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Arenas for guidance

DECENTRALISED ORGANISATION published general guidelines for career
The provision of guidance is part of education and guidance, providing
broader education and employment recommendations about how statutes
initiatives; it is not treated as a separate (laws, ordinances, rules and regulations)
political area. can be applied.

Sweden has a decentralised system for Similarly, guidance that takes place in
decision-making, so municipal authorities higher education is the responsibility of
plan their career and educational each institution, to comply with national
guidance services to meet the needs of goals and ordinances. Counselling
school curricula and their budget. To services for jobseekers are mainly run
promote the uniform use of legislation by the local employment offices, in
within the school system, the Swedish accordance with the guidelines from the
National Agency for Education has PES’ head office.

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