With the spread of the Covid-19 virus and the situation of travel restrictions in Europe, the international competition for young professionals EuroSkills 2020 has been postponed indefinitely. The competition was planned to take place in Graz, Austria, in January 2021, and this year the Latvian team planned to participate in the competition in 16 professions.

From October 6 to 7, Saldus Technical College will host a competition of young professionals in the field “Road Construction”, in which nine future road construction specialists from Smiltene Technical School, Saldus Technical School and Daugavpils Construction Technical School will compete in groups of three.

On September 23, at the Vidzeme Technology and Design Technical School, the best future specialists were clarified in the national mastery competition “Agriculture” of young professionals in the agricultural sector. The team of Jēkabpils Agribusiness College Barkava structural unit won the first place and a gold medal in the competition of student teams of agricultural education programs.

On September 23, 12 students from four vocational education institutions of the agricultural education programmes will compete for the title of the best future professionals in the Vidzeme Technology and Design Technical School's competition for young professionals in the agricultural sector.

At the National Young Professionals Skills Competition SkillsLatvia 2020 skills competition “Retail sales”, which took place on September 15 and 16 at Riga Tourism and Creative Industry Technical School (RTRIT), the best new sales professionals and potential applicants of the participation in the EuroSkills 2020 competition in Austria in January 2021 were identified.

On September 15 and 16, 2020, Riga National Technical School for Tourism and Creative Industries (RTRIT) will host the SkillsLatvia 2020 national competition for young professionals called “Retail sales” to select participants who will represent Latvia in the international competition for young professionals EuroSkills 2020 in Austria in January 2021.