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About us
Established in the year 2000 under the supervision of the
Ministry of Employment Labour & Social
Protection and the Ministry
of National Education & Religious Affairs, the National
Resource Centre for Vocational Guidance - Euroguidance
Centre of Greece (EKEP- NRCVG) is a Private Law Body Corporate
pursuant to Law 2525/97 and Presidential Decree 232/98 (Government
Gazette 179A/29-7-1998). EKEP is governed by a nine-member
Board of Directors
consisting of representatives from the two supervising Ministries,
the Pedagogical Institute, the Greek Manpower Employment Organization
(OAED) and social partners.
On a national level, EKEP is body for the coordination,
support, certification and enhancement of the actions taken
by those offering Counselling and Vocational Guidance services
in education, training and employment. In addition, EKEP is
an information resource centre for education and vocational
guidance. In view of its role, EKEP cares for the development
of a unified strategy with respect to the aims and orientation
of Vocational Guidance in Greece.
Acting as an executive agency of the State, EKEP endeavours
to contribute, along with other competent bodies, to harmonization
of the content and orientation of education and training with
the requirements of the labour market to meet the demands
of employers and employees in the light of current socio-economic
concerns.
EKEP's scope of activities is nationwide and also tied to
the web of Counselling & Vocational Guidance activities of
the E.U..
On an European level, and in the context of the Leonardo
da Vinci Programme, EKEP has been authorized by the Ministers
of Education and Labour to operate as the National Resource
Centre for Vocational Guidance within the Euroguidance
Network. To this end, EKEP is financed to meet its relevant
tasks. The aims of the Euroguidance Network are to promote
communication, production and dissemination of information,
training, employment, vocational guidance and certification
of qualifications in order to enhance mobility and promote
the European dimension in the national structures of education
and in the vocational guidance services.
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