The main objective of the project was for NFDK to develop methodologies and diagnostic tools for career counsellors who are involved in conducting counselling sessions for national and ethnic minorities(MNiE).As a result of the project activities, 2 diagnosis methodologies for career counsellors were developed: Methodology for the Development of Individual Career Plans for National and Ethnic Minorities(MOIPKMNE)and Methodology for the Implementation of Individual Career Plans for National and Ethnic Minorities (IPKMNE), in which people from national and ethnic minorities can develop their own educational and vocational career path, which in the educational part includes vocational training (choice of career path). Both methodologies include guidelines for the development of 2 creative diagnostic tools for career counsellors in a pdf-online version: the Test of Career Interests and Predispositions for National and Ethnic Minorities(TZPZMNE)and the Questionnaire for the Recognition of Vocational Competences for National and Ethnic Minorities. These tools will help national minorities in the labour market and, through the results of the project and their use by guidance counsellors, will help them to become more active at the market
National Forum for Career Counseling is an organization that has been developing and implementing for more than 20 years methodologies and diagnostic tools for career counselors that are essential for their effective work. The project in question was extremely important due to the growing problem of the increasing number of refugees from Ukraine and the still unresolved problems of the Roma minority in the labor market. The current crisis in the economy (inflation), caused by the war and the huge influx of refugees from Ukraine, could have been mitigated to some extent by the systemic efforts of career counselors, who needed to be equipped with the right methodology and diagnostic tools. Counselors, with skills acquired through the project's products, were able to effectively assist in placing people from the intermediate target group in the labor market, i.e.,vocational activation of people from national and ethnic minorities, in accordance with their interests and professional predispositions. The project provided an opportunity to create an optimal career development strategy in accordance with preferences and skills, identify limitations, strengths and weaknesses, and set short- and long-term in line with labor market demand.