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Luxembourg • The first period of ELGPN had direct impact on Luxembourg through the setting up of the national forum
and the discussion on developing a lifelong guidance strategy.
• After delivery of the concept paper to relevant ministers, the task was to turn this strategy into practice,
in which the outcomes of ELGPN 2011-12 had more of an ‘adjustment’ and clarifying role.
• Nonetheless, the outcomes of the two work packages in which Luxembourg participated had a stronger
influence: on quality; and on reforming the curricula of the lower cycle in secondary education to include
a career management skills approach.
Malta • Increasing awareness at local level of the importance of strengthening career guidance in terms of the
four ELGPN thematic activities.
• Putting career guidance more strongly on the country’s agenda.
• Setting up working groups which focus both on the dissemination of ELGPN work to all stakeholders
involved in the delivery of career guidance and on implementing the draft career guidance policy.
Netherlands • The study visits had much added value, particularly for the participants.
• The four European priorities (CMS, access, quality, co-ordination) are anchor points for looking at
guidance topics in the national context.
• A guidance network is established and working under the umbrella of the ELGPN programme.
Norway • Norway has now established a national unit for lifelong guidance: experience from ELGPN feeds directly
into the main tasks of co-ordinating and developing the field nationally.
• Being members of ELGPN has contributed to increased knowledge about complex issues within all four
of the WP topic areas: having taken part in all the WPs, we now have a very useful network for discussion
and exchange of experience. This has been particularly relevant to the discussions on setting up a
national forum: participation, roles, tasks, objectives.
• Discussions on other issues at national level (e.g. quality) are informed directly by ELGPN work.
Poland • Opportunity for better co-operation between career guidance activities at national level through
involvement of the most important government institutions, responsible for strategic solutions and legal
provisions, in ELGPN work programme implementation.
• Synergy between Euroguidance and ELGPN activities.
Portugal • ELGPN has been a very good support to improving guidance in Portugal.
• Results are visible in the co-operation between PES and education sectors.
• Exchanges with other member countries have supported the implementation of new tools and
methodologies in the fields of quality assurance, co-operation, access (implementation of a new ICT tool)
and development of a national common career management skill competence framework between the
different levels of education and PES.
• ELGPN is also supporting the implementation of a national forum during 2012.
Slovakia • Unfortunately, developments in Slovakia have not kept up with the outcomes of the ELGPN Work
Programme 2011–12. No formal activities of the National Forum for Guidance took place during the
previous government.
• It is hoped that following the election of spring 2012, more attention will be paid to improved co-
operation between the actors in the field of lifelong guidance.
• Although ELGPN activities and products did not influence national guidance polices so much in 2011-12,
they contributed to several initiatives and projects at institutional level.
Slovenia • ELGPN helped to add a few more stones to the mosaic of the lifelong career guidance system, on which
work started in 2007 with its support. In particular, work began in 2011–12 on developing a national
training system for guidance counsellors, national quality standards, and a national guidance glossary.
• Many promotional activities were carried out to spread awareness of EU and national guidance policies,
and ELGPN and national guidance projects.
• ELGPN is viewed as a mechanism for continuous improvement of the lifelong guidance system. Its
intensified co-operation between EU member-states is seen as crucial to develop a national guidance
system which will meet present and future challenges.

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