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I A E V G

• International Conference
• WS 31/New Trends
• Making Transition Work
• Peter Härtel
• Styrian Economic Society
• Bern, September 2003

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• Transition
• as a
• Challenge
• for
• School and Business
• Experiences and Perspectives

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• Transnational
• COMENIUS Network
• S A B
• Making Transition Work

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• Thesis 1
• Internationalization
• Informationalization
• Innovation
• are strong challenges for schools and the
  working world

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• Thesis 2
• The process of changein the educational
  systemsis slower thanin the working worldand
  business

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• Thesis 3
• The risk of breaks andgaps at the interfaces
  between educational system and the working
  worldis increasing
• Result Youth unemployment

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Youth Unemployment in EuropeSource HDI/UNO 2003
In percentage
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• Thesis 4
• Youth employment is a need of the labour
  market need of economy and welfare
• but also a social need in general

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• Thesis 5
• In a world which is more
  international, more networked, more
  intercultural,career guidance is moreeffective,
  if it is alsomore international, more networked,
  more intercultural

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COMENIUS - Network

• School and Business
• Making Transition Work
• approach
• bringing together actors of different countries
• Collect and save the results of former and
  current European projects

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• test the transferability ofgood practice
  examples inother countries
• start new reference activitiesfor career
  guidancein a transnational view

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Coordinator Partners Members
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SAB MTW
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Examples of modelsand projects

• Spanish subnet cooperation school municipality
• Polish subnet cooperation between Career Centres
• Gender approach in Austria early guidance for
  girls and young women

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• Information about the Danish System
• Career guidance in Finland
• New apprenticeships in Great Britain
• Early education for entrepreneurship in Germany

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Common Guidelines for Success of Transition

• Early beginning
• Continuous processes
• Strengthen basic skills, reading, writing,
  speaking, calculating
• Personal and professional competences
• Strengthen strengths develop potentials

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Common Guidelines for Success of Transition

• Stimulate interests
• Early work experience
• Feeling of success and self confidence
• Team- and networking of various actors
• Life entrepreneurship

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Invitation for membership

• Offers and benefits
• The only existing European-wide networkof School
  Business
• Finding new project partners
• Experience exchange Finding new project ideas
  and examples for good practice
• All relevant information concerned with the topic
  at first sight

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I A E V G

• International Conference
• WS 31/New Trends
• Making Transition Work
• Peter Härtel
• Styrian Economic Society
• Bern, September 2003