The first international cooperation agreement has been signed between the State Education Development Agency (VIAA) and the “Hotel & Gastro Formation Schweiz”, a leading Swiss Hotel and Catering Industry Training Centre within the framework of the programme “Stronger Work-Based Learning for Improving Vocational Education and Training in Latvia (VET)” (Swiss-Latvia Cooperation Programme). This cooperation marks a significant milestone towards strengthening industry-based vocational education and its sustainable development in Latvia, inviting industry companies to actively engage in the implementation of vocational education. With the support of the Swiss-Latvia Cooperation Programme, the implementation of a new, industry-based…