Lettland: VIAA - State Education Development Agency

The State Education Development Agency (SEDA; Valsts izglītības attīstības aģentūrā VIAA in Latvian) is a direct administration institution which is subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science. The aim of the activities of SEDA is to implement the national policy in the field of development of higher education and science, lifelong learning system, vocational education system and general education system and to implement and monitor projects financed by European Union (EU) Structural Funds, education innovation projects, EU programmes and other financial instrument programmes, projects and initiatives.