The Baltic-German University Liaison Office unites many organizations, initiatives and projects in the area of cooperation and academic exchange of higher educational establishment in Germany and the Baltic States. The founders and sponsors of this organization are the German Academic Exchange Service (from resources of Germany's Federal Foreign Office), the University of Latvia and Riga Technical University and the Ministry for Education, Science, and Culture of the State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

So far, the following institutions and projects began their activities within the Office:

• the DAAD Information Centre Riga
• the Contact Office for Universities Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
• the German Terminology Study Centre
• the German Law Centre
• the Institutional German studies partnerships
• the Vladimir-Antoni-Graduate School

The Baltic-German University Liaison Office offers the exchange of contacts and information for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania concerning the academic cooperation with Germany and bilateral and European mobility and research programs.

It offers courses and further education related to Germany and on questions of European Integration for students and junior scientists. Also, it is meeting place where academics and personalities from Politics and Economy from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Germany give lectures on topics related to Germany and Europe and invite the public to discussions.

The Baltic-German University Liaison Office is a permanent invitation for persons and institutions comitted or willing to commit to project and activities in the field of international academic cooperation and exchange between Germany and the Baltic States. As an umbrella organization, the Baltic-German University Liaison Office welcomes every project and initiative of this kind as well as sponsors that are willing to support its further development and equipment.

The office can now be found also on twitter, facebook and draugiem.lv.