The article studies the priorities of the strategic framework for Europe
2020, the trends and problems of human resources due to increased
mobility, the emergence of new conditions of migration processes,
and increasing the total requirements for competence in the Baltic
Sea region. Specifically, a comparative analysis of the demographical
and labour migration processes taking place in Latvia, Lithuania and
Estonia was carried out. The huge migration of highly skilled labour
force has had a negative impact on the innovative and socio-cultural
potential of the Baltic States—in Lithuania and Latvia, and to some
degree in Estonia. It has also negatively affected the efficiency of the
countries’ economy. This could be considered as the consequence
of a loss of investments that could have otherwise been used to
maintain and further develop the education system. It is shown that
the traditional structure of higher education does not correspond to
the requirements laid down in the Europe 2020 strategy.