"Eiropa 2020" Stratēģijas Kontekstā Īstenošanu
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NATIONAL REFORM PROGRAMME OF LATVIA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY | PROGRESS REPORT | 2018 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS, MEASUREMENT UNITS, AND SYMBOLS.................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. MEDIUM-TERM MACROECONOMIC SCENARIO ..................................................................................................... 5 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................... 7 2.1. FISCAL POLICY .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.2. SOCIAL SAFETY NET, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, AND HEALTH CARE .................................................................................... 9 2.3. EFFICIENCY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR .......................................................................................................................................... 14 3. POLICY DIRECTIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.1. FINANCIAL STABILITY .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 3.1.1. Sustainable Budget Development ............................................................................................................................. 16 3.1.2. Ensuring Stability of the Banking Sector ............................................................................................................... 18 3.2. PROMOTING COMPETITIVENESS ................................................................................................................................................. 21 3.2.1. Business Environment and Modernisation of Public Administration ......................................................... 21 3.2.2. Promoting Productive Investments and Exports ................................................................................................ 27 3.2.3. Innovation, Research and Development ................................................................................................................. 30 3.2.4. Information and Communication Technologies ................................................................................................. 36 3.2.5. Transport and Environmental Infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 39 3.3. EMPLOYMENT ................................................................................................................................................................................ 42 3.4. EDUCATION .................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 3.4.1. Preschool Education ...................................................................................................................................................... 48 3.4.2. General Education .......................................................................................................................................................... 49 3.4.3. Secondary Vocational Education .............................................................................................................................. 51 3.4.4. Higher Education ............................................................................................................................................................ 53 3.4.5. Lifelong Learning ............................................................................................................................................................ 58 3.5. FIGHTING POVERTY, DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES AND HEALTH PROTECTION ................................................................ 61 3.5.1. Reducing the Poverty Level ......................................................................................................................................... 61 3.5.2. Demographic Challenges and Health Protection ............................................................................................... 65 3.6. ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ................................................................................................................................................. 72 3.6.1. Energy Market and Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................... 72 3.6.2. Promoting Energy Efficiency ...................................................................................................................................... 73 3.6.3. Increasing the Share of Renewable Energy .......................................................................................................... 76 3.6.4. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions ....................................................................................................................... 80 4. INVESTMENTS FROM EU FUNDS ............................................................................................................................. 84 NATIONAL REFORM PROGRAMME OF LATVIA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY | PROGRESS REPORT | 2018 2 ABBREVIATIONS, MEASUREMENT UNITS, AND SYMBOLS ALMP active labour market policy measures FTUCL Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia RE renewable energy ECL Employers’ Confederation of Latvia RES renewable energy sources IDAL Investment and Development Agency of Latvia DFI Development Finance Institution LQF Latvian qualifications framework AIC Academic Information Centre MoW Ministry of Welfare MD Ministry of Defence LPR Latgale planning region UN United Nations Organisation LCCI Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry JSC joint stock company Mbps megabit per second MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs CM Cabinet of Ministers FDI foreign direct investment Mt megaton CERT.LV IT Security Incident Response Institution Mtoe megaton oil equivalent CO2 carbon dioxide SMM small and medium-sized merchants CSB Central Statistical Bureau SME small and medium-sized enterprises DI deinstitutionalisation of long-term social care MW megawatt DAC Demographic Affairs Centre NEET youth not in education, employment or training WBL work-based learning PMLTF Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism FEAD Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived Financing EDS electronic declaration system NRP National Reform Programme EEA European Economic Area SEA State Employment Agency eID electronic identification NHS National Health Service CEF Connecting Europe Facility NGO non-governmental organisation EFMF European Fisheries and Maritime Fund (2014- OECD Organisation of Economic Cooperation and 2020) Development EC European Commission MPC mandatory procurement component EQF European qualifications framework R&D research and development ETI Emissions Trading Instrument WB World Bank EAFRD European Agricultural Fund for Rural VECC vocational education competence centre Development PINTSA Tripartite Sub-council for Co-operation in ME Ministry of Economics Vocational Education and Employment EQAR European Quality Assurance Register for Higher PJ petajoule Education CSCC Cross-Sectoral Coordination Centre ERDF European Regional Development Fund VAT value added tax EU European Union YPLL years of potential life lost ESF European Social Fund SO specific objective ESSPROS European system of integrated social protection GHG greenhouse gas statistics LLC limited liability company ETS Emissions Trading System SKDS market and public opinion research centre EUR euro, EU single currency MT Ministry of Transport FDL Fiscal Discipline Law CDPC Centre for Disease Prevention and Control FCM Financial and Capital Market Commission STEM science, technology, engineering and MF Ministry of Finance mathematics GWh gigawatt-hour TEN-T trans-European transport network GDE Guidelines on Development of Education MJ Ministry of Justice for 2014–2020 TWh terawatt hour PIT personal income tax MGF Maintenance Guarantee Fund LPCI Law On Prevention of Conflict of Interest AMGF Administration of Maintenance Guarantee Fund GDP gross domestic product CIT corporate income tax ICT information and communication technologies RE Register of Enterprises GDIS Guidelines for Development of Information USD US dollar Society for 2014-2020 MEPRD Ministry of Environmental Protection and IT information technologies Regional Development MES Ministry of Education and Science SJSC state joint stock company YEI Youth Employment Initiative SEDA State Development Education Agency CF Cohesion Fund SRS State Revenue Service km kilometre SC State Chancellery MC Ministry of Culture MH Ministry of Health KNAB Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau MTG Medium-Term Budget Goal CCFI Climate Change Financial Instrument MA Ministry of Agriculture ktoe kiloton oil equivalent GDSTI Guidelines for Development of Science, kWh kilowatt-hour Technology and Innovation 2014–2020 LB Bank of Latvia NATIONAL REFORM PROGRAMME OF LATVIA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY | PROGRESS