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Work in Riga — Latvia's first integrated digital platform for international talent attraction

Latvia · Riga · See the Latvia profile · See the Riga profile

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Latvia's first digital one-stop platform for EU, non-EU and diaspora job-seekers, integrating relocation, housing and employment guidance. Launched February 2023 to unlock potential FDI of €1 billion and 3,000 jobs blocked by labour shortages in Riga.

Work in Riga — Latvia's first integrated digital platform for international talent attraction

Details

Promoter
Riga Investment and Tourism Agency (LiveRiga) / Riga City Council
Period
2023–present
Region (NUTS)
LV00
Keywords
Talent attraction, digital platforms, investment promotion

Context

Riga launched an integrated digital platform in February 2023, consolidating information on jobs, immigration, housing and daily life for international talent, in response to an estimated €1 billion in investment projects and around 3,000 potential jobs held back by local labour shortages, and to competition from Estonia and Lithuania's established talent-recruitment systems.

Objectives

The platform aims to attract and support three audiences — EU citizens, non-EU nationals and members of the Latvian diaspora — by giving them a single English-language entry point to employment, immigration procedures, housing, childcare and other relocation information.

Activities

LiveRiga (the Riga Investment and Tourism Agency) built the platform in partnership with the recruitment agency Erda HR and with Printify, a Riga-based employer of workers from 28 countries, and complemented it with a 'Workcation Riga' programme aimed at international tech companies meeting specific eligibility criteria.

Results

As of the most recent review (June 2026), the page documents the platform's launch and feature set but does not report any measured outcome data, such as numbers of users, job placements or relocations.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Digital platform plus partnership-based programme; no capital infrastructure or budget figures are given on the page.
Time to results
Short (< 1 year) — Launched February 2023; the page does not detail the build time before launch.
Staffing & skills
LiveRiga (Riga Investment and Tourism Agency) programme team, Partnership with Erda HR recruitment agency

Conditions for success

  • Employer partnerships willing to sponsor relocation (e.g., Printify)
  • Sufficient job vacancies at partner employers to attract talent

Where it fits

Governance type
municipal/city agency
Scale
city (Riga)
Income level
high-income (EU member state)

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes ESF+ — European Social Fund Plus

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