eures activities in latvia zanna ribakova eures manager 28 august 2008
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EURES activities in LATVIA
Zanna RibakovaEURES 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 activities2004-2007
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 yearEURES informative days in each local officeSeminar for leading experts of NVA, June 2007 Regional sseminars for NVA local office managersSurvey “Latvian EURES action evaluation” September 2006
Latvian EURES activities2008-2009
1st Regional Job Fair in Liepāja Job-Club for Youth in CēsisRound table discussion with social partnersSeminars for employers, social partners, advisory Committee etc.Latvian –Lithuanian cross-border area development (Daugavpils/Utena;
Bauska/Pasvalys)
Vacancy exchange Valka/ValgaParticipation in International Job Fairs and local exhibitionsCooperation 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 5 000 individual consultations More than 6 000 web page www.nva.gov.lv/eures visitors per month2 conferences and 10 seminars, 6 exhibitions during 2007 year in Latvia27 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 LatviaInsufficient manpower in Latvian EURES network and
changes in personnelStereotypes
Success storyAnnual 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 (~ 8 000 visitors)
Transnational recruitment project with Jobcentreplus (UK) Scotland fish production company recruited 150 employees from
LatviaIndividual advises and feedback from satisfied clients
Tight cooperation with other EU networks (Euroguidance, Europass, Eurodesk)
Thank you!
www.nva.gov.lv/eures