Brief information on the history of State Employment Agency

2. MISSIONThe mission of State Employment Agency is to become a bridge connecting employer and employee and reducingunemployment.

3. 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, 1999under 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

4. State Employment Agency 28 affiliates 30 sectors Board 671 staff units (including those working at the ESF Department and its 5 regional divisions)

5. Director Consultative Board Director’s Assistant Deputy Director Deputy Director for ESF issues Public Relations Department Strategic Planning and Analysis Department Budget and Finance Planning Department European Social Fund Department Budget and National Programme Financial Planning Division Accountancy Division Labour Market Research Division Statistics Division Strategic Planning Division Project Monitoring Division Financial Management Division Project Support Division Kurzeme Regional Division Latgale Regional Division Riga Regional Division Vidzeme Regional Division Zemgale Regional Division Legal Department Employment Coordination Department Administrative Management Department Employment Measures Division Education and Vocational Training Division Personnel Division Documentation Management Division Public Purchase and Real Estate Division International Department Internal Audit Department Internal Audit Division ESF Audit Division IT Department System Analysis and Programming Division Information System Operation Division Data Security and Quality Division

6. 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

7. Registered unemployment rate in Latvia by June 30, 2005 (%) Total number of economically active inhabitants in the country – 1 065300 Number of unemployed in the country– 84378

8. Unemployment rate in the regions of Latvia (%)

9. Information on unemployed divided by risk groups

10. SERVICESFOR UNEMPLOYED

11. SERVICES FOR JOB-SEEKERS

12. SERVICES FOR EMPLOYERS

13. 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

14. The number of unemployed and job-seekers involved in active employment measures on June 30, 2005

15. ESF – promotion of employment

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

19. Partners Denmark , Germany, Finland, Canada, UK, Sweden, Finland Intergovernmental Agreements Germany-Latvia Partners in Leonardo da Vinci Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, France, UK, Austria, Slovakia, Denmark, Hungary Protocol of Co-operation Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, Ireland ILO, WAPES INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

20. STATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY 38 Kr.Valdemara iela, Riga, LV – 1010, Phone: 7021706 Fax: 7270253 e-mail: nva@nva.lv www.nva.lv

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