At the end of the year 2020, Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association (LIKTA) invited candidates for the second round of applications for the trainings within the Women4IT project. More than 700 young women have applied and expressed interest in participation in one of the six training programms and digital jobs employment opportunities available in […]
Author: Līga Petersone
The 22nd annual LIKTA conference “DIGI – > FIT 2020” was held on December 2. It was a unique fully digital conference with very comprehensive and diverse content, highlighting the essential values of digital transformation processes – leadership, tactics, strength, endurance, technology tools and fair play. LIKTA conference was opened by the President of Latvia, […]
The Women4IT project funded by the Youth Employment Programme of the EEA and Norway Grants, (2018-2021) aims to increase the employability of young women (15 -29 years) in the NEET Group (Not in Education, Employment or Training) in digital technologies and boost the opportunities the female talent brings to economic growth. The project will assess […]
On August 18, Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association (LIKTA) invited potential participants to the first informative seminar within the Women4IT project, where young women were introduced to the project, study course programs and digital jobs employment opportunities. The courses are part of the activities of the international project Women4IT. The project aims to involve […]
Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association (LIKTA) is starting co-operation with the State Employment Agency to promote the involvement of young women in the ICT sector and digital jobs. Within the framework of the international project “Women4IT”, LIKTA organized a workshop to inform State Employment Agencies career counsellor about training opportunities for 18-29 year old […]
The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition calls for pledges to address the surging need for digital skills and solutions in these exceptional times. With the current COVID-19 crisis, many Europeans have been thrust into conditions that demand the use of digital technologies and we are calling for organisations to pledge to support the sudden need […]
Halfway through the Women4IT project, lead partner Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association (LIKTA) and Tech.mt organised the Women4IT Validation Workshop in Sliema, Malta. During the event, leading experts in the field of digital skills, education and youth work tested and evaluated the project tools: Women4IT profiling platform, training roadmaps and the employment toolkit. The experts […]