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1. Existence of a National Strategy

2. Scope and contents

3. Responsible authority

4. Revisions/ Updates

Existence of a National Strategy

Currently, there is no separate National Youth Volunteering Strategy.  

The current youth policy planning documents Children, Youth, and Family Development Guidelines for 2022-2027 and the Youth Policy Implementation Plan for 2025-2027 include several tasks aimed at the develope of youth volunteering.

Scope and contents

The Youth Policy Implementation Plan for 2025-2027 sets the following tasks related to the development of voluntary work: to popularize the benefits of volunteering especially voluntary work carried out in public benefit organisations, to promote motivation of young people to participate in volunteering, to develop information system on volunteering opportunities, to organise informative seminars on volunteering and other opportunities in Europe within the EU programmes.
 

Responsible authority

The competent institution responsible for volunteering is the Ministry of Welfare, while the State Employment Agency, which is subordinate to the Ministry, is the main administrative body responsible for data collection and for facilitating voluntary work in Latvia.

In accordance with the Law of Voluntary Work, the Ministry of Welfare has set a regulatory framework of the organisation and implementation of voluntary activities. Information on voluntary activities is available on the portal: www.brivpratigie.lv. 
 

Revisions/ Updates

In 2025, the development of a volunteer work information system was launched in order to provide a convenient single platform for involvement in volunteer work.