National development projects for lifelong guidance (RRF 2022–2024)
To boost sustainable growth, the employment rate and skills level must rise. For this purpose, several development projects were launched at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
The project to develop knowledge-based management, quality and coordination of lifelong guidance will coordinate the development of information, guidance and counselling services in different sectors at the national level.
The projects for the development of knowledge-based management, quality and coordination of lifelong guidance coordinated the development of information, advisory and guidance services in different sectors at the national level. The main focus of the project was on an assessment of the state of lifelong guidance, of which a research report (ELONTILA: National Evaluation of Lifelong Guidance) was published in October 2024. The research report forms a systematic picture of the set of information, advisory and guidance services for lifelong guidance in Finland and assesses its effectiveness. The project also developed a proposed monitoring framework for lifelong guidance. The proposed monitoring framework provides guidelines for the monitoring of lifelong guidance at the national level. The results of the ELONTILA -project will be utilised in the development of the digital service package for continuous learning (osaamispolku.fi).
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the KEHA Centre have produced publication “Lifelong Guidance Handbook”. The Handbook for Lifelong Guidance has been intended as a tool for all professionals working with lifelong guidance. The Handbook contains extensive source material that covers the key areas of lifelong guidance, such as the strategy for lifelong guidance, guidance competence, criteria for good guidance, career planning skills and knowledge-based management of lifelong guidance. It provides clear instructions and recommendations based on the results of recent national studies and experiments.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has delegated some of the project activities to KEHA Centre. KEHA Centre is a national agency providing development and administrative services for ELY Centres and TE Offices. The project to promote career management skills created a national framework for career management skills and supporting materials. The project to develop guidance competence assessed the overall structure of continuing education, drew up a description of the core and special competence of guidance competence, and arranged continuing education for instructors. In addition, the project has drawn up a national description of multidisciplinary competence needed in guidance work and produced a report on the training structures and contents of the guidance sector and the related development needs.
The projects are part of Finland's Sustainable growth Programme funded by the EU's recovery and resilience Facility (RRF).
Inquiries:
Teija Felt, Senior Ministerial Adviser, firstname.lastname@gov.fi
