Current events

On 8 February, within the framework of the Ministry of Welfare's project "Development of Professional and Modern Social Work", a workshop on "Digitalisation in Social Work Practice: working with Data and the Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence" was h

March is known worldwide as Social Work Month, an initiative of the International Federation of Social Workers, and World Social Work Day is celebrated annually on the third Tuesday of March. The world, our common home, is currently facing multiple..

On 2 November, within the framework of the Ministry of Welfare’s project “Development of Professional and Modern Social Work”, a workshop on “Cooperation in the Provision of Services to Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings” was held in Riga.

On 12 October, within the framework of the Ministry of Welfare’s project “Development of Professional and Modern Social Work", the workshop “Knowledge-based communication in practice with policy makers / politicians: target audience – municipalities” took

Within the framework of the project "Development of professional and modern social work" of the Ministry of Welfare, on 27 - 29 September the summer school "Social work for families with children: intermediate evaluation of methodology content and impleme

The periodical edition "Social work in Latvia", which has been published twice a year since 2017, has become a welcome event for social work specialists, as it provides an insight into the current events of the profession both in Latvia as well as abroad.

The Ministry of Welfare organized the first summer school for teachers and students of social work study programmes at higher education institutions "Social Work in Diverse Communities" from 9 to 11 August in Tīnūži, Ogre Municipality, as part of the proj

Within the framework of the project "Development of professional and modern social work", the Ministry of Welfare organises a summer school for lecturers and students of university social work study programs "Social work in diverse communities".

On 8 June, Ministry of Welfare concluded an agreement with Latvian Association of Social Workers for the publication of a periodical "Social work in Latvia" dedicated to the current affairs of the industry in 2023 and 2024.