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2.6 Publications in Estonia is an essential component of assuring
the quality of career guidance practitioners and is
valued by the different parties. Besides bringing
out the strong sides of the system, it indicates
and Studies updating and change needs to happen – inclusion
of specialists from the educational sphere; multi-
culturalism as a valued part of the qualification;
digitalisation and user-friendliness updating com-
ponents of the qualification system itself and a
need for wider access to education and training
of career guidance practitioners.
The results of the research gave an excellent start-
ing point to discussions with the parties involved
Despite the challenges of adaptation posed by the pandemic in 2020, Euroguidance Centres contin- to bring the relevant changes to life.
ued to launch and update publications. The two samples highlighted below are in addition to those In general, it is important to highlight how the
publications and reports connected to conferences and resources for specific target groups already Estonian occupational qualification framework is
mentioned in previous chapters.
an important tool in forming and ensuring the
professional identity of the career guidance com-
A Description of the Danish cerned with guidance services for young people. munity across sectors. However, it is time to adapt
Educational Guidance System It describes the different institutions and activities, to changing needs by updating the qualification
such as the municipal provision for young peo- standards and focusing on improving professional
In 2020 the Danish Euroguidance Centre updated ple under 25 years, Study and Career Guidance training opportunities for all career guidance pro-
and revised a publication in English about the Denmark (within seven regional guidance centres) fessionals across multiple settings.
Danish educational guidance system. This work eGuidance and the national guidance portal.
was done in close co-operation with the Danish See research report summary HERE.
Ministry of Children and Education, the Ministry The publication can be ordered for free at:
for Higher Education and Science and many other [email protected]
responsible key actors within the field of guidance. Promoting Professionalism in Guidance
The publication provides an English overview of In Estonia, the development of the occupational
the key elements of the Danish guidance system qualification system in the field of career guidance
in the educational sector, which is primarily con- has historically been a multi-stage process where
keeping up with the changing needs and skills has
always been important. This is also the driving
force for launching the study on the national
qualification framework. Due to the reform of
career guidance, the beginning of a new strategic
period and the ever changing guidance landscape,
the Estonian Euroguidance Center in cooperation
with the Association of Estonian Career Counsellors
decided to invite guidance experts and stakehold-
ers to evaluate the functioning of the existing sys-
tem and to identify the developments necessary
for its continuing efficient and effective operation.
The purpose of this survey was to find out the
extent to which the occupational qualifications
system is the link between the labour market
and the lifelong learning system; enhancing the
development, assessment and recognition of a
person's occupational competence.

Based on the results of the survey, we can con-
clude that the occupational qualification system

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