On 12 December, Jurģis Miezainis, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Economics (EM), took part in a discussion entitled “Digital infrastructure – for efficient public administration”, organised by the Latvian Information and Communications Technology Association (LIKTA). During it, he highlighted the importance of digital infrastructure in public administration, as well as the opportunities it offers for making it more efficient in future.

J. Miezainis explained that more active involvement is needed in the roll-out of digital services, which would result in a better organised, more convenient and more accessible system for both those who build it and the public. E-services must be easy for people to understand and use, so that no difficulties arise in the process of entering and processing data.

A representative public survey by LIKTA, carried out in cooperation with the research agency “Norstat”, found that in 2023 some 23% of the population regularly used state or local government e-services, while in 2025 this figure has reached 31%. People are using e-services more and more, which points to a genuine need to make these systems even more accessible, convenient and fast.

“A modern, secure, convenient and integrated ICT infrastructure is the most efficient and most secure solution for delivering the functions of central and local government. The state needs to integrate cloud computing services purposefully across the whole of public administration, that is, a single methodology, oversight and practical guidelines must be introduced to steer public administration towards a common goal. In digitalisation we are a step ahead of other countries, but we must continue to develop and refine it so that we are a step ahead in future as well. An analogue process does not need a digital curtain; it needs to be a digital process in substance,” Jurģis Miezainis stresses.

During the discussion, the EM representative drew attention to the need for wider development of digital services that would ensure the efficient and secure delivery of state functions. In 2025, 52% of companies used cloud services, but only around 12% used artificial intelligence solutions, which means that Latvia has considerable scope for development in this direction.

Latvia is one of the leading countries in Europe in terms of the intensity of internet use – broadband internet is available to 80% of households, while fibre-optic internet reaches 62% of the country's population. Likewise, mobile internet (4G/5G) is available at more than 90% of household addresses, giving people the opportunity to use public administration digital tools quickly and efficiently.