MISSION

The mission of State Employment Agency is to

become a bridge connecting employer and employee and reducing

unemployment.

Brief information on the history of State Employment Agency

• 17 April 1991 State Employment Service was formed (SES)• At the beginning of 1999 SES consisted of: - SES headquarters; - 20 financially independent SES centres; - 8 SES divisions; - 38 offices• On July 1, 1999 under the supervision of the Ministry of Welfare of the

Republic of Latvia state joint-stock company, non-profit organisation – SES - was formed

- Joint-stock company SES was a two-level organisation consisting of the board and affiliates that involved 28 centres and 34 sectors

• In October 2003 reorganisation took place and State Employment Agency was formed

State Employment Agency

28 affiliates30 sectorsBoard671 staff units (including those working at the ESF Department and its 5 regional divisions)

Director Consultative Board

Deputy Director for ESF issues

Deputy Director

European Social Fund Department

Legal Department

Project Monitoring DivisionFinancial Management DivisionProject Support DivisionKurzeme Regional DivisionLatgale Regional DivisionRiga Regional DivisionVidzeme Regional DivisionZemgale Regional Division

Budget and National Programme Financial Planning DivisionAccountancy Division

Personnel DivisionDocumentation Management DivisionPublic Purchase and Real Estate Division

System Analysis and Programming DivisionInformation System Operation DivisionData Security and Quality Division

Labour Market Research DivisionStatistics DivisionStrategic Planning Division

Employment Measures DivisionEducation and Vocational Training Division

Public Relations Department

Internal Audit DivisionESF Audit Division

Internal Audit Department

IT Department

Administrative Management Department

Budget and Finance Planning

Department

Strategic Planning and Analysis Department

Employment Coordination Department

Director’s Assistant

International Department

Main functions of State Employment Agency

To register and keep record of unemployed and job-seekers

To register vacancies

To provide assistance to unemployed and job-seekers in integration into the labour market

To organise and implement active employment measures

To analyse and make forecasts on labour market situation

To fulfil the functions of the second-level intermediary institution of the ESF

Registered unemployment rate in Latvia by June 30, 2005 (%)

Total number of economically active inhabitants in the country – 1 065 300Number of unemployed in the country– 84 378

Unemployment rate in the regions of Latvia (%)

9,4 9,3 9,2

5,2

18,1

4,8

8,3 8,78,8

17,3

02468

101214161820

Riga region Kurzemeregion

Latgaleregion

Vidzemeregion

Zemgaleregion

December 31,2004

June 30, 2005

Information on unemployed divided by risk groups

562

23209

82929871

11611

3292

23081

7815957010616

3499

5040

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

Long-termunemployed

Youngunemployedaged 15-25

People withdisabilities

Peopledischarged from

imprisonment

Persons aftermaternity leave

Pre-retirementage people

December2004

June 2005

SERVICES FOR UNEMPLOYED

Vocational training, re-training and qualification raising courses

Competitiveness increasing measures including the possibility to participate in the module training

Paid temporary public works

Measures for disadvantaged groups i.e. subsidised employment measures for young persons without work experience, people with disabilities, pre-retirement age persons, long-term unemployed, persons after maternity leave, persons discharged from imprisonment etc.

SERVICES FORJOB-SEEKERS

Receipt of the unemployed status

Information on vacancies

Opportunity to raise one’s competitiveness in the labour market

SERVICES FOR EMPLOYERSRegistration of vacanciesQualified labour forceTraining of the unemployed according to the needs

of employer and also:

Participation in the organisation of paid temporary public works

Participation in the organisation of measures for disadvantaged groups

Involvement in the subsidised employment measures

Involvement in the recruitment of foreignersParticipation in different pilot projects organised by

SEA

Active Employment Measures

The goal: to increase the competitiveness of human resources in the labour market

• Occupational training, re-training and qualification raising of unemployed

• Competitiveness increasing measures • Measures for disadvantaged groups of

unemployed (subsidised work places, work practice, social enterprises for employment of less competitive unemployed etc.

• Paid temporary public works

The number of unemployed and job-seekers involved in active employment measures on June

30, 2005

Region Occupational training, re-training

and qualification raising of

unemployed

Competitiveness raising measures

(CRM)

Measures for disadvantaged

groups

(MDG)

Paid temporary public works

(PTPW)

Riga 2 140 29 324 32 1 118

Kurzeme 783 10 140 54 946

Latgale 1 581 18 402 76 2 981

Vidzeme 681 7 070 31 953

Zemgale 724 10 929 46 1 141

Total in the country

5 909 75 865 239 7 139

ESF – promotion of employment

European Social Fund, ESF is the financial instrument of the European Union that supports development of people’s work abilities, skills and knowledge in Latvia; eliminates al kinds of discrimination and inequality in the labour market.SEA was approved as the second-level intermediary institution in charge of administrating the activities designed to promote employment and reduce social gap.In 2004-2006 SEA will implement LVL 25.6 mln worth National programme projects

Employment will be fostered thanks to LVL 11.2 mln worth open competition projects:

Provision of work places for young unemployed with the view of improving competitiveness of 18-25-year-old unemployed and promoting their involvement into the labour market

Provision of subsidised work places for the people from the socially disadvantaged groups with the view of improving competitiveness of representatives of these groups and promoting their involvement into the labour market

Support to labour market studies aimed at creating analysis based decision making at all the levels by means of elaboration of a detailed labour market situation and development scenario as well as research of different relevant factors

EURES (European Employment Services network) opens up new ways for:

Job-seekers – access to the information and guidance on employment opportunities as well as work and life conditions in the EU member states

Employers – free of charge vacancy registration within the EURES database; consideration of CVs and choice of appropriate employees from any EURES country saving money and time

There are 5 regional EURES advisers and 28 EURES assistants in Latvia:

Receive consultations from EURES specialists in every SEA affiliate

For additional information surf the following homepages:

www.nva.lv www.europa.eu.int/eures www.estie.educ.goteborg.se

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Intergovernmental AgreementsGermany-Latvia

Protocol of Co-operationLithuania, Estonia, Germany,

Ireland

ILO, WAPES

Partners in Leonardo da VinciFinland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain,

Italy, Ireland, Sweden, France, UK, Austria, Slovakia, Denmark, Hungary

Partners Denmark , Germany, Finland, Canada, UK, Sweden, Finland

STATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

38 Kr.Valdemara iela, Riga, LV – 1010,

Phone: 7021706Fax: 7270253

e-mail: nva@nva.lv

www.nva.lv

Thank you!