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Euroguidance Finland

The Finnish National Agency for Education acts as the Euroguidance Centre in Finland. It is a member of the Euroguidance network (34 partner countries) that promotes European guidance cooperation linked to international mobility.

The Finnish guidance practitioners in employment offices and educational institutions are the key target group of Euroguidance Finland.

In the context of guidance and learning mobility in Europe, Euroguidance Finland contributes to

• professional development of guidance practitioners
• national and international networking of guidance practitioners
• providing, exchanging and disseminating printed and online information on guidance and learning mobility in Europe

Euroguidance services in Finland are developed in close cooperation with

• the Ministry of Education and Culture
• the Ministry of Employment and the Economy
• higher education institutions offering initial training for guidance counsellors
• the Finnish Association of Guidance Counsellors and its regional affiliates
• Koordinaatti - Youth information and Counselling
• the national representatives of European networks, such as Europass, Eurodesk, NARIC (National Academic Recognition Information Centres), Eurydice and EURES (European Job Mobility Portal).

The Finnish Euroguidance Centre also cooperates with the following international guidance institutions and networks:

• European Association of Career Guidance EACG
• European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training Cedefop
  (see also: Cedefop's Lifelong Guidance activities)
• European Association for International Education EAIE
• European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network ELGPN
• Enic-Naric
• European Training Foundation
• International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance IAEVG

Euroguidance Finland is financed by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme (2014-2020), the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy.

Contact us

If you wish to learn more about the services of Euroguidance Finland, please contact us for further information.

e-mail: euroguidance(at)oph.fi

Programme Manager Tarja Juurakko-Koskinen (until 9 June 2017): +358295338517

Programme Manager Kati Heikkinen (from 12 June 2017): +358295338517

Information & Communications Mika Launikari: +358295338511