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First time listed in the historical documents: 1255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)

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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)

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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)

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Ireland

UK

Norway

Germany

Sweden

Denmark

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Belgium

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France

Italy

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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%

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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

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