Inara Tetereva

Education

Attended Teika Secondary School in Riga from 1960 to 1971. Attended courses at the from 1971 to 1974.

Career

Since 1997, the Teterev family has been actively and wholeheartedly supporting the reconstruction of Rundāle Palace. In 2010, Boris and his spouse Irina Teterev established a family charity foundation to support outstanding charity initiatives that provide public benefits both in Latvia and internationally. The foundation supports culture initiatives – the completion of Rundāle Palace’s restoration, Riga Russian Theatre () and the Latvian Academy of Music.

In 2012, as patrons Boris and Inara Teterev donated the artistic work Gondola by the artist to the Art Museum Riga Bourse.

Within the framework of the higher education excellence programme, the Boris and Irina Teterev Foundation actively cooperates with the Riga Stradiņš University, which has established the patron Boris Teterev’s scholarship to medical students, awards grants for research and the Academy of Intelligence, and has created the framework for the RSU development strategy 2012 – 2020. In 2012, in cooperation with the Art Academy of Latvia, they created the strategic action plan for higher education, and founded the grant of patroness Inara Teterev for students of the Art Academy of Latvia.

In 2011, the Foundation supported the newly founded Prize of the Year of the Art Academy of Latvia (first laureates – artist Gemma Skulme (), art historian Laima Slava, artist Janis Avotins (Jānis Avotiņš)). In 2012, the Inara Tetereva art scholarship was established, with the first awards going to Lilita Bauge (Lilita Bauģe), Sandra Strele (Sandra Strēle) and Agita Steinberga (Agita Šteinberga).

In 2012, the Academy of the Latvian National Opera (LNO) was established thanks to the Foundation.

The Foundation provides assistance to community development and animal welfare organisations, and helps low-income people and those in need. The Foundation has supported soup kitchens since 2010. In 2012/13 80,000 meals per month are being co-funded at fifty-six soup kitchens across Latvia.

The Foundation’s animal welfare support is significant: it sponsors the animal shelters Dzīvnieku draugs (since 2010) and Labās mājas (since 2013).

Latvian Television has been airing Ķepa uz sirds (Paw on the Heart) since 2011, a family infotainment programme about animal welfare issues, expert advice, and animal grooming and breeding.

Achievements

• In 2010, Inara Tetereva received the annual Business Women's Association award as the Most Generous Patron. In 2011, Boris and Inara Teterev were awarded Order of the Three Stars. In 2011, the patrons Boris and Inara Teterev were awarded the Cicero Prize. In 2011, the State Inspection for Heritage Protection, the Latvian National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the association International Council on Monuments and Sites Latvia Association awarded Inara Tetereva the Special Prize for Patronage of the Annual Cultural Heritage In 2011, as part of the European Year of Volunteering 2011, the issued Inara Tetereva with a Commendation for quality activities for the public good, and a significant contribution to the development of volunteering in Latvia. In 2012, Boris Teterev and Inara Tetereva were awarded the title Riga Citizen of the Year 2012 for the promotion of the tradition of charitable and cultural patronage in Riga. In 2012, Dante Alighieri Society (Societa Dante Alighieri in Lettonia) awarded the patrons Boris Teterev and Inara Tetereva the Annual Grand Prize for contributing to the preservation of Italian cultural heritage in Latvia. In 2012, Riga Stradiņš University conferred honorary doctorates on Boris Teterev and Inara Tetereva (Doctor honoris causa).