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Norway Digital Career Guidance – in the Pipeline!

Norway is currently in the process of developing a digital platform for career guidance.

The labour market in Norway experiences regular and brisk shifts and this impacts society on
several levels, from government to individuals. For the general public there is a need for people to
be able to continually realise individual potential and finding renewed and new meaningful
occupations.

The Skills Strategy Action Report for
Norway presented by the OECD in 2014,
highlighted that access to career guidance
services is low, and is often connected to a
person’s affiliation to an institution such as
educational institutions or public employment
services. The varying proximity of public
career centres within the country, due to the
way in which settlements typical to Norway are
dispersed, was also pointed out. These
findings lead to the recommendation of
increased access to personal and online Valuable information gathering in Scotland with project manager
career guidance. Ingrid Kulseng-Varmedal og Tonje Gravås from Skills Norway.
An Official Norwegian report from 2016
addressed the topic of digital options to further The project team is currently bringing forward a skills
establish an online solution including both an program that will be activated to ensure that the
e-guidance service and a website with complex foundation of knowledge and accompanying
information and self-service tools. The task of quality and methods of evaluation are sufficiently
digitising career guidance services was integrated. In order to ensure this, the project has
subsequently awarded to Skills Norway in established a cooperative partnership with a number
2018 and has been met with substantial of academic institutions. The skills program will utilise
funding and political goodwill.
technical skills, ICT knowledge and ethics in the
The project is going forward with the development of any digital service. It will also focus on
development of a dual solution – combining enabling learners themselves to readily get to know the
both an online platform and chat service. The tools and content of the website and how to use them in
e-guidance service will be free of charge, a digital career guidance session.
available to all inhabitants and provide easy Gathering information and experience during visits
and equal access regardless of place of to Euroguidance colleagues in both Denmark and
residence, age and situation related to work Scotland has also been of great importance to the
and education. It will also meet present quality project team. During the coming year, we will focus on
standards and maintain a neutral position further developing the digital solutions and establishing
regarding the information it provides.
a sound organisational structure; after all, the people
involved in the process are essential to making the
project a success. The service will be launched in the
autumn of 2020 and we are thrilled to be entrusted with
this important and significant task.

Ingrid Kulseng-Varmedal and Tonje Gravås
Skills Norway