Pasaules brīvo latviešu apvienība

Pasaules brīvo latviešu apvienība is a non-profit network based in Rockville, United States working on arts & culture, education, community development.

Pasaules brīvo latviešu apvienība (PBLA) is the central representative body of organised Latvians living outside Latvia. Its members are regional and national Latvian central organisations in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Europe, South America and the Caribbean, and Russia. Founded in exile in the 1950s, it aims to support Latvian culture, education and the Latvian diaspora community worldwide, and to represent the interests of overseas Latvians in Latvia, including support for Latvia's security and its foreign policy goals. Its main office is in Rockville, Maryland, USA, and it maintains a representation in Riga. Its Cultural Foundation and Council (Kultūras fonds un padome) awards grants and honours to Latvian cultural figures, and its Education Council coordinates Latvian schooling abroad. The organisation is recognised as a non-profit in the United States.