| AIC | Academic Information Centre |
| AIKA | Quality Agency for Higher Education (Augstākās izglītības kvalitātes aģentūra) |
| ALMP | Active Labour Market Policy |
| CEDEFOP | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Centre européen pour le development de la formation professionnelle) |
| CSB | Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia |
| CSDD | Road Traffic Safety Directorate (Ceļu satiksmes drošības direkcija) |
| CV | Curriculum Vitae |
| CVT | Continuing Vocational Training |
| DB | Disability Benefit |
| EACEA | Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency |
| EC | European Commission |
| ENQA | European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education |
| EQAR | European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| EURES | European Employment Services |
| Eurostat | European Statistical Office |
| EU-SILC | European Union Statistics on Living Conditions |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GMI | Guaranteed Minimum Income |
| IAP | Individual Action Plan |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IJSP | Individual Job Search Plan |
| IKVD | State Education Quality Service (Izglītības kvalitātes valsts dienest) |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| ITJUMP | Information Technology Immediate Action Program for Lowering Youth Unemployment (Jugend mit Perspektive) |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LHS | Left-hand side |
| LPM | Linear Probability Model |
| LTU | Long-Term Unemployed |
| LVL | Latvian Lats |
| MIC(s) | Measure(s) to Improve Competitiveness |
| MoES | Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia |
| MW | Minimum Wage |
| NACE | Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (Nomenclature statistique des activités économiques dans Communauté européene) |
| NGO(s) | Non-Governmental Organisation(s) |
| OCMA | Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs of Latvia |
| OLS | Ordinary Least Squares |
| OSH | Occupational Safety and Health |
| PES | Public Employment Service |
| PWP | Public Work Programme |
| RHS | Right-hand side |
| SEA | Latvian State Employment Agency |
| SEC(s) | Sector Expert Council(s) |
| SOPA | Latvian Social Assistance Administration Information System |
| SSIA | State Social Insurance Agency of Latvia |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
| UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| VECC(s) | Vocational Education Competence Centre(s) |
| VDAB | Public Employment Service of Flanders (Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding) |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
| WAPES | World Association of Public Employment Services |
| YG | Youth Guarantee |