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parents and other professionals. Agency of Lifelong Guidance: “It is
a pleasure to summarize that the
Better guidance services for newly established youth guidance
adults centres provide essential support
to specialists in educational in-
The new strategy secures career stitutions, parents, teachers and
information and counselling for all other professionals. During the first
adults. So far, the services have year of existence, the differentiat-
been provided only to the unem- ed approach to lifelong guidance
ployed. However, since 2015, the in education is accessible across
Estonian Unemployment Insurance Estonia, professional development
Fund (Estonian public employment of our practitioners is supported,
service) has expanded its career development of guidance tools ini-
counselling services to all people tiated and close networking culture
of working or retirement age. among practitioners is a reality. We
The Fund introduced a new service have certainly learned a lot from
called My First Job. It is designed our partners from other countries
for young people without profes- and we are very thankful for the
sional education or work experi- systematic mutual exchange.”
ence. The measure aims to de-
crease youth unemployment due to SEE MORE:
little or no work experience, and to Guidance professionals and Margit Rammo
help young people without special- experts from other countries are Foundation Innove
ised education to find a job. Wage welcome to get an overview on Agency for lifelong guidance
subsidies combined with training strategies in education and labour International Relations Manager
compensation can be granted to sector, reorganisation of services [email protected]
employers who hire these young provision in Estonia during 2014
people. – 2015 and current structures,
institutions, legal framework and
The first results after the imple- qualifications of guidance profes-
mentation of changes sionals in Estonia.

Margus Tõnissaar, the Head of the

Libraries as entrepreneurs for adult learning and inclusion

Bergen Public Library organises a language café for refugees and laptop computer classes for old age
pensioners. Last autumn a number of library staff travelled abroad to learn more about inclusion and
informal learning in libraries, with support from the Erasmus+ programme.

“We knew that the Dutch are Library as a Special Projects Volunteers to the rescue
pioneers when it comes to using Librarian and heads the Erasmus+
libraries as an arena for integra- mobility project. Last autumn four “The current refugee situation con-
tion. And everybody knows that library staff travelled to the Nether- cerns us all”, says Anne. “Library
Malmö is a city with great expertise lands to take part in an EPALE “job staff has not got the capacity to
on adult education generally, and shadowing” programme at a num- provide the level of follow-up they
on social inclusion specifically. We ber of libraries. Later on, other four would have liked to give them.
wanted to go abroad to learn from staff members travelled to Malmö But there are other solutions. – In
the best” says Anne Berit Helland. in Sweden to take part in a similar Norway we have no tradition of
programme. volunteering in libraries. In the
Anne works for Bergen Public

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