Evening School),
• 3 institutions of vocational training (Ogre
  Professional Secondary school, Ogre Handicraft
  Secondary school, Ogre Forest Technical Secondary
  School),
• establishments of interest education (Ogre Art
  School, Ogre Music School, Ogre Children and
  Youth Centre, Youth Health Centre),
• institutions of adult education,
• Ogre Central Library.

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Edgars ParpucisProject manager of Development
Department of the Ogre County Council,Phone
371 65022170,E-mail edgars.parpucis_at_inbox.lv

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