This paper reviews the benefits of international partnership in the development of strategies for the expansion of continuing education and training in the Baltic States. Following fifty years of Soviet control, the independent Baltic States are urgently restructuring their social and economic systems in line with modern European principles. The expansion of continuing education and training provision is of primary importance in this task, with a focus on stronger links between the workforce and higher and further education. This paper shows the progress achieved to date by close cooperation between the Latvian and UK partners, and outlines the likely direction of future activities.
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