Latgale region
Information updated on 4 June 2026
Grant Program “Impulse”
Grant Program “Impulse”
Program Description
The Municipality of Daugavpils State City offers the “Impulse” Grant Program. The aim of the program is to support remigration initiatives by stimulating the establishment of new businesses and promoting the development of existing businesses within the municipality. The program supports the development of new products and/or services, encourages economic activity within the municipality’s administrative territory, and contributes to reducing unemployment.
Who Can Apply
- A natural person (individual) – a remigrant who commits to starting and conducting business activities within the administrative territory of the Municipality of Daugavpils State City.
- A business entity founded by a remigrant and registered with the Register of Enterprises, which commits to carrying out business activities in Daugavpils.
- A merchant registered in the Commercial Register that creates new jobs for remigrants. For the purposes of this program, a merchant also includes a person engaged in economic activity who is registered with the State Revenue Service.
Type of Support
Grant
Support
The minimum grant amount per participant is EUR 8,000, and the maximum available grant is EUR 16,000.
The total funding available under the “Impulse” Grant Program for promoting remigration is EUR 36,000, consisting of:
- EUR 18,000 from the municipal budget; and
- EUR 18,000 allocated through the Latgale Planning Region’s competition “Remigration Support Measure – Business Support.”
Availability
The grant program is implemented once per year. Applications may be submitted from 3 June 2026 until 3 August 2026 at 15:00 (3:00 PM).
Real estate tax reliefs
Program description
The Daugavpils state city municipality offers real estate tax (RET) reliefs.
| Who can apply? | Type of support | Support |
| Legal entities | For increasing the number of employees by more than 5 people in the previous reporting year, provided that these employees have their declared place of residence registered within the administrative territory of the Daugavpils city municipality, and the company’s average wage level in the previous reporting year is not lower than EUR 394.11. The increase in the average number of employees is calculated by comparing the number of employees in the two preceding reporting years. | 25% of the real estate tax amount |
| Capital companies, agencies, and institutions | For real estate tax payers on land and buildings, if the number of employees with disabilities who worked in the company for the full reporting year is at least 50% of the total number of employees. | 50% of the real estate tax amount
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Legal entities
| For land on which, during the taxation period, a public-use street (or part of a street) in Daugavpils city was constructed using the entity’s own financial resources, provided that the investment amount is not less than 25% of the calculated tax amount, and a corresponding agreement has been concluded with the municipality beforehand. | 25% of the real estate tax amount |
| Legal or natural persons | For real estate (or part of it) owned by the taxpayer and used free of charge as a public beach and swimming area, provided it is not used for economic activity. | 25% of the real estate tax amount
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Manufacturing companies
| For real estate owned or legally possessed that is used for production, where the number of employees working in the company during the tax year exceeds 800 people, and the company’s export turnover in the tax year is not lower than EUR 7,114,359.05 (seven million one hundred fourteen thousand three hundred fifty-nine euros and 5 cents). | 25% of the calculated annual real estate tax amount |
Availability
Co-financing for connecting real estate to the centralized water supply or sewerage system
Program description
The Daugavpils state city municipality offers co-financing for connecting real estate to the centralized water supply or sewerage system.
Who can apply
Legal entities, for the connection of manufacturing buildings located within production development areas.
| Type of support | Support |
If a manufacturing building owned or legally possessed by a legal entity is located in a production development area where EU structural fund resources have been used for the development of public infrastructure, and its core activity is industrial manufacturing, provided that the legal entity confirms that at least 5 (five) new jobs were created within a year; | 70% of the cost reimbursement, but not more than EUR 10,000 for the connection of one manufacturing building |
If a manufacturing building owned or legally possessed by a legal entity is located in a production development area where EU structural fund resources have not been used for the development of public infrastructure, provided that the legal entity confirms that at least 5 (five) new jobs were created within a year. | 50% of the cost reimbursement, but not more than EUR 10,000 for the connection of one manufacturing building |
Availability
Grant Program “Impulse”
Program Description
The Municipality of Daugavpils State City offers the “Impulse” Grant Program. The aim of the program is to support remigration initiatives by stimulating the establishment of new businesses and promoting the development of existing businesses within the municipality. The program supports the development of new products and/or services, encourages economic activity within the municipality’s administrative territory, and contributes to reducing unemployment.
Who Can Apply
- A natural person (individual) – a remigrant who commits to starting and conducting business activities within the administrative territory of the Municipality of Daugavpils State City.
- A business entity founded by a remigrant and registered with the Register of Enterprises, which commits to carrying out business activities in Daugavpils.
- A merchant registered in the Commercial Register that creates new jobs for remigrants. For the purposes of this program, a merchant also includes a person engaged in economic activity who is registered with the State Revenue Service.
Type of Support
Grant
Support
The minimum grant amount per participant is EUR 8,000, and the maximum available grant is EUR 16,000.
The total funding available under the “Impulse” Grant Program for promoting remigration is EUR 36,000, consisting of:
- EUR 18,000 from the municipal budget; and
- EUR 18,000 allocated through the Latgale Planning Region’s competition “Remigration Support Measure – Business Support.”
Availability
The grant program is implemented once per year. Applications may be submitted from 3 June 2026 until 3 August 2026 at 15:00 (3:00 PM).