EURES activities in LATVIA Zanna Ribakova EURES manager 28 August 2008

EURES manager 5 EURES Line Managers 5 EURES advisers Organisation of EURES in State Employment agency (NVA) Director General Department of Employment measures and development EURES coordinator/financial assistant International relation division 26 EURES assistants

Organisation of EURES in Latvia Riga, Liepaja, Cesis, Rezekne, Daugavpils

EURES activities The most important activities during these years (conferences, surveys, trainings ect.) which helped to integrate EURES services into PES: Annual EURES assistance training (2 per year) EURES line managers seminars, trainings and study visits every year EURES informative days in each local office Seminar for leading experts of NVA, June 2007 Regional sseminars for NVA local office managers Survey “Latvian EURES action evaluation” September 2006

Latvian EURES activities st Regional Job Fair in Liepāja Job-Club for Youth in Cēsis Round table discussion with social partners Seminars for employers, social partners, advisory Committee etc. Latvian –Lithuanian cross-border area development (Daugavpils/Utena; Bauska/Pasvalys) Vacancy exchange Valka/Valga Participation in International Job Fairs and local exhibitions Cooperation in Nordic-Baltic project (Pre-initial training in Riga, January 2009) Information and recruitment fair in Ireland, October 2008

EURES Services in figures 2007 More than individual consultations More than web page visitors per monthwww.nva.gov.lv/eures 2 conferences and 10 seminars, 6 exhibitions during 2007 year in Latvia 27 seminars for employers and social partners (1 in each district) 4 types of booklets, promotion materials ~360 individual consultations through web page ( “Ask us!”)

EURES Services integration problems Labour market situation in Latvia Current economical and political situation in Latvia Insufficient manpower in Latvian EURES network and changes in personnel Stereotypes

Success story Annual Cross-border T-Conference, October 2006 Riga (120 participants from EU/EEA countries and European Commission) Mobility bus stop “Road show” event in Riga central station (~ visitors) Transnational recruitment project with Jobcentreplus (UK) Scotland fish production company recruited 150 employees from Latvia Individual advises and feedback from satisfied clients Tight cooperation with other EU networks (Euroguidance, Europass, Eurodesk)

Thank you!