1. Career counselling in the Latvian vocational education
Gunta Kinta
Academic Information Centre
NCP-VET-CO project fifth meeting
24-25 March 2011 in Bucharest

2. Activities on national level I
ESF project “Provision of Career Education Programmes within Education System” ( )
education opportunities data base (
White Paper on the Improvement of the Career Guidance System (2006)
National Forum on guidance and counselling (2007)
Guidelines for Lifelong Learning Policy (2007)
envisioned the establishment of 48 counselling centres

3. Activities on national level II
Cabinet Regulations “Procedure of accrediting general and vocational education programmes, education establishments and examination centres” (September 2010)
ESF project “The Improvement of Theoretical Knowledge and Practical Competences for Vocational Subject Teachers and for Supervisors of Practical Training” ( )
a module focusing on cooperation between education and the labour market

4. Responsible bodies Ministry of Education and Science
State Education Development Agency: implementation of career education policy within education sector
38 regional education boards (counselling coordinator)
Ministry of Welfare
State Employment Agency:
provision of career counselling “for all”
Focus on the unemployed and job seekers (since 2009)
Latvian administrative territorial reform (December 2008)

5. School level Responsibility of class teachers
Career counsellors in some secondary schools (before 2009)