The aim of the project is to promote general public awareness and education about biodiversity issues, the nature protection system in Latvia, the importance and role of specially protected nature territories in nature conservation by investing in the improvement and development of the infrastructure of Kemeri National Park and North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve nature centres (which are also tourism objects), providing modern content and methods that would promote public awareness of nature and encourage their involvement in nature conservation initiatives. Within the framework of the project, the project promoter – the Nature Conservation Agency – plans to carry out the construction of the Kemeri National Park Nature Centre and the improvement and development of the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve Nature Centre infrastructure, providing modern educational content and methods that would promote public understanding of biodiversity and nature conservation issues, as well as Natura 2000 sites in Latvia and their role in biodiversity conservation.The mission of the Nature Centres is to provide basic skills and knowledge for a responsible visit to nature territories, as well as unique learning experience on biodiversity and human-nature interactions, inspiring conscious knowledge of nature and sustainable action, thematically in each of the centres, with an emphasis on different specialisations. Kemeri National Park Nature Centre is planned to be established as a mire embassy, where you will be able to get acquainted with such topics as the mire ecosystem, types of mires, their occurrence, the role of mires in the regulation of climate and water regime, as well as in the reduction of natural disasters. In turn, the main thematic direction of the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve Nature Centre will be the flora and fauna of the Baltic Sea, the coast, dunes, as well as salmon, salmon rivers and lampreys.The project envisages:1.For the establishment of the Ķemeri National Park Nature Centre:1.1.Build the building of the Nature Centre at the beginning of the Great Ķemeri Bog footbridge in Slampe civil parish, Tukums municipality;1.2.Create a parking area for visitors and improve the territory;1.3.Develop the laboratory and classrooms;1.4.Ensure the development and arrangement of indoor and outdoor expositions.2.For the establishment of the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve Nature Centre:2.1.Develop existing nature centre buildings at 16 Rīgas Street, Salacgrīva renovation and reconstruction, adapting the premises to the modern requirements and the current needs of the nature centre;2.2.Ensure the accessibility of the environment for persons with functional impairments, including the construction of a lift;2.3.Installed equipment for the operation of the nature centre using renewable energy resources. Target groups of project activities: pupils and students, nature tourists of ĶNP and ZBR (both local and foreign), teachers of natural sciences, inhabitants of ĶNP and ZBR neighbourhoods and representatives of municipalities, families with children.The project will result in:1) the establishment of the Kemeri National Park Nature Centre to develop and promote environmental and nature awareness in society;2) the improvement of the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve nature centre infrastructure in line with modern requirements and current needs of the nature centre;3) the achievement of at least 100 000 visitors at the end of the first year of post-monitoring, which is expected to be provided with the infrastructure and equipment created by the project.The total indicative financing of the project is planned to be EUR 4 616 827.32, including financing from the European Regional Development Fund of EUR 3 924 303.22 and national co-financing from the State budget of EUR 692 524.10.The planned duration of the project implementation is 54 months (provisionally from July 2025 to 31 December 2029).