Latvia: NEET numbers down due to youth guarantee and VET

In 2014-18, in total 146 000 NEETs were engaged in the youth guarantee programme: 137 651 NEETs participated in job search activities; and 29 526 were provided with long-term support (one- and one-and-a-half-year vocational education programmes, continuing vocational education and professional development programmes, non-formal education programmes, work experience in a subsidised job or non-governmental sector). More...