Guidelines for guidance policies: an European overview

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Guidelines for guidance policies an European
overview
Orientare al futuro i giovani e i percorsi di
occupabilità
Thematic Workshop A

• Tibor Bors Borbély-Pecze, Ph.D.
• Strategic Policy Consultant, ELGPN

Genova, 13-14 November, 2013
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Lifelong guidance

• In the context of lifelong learning, guidance
  refers to a range of activities that enables
  citizens of any age and at any point in their
  lives to identify their capacities, competences
  and interests, to make educational, training and
  occupational decisions and to manage their
  individual life paths in learning, work and other
  settings in which these capacities and
  competences are learned and/or used.

Council Resolution (2004)
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Services include 3 main elements

• Career information covering information on
  courses, occupations and career paths. This
  includes labour market information. It may be
  provided in a printed form, but increasingly is
  web-based in nature.
• Career counselling conducted on a one-to-one
  basis or in small groups, in which attention is
  focused on the distinctive career issues that
  individuals face.
• Career education as a part of the educational
  curriculum, in which attention is paid to helping
  groups of individuals to develop the competences
  for making their career development.
  UNESCO-UNEVOC, Watts (2013)

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Transversal role of Career Management Skills
(CMS)
Career Management Skills refer to a whole range
of competencies which provide structured ways for
individuals and groups to gather, analyse,
synthesise and organise self, educational and
occupational information as well as the skills to
make and implement decisions and transitions
(ELGPN, Sultana, 2009)
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A European approach
D. Super (1994) Supers archway model
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Lifelong guidance can be understood as

• as different types of services at individuals
  families levels,
• as a service philosophy at a service providers
  level,
• as a system at county / regional level,
• and as a policy and strategy at regional national
  levels
• It can be a cross-sectoral policy,
• As well as a sectoral one (in schools, VET, HiED,
  employment, social services, youth policies,
  ect.)

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A Maori philosophy toward health is based on a
holistic health and wellness model called Te
Whare Tapa Wha
Lifelong guidance can be seen as being akin to
mortar in masonry, binding together different
elements (Borbely-Pecze- Hutchinson, 2013)
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For institutional or regional/national
developments a strategic approach is needed
EU-wide overview

• Aims of the national LLG projects
• support the development of a Lifelong Career
  Guidance system, (e.g. HR, EE, HU) for
• Make educational sub-systems and labour market
  more flexible and secure at the same time (e.g.
  Wales, Scotland, England, FI, DK)
• Provide social inclusion for all (incl. youth
  guarantee) (e.g. DK, AT, DE, NO, FI)

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Legislations development of strategies

• Career guidance is provided through a wide
  diversity of structures, delivery systems and
  practices across education, training, employment,
  unemployment, private and community/voluntary
  sectors.
• Demand for careers support from a broad spectrum
  of individuals is on the increase, with the
  emergence of a plethora of new market players and
  cross-sector partnerships involving public,
  private and third sectors.
• (Hughes, 2012)

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Improve coordination develop national strategies

• Many European countries are trying to improve
  coordination and coherence in policies and
  systems for guidance provision, so the various
  services responsible for guidance delivery can
  present themselves to individual citizens over
  their lifetimes as a seamless and coherent
  system, rather than a series of fragmented
  entities. Such development stems from recognition
  by governments and the European Commission that
  lifelong learning is a key factor for
  employability, and that lifelong guidance
  provision is a key component of national lifelong
  learning strategies. (CEDEFOP, 2009)

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National, regional strategies

• Currently app. 10 European countries have
  national LLG strategies
• Many of them built in LLG within LLL (e.g. AT) or
  employment strategies (e.g. HU, DE)
• Some countries have been developing or already
  developed independent LLG strategy (eg. EE, HR)

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Country cases Estonia

• Concept of Career Services 2013-2020
• Strategic goal No 1 The people of Estonia are
  aware of the career services that support their
  acquisition of career management skills
• Strategic goal No 2 The co-operation between
  state institutions, career guidance suppliers and
  providers is working, the roles are defined and
  adhere to the needs of the target groups
• Strategic goal No 3 Career services are
  available to the entire population, priority
  target groups receive more attention and a
  sufficient number of career specialists is
  ensured in all counties in accordance with the
  needs of the target groups
• Strategic goal No 4 Quality career services,
  development of a quality management system on the
  basis of research and feedback

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Country cases France

• Since 2009, a French law has established for
  every citizen a right to benefit from lifelong
  guidance, including career information. This law
  set up an inter-ministerial delegate, reporting
  to the Prime Minister, on educational and career
  guidance.
• a free online service (www.orientation-pourtous.fr
  )
• national telephone line 0811-703939 (ELGPN, RK,
  2012)
• Law of 10 August 2007 concerning liberties and
  responsibilities of universities,
• Law of 13 February 2008 concerning the reform of
  public employment service - This gave to a new
  body (Pôle emploi) the task of counselling and
  guiding unemployed or employed people.
• Section 2 specifies an Information and Guidance
  Delegate shall report to the Prime Minister, and
  shall be appointed by the Council of Ministers,
  2010.
• (Hughes, 2012)

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Country cases Norway

• VOX LLG Unit NO LLL Agency has been coordination
  national LLG strategy steps
• Reform of the PES (2006)
• NAV (PES Norway) become an integrated national
  service for social integration,
• The new service united employment, social and
  youth services in one body
• It cooperates with municipality-run local social
  services
• NAV is a one entry-point for youth at NEET,
  migrant, low-skilled ect.

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A concrete burning case how to mobilise LLG
YGI LLG at high political agenda

• At the high-level Conference on the promotion of
  youth employment in Europe held in Berlin in July
  2013, German Federal Chancellor Merkel delivered
  a concluding statement which emphasised the need
  to build up career guidance structures
  systematically and extensively, co-ordinating
  them with school-based career advice services so
  that school-leavers are in a position to make
  sound career choices which take account of the
  labour market context. The availability of career
  advice from an early stage, i.e. before
  individuals leave school, can substantially
  contribute to the accomplishment of the Youth
  Guarantee. She also indicated the importance of
  providing a comprehensive range of advisory
  services on labour market issues for employees
  and employers
• (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales,
  2013).

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and beyond (2013-2014)
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Looking ahead

• Can national/regional LLG strategies/ fora foster
  access for guidance services and via these to
  education employment?
• Make these strategies professional services, and
  skills of the service providers more transparent
  for citizens, families and companies?
• LLG Strategies as independent ones or as part of
  the different policy fields can mobilie resources
  for social and LM inclusion (e.g. to serve YGI)

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