Conference Career Guidance SENAT RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ

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Conference Career GuidanceSENAT RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ
POLSKIEJ Komisja Nauki, Edukacji i Sportu

• Warszawa, 2. Czerwiec 2006Peter Härtel

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• Lifelong Guidance
• in an
• European Perspective
• Contributions to
• education and employment
• through exchange of
• experiences and visions

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4 Topics in the Headline

• Lifelong Guidance
• European Perspective
• Contribution to development of education and
  employment
• Exchange of experiences and visions

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Content of my Contribution

• Remarks to the 4 topics
• Recognitions of Joint Actions Projects LLG
• Reflections to further activities on national and
  European Level

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Lisbon 2000
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European Perspective

• Lisbon 2000
• most competitive and
• dynamic knowledge based economy
• in the world
• more and better jobs
• greater social cohesion

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Stockholm 2001 - Education
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Dublin/Irland 2004 Resolution Lifelong Guidance
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Krakow 2005

• Start up Meeting Joint ActionsEuropean Guidance
  Forum for LLG
• January 2005
• Support for National Guidance Fora
• Preparation of an Project
  European Guidance Forum
• Recommendations for Improvement of Cooperation,
  Coordination, on regional, national, European
  Level

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Poznan
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Lublin
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Warschau
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Vienna
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Graz
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Lifelong Guidance

• concerning to Lifelong Learning
• not only Life long
• also Life wide
• Life long all phases of Lifecontinuous process
• but also
• Life wide all aspects of Lifeeducation,
  employment, and more

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European and Global References and Dimensions

• Ä Career Guidance Policies OECD, EU, World Bank
• Ä Resolution for Lifelong Guidance EU Council
  2004
• Ä Handbook for Policy Makers EU-OECD 2005
• Ä Improving Systems on Guidance
  Policies EU-CEDEFOP 2005
• Ä Joint interim Report Lisbon Process education
  2006
• Ä Meeting EU Experts/Partners 8./9.Juni 2006
  JA-Project
• Ä Conference Finnish Presidency 6./7.November 2006

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General European Aims

• Education
• less early school leavers
• more degrees in math/sciences and technique
• higher enrolment in adult education

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General European Aims

• Employment
• rate of unemployment in general
• youth unemployment especially
• consequences of the demographic development -
  workforce

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Guidance and Counselling

• Life long aspects all phases of life
• Life wide aspects not only formal systems,
  school, university
• informal non formal qualifications
  European Qualification Framework
• connections of
• Education, Economy, Employment

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Interfaces
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Integration
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European and Polish Situation

• Education/Economy/Employment
• Strengths
• Ä PISA Reading Improvement 2001-2003 decreasing
  rate of low level readers 25
• Ä Early School Leavers Best Performance Poland
  5,5 (EU 15)
• Ä Quote of Math and Sciences per inhabitants
  / 1000 / 55 (EU 1000/33)
• Progress of rate Math and Science 2000-2003

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European and Polish Situation II

• Strengths
• Degrees Secondary II more than 90 (EU ? 77 )
• Investment in human resources more than EU ? -
  and increasing
• Innovative solutions e.g.
• multi dimensional career guidance
• competence framework for career counsellors in
  school
• regional and national platform for Career Guidance

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Open Questions Challenges

• Unemployment in general
• Youth unemployment especially
• educational, vocational, personal perspectives
  for individuals and regions
• potentials, competencies and talents
• access to use, options, added value

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Conclusions, Consequencies I

• Thesis 1 Necessity of a holistic view of
  economic, employment and educational needs
• Thesis 2 Strengthen the strengths,
  minimize the weaknesses
• Thesis 3 Bring together interests, potentials,
  talents and opportunities

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Conclusions, Consequencies II

• Thesis 4 The Saysche Theorem for education
  and employment (PH) supply creates demand in
  economy and employment
• Thesis 5 Central role of Guidance and
  Councelling to improve competencies for
  life decisions
• life-entrepreneurship
• Thesis 6 Responsibility on local, regional
  national level for cooperation,
  professionality, quality, synergy, networking
  in LLG ...

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Conclusions,Consequencies III

• Thesis 7
• Exchange and sharing experiencies in
• Education and Economy,
• Guidance and Councelling,
• Career development and
• Public Policy on
• European and global level is a
• condition for success!

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Thank You for Invitation

• Thanks to the Senat for the interest on the
  topics of Lifelong Lifewide Guidance
• Thanks to all Polish partners and friends in
  European projects for cooperation and competent
  support
• Thanks for the great hospitality in your country

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Podziekowanie !

• And please
  continue contact and cooperation!
• We are looking forward to further meetings, also
  in Austria,
• Please give your support to the
  European initiatives

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Conference Career GuidanceSENAT RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ
POLSKIEJ Komisja Nauki, Edukacji i Sportu

• Warszawa, 2. Czerwiec 2006Peter Härtel