Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

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Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

4 overlapping reviews:

OECD – CEDEFOP, (and ETF),

DG Employment – World Bank

50+ countries, of which 29 in Europe

Broadly similar policy challenges

Tool to benchmark and review practices

Role of European Lifelong Policy Network

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

…services intended to assist

…individuals and groups

…of any age

…at any point throughout their lives

…to make educational, training & occupational choices

…and to manage their careersdefinition

definition

definition

definition

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

a private and public good promotes LLL goals addresses LM issues fosters social inclusionguidance

guidance

guidance

guidance

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europeyouth adults access inform staff funding

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

support complex transitionsextend guidance provisionpromote the guidance-oriented schoolensure guidance is not crowded outembed guidance in curriculumcater for needs of out-of-school youth

youth adults access inform staff funding

youth

youth

youth

youth

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

adults

adults

adults

adults

narrowly targetedguidance function mutedjob mobilitycareer managementrole of enterprisestrade union inputneeds of older workers

youth adults access inform staff funding

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

access

access

access

accessserious limitations are evident

potential of ICTsself-service, self-help modesguidance at home, work, leisure sitesdigital dividecall centre technology

youth adults access inform staff funding

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Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

inform

inform

inform

inform

thorough, objective, reliable ‘information dump’?fragmented, unconnectedconsolidate data setsconnect educational and career

information with LM dataquality issues: usable, reliable,

up-to-date information

youth adults access inform staff funding

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Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

great diversity

multiplicity of roles

differences between education and PES staff

little specialized initial training

process of professionalization

youth adults access inform staff funding

staffing

staffing

staffing

staffing

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

main burden is on the statedevolution and subsidiarityoutsourcingdangers of policy vacuumoverlap, standards, inequity

in service provision market and quasi-market

provision

youth adults access inform staff funding

funding

funding

funding

funding

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Need for more determined leadership 3 key mechanisms: legislation, quality

standards, evidence-based monitoring Key role of the state Need for support from social partners More cross-sectoral collaboration Role of National Guidance Forumsleadership

leadership

leadership

leadership

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe Key trends

from… …to CG as secondary

Psychology-based

Focus on nation state

Target: ‘at risk’

Delivery at key points

‘Curative’ in scope

Institution-based

Legal entitlement

Multi-disciplinary

Europe-wide mobility

Mainstream service

Provided lifelong

Educative

Ubiquitous

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe Key trends

from… …to State as key provider

Non-specialised staff

Poorly professionalised

Same-level personnel

Focus on provision

Centrally managed

Unregulated

Other providers

Initial & ctd. Training

Clear entry/progression

Diff staff categories

Self-access, self-service

Monitored decentralisation

Codes, standards…

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe Key trends ctd.

from… …to

Homogenous service

Sectorally segmented

Targets individuals

Outside curriculum

Education # LM data

Under-researched

Differentiated service

Cross-sectoral collab

Targets groups

Permeates curriculum

Consolidate databases

Systematically reflexive

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe

…rich thesaurus of noteworthy practice…

…draw inspiration for a heightened degree of strategic and enlightened leadership…

…for the benefit of the individual, the economy and society alike.