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Situation in Liepāja’s labour market and NVA cooperation with Liepāja’s municipality
21/04/23 Head of NVA Liepāja’s office Dace Baumane
About Liepāja Population of Liepāja city: ~85 000
First time listed in the historical documents: 1255
Acquired the city rights: 1625
Main industries: metal processing, textile, food, paper production, ship building
Main advantages: low-tax environment, ice-free port, easy access to Western and Eastern countries
Main attractions: Karosta - former military base from Tsarist and Soviet time, Holy Trinity Church organ and beautiful beach
Events: classical and rock music festivals, international rally Kurzeme
Unemployment rate
Number of registered unemployed (Liepāja city and district)
3917
7448
4377
31642682
18842204
1671
1128
4973
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7383
1069
1741
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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
City District
Registered unemployed by groups (Liepāja city)
Number of registered unemployed 2204
By gender - Female 1391 63% - Male 813 37%
Youngsters 15 – 24 276 12,5%
Long term unemployed 181 8,2%
Data on 01.08.2008.
Cooperation between NVA Liepāja’s office and Liepāja’s city council
EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION
Members of commission are interested and informed about situation in labour market Situation in labour market is analyzed and defined direction for future activities
MUNICIPAL AGENCY “NODARBINĀTĪBAS PROJEKTI” (“EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS”)
Realizing of NVA services (subsidized employment, paid temporary works, pupils’ employment for summer holidays)
Realizing of different projects (improving working skills for disabled people, improvement of manual training skills for persons after maternity leave)
Job information centre in Karosta (in future establishment of NVA Liepāja’s affiliate job internet point)
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LIEPĀJA CITY COUNCIL Involvement of labour force for new established companies (meetings with new
investors, organizing meetings for potential employees) Information about actual job vacancies in Liepāja on Liepāja’s city webpage Regular exchange of statistical information
Development plans of Liepāja city
Approved development strategy of Liepāja city for 2007 – 2014
Vision of city development: Region with sustainable balanced development, international
competitive and on knowledge based economy Educational, science, cultural, sport center Socially ensured, welfare and healthy society Proud, active and ambitious city, where people would like to
live and work
Development plans of Liepāja city
Priorities for development:
A – Encourage of economy development Business and competitiveness increasing
B,C – Human resources development Educated and healthy people Socially ensured and safe society
D,E – City environment Good quality of living conditions High quality of environment
Development plans of Liepāja city EMPLOYMENT
Provision of labour force resources To do regular labour market surveys for defining labour shortages and surpluses Education accordingly labour market needs Recruit most needed specialists Constitute triangular consultative council Involve children and youngsters for work in summer holidays
Reduce of social castaway Encourage business activity of inhabitants Involve in labour market risk group inhabitants Integrate in labour market people with special needs Increase possibilities of continuing education, professional development and
retraining
Development plans of Liepāja city
EDUCATION
Provision of labour force resources Introduce actual professional education programs Ensure appropriate technical resources and infrastructure for educational programs Popularize engineering sciences
Liepāja’s management invite to choose for education professions: Engineering (metal industry, building material industry, power industry etc.) Building (supervisors, building and road building specialists) Port development (transport and logistic specialists) Tourism & Catering (hotel staff, tourism operators, catering staff)
Development plans of Liepāja district
Outlined development priorities of Liepāja district for 2008 – 2013
Priorities: Education (straighten out infrastructure, ensure appropriate
technical resources, establish classes of natural sciences) Infrastructure (huge road repair works planed, will be need
for road workers and road techniques operators) Building (4 big projects for development of water handling
facilities) Restoration and renovation of historical centers of cities Seacoast and agriculture (technology and equipment
modernization)
Thank you for attention!Thank you for attention!
www.nva.gov.lv/eures
EURES activities in NVA Liepāja’s office and Kurzeme region
21/04/23 NVA Liepāja’s office EURES adviser Andris Segliņš
Latvian EURES advisers
5 EURES advisers in Liepāja, Rīga, Cēsis, Rēzekne and Daugavpils NVA offices
EURES activities in Kurzeme region2004 - 2007
Participation in employers’ exhibitions “Liepājas uzņēmējs” (“Liepāja’s employer”) and “Ventspils uzņēmējs” (“Ventspils’ employer”)
Organised European Days’ events in Liepāja Information days for jobseekers in Kurzeme region NVA offices and
otherwhere about EURES services and working abroad Information days for school teachers about working abroad Information day for students in Liepāja about studying and working abroad Information days for NVA staff about EURES services in NVA and working
abroad EURES seminar “Mobility in Baltics labour market” in Liepāja Participation in Liepāja’s city working group against trafficking Participation in EURES information working group Participation in international Job fairs in Finland and Bulgaria Prepared and produced informative materials about legal work abroad
(“Darbs mājās – mājas Eiropā!” (Work at home – home in Europe!), Dzīvošana un darbs Norvēģijā un Lietuvā (Living and Working in Norway and Lithuania), EURES ceļvedis darba devējiem (EURES guide for employers)).
EURES activities in Kurzeme region
Organization of EURES seminar for Kurzeme’s region heads of NVA offices and EURES assistants, Liepāja
Organization of international Jobfair “Job and Career 2008” in Liepāja Participation in EURES information working group, Brussels Participation in international Jobfairs Participation in Liepāja’s city working group against trafficking
Activities in 2008
Information days for jobseekers in Kurzeme region NVA offices about EURES services and working abroad
Organization of EURES seminar for Kurzeme’s region heads of NVA offices and EURES assistants
Information days for NVA staff about EURES services in NVA and working abroad
Continue participation in EURES information working group Continue participation in Liepāja’s city working group against trafficking
Planed future activities
Interest about working abroad
By gender - Female 52,5% - Male 47,5%
By age group - till 25 years 28% - 25-45 years 60% - over 45 years 12%
By foreign language knowledge - English 71% - German 8% - Other language 3% - Without foreign language 18%
In 2007 NVA Liepāja’s EURES office consulted 1026 clients
Clients who visited NVA Liepāja’s EURES offices and were interested to work abroad divided:
* Source: NVA Liepāja’s EURES office statistics (2007)
Individual consultations (by form of consultation)
41%
6%
53%
Specific consultations Consultations about work Consulations for employers
* Source: NVA Liepāja’s EURES office statistics (2007)
108
101
49
30
27
11
7
6
4
4
3
4
4
6
6
4
4
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Ireland
UK
Norway
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
Iceland
Austria
Belgium
Czech Rep.
France
Italy
Lithuania
Netherlands
Spain
Finland
Switzerland
* Source: NVA Liepāja’s EURES office statistics (2007)
Individual consultations about work (clients’ most popular EU/EEA countries)
8%
10%
10%
3%3%
12%4%
50%
Other professions Hotel/Restaurant staff
Construction workers Metal working specialists
Wood-processing operators Machine/equipment operators
Vehicle drivers Unskilled workers
Individual consultations about work (clients’ most interested professions)
* Source: NVA Liepāja’s EURES office statistics (2007)
Tendencies regarding work abroad Interest about working abroad gradually decrease Increase interest about social security and social
guaranties when work abroad More people prefer to choose legal work abroad, less
illegal More people from Latvia who work abroad return or
thing about returning back to Latvia
* Source: NVA Liepāja’s EURES office statistics
Thank you for attention!Thank you for attention!
www.eures.europa.euwww.nva.gov.lv/eures