National Career Guidance Conference

Career Guidance and Counselling in the Republic of Serbia

Belgrade,December 5th 2013

National Youth Strategy

Action plan for National Youth Strategy implementation from

2009 to 2014

Law on Youth

МoYS

STRATEGIC AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK

Strategy of Career Guidance and Counselling in the Republic of Serbia with its Action Plan from

2010 to 2014

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STRATEGY OF CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

(“Offical Gazzette RS”, No 16/10)

CGC affirm and promote 3 main social goals:

lifelong learning goal

labor market goal

social equality and inclusion goal

Career guidance and counselling are one of the very basic instruments of human resources development, by which educational goals (improving the efficiency of the educational system), economic development goals and goals of social equality and inclusion are achieved.

Strategic goals of the Strategy:

1. Establishing and Developing the System of Career

Guidance and Counselling

2. Development of the career guidance and counselling

system in education

3. Developing the system of career guidance and

counselling in employment

4. Continuing promotion of career guidance and

counselling

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YOUTH INDICATORS RELEVANT TO CGC

-From 41 EU Youth Indicators which objective is to provide a quick and comprehensive cross-sectoral view of youth situation 16 indicators are directly linked to career guidance, counselling and information.

- In the field of Education and Training – 5 indicators follow Early leavers from education and training; Achievements on PISA tests; Tertiary education attainment; Young people aged 20-24 having completed at least upper secondary education; Learning at least two foreign languages;

-In the field of Employment and Entrepreneurship – 5 indicators follow Youth unemployment; Youth unemployment ratio; Self-employed youth; Young people who would like to set up their own business; Young employees with a temporary contract;

-In the field of Social Inclusion – 5 indicators follow At-risk-of-poverty or exclusion rate; At-risk-of-poverty rate; Severe Material deprivation rate; Living in households with very low work intensity; Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET);

- In the field of Volunteering – 1 indicator follows Formal recognition of participation in voluntary activities

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YOUTH – FACT AND FIGURES (education - employment)

Nearly 75 million young

people globally are unemployed

In Serbia, almost 25% of young people in the

labor force are without basic qualifications

Despite the economic crisis, there are more than 2 million unfilled vacancies

in the EU

At the EU 13% of young people (age 18-24) are

not included in any education nor in

employment or in training programs (NEET)

Serbia- 10-25% (?)

The youth

unemployment(age15-30) rate in Serbia is 40.4%,

(age 15-24) 49,7% while in the EU this percentage is

almost twice lower – 23 %

According to the ILO youth are three times more likely to be

unemployed compared to adults

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CAREER PLANING – EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

OF YOUNG PEOPLE

The unemployment rate of the population is high particularly

youth unemployment rate

Certain companies can not fill the vacancies with staff that

have the appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities

Lack of practice, work skills, work experience, inability to apply knowledge

acquired through education, lack of information on labor market needs

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SERBIAN CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING SYSTEM

Ministry of Youth

and Sport

EDUCATION

LABOUR MARKET

EMPLOYERS

ASSOCIATIONS

Miinistry of

Economy

Ministry of

Education,

Science and

Technological

Development

Ministry of

Labour,

Employment

and Social

Policy

School

administrations

officies (MESTD)

Local authorities, Youth

offices

Ministry of

Finance

school, faculty, universities,

institutes,

centers for career guidance

at the universities

EMPLOYMENT

branches of National

employment service,

agencies, different kind of

centers

National resource

center for career

guidance and

counseling

Euroguidance

center

Ministry of

Regional

Development and

Local-self

Government

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY

Working group for the implementation of SCGC was established by Decision of the RS Government in April 2011 , consisting of representatives of five ministries, National Employment Service, the Chamber of Commerce, the Conference of Universities of Serbia, Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities and NGOs.

MOS submits periodical reports to the Government on the Working group’s activities and the implementation of SCGC, and so far have produced two comprehensive reports provided by the Government to its members (available on the portal www.zamislizivot.org)

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FUND FOR YOUNG TALENTS

Since its establishment (2008) the Fund has awarded and provided financial support to over 11300 high school pupils and university students and for that purposes allocated over twenty eight million €

From 2010, these grants have been named “Dositeja”, in honor of our famous educator Dositej Obradović

So far Fund for Young Talents signed memorandums of understanding with Microsoft, National Employment Office, JAT Airways, Piraeus Bank, Erste Bank, NIS Gazpromneft, etc.

Center for carieer guidance and counseling of young talents is established with the aim of supporting scholars of the Fund for Young Talents in their future professional and academic development in 2009. So far, more than 2500 young talents used the services of this Centre; Career Planning Guide, published in 2012 and How to develop my Career - published in 2011.

Common presentations with TEMPUS office were held in order to give timely and comprehensive information to students about the possibilities of studying abroad, as well as about the national grants

PARTICIPANTS IN CGC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

Ministries and Institutions (Working Group for Strategy

Implementation)

Schools University Career

Centers

NGOs

International Partners

Local Youth Officies

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MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS (1)

1. It is necessary to harmonize all strategic and legal documents in Serbia in order for them to reflect essential elements of the European paradigm in CGC. 2. Include essential ELGPN findings and recommendations and key elements of the European strategic CGC documents within the new Strategy of CGC of the Republic of Serbia. 3. It is essential to create national team which would represent Serbia in ELGPN in order to include Serbia in the further development of CGC on both national and European level. 4. Establishment and institutionalization of the National resource centre for CGC. 5. Establishment of the National forum for lifelong quidance (for example: expanded membership of the Governmental Working Group) in order to improve policy- and decision-making, to build leadership capacity, to manage reform and innovation processes and to rethink demanding cross - sectoral cooperation arrangements.

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MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS (2)

9. Inclusion of as many age groups as possible in CGC system (children, students, youth, adults, etc.), promotion of CGC system and more accessible career centers. 10.Development and improving of existing and opening of new career centers – the formation of career centers network for informing and professional counseling, introduction of modern technologies in CGC, development of the competencies of career services employees to users from vulnerable groups. 11. Capacity building and connecting those who provide CGC services in public and private sector and in civil society. 12. Career management skills (CMS) should be developed through education (compulsory theme across the curriculum or through extra curicular activities) and CMS programme should be integrated within the initial and further training of teachers and trainers.

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WWW. МОS.GOV.RS

WWW.ZAMISLIZIVOT.ORG

Ministry of Youth and Sport

Sector for Youth

Snezana Klasnja, Assistant minister snezana.klasnja@mos.gov.rs