Snapshot Latvia

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Stimulating tech and design students to enter the game business. Encouraging them to learn the respective skills in line with leadership programmes and similar programmes focusing on innovation and technologies. Organising business-oriented industry events.

Fostering young talent through game jams, higher education courses, after-school activities, coaching and training of entrepreneurial skills. Developing a game curriculum for the university programme.

Inviting game experts as guest lecturers, attracting post-graduate students to the region with scholarships, presenting the region for relocation or branch creation to existing companies.

Inviting game experts as guest lecturers, attracting post-graduate students to the region with scholarships, presenting the region for relocation or branch creation to existing companies.

Campaigning with the university to create a positive image of game education opportunities. Presenting the local industry at events and to policy makers.

Still early days but reaching out to business angels and international investors, and to international game companies for opening up branches in Latvia.

Supporting the community build-up through regular meetups and jams. Attracting national and international veteran game developers and enthusiasts, and organising trips to game events.

Developing schemes for start-ups for business development support. Memorandum of understanding with the Latvian Game Developers Association and the International Game Developers Association Estonia. Agreements with industry enterprises to secure work positions for post graduate students.