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In collaboration with other higher education and research institutions, FH UL fosters a respectful, trusting, and responsible community through various joint initiatives. These initiatives include international and local conferences, state-funded and EU-funded projects, knowledge exchange programs, seminars, and exchange activities. This cooperation demonstrates FH UL’s commitment to bridging gaps across disciplines and institutions, fostering an environment where humanities can flourish in both research and study, and where innovative knowledge and academic innovations are actively cultivated.

Partner universities: Latvian Academy of Culture, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, Riga Technical University and RTU Liepāja, Daugavpils University, Rīga Stradiņš University and others.

Partner reseach institutions: Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia, The Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia and others.

The primary target audience for HF UL consists of graduates from general education schools, secondary schools, and gymnasiums. It also includes prospective students and teachers who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the humanities, human intellectual and cultural heritage, and developing critical thinking and interpretation skills. To effectively reach its target audience, FH UL collaborates with various schools, teacher associations, and educational alliances. In partnership with educational institutions, FH UL organizes lecture courses for teachers, participates in the improvement of school curricula, and engages in the development of a variety of educational events for students.

Partner schools and educational centers: Bauska State Gymnasium, Jurmala Alternative School, Riga's 64th Middle school, National Centre for Education and others.

Partner associations: associations of teachers of languages and literatures (Latvian, English and others), the History Teachers' Association and others.

• The Faculty of Humanities cooperates with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia (implementation of study programmes, research, organization of school contests; members of the academic staff of the Faculty participate as experts in various work groups, boards, e.g., development of the contents of education, etc). Cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of Latvia in project implementation (support for projects of State Culture Capital Foundation, prepared by the academic staff of the Faculty). Cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the sphere of language acquisition and other ministries.
   
• The Faculty closely cooperates with the Latvian National Library in the organization of events, popularizing of science, for instance, in the frames of Canada cultural studies, etc. There are other forms of cooperation, for instance, the members of academic staff  and students of the Department of Latvian and Baltic Studies participate in the development of the online edition for librarians “Literatūras ceļvedis” (Literature Guidebook).
   
• “Skrivanek Baltic” is a yearslong partner in the organization of students’ internship. The cooperation also includes guest lectures and seminars for future translators and interpreters. Moreover, the cooperation with the enterprise includes the co-organization of the contest for Latvian students “The best young translator”.
   
• For the organization of students’ internships, the Faculty of Humanities regularly cooperates with museums of Latvia, e.g. Association of Memorial Museums, Literature and Music Museum, and others.
   
• Cooperation in the field of employment with the following enterprises: TELE2, BITE, EVRY Latvia (for students who acquire Scandinavian languages), SDI Media Latvia (enterprise for adaptation and translation of programmes and film), and others.
   
• The Faculty of Humanities also cooperates with various professional organizations and societies, for instance, with the Writers Union of Latvia (participation of members of academic staff and students in the creation of the newspaper “konTEKSTS”; organization of a literary translation seminar for students of the BSP in Baltic Philology in the course of “Creative writing”); with the Latvian Language Agency (organization of events, scientific cooperation, participation of the members of the academic staff of the Faculty in teaching Latvian to foreigners); with Latvian Association of Anthropologists (events, guest lecturers) and with many other organizations of Latvia.