When the world went into lockdown, we realized that the way people work and learn was changing faster than ever. We saw a clear need for upskilling and reskilling, and that realization sparked an idea to create a space where global and local voices could come together to talk about the future of jobs. That’s how our journey began!

We kicked off the first-ever Future of Jobs Forum online. More than 20,000 participants tuned in to hear from 17 speakers, including representatives of the World Economic Forum, OECD, Stanford, Google, and Swedbank. This was the year we officially began our collaboration with the World Economic Forum. 

Our second Future of Jobs Forum expanded regionally, reaching over 60,000 online viewers and featuring 16 international speakers. Also, we were invited by the World Economic Forum to begin collecting data for the Future of Jobs Report covering Latvia and Lithuania,  marking our first contribution to global skills research.

This time we welcomed people back both online and on-site, for our third Future of Jobs Forum. The first Future of Jobs Report featuring Latvian and Lithuanian data was published this year.

In November, we launched the Latvian Education Accelerator, joining the World Economic Forum’s global network of countries.

In May we hosted the fourth Future of Jobs Forum, bringing together policy leaders, national agencies, researchers, and multiple Latvian ministries. That was when we met Google.org and began building a partnership focused on the future of learning and work.

At the start of 2025, we launched nakotnesdarbs.lv; our AI-powered career platform. By mid-year, over 6,700 students had already explored the platform and it had analyzed more than 30,000 job ads! In parallel, we contributed  Latvia's and Lithuania’s data to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025.

Next up - March 16, 2026.

Riga will host the European Future of Work Forum, supported by the Google Foundation! Join us here!