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The National Career Guidance Award spread to new sectors and found
2017 was held in the Czech Republic new audiences. The conference was
for the ninth time and, similarly to the a chance to map out this unique and
previous years, it was organised in diverse group of institutions and
cooperation with the Euroguidance individuals, presenting their take on
centre in Slovak Republic. The career guidance in diff erent settings
main goal of the National Career and conditions, and highlight the
Guidance Award is to identify good potential of these services and tools.
practices in career guidance, inspire The award ceremony together with
all guidance practitioners and the presentation of the winners of
counsellors through peer learning, the 2017’s edition of the National
and to display increase in quality of Career Guidance Award took place
services provided in this fi eld. on 21 September in Prague, where
representatives of the Ministry of
In 2017, 38 contributions in the Education, Youth and Sports and
form of counselling services, the Ministry of Labour and Social
projects, tools and other activities Aff airs announced results of the
were submitted to the contest. contest. Award ceremony was
Organisations that responded to traditionally accompanied by an
the call for applications covered expo of all contributions in the
all the sectors, i.e. local PES offi ces, Award, which provided opportunity
schools, non-profi t organisations, for networking and share of ideas
career counsellors and others. We and experience.
were delighted with an increase in
the number of entries submitted After the winners were announced,
by schools, labour offi ces, regional they presented their winning
guidance and counselling centres projects more in detail to the
as well as by private companies. For conference audience. As in previous
the fi rst time in the history of Award years, the so-called ‘Audience
in the Czech Republic, we received Award’ took place within the
multiple contributions from big conference, and audience members
private corporations. voted for already award-winning
project, making it a double winner.
Increase in number of submissions 10 contributions were awarded
and variety of organisations this year altogether, 6 in the main
involved demonstrate how the category and 4 in the special
career guidance services have categories.
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