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| Area of CBC activity | Education and training |
| Sector of CBC activity | Cross-border institutions |
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The objective is to start training Latvian students in Valga County Vocational Training Centre (Estonia) using Latvian as the language of instruction. According to proposal, two Latvian groups will be initiated in 2012. Thus will involve the development of a special curriculum, finding teachers and instructors able to teach in Latvian, establishing intergovernmental agreements concerning funding for training labour for the neighboring country, etc. The Estonian-Latvian Institute in Valga and Latvian-Estonian Institute in Valka will be merged into a unified Institute of Livonia (the former name of the region) for research work in common historical and cultural heritage, the promotion of the neighbor language studies, the development of the area, etc. |
| Border areas (states involved) | Valga, Estonia and Valka, Latvia |
| Institution | Technical Secretariat of the Estonian-Latvian Intergovernmental Commission of Cross-border Cooperation Institute of Livonia |
| Contact details | Rainer Kuutma, Head of International Cooperation,
Valga County Government, +372 76 66165, Rainer.Kuutma@valgamv.ee |
| Year of record | 2012 |
