The project promoter shall: Riga City CouncilThe aim of the project is to reconstruct VEF Culture Palace in order to ensure the availability of high-quality cultural infrastructure for residents of Riga city and neighbourhoods and to facilitate the involvement of residents of the neighbourhoods in cultural activities, attracting private investments and increasing business activity, thus contributing to the improvement of the socio-economic environment of Teika and Čiekurkalns and to revitalise the neighbourhood. EUR 4249733.47•Government funding: EUR 1507498.32 Project time: 1 May 2017 – November 2017. The project is included in the regional level planning documentsVEF Culture Palace reconstruction project complies with the following planning documents:•The sustainable development strategy of Riga by 2030 – action line 3 “Recognised and engaging cultural environment”;•Riga Development Programme for 2014-2020 – task 3.3 “To ensure balanced and diverse accessibility of cultural services to the population”;•Riga development programme 2014-2020 – spatial planning plan.