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o Course offers in the Lombardy region and elsewhere in Italy: www.4stars.it/ Courses in Latvia
home.html
o Milan Economic Mission: courses for upper-level university students, under This small Baltic country in northern Europe was hard hit by the 2008
contract to their establishments, having a good knowledge of Italian, good crisis, but its situation is now much improved. Its economic activity is concentrated
mastery of computer techniques and ease in written expression:export. primarily in Riga, the capital, and its region.
businessfrance.fr/italie/export-italie-avec-notre-bureau.html The agriculture sector is dominated by the rearing of cattle and dairy production.
o ‘Programme Boomerang’ for the descendants of emigrants from Emilia- At industrial level, construction, metallurgy, agri-food and the mechanical
Romagna. This is promoted by the Emilia Romagna region and implemented engineering are booming. Latvia is an important producer of railway equipment,
by C.I.D.E.S. (Centro Internazionale Dell’Economia Sociale). Ideally, candidates radios, refrigerators, drugs, products derived from wood and products for the
would be members of an Emilia Romagna association somewhere in the steel industry. The country has also developed significant financial services.
world, or be involved with one. It allows four-week courses to be carried out
in one of the region's companies in a variety of sectors digilander.libero.it/ Name and legal framework
cidesbo/boomerang.htm
Prakses
More specialised sites The practice of courses is rather recent and not very widespread in Latvia; it is
therefore easier to arrange a course in the context of an institutional programme
o Courses at the Federation of Chemistry, reserved for chemistry students like Erasmus+.
and graduates: scuole.federchimica.it/Universita/ProgettoStage.aspx Courses form part of the professional education programmes at different levels of
o Associazione Industriale Bresciana, information on the search for courses: training. Students can also negotiate those of their choice, provided that they have
www.bresciascuolalavoro.it/kitstageAIB/home.html a direct connection with their study programme. In all cases, the conditions of a
o www.oracle.com/it/index.html opportunities in the areas of marketing, course are governed by law, and by the internal regulations of each educational
trade, etc. institution. If the student takes a course outside his educational institution, a
tripartite contract must be signed (business, student and a partner - company,
Other routes: organization or public or private institution).
The employer is not obliged to pay the trainee.
÷ www.instage.it ÷ www.studenti.it It is essential to have mastery of at least English.
÷ www.jobsoul.it ÷ www.lavoroeformazione.it Normal weekly working hours in Latvia are 40 hours.
÷ www.stageadvisor.it ÷ www.careerjet.it Practical life
÷ www.sportellostage.it ÷ www.jobisjob.it Cost of living: reasonable and quite cheap compared to France, although prices
÷ www.jobrapido.it ÷ www.jobadvisor.it are higher in the capital, Riga. The rent for an apartment in Riga can vary from 120
÷ www.linklavoro.it ÷ www.corriereuniv.it/cms/stage-e- to almost 800€ per month, for example.
÷ www.4stars.it tirocini
÷ www.lavoroestage.it Accommodation: local communities can provide housing to rent in small towns
and villages.
Few sites: www.latvia.travel/en/page/accommodation -
www.rentinriga.lv/en/apartment/rent
Tips on finding a course and useful sites
The emigration of young Latvians has been significant in recent years.

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