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[10] Partnerships at the EU

and International Level

The current system of international cooperation — Eures provides services to citizens who
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in the field of guidance and counselling dates are interested in seeking employment in EU
back to 1997 when the Czech Republic became member states�
involved in the European network of National
Resources Centres for Vocational Guidance, — Europass was developed to increase
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today known as the Euroguidance Network � transparency in vocational education and
Euroguidance is a European network of national training� In every country (European Union
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resource and information centres for guidance and European Economic Area), a National
and operates in about 35 countries� The main Europass Centre coordinates all activities re-
aim of Euroguidance is to provide guidance lated to the Europass documents� Europass
for practitioners and policy makers from both provides a clear overview of the skills, work
the educational and employment sectors in all experience, learning and qualifications of
European countries� All Euroguidance centres a person �
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share two common goals: to promote the Eu-
ropean dimension in guidance and to provide — the European Qualifications Frame-
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quality information on lifelong guidance and work (EQF) is a translation tool that helps
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mobility for learning purposes � communication and comparison between
qualifications systems in Europe� A network
Today, the Czech Republic is also involved in of the EQF National contact points aims to
other networks which also relate to this area to relate national qualifications systems to the
a certain extent, such as: European Qualifications Framework �
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— European Lifelong Guidance Policy Net- — the European Quality Assurance in
work (ELGPN) aims to assist the European Vocational Education and Training (EQA-
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Union Member States (and the neighbour- VET) is a community of practice bringing
ing countries eligible for the EU Lifelong together Member States , Social Partners
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Learning Programme) and the European and the European Commission to promote
Commission in developing European co- European collaboration in developing and
operation on lifelong guidance in both the improving quality assurance in VET by using
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education and the employment sectors � the European Quality Assurance Reference
Framework�
— the European Credit System for Voca-
80 www.euroguidance.cz, www.euroguidance.eu
81 www.facebook.com/Euroguidance 84 www.eures.cz
82 www.elgpn.eu/ 85 www.europass.cz/
83 Czech members: the National Institute for 86 www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events-and-projects/
Education (www.nuv.cz), the Labour Office of the projects/european-qualifications-framework
Czech Republic (www.mpsv.cz/en/), the Centre 87 www.eqavet.eu
for International Services (www.dzs.cz), the Min-
istry of Education, Youth and Sports (www.msmt. 88 The National Contact Point is at the National
cz/index.php?lang=2) Institute for Education (www.nuv.cz)

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