Split and Cover - Attempting to Refuse One of the Budget Feeders

The reason is the objections of many organizations against the planned changes, such as transferring the management of the Media Support Fund to the National Council of Electronic Media (NCEM). Citing a report from the State Audit Office, the Union of Greens and Farmers and the 'United List' proposed last year to reorganize the Society Integration Foundation (SIF), including liquidating the administration and transferring programs to ministries according to their competencies. The auditors concluded that the development and implementation of cohesive society policy under the leadership of the Ministry of Culture is not purposeful, lacking clear planning, coordination, and specific achievable indicators. There is also no complete information on the use of funding. As for the distribution of programs, the Minister of Culture allows for the transfer of the management of the Media Support Fund to the NCEM, and the fund for non-governmental organizations and their co-financing programs to the State Chancellery. The Latvian language study program for migrants and their family members may be transferred to the Ministry of Education and Science, the minority support and social cohesion program to the Ministry of Culture, and the 'Family-Friendly Municipality' program to the Ministry of Smart Governance and Regional Development. The question of transferring other SIF programs to other institutions or keeping them under the supervision of the SIF must be considered by the Minister of Culture. He must also consider the need to change the name of the SIF in light of the thematic content of the administered programs.