Employers’ involvement in the development of professional higher education Latvian experience and challenges

The aim of this article is to update lately (since the 2009th year) changes in educational policy-makers, employers and professional education cooperative institutional framework outlining the involvement of employers in the increasing importance of education development issues in Latvian. The empl...

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Main Author: Stankevics A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2014-01-01
Series:SHS Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20141000043
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spelling doaj-fdcc1ef3e9fc4b8e843352d737b2421c2021-03-02T07:34:37ZengEDP SciencesSHS Web of Conferences2261-24242014-01-01100004310.1051/shsconf/20141000043shsconf_shw2012_00043Employers’ involvement in the development of professional higher education Latvian experience and challengesStankevics A. The aim of this article is to update lately (since the 2009th year) changes in educational policy-makers, employers and professional education cooperative institutional framework outlining the involvement of employers in the increasing importance of education development issues in Latvian. The employers are actively involved in the development of professional higher education in Latvia, thus trying to the maximum extent to solve the problems of human resources availability and employment in all the branches of the economy. In general, this creates conditions for the achievement of the aim of the EU strategy “Europe 2020” to raise the importance of education and to correspond to the demands of the labour market in Latvia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20141000043
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title_short Employers’ involvement in the development of professional higher education Latvian experience and challenges
title_full Employers’ involvement in the development of professional higher education Latvian experience and challenges
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description The aim of this article is to update lately (since the 2009th year) changes in educational policy-makers, employers and professional education cooperative institutional framework outlining the involvement of employers in the increasing importance of education development issues in Latvian. The employers are actively involved in the development of professional higher education in Latvia, thus trying to the maximum extent to solve the problems of human resources availability and employment in all the branches of the economy. In general, this creates conditions for the achievement of the aim of the EU strategy “Europe 2020” to raise the importance of education and to correspond to the demands of the labour market in Latvia.
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