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Latvian ENIC/NARIC
Since 1995.
Academic Information Centre
Since 1995, the Academic Information Centre has been Latvia’s representative in the ENIC network of the Council of Europe/UNESCO and the NARIC network of the European Union.
The Latvian ENIC/NARIC performs the following functions:
Carries out the recognition of foreign diplomas in Latvia (in accordance with Section 11.1 of the Education Law)
Provides information about the Latvian education system to the ENIC/NARIC network, foreign universities, and interested parties in Latvia.
National Europass Centre
Since 2004, the Academic Information Centre unit has been the National Europass Centre, responsible for implementing the EU-level Europass activities in Latvia. Europass is a set of five standardized documents used to certify knowledge, skills, and competences. It was created in 2004 and, by the decision of the European Parliament and Council in 2005, was introduced in all EU Member States and countries participating in the EU’s cooperation programs.
Europass documents provide an opportunity to present one’s competencies and experience in a clear and easily understandable format to employers and education sector representatives across the European Union. The goal of Europass is to promote the mobility of EU citizens within Europe for education and employment purposes.
Latvian NKP
Since 2008, the Academic Information Centre has functioned as the National Coordination Point (NCP) for the alignment of the national qualifications framework with the EQF. The NCP provides support for the integration of Latvian educational qualifications into the EQF and offers information on the alignment process.
For more information, see the NKP section
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Target
To ensure that the operation of Latvia’s external quality assurance system for higher education meets European quality standards and guidelines, as well as to promote improvements in the internal quality assurance systems of universities, study fields, and programs, thereby enhancing the recognition and visibility of Latvian higher education.
Mission
To promote the quality of higher education, thereby enhancing the international competitiveness of Latvian higher education.
ReferNet Latvia
From 1995 to 2004, the Academic Information Centre represented Latvia in the National Observatory Network of the European Education Foundation (ETF).
With Latvia’s accession to the European Union, the National Observatories became representatives of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) information network, ReferNet, which was managed by the Academic Information Centre until the end of 2019. The primary task of ReferNet is to provide comparable information on the development of vocational education and training systems in EU countries.
Study in Latvia
Study in Latvia is the national agency supported by the Ministry of Education and Science, which was managed by the Academic Information Centre from 2009 to the end of 2018. The goal of Study in Latvia is to showcase the wide range of study opportunities available in Latvia. Study in Latvia provides information about international study programs offered in EU languages at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels.
For more information
ViewNational Observatory
From 1995 to 2004, AIC was the representative of Latvia in the European network of the National Observatories.
When Latvia joined the European Union, AIC involved in the vocational education network ReferNet established by Cedefop.
The Latvian National Observatory carried out research on vocational education and labour market in Latvia.
The materials and reports prepared
by the Latvian National Observatory:
