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(Úřad práce České republiky, ÚP) possibly non-profit or private entities� The
The Labour Office is an administrative body institute also provides consulting services
with nationwide authority� The Labour for the users of research outputs, organises
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Office is headed by Labour Office General seminars and conferences and publishes
Directorate (Generální ředitelství Úřadu práce, specialist materials� Research projects are
GŘ ÚP), which runs 14 regional Labour planned every year in collaboration with
Offices� The regional Labour Offices deal the institute’s founder and other concerned
with tasks in the areas of employment, parties and take into account the continuity
protection of workers when their employers of the development of science and research
become insolvent and state social support� in the areas in question� The institute’s main
Subordinate branch labour offices operate areas of research are: the labour market and
in all 14 regions� The labour offices provide employment; social dialogue and labour
a wide range of guidance and counselling relations; social protection; the family; equal
services to job applicants, jobseekers, young opportunities; incomes and wages; social
people and others concerned and employ- policy theory�
ers�
— The Fund of Further Education (Fond
dalšího vzdělávání, FDV) 5�3 National guidance
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The FDV was established in 2011 and
provides guidance and counselling services forum and career
in close cooperation with the MLSA and
labour offices through projects co-financed guidance and
by the European Social Fund and the state counselling associations
budget of the Czech Republic� The FDV aims
to implement and coordinate activities in
the area of further education, to facilitate The National Guidance Forum (Národní
better employability of Czech citizens in poradenské fórum, NPF) was established on May
the labour market and to effectively help 13, 2010 by mutual agreement between the
to reduce existing structural and sectoral Minister of Education, Youth and Sports and the
qualification deficiencies and to reflect Minister of Labour and Social Affairs� The NPF is
the educational needs of the Czech labour an advisory body for both ministries in lifelong
market� career guidance and counselling� The NPF does
not replace the coordination structures already
— The Research Institute for Labour existing in the field of career guidance and
and Social Affairs (Výzkumný ústav práce counselling, but realises its goals through mem-
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a sociálních věcí, v. v. i., VÚPSV) is a public ber organisations, working groups and project
research institution� The institute’s principal partnerships� Through the NPF it is possible –
activity is applied research on labour and given the potential of its members – to ensure
social affairs issues at a regional, national the inter-ministerial coordination of activities
and international level; this research is and project plans implemented in the field of
formulated in line with the current require- lifelong guidance�
ments of state government authorities and
The majority of guidance and counselling
practitioners’ associations act in the education
39 www.uradprace.cz/ sector� They are:
40 Act No� 73/2011 Coll�, on the Labour Office of
the Czech Republic� — The Association of Educational Coun-
sellors in the Czech Republic (Asociace
41 http://fdv.mpsv.cz/ výchovných poradců), which has been
42 www.vupsv.cz

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