List of Annexes

Table 1. Gross domestic product (GDP)

Table 2. Expenditure of the General Government Consolidated Budget (per cent)

Table 3. Monthly average gross wage per sections

Table 4. Population (at the beginning of the year )

Table 5. Natural increase per 1000 population

Table 6. Population of working age (at the beginning of the given year)

Table 7. Population forecast by age and gender till 2025 (Medium variant)

Table 8. Economically active population by structure of educational attainment (in thousands), November of year

Table 9. Economic activity rate by gender and educational attainment, November, 2000, 2001, in %

Table 10. Employment structure by sections of economy (per cents of total)

Table 11. Registered unemployment and unemployment by Labour Force Survey

Table 12. Share of job seekers in the economically active population by sex, age, level of education, %

Table 13. Share of registered unemployed by educational attainment, %

Table 14: Education institutions: number and enrolment (1990 –2001)

Table 15: Selected educational indicators

Table 16: Teaching staff of vocational schools at the begining of academic year

Table 17: Number of pupils learning foreign languages in general and VET schools in 2002/2003 academic year

Table 18:Discharged from secondary education

Table 19: Proportion of inhabitants in a certain age group who acquire a certain level of education versus the total number of that age group (1999/2000 – 2002/2003)

Table 20: Enrolment in education/training between 14 and 25

Table 21. The expenditures of special employment budget (millions LVL)

Table 22. The number of persons receiving unemployment benefit and average amount of it

Table 23. The mandatory contribution payment rates by the kind of state social insurance

Table 24. The unemployment benefits

Table 25: Annex 1 Conception of Education Development 2002—2005

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ANNEXES

Table 1. Gross domestic product (GDP)

Year	GDP, thousands LVL, (at average prices of 2000)	As per cent of previous year (at constant prices)	GDP, thousands LVL, at current prices	GDP per capita, converted in EUR (at current prices, using Purchasing Power Standards)
1990	6,319,063		62,440
1991	5,523,163		143,325
1992	3,749,202		1,004,552
1993	3,321,340		1,467,014
1994	3,394,074		2,042,555
1995	3,361,988		2,329,418
1996	3,485,728	103.7	2,807,284
1997	3,777,708	108.4	3,269,498	5230
1998	3,957,451	104.8	3,592,157	5620
1999	4,069,798	102.8	3,889,658	6070
2000	4,348,340	106.8	4,348,340	6990
2001	4,682,442	107.7	4,758,647	7710

Source: Statistical Yearbook of Latvia, 2002. – CSB. Riga, 2002.

Table 2. Expenditure of the General Government Consolidated Budget (per cent)

	1998		1999		2000		2001
	structure	Of GDP	structure	Of GDP	structure	Of GDP	structure	Of GDP
Expenditure – total	100	43.8	100	44.8	100	40.2	100	37.8
General public services	9.1	4.0	7.7	3.5	7.2	2.9	7.7	2.9
Defence	2.4	1.0	2.2	1.0	2.3	0.9	2.6	1.0
Public order and safety, law enforcement	5.8	2.6	6.7	3.0	6.4	2.6
Education	15.7	6.9	15.1	6.7	16.9	6.8	18.5	6.9
Health care	9.4	4.1	9.1	4.1	8.8	3.6	9.1	3.4
Social security and welfare	34.4	15.1	35.9	16.1	35.3	14.2	34.3	13.0
Housing and community amenity, environmental protection	5.5	2.4	4.5	2.0	5.3	2.1	5.9	2.2
Recreation, sport, culture, religion	2.8	1.2	2.9	1.3	3.4	1.4	3.5	1.3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing	4.6	2.0	4.7	2.1	3.9	1.6	3.7	1.4
Transport, communications	5.8	2.5	6.1	2.7	4.9	2.0	4.6	1.7
Fuel and energy	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Other economic affairs	1.0	0.4	1.8	0.8	2.1	0.9	1.6	0.6
Other activities not classified in major group	3.1	1.4	3.0	1.4	3.1	1.3	2.3	0.9

Source: Economic Development of Latvia – Riga: Ministry of Economy, December 2001.

Economic Development of Latvia – Riga: Ministry of Economy, June, 2002.

    Table 3. Monthly average gross wage per sections

Year	2000			2001
Total in LVL	150			159
	Percent of average wage	Public sector per cent of total average	Private sector per cent of total average	Percent of average wage	Public sector per cent of total average	Private sector per cent of total average
Total	100	113	91	100	113	92
Agriculture, hunting, forestry  (A)	77	129	65	75	127	63
Fishing (B)	57	71	54	62	70	54
Industry (C+D+E)	101	150	95	100	139	95
Construction (F)	89	135	88	86	121	86
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods (G)	72	99	72	74	102	74
Hotels and restaurants (H)	57	125	52	62	137	59
Transport, storage, communication (I)	129	143	108	126	137	111
Financial intermediation (J)	256	438	235	262	449	240
Real estate, renting and business activities (K)	114	112	115	116	109	120
Public administration and defence (L)	132	132	303	131	130	312
Education (M)	90	90	107	96	96	106
Health and social work (N)	83	84	75	83	84	75
Other community, social and personal  service activities (O)	86	93	72	87	96	69

Source:             Statistical Yearbook of Latvia, 2002. – CSB. Riga, 2002.

Table 4. Population (at the beginning of the year )

	Resident population
	total	urban	rural	inhabitants per 1 km2 of total area
1986	2,587,716	1,777,830	809,886	40.1
1990	2,668,140	1,842,317	825,823	41.3
1991	2,658,161	1,837,312	820,849	41.2
1992	2,643,000	1,822,135	820,865	40.9
1993	2,585,675	1,770,847	814,828	40.0
1994	2,540,904	1,750,777	790,127	39.3
1995	2,500,580	1,717,823	782,757	38.7
1996	2,469,531	1,693,507	776,024	38.2
1997	2,444,912	1,677,416	767,496	37.9
1998	2,420,789	1,660,070	760,719	37.5
1999	2,399,248	1,643,447	755,801	37.1
2000	2,381,715	1,621,758	759,957	36.9
2001	2,364,254	1,606,559	757,695	36.6
2002	2,345,768	1,591,986	753,782	36.3

Source: Demographic Yearbook of Latvia 2002 – Riga: CSB, 2002.

Table 5. Natural increase per 1000 population

Year		Natural increase			Natural increase per 1000 population
	total		Births	deaths	total	births	deaths	urban areas	rural areas
1985	5,585		39,751	34,166	2.2	15.4	13.2
1990	3,106		37,918	34,812	1.1	14.2	13.1
1991	-116		34,633	34,749	-0.0	13.1	13.1
1992	-3,851		31,569	35,420	-1.5	12.1	13.6
1993	-12,438		26,759	39,197	-4.9	10.4	15.3
1994	-17,501		24,256	41,757	-7.0	9.6	16.6
1995	-17,336		21,595	38,931	-7.0	8.7	15.7	-7.0	-6.7
1996	-14,538		19,782	34,320	-5.9	8.1	14.0	-5.8	-5.9
1997	-14,703		18,830	33,533	-6.1	7.7	13.8	-5.8	-6.3
1998	-15,790		18,410	34,200	-6.6	7.6	14.2	-6.3	-6.7
1999	-13,448		19,396	32,844	-5.6	8.1	13.7	-5.5	-5.7
2000	-11,957		20,248	32,205	-5.1	8.5	13.6	-5.0	-5.0
2001	-13,327		19,664	32,991	-5.7	8.3	14.0	-5.6	-5.9

Source: CSB data

Table 6. Population of working age (at the beginning of the given year)

 

Year	Population under working age	Ratio to total population, %	Population of working age, (thousands)	Ratio to total population, %
1986	585,341	22.6	1,477,086	57.1
1991	605,471	22.8	1,500,164	56.4
1992	603,318	22.8	1,475,149	55.8
1993	552,434	21.4	1,465,931	56.7
1994	536,331	21.1	1,435,691	56.5
1995	521,877	20.9	1,411,472	56.4
1996	505,896	20.5	1,413,597	57.2
1997	488,993	20.0	1,401,808	57.3
1998	469,672	19.4	1,391,700	57.5
1999	448,063	18.7	1,404,664	58.5
2000	428,082	18.0	1,402,249	58.9
2001	409,760	17.3	1,424,985	60.3
2002	390,478	16.6	1,425,116	60.8

Source: Demographic Yearbook of Latvia 2002 – Riga: CSB, 2002.

Table 7. Population forecast by age and gender till 2025 (Medium variant)

Age groups		0-14	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-59	60+	Total
2005	Total	335,148	188,764	178,103	331,351	351,620	333,278	129,832	524,558	2,372,654
	Males	170,563	95,856	90,015	168,152	176,193	156,926	57,715	188,219	1,103,639
	Females	164,585	92,908	88,088	163,199	175,427	176,352	72,117	336,339	1,269,015
2010	Total	285,367	150,094	188,204	337,867	337,778	346,457	151,184	518,159	2,315,110
	Males	144,084	76,532	95,245	169,987	171,447	166,017	68,280	189,616	1,081,208
	Females	141,283	73,562	92,959	167,880	166,331	180,440	82,904	328,543	1,233,902
2020	Total	310,655	92,670	87,983	338,098	334,920	326,783	165,440	554,828	2,211,377
	Males	157,019	46,358	44,189	170,847	167,297	163,052	77,888	214,537	1,041,187
	Females	153,636	46,312	43,794	167,251	167,623	163,731	87,552	340,291	1,170,190
2025	Total	293,192	102,637	93,170	239,484	366,350	319,744	157,087	584,455	2,156,118
	Males	148,401	51,475	46,489	120,749	183,157	158,185	76,449	231,997	1,016,903
	Females	144,792	51,162	46,680	118,736	183,193	161,560	80,636	352,458	1,139,216

Source: Prognosis of demographic development of Latvia: years 1998-2025. Informative material. Red. P. Zvidrins. Riga: University of Latvia, 1999

Table 8. Economically active population by structure of educational attainment (in thousands), November of year

Economically active population by obtained education, thousands of  population
	ISCED	total in the country		males		females
		2000	2001	2000	2001	2000	2001
Higher	ISCED    5	223,0	220,2	96,0	88,8	127,0	131,4
Secondary incl. secondary vocational	ISCED 3-4	705,4	689,9	359,0	360,1	346,4	329,7
Basic	ISCED 2	182,3	180,6	117,1	114,3	65,2	66,3
Incomplete basic	ISCED 1	21,2	14,2	11,1	6,7	10,1	7,5

Source: Labour Force Surveys: Main Indicators (November 2001) – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, March 2002.

Table 9. Economic activity rate by gender and educational attainment, November, 2000, 2001, in %

 

	Total in country		Males		Females
	2000	2001*	2000	2001*	2000	2001*
Higher	77.7	77.9	79.2	80.4	76.6	76.3
Secondary incl. secondary vocational	68.6	67.1	77.0	76.1	61.6	59.4
Basic	36.0	36.7	46.4	47.2	25.6	26.5
Incomplete basic	12.5	9.3	18.0	12.4	9.3	7.5

Source: Labour force in Latvia. Labour force survey data, November 2000. A statistical bulletin. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, March 2001.

Labour Force Surveys: Main Indicators (November 2001) – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, March 2002.

* – data is not comparable with the previous years

Table 10. Employment structure by sections of economy (per cents of total)

 

Sections of economy	1996	1999	2000	2001*
	100	100	100	100
Agriculture, hunting, forestry	17.3	14.9	13.3	14.8
Fishing	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.3
Mining and quarrying	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
Manufacturing	18.3	17.7	17.7	1.1
Electricity, gas and water supply	2.3	2.3	2.4	1.9
Construction	5.9	5.9	6.0	7.3
Trade and repair	12.5	15.3	16.0	16.9
Hotels and restaurants	1.6	2.2	2.4	2.0
Transport, storage, communication	8.9	8.6	8.5	8.0
Financial intermediation	1.4	1.1	1.4	1.5
Real estate and business activities	3.2	4.5	4.8	4.4
Public administration and defence	6.5	7.9	7.4	6.9
Education	9.9	9.1	9.3	9.3
Health care and welfare	5.7	5.2	5.1	5.3
Other services	5.6	4.8	5.3	5.0

Source: Labour force in Latvia. Labour force survey data, November 2000. A statistical bulletin. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, March 2001.

Labour force in Latvia. Labour force survey data, November 2001. A statistical bulletin. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, March 2002.

*- data is not comparable with the previous years

Table 11. Registered unemployment and unemployment by Labour Force Survey

 

Year	Average rate of registered unemployment (%)	Rate of job seekers to the economically active population, in November of year (%)
		Total	Males	Females
1995	6.5	18.9	19.7	18.0
1996	7.0	18.3	18.9	17.7
1997	7.5	14.4	14.3	14.6
1998	7.6	13.8	13.5	14.1
1999	9.7	14.5	15.5	13.3
2000	8.5	14.6	15.6	13.5
2001	7.8	12.8	14.1	11.5

Source: CSB data and SES data

Table 12. Share of job seekers in the economically active population by sex, age, level of education, %

	1996			2000			2001*
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
15-24	29.0	28.1	30.3	23.6	21.5	26.4	20.8	20.3	21.3
25-34	18.7	17.5	20.1	13.7	14.9	12.1	13.1	14.9	11.1
35-44	15.9	17.7	14.2	14.2	14.6	13.9	11.6	12.9	10.3
45-54	14.9	16.0	14.0	14.2	17.9	11.1	12.7	14.2	11.4
55-64	17.2	18.6	14.9	10.1	11.1	8.7	9.8	11.0	8.5
65 +	14.8	11.5	17.7	10.3	6.8	13.3	1.0	1.1	1.0
Total	18.3	18.9	17.7	14.6	15.6	13.5	12.8	14.1	11.5
Of total jobseekers:
Urban areas	21.3	21.8	20.7	16.0	17.2	14.9	13.9	15.4	12.4
Rural areas	10.8	12.0	9.2	10.8	11.9	9.6	10.4	11.5	9.1
Of total jobseekers with education:
higher	9.0	7.7	10.0	5.4	5.7	5.2	5.3	4.5	5.9
Secondary incl. secondary vocational	18.7	18.7	18.7	15.1	15.1	15.1	13.8	14.4	13.1
Basic	25.7	26.2	24.9	22.3	24.6	18.2	17.9	20.0	14.4
Incomplete basic	22.5	27.6	13.9	27.2	25.1	29.5	19.1	27.1	12.1

Source: Labour force in Latvia. Labour force survey data, November 2000. A statistical bulletin. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, March 2001.

Labour force in Latvia. Labour force survey data, November 2001. A statistical bulletin. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, March 2002.

* – data is not comparable with the previous years

Table 13. Share of registered unemployed by educational attainment, %

 

	1995	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	100	100	100	100	100
Of which:
Higher	7.1	6.8	6.9	5.9	7,1
Vocational and secondary vocational	39.1	38.0	40.6	33.4	41.8
General secondary	30.9	31.3	29.6	34.1	27.8
Basic, incomplete basic	22.9	23.9	22.9	26.6	23.3

Source: SES data;

Statistical Yearbook of Latvia, 2002. – CSB. Riga, 2002.

Table 14: Education institutions: number and enrolment (1990 –2001)

 

		1990	1995	1999	2000	2001	2002
Pre-school establishments	Number of institutions	1123	608	573	561	552	551
	Enrolment	111,471	68,490	65,097	61,759	61,451	69,194
General schools	Number of institutions	962	1094	1095	1074	1066	1052
	Enrolment	352,450	347,541	361,432	359,818	351,989	340,308
VET schools	Number of institutions	143	133	121	120	126	124
	Enrolment	67,409	42,374	47,703	48,625	47,627	46,533
Institutions of higher education	Number of institutions	10	28	33	33	36	37
	Enrolment	45,953	46,696	89,509	101,270	110,500	118,944

Source: Education Institutions in Latvia at the beginning of the school year 2001/2002./Statistical Bulletin – Riga: CSB, 2002

            Education Institutions in Latvia at the beginning of the school year 2002/2003./Statistical Bulletin – Riga: CSB, 2003

Table 15: Selected educational indicators

	School year 2001/2002			School year 2002/2003
	Number of schools	Average number of students per school	Ratio of teachers to students	Number of schools	Average number of students per school	Ratio of teachers to students
General schools	1029	330	1: 10.4	1017	323	1:10.0
VET schools (average)	126	378	1:8.5	124	375	1:8.2
VET schools by governing authority:
Ministry of Education and Science	49	545	1:11.7	47	588	1:13.1
Ministry of Agriculture	36	365	1:8.8	35	374	1:9.0
Ministry of Welfare	8	302	1:4.9	8	294	1:4.1
Municipal	7	203	1:7.6	7	210	1:8.2
Ministry of Culture	15	132	1:2.3	15	127	1:1.9
Private	12	136	1:7.7	9	176	1:8.4
Ministry of Interior	3	108	1:6.2	3	95	1:3.7

 

Source: Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of school year 2000/2001. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2001.

Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of school year 2001/2002. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2002.

Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of the school year 2002/2003. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2003.

Table 16: Teaching staff of vocational schools at the begining of academic year

 

	2000/01				2002/2003
	Total	VET schools			Total	VET schools
		State	Municipal	Private		State	Municipal	Private
Total	5439	5139	169	131	5693	5325	179	189
Age:
30 and younger	870	795	337	38	823	759	29	35
31-39	1118	1039	338	41	1065	970	50	45
40-49	1682	1561	66	55	1661	1563	56	42
50-59	1255	1172	34	49	1397	1325	29	43
60 and elder	657	619	11	27	747	708	15	24
Education:
With secondary   of which with pedagogical	1213	1109	62	42	1110	1028	54	28
	292	286	4	2	337	325	11	1
With higher   of which with higher pedagogical	4365	4073	124	168	4580	4294	125	161
	3237	3028	92	117	3501	3273	97	131
Total staff with pedagogical education	3529 or 64.9%	3314 or 64.5%	96 or 56.8%	119 or  90.8%	3838 or 67.4%	3598 or  67.6%	108 or  60.1%	132 or 69.8%

MoES data

Table 17: Number of pupils learning foreign languages in general and VET schools in 2002/2003 academic year

 

	General schools				VET schools
	Total	Of which:
		Grades 1-4	Grades 5-9	Grades 10-12
Total	340308	103359	174606	62343	46533
Of which: No foreign language	49910	43526	4711	1673
One foreign language	144013	58690	70249	15074	40253
Two foreign languages	137729	1132	97874	38723	15107
Three foreign languages	8516	11	1757	6748
Four foreign languages	140	–	15	125

Source: Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of the school year 2002/2003. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2003.

Table 18:Discharged from secondary education

	Number of dropouts		Percentage of total number of students		ISCED level
	2000/2001	2001/02	2000/2001	2001/02
General schools (grades 10 –12)	1932	2003	3.8	4.1	ISCED 3
VET schools	7001	6862	14.4	14.4	ISCED 2- 3 -4

Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of school year 2000/2001. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2001.

Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of school year 2001/2002. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2002.

Table 19: Proportion of inhabitants in a certain age group who acquire a certain level of education versus the total number of that age group (1999/2000 – 2002/2003)

 

	Age groups	1999/2000	2000/2001	2001/2002	2002/2003*
Second stage of basic education (ISCED – 2)	11 – 15	80.6	85.5	88.7	88.6
Secondary education (ISCED – 3)	16 – 18	70.3	71.1	70.6	70.8
First stage of tertiary education  (ISCED – 5)	19 – 23	26.4	29.3	31.6	34.0

Source: Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of school year 1999/2000. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2000

Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of school year 2000/2001. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2001.

Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of school year 2001/2002. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2002.

Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of the school year 2002/2003. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2003.

* – Provisional data of the population are used

Table 20: Enrolment in education/training between 14 and 25

Age	General schools		VET schools		Institutions of higher education
	2001/02	2002/03	2001/02	2002/03	2001/02	2002/03
14 years	36868	35877	89*	70*
15 years	35634	35641	1641	944
16 years	26216	27860	9158	8619
17 years	22517	22743	11260	10932	188*	310*
18 years	10034	10926	10345	10411	8290	7874
19 years	3229	3582	6545	6953	11740	13160
20 years	1411	1389	3042	3211	11909	12887
21 years	1031	989	1492	1529	11178	11766
22 years	3324**	3492**	843	876	9187	9922
23 years			3212**	2988**	7393	7872
24 years					5720	5854

*the given age and younger

** the given age and older

Source: Education institutions in Latvia at the beginning of school year 2001/2002. Statistical bulletin – Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, 2002.

Education Institutions in Latvia at the beginning of the school year 2002/2003./Statistical Bulletin – Riga: CSB, 2003

Table 21. The expenditures of special employment budget (millions LVL)

	1998	1999	2000	2001
Unemployment benefits	14.7	27.5	21.5	18.4
Stipends for unemployed	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.8
Other employment measures	4.4	5.3	4.6	4.5
Payments for pensions insurance	2.4	5.2	4.6	4.7
Administrative costs	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5
Other expenditures	3	3.6	0	0.03

Source: Social insurance in Latvia / Figures and facts 2001 – Riga: SSIA, 2002.

Table 22. The number of persons receiving unemployment benefit and average amount of it

Year	Persons receiving unemployment benefit	Average amount of unemployment benefit (LVL)
1999	572,886	48.07
2000	477,414	43.30
2001	454,923	40.55

Source: Social insurance in Latvia / Figures and facts 2001 – Riga: SSIA, 2002.

Table 23. The mandatory contribution payment rates by the kind of state social insurance[1]

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Insurance for state pensions	27.91%	27.10%	26.93%	27.10%	25.59%
Insurance for the case of unemployment	2.34%	2.45%	2.20%	1.90%	1.94%
Insurance against accidents at work	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%
Disability insurance	4.67%	4.16%	3.89%	3.76%	3.31%
Maternity and sickness insurance	2.08%	2.29%	1.98%	2.24%	2.16%
Total rate of social contribution payment	37.09%	36.09%	35.09%	35.09%	33.09%

Source: Cabinet of Ministers Regulations on Mandatory contribution payment rates by the kind of state social insurance

Table 24. The unemployment benefits

The Law “On Insurance in the Case of Unemployment” prescribes that the amount of the unemployment benefit is calculated in proportion to the length of the insurance period and according to incomes from which contribution payments are made for the case of unemployment:

1) from 1 to 9 years – 50 % of the average insurance contribution payment salary;

2) from 10 to 19 years – 55 % of the average insurance contribution payment salary;

3) from 20 to 29 years – 60 % of the average insurance contribution payment salary;

4) more than 30 years – 65 % of the average insurance contribution payment salary.

 

The above unemployment benefit is paid depending on the length of the unemployment period:

 during the first three months it is paid in full

 from three to six months – 75 % of the established unemployment benefit

from six to nine months – 50% of the established unemployment benefit

As of November 2002 there are no any restrictions on the amount of the unemployment benefit

 

The registered unemployed has rights to receive unemployment benefit if social insurance contributions are paid at least 9 months within last 12 months. The unemployment benefit could be received 9 months during the period of 12 months after it is granted.

Table 25: Annex 1 Conception of Education Development 2002—2005

Correlation of the goals of the Concepts of Education Development and the directions of action

 

Common goal	Ensure changes in the system of education to promote the formation of a democratic and socially integrated society based on knowledge and the raising of competitivity of Latvian population and national economy, and simultaneously to preserve and develop cultural values that are typical of Latvia.
Goal	Education quality	Accessibility of education	Cost-effectiveness of education
Directions of action	– conclusion of the evaluation system of the basic and secondary education system – improvement of the system of teacher education and further education of teachers – quality assurance of vocational education to meet the requirements of the labour market – quality assurance of higher education to meet the requirements of the labour market – setting up of a single system for the assessment of education quality – continuation of the teacher remuneration reform – renewing of the research and academic staff – introduction of a education system indicators comparable at the international level – informatisation of the education system – promotion of public understanding of education development processes  – further development of education communications	–          improvement of the system of pre-school education   –          diminishing of differences in access to quality general education   –          improvement of access to vocational education   –          improvement of adult education opportunities by offering vocation-focused life-long education   –          increase of access to interest-related education   –          promotion of integration of educatees with special needs in general, vocational, higher and interest-related education programmes	–          optimisation of the network of general education establishments   –          increase of cost-effectiveness of educational establishment maintenance   –          provision of a single education system administration   –          development of the regulatory principles of financing of education and ensuring transparency of the utilisation of resources   –          provision of the development of the higher education financing system

 

NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION STATE JOINT STOCK COMPANY

STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

Employment State Service – Riga Centre

On 31.12.2002.

[1] During 1999 – 2003 the rate of contribution payment remained unchanged for employees and was 9%. The rate of contribution payment for employers reduced from 28.09% to 24.09%.