Board of Directors
Elected by the General Meeting for a three-year term. Responsible for strategy, budget, membership decisions and representation of the association before public authorities.
Public Benefit Non-Governmental Trade Association
About the Association
A non-profit body created by Latvian dry construction and finishing tradespeople to standardise workmanship, protect fair labour practice and certify mastery.
History & heritage
In the years following the rapid expansion of private renovation work in Latvia, drywall and finishing contractors were working to widely different expectations. A partition acceptable to one client was rejected by the next; apprentices learned whatever their employer happened to know; and disputes over workmanship had no neutral arbiter.
A group of independent contractors and master craftsmen from Rīga and the regions began meeting to write down what they already agreed on: framing tolerances, board fixing patterns, jointing levels, moisture protection in wet rooms, and the conditions under which an apprentice could be called a craftsman.
Those documents became the association's first technical standard. The association was subsequently registered as a public benefit non-governmental organisation under registration number 40008111200, with its seat at Kalnciema iela 35 in the Zemgales priekšpilsēta district of Rīga.
Today the association maintains the standard, examines and certifies craftsmen and companies, oversees apprenticeship placements, and represents the finishing trades in consultation on national and EU-derived construction requirements.
Governance & leadership
The association is governed by its members. The General Meeting elects the Board; the Board appoints the standing committees listed below. All positions concerning certification are held separately from commercial interests in the assessed works.
Technical Standards Committee
Drafts and maintains the association's technical guidelines, issues commentary on regulatory changes, and conducts independent inspections and defect adjudications.
Apprenticeship Evaluation Council
Sets examination content, supervises practical assessments, confirms apprentice progression and awards master craftsman certification.
Ethics & Complaints Panel
Receives complaints against members, applies the Code of Ethics and may recommend suspension or removal of certification.
Non-profit mission statement
The association operates strictly as a public benefit, non-profit trade association. It exists to advance education, skill elevation, workmanship quality and occupational safety in the dry construction and finishing trades in Latvia.
The association does not distribute profit. All membership fees, examination fees, publication income and grants are applied to the association's statutory objectives: technical standards work, training and apprenticeship, certification, safety guidance and representation of the trade.
No member, board member, officer or employee receives any distribution of surplus. Remuneration is limited to reasonable compensation for work actually performed, and is disclosed to the General Meeting.