Latvian Sports Federations Council

What Latvian Sports Federations Council does

Latvian Sports Federations Council (LSFP) is a Latvian non-profit association (biedrība) founded in 2014, acting as the sole statutory umbrella organization for all 96 state-recognized sports federations in Latvia. It exercises delegated governmental authority on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science, including coordination of the federation ecosystem, certification of sports specialists (categories A, B, C) under the Sports Law, and certification of shooting instructors under the Weapons Circulation Law. The organization is governed by an 11-member board led by President Vladimirs Šteinbergs (elected March 2025) and supported by a Secretariat of approximately 8 staff based in Riga.

LSFP operates a centralized digital platform (lsfp.lv) comprising three interconnected public registries: the Recognized Sports Federations Register, the Sports Competition Calendar, and the Certified Sports Specialists Register. The platform also handles electronic certification applications, credential recognition for foreign qualifications, and the administration of the state sports scholarship program (27 scholarships awarded for 2025/2026 from 135 applications evaluated). Beyond its regulatory and registry functions, LSFP organizes national sports events including the Latvian School Winter Festival (~1,400 schoolchildren from 110 schools) and the European Sports Week #BeActive campaign (~5,000 participants in the Ērgļi hike).

Revenue is non-commercial and primarily composed of state budget allocations channeled through the Ministry of Education and Science, supplemented by regulated certification fees (e.g., 21.34 EUR per sports specialist certificate issuance, 18 EUR per shooting instructor certificate). LSFP represents Latvia in the European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO) and co-develops sector policy with the Olympic Committee, Paralympic Committee, and relevant ministries. Its customer base is structurally distributed across federations, certified professionals, shooting instructors, and student athletes, with no commercial sales motion.

Name

Latvian Sports Federations Council

Legal name

Biedrība Latvijas Sporta federāciju padome

Website

https://lsfp.lv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Latvian Sports Federations Council (LSFP) is the state-mandated non-profit umbrella organization for Latvia's 96 recognized sports federations, responsible for federation coordination, sports specialist and shooting instructor certification, public registries, scholarships, and national sports events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Governance Services

NAICS

Spectator Sports (71121)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

National Governing Bodies (NGBs) (MPAKAFAC)

Keywords

• Sports federation coordination
• Sports certification services
• Sports governance body
• Athletic training certification
• Sports registry services

Headquarters

HQ city

Riga

HQ country

Latvia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. State Budget Funding: LSFP receives state budget funds allocated through the Ministry of Education and Science (IZM) for delegated governmental functions including sports federation coordination, sports specialist certification, and sports policy implementation.
2. Certification Service Fees: Fees charged for sports specialist certification (including initial certification, re-certification, duplicate certificates, and examination). Fees are regulated by Cabinet regulations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

LSFP (Latvijas Sporta federāciju padome) is the state-mandated umbrella organization coordinating 96 recognized sports federations in Latvia. It operates official public registries of recognized federations, certified sports specialists, and a sports competition calendar. It certifies sports specialists (trainers/coaches, A/B/C categories) under the Sports Law and shooting instructors under the Weapons Circulation Law, and administers a state-funded sports scholarship program for student athletes.

Product overview

LSFP operates as a unified platform providing sports governance services rather than a modular software product. The core offerings include sports specialist certification (A/B/C categories), shooting instructor certification, and public registries for certified specialists and recognized federations. Additional services include sports scholarship programs, competition calendars, and international credential recognition. These services are interconnected through a centralized administrative framework where certification feeds into the public registries, and credential recognition supports the certification workflow.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sports Specialist Certification (Sporta speciālistu sertifikācija) Certification service for sports specialists (trainers and coaches) in Latvia, covering A, B, and C category certificates issued for five-year terms under the Sports Law. Targets individual sports professionals required to be certified to legally coach athletes.
• Shooting Instructor Certification (Šaušanas instruktoru sertifikācija) Certification service for shooting instructors under the Weapons Circulation Law, conducted by the Shooting Instructor Certification Commission. Targets individuals seeking to legally work as shooting instructors in Latvia.
• Sports Specialists Register (Sporta speciālistu reģistrs) Publicly accessible electronic registry of certified sports specialists including trainers, coaches, and sports study students in Latvia. Lists certification category, sport type, certificate validity date, and photograph.
• Recognized Sports Federations Register (Atzīto sporta federāciju reģistrs) Official public registry of all 96 state-recognized sports federations in Latvia, listing each federation's recognized sport disciplines. Available to the public via the LSFP website.
• Sports Scholarship Program (Sporta stipendiju konkurss) State-funded sports scholarship program administered by LSFP for higher education students who combine studies with high-level sports achievements. Awards scholarships annually based on application evaluation.
• Sports Competition Calendar (Sporta sacensību kalendārs) Comprehensive searchable calendar of sports competitions in Latvia, filterable by date range, country, region, city, sport type, and organizer. Available to the public via the LSFP website.
• Foreign Qualification Recognition (Kvalifikācijas atzīšana) Recognition service for professional qualifications obtained abroad in sports, in collaboration with the Academic Information Centre. Supports the certification workflow for internationally trained sports specialists seeking to work in Latvia.

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija (Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLSFP collaborates with the Ministry of Education and Science (IZM) on sports policy implementation. The ministry delegates functions to LSFP including sports federation coordination, certification of sports specialists, and shooting instructors. Together they developed guidelines for the sports sector on handling emergency alerts (cell broadcast system).
• European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation (ENGSO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLSFP represents Latvia in ENGSO, the European non-governmental sports organization, as stated in its statutes. This is a key international partnership for representing Latvian sport at the European level.
• Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (Latvian Olympic Committee)minorOthersMember of the Latvian sports ecosystem. Representative serves on LSFP Sports Federations Commission.
• Latvijas Paralimpiskā komiteja (Latvian Paralympic Committee)minorOthersMember federation of LSFP. Its General Secretary (Liene Apine) also serves as LSFP Vice President.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sport Ireland: Ireland's statutory body for coordinating national sports policy, federations, and high-performance athlete support. Directly comparable as a state-funded NGB umbrella with similar governance, funding, and policy-implementation mandates.
• Estonian Olympic Committee (Eesti Olümpiakomitee): Estonia's national umbrella body for sports federations and Olympic movement representation. Highly comparable given shared Baltic geography, similar small-market federation-coordination model, and parallel function of coordinating national sports policy implementation.
• Lithuanian National Olympic Committee (LTOK): Lithuania's national Olympic committee and federation umbrella organization. Closely parallels LSFP's role as the Baltic-region national sports coordination body with statutory functions over recognized federations.

Regional players

• Sport Australia: Australian government's sport policy and investment agency. Comparable mandate in coordinating national sports policy, distributing public funding, and supporting high-performance pathways; differs geographically but parallels LSFP's state-delegated role.

Broad incumbents

• Sport England: UK's national sports body distributing government and National Lottery funding to sport. Comparable as a larger-scale national sports coordination and funding-distribution body, though operating at materially greater scale than LSFP.
• Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB): Germany's national Olympic sports confederation representing ~27 million members across 101 member federations. Comparable in federation-coordination function but materially larger scale; serves as a reference model for LSFP's role.
• Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI): Italy's national Olympic committee coordinating the Italian sports system and recognized federations. Comparable governance role at significantly larger scale; representative of European national sports umbrella models LSFP operates within.
• Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF): France's national Olympic and sports committee representing recognized federations. Comparable in serving as a state-recognized federation umbrella, with similar governance mandate at substantially greater scale.
• NOC*NSF (Netherlands Olympic Committee and Sports Federation): Dutch national sports umbrella coordinating ~90 member federations and elite athlete programs. Highly comparable federation-coordination model, though operating within a larger and more commercially developed sports ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Latvian Olympic Committee (Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja): Latvia's National Olympic Committee, with which LSFP overlaps in federation coordination and has a partnership relationship (a representative sits on LSFP's Sports Federations Commission). Most directly comparable as a domestic institutional peer operating in the same Latvian sports ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LSFP_LV
• Facebookfacebook.com/lsfp.lv
• Instagraminstagram.com/lsfp.lv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/latvian-sports-federations-council

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

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