Socio-economic programme 

Conceptual baselines

eLatvia is a socio-economic programme, which aim is by intensifying the performance of the primary tasks for creation of the national information infrastructure to increase the effectiveness and the competitiveness of Latvia’s national economy in the global market, to accelerate the improvement of welfare’s level of the society as a whole and of each it’s member and thus to encourage a sustainable development of Latvia

In the XXI century knowledge is becoming the main driving force for the development in every field of human’s activity. It joins the scale of economic values together with capital, technologies and workforce basically by replacing materials, energy resources and muscle force. Human as a holder and source of information and knowledge is becoming the principal factor for growth of economy and creation of values. 

In line with stabilization of the principles and the processes of the new economy, the society’s ability to create knowledge, to use it for any process and activity including the traditional ones, is becoming the base for development of Latvia. Evolution of the national economy is promoted and general level of life increases. Consequently, general access (complete, fast, easy) to information, ability to transform information into knowledge, development of information services and their global interoperability become necessary preconditions for the accomplishment of economic and social tasks – increase of economic activities, creation of new and well paid jobs, balanced regional development, equalization of social and economic disproportions, creation of equal opportunities for education and satisfaction of social needs.