Acronyms and abbreviations

AIC

Academic Information Centre

AIKA

Quality Agency for Higher Education (Augstākās izglītības kvalitātes aģentūra)

ALMP

Active Labour Market Policy

CEDEFOP

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Centre européen pour le development de la formation professionnelle)

CSB

Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia

CSDD

Road Traffic Safety Directorate (Ceļu satiksmes drošības direkcija)

CV

Curriculum Vitae

CVT

Continuing Vocational Training

DB

Disability Benefit

EACEA

Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

EC

European Commission

ENQA

European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

EQAR

European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education

ESF

European Social Fund

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

EURES

European Employment Services

Eurostat

European Statistical Office

EU-SILC

European Union Statistics on Living Conditions

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GMI

Guaranteed Minimum Income

IAP

Individual Action Plan

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

IJSP

Individual Job Search Plan

IKVD

State Education Quality Service (Izglītības kvalitātes valsts dienest)

ILO

International Labour Organization

ICT

Information and Communications Technology

ITJUMP

Information Technology

Immediate Action Program for Lowering Youth Unemployment (Jugend mit Perspektive)

LFS

Labour Force Survey

LHS

Left-hand side

LPM

Linear Probability Model

LTU

Long-Term Unemployed

LVL

Latvian Lats

MIC(s)

Measure(s) to Improve Competitiveness

MoES

Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia

MW

Minimum Wage

NACE

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (Nomenclature statistique des activités économiques dans Communauté européene)

NGO(s)

Non-Governmental Organisation(s)

OCMA

Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs of Latvia

OLS

Ordinary Least Squares

OSH

Occupational Safety and Health

PES

Public Employment Service

PWP

Public Work Programme

RHS

Right-hand side

SEA

Latvian State Employment Agency

SEC(s)

Sector Expert Council(s)

SOPA

Latvian Social Assistance Administration Information System

SSIA

State Social Insurance Agency of Latvia

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

UN DESA

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

VECC(s)

Vocational Education Competence Centre(s)

VDAB

Public Employment Service of Flanders (Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding)

VET

Vocational Education and Training

WAPES

World Association of Public Employment Services

YG

Youth Guarantee

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