About the CE Foundation

The Culture and Education Foundation (CEF) funds a large part of AKKA/LAA's communication activities. The use of the finances is monitored by the AKKA/LAA Council.

The CEF funds consist of:

25% of the remuneration collected for blank data carriers and reproduction equipment,
unpayable remuneration, which is mostly made up of collections for the use of works that are subject to collective management only. If the rightsholder whose name is included in the user report of the work does not have a contract with AKKA/LAA, it may be difficult to identify or locate him. After three years have passed from the end of the financial year in which the remuneration was collected, and AKKA/LAA has made every effort to identify or locate the rightsholder, this remuneration becomes unpayable remuneration. The unidentified authors of the following works are currently being sought.

Main activities of the CEF include:

Academy of Authors founded in February 5, 2003. It aims to further exchange of information among authors, users of copyrighted works, governmental officials, students etc. Academy provides lectures, discussions, seminars and meetings for everyone interested;
Author's Grant: since May 21, 2015 a competition for grants was being announced twice a year, and since 2022 - four time a year. The Council of AKKA/LAA decides on some 20 grants (700 EUR each) every time. The Author's Grant helps to promote creative ideas of AKKA/LAA individual members;
The Copyright Infinity Award (CIA) granted annually since 1999: its name reminds of the countless ways an author's work can live a long and versatile life - on internet, TV and radio, in music, film, animation, stage performance etc. CIA is granted to 10-15 most "multi-functional" works of the previous year. There is no jury or council to decide the winners - statistics have a say here;
Authors' Days take place every April since 2005. In the week of the World Book and Copyright Day and World Intellectual Property Day AKKA/LAA appeals to educational establishments where future creators and/or users of copyrighted works are studying. We provide free lectures on copyright for smaller or larger groups, reminding them as well of the opportunity to apply for such instruction all year round;
the Copyright Museum: its stock includes historical evidence of copyright and collective rights management during the 2nd independence of Latvia;
an electronic newsletter reaches rightsholders monthly, and an annual statistical survey is being published on AKKA/LAA homepage.