European Guidance Forum AT,CZ,FI,FR,GE,PL

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EuropeanGuidanceForum AT,CZ,FI,FR,GE,PL

• Joint Actions Project LLG
• Peter Härtel , Coordinator

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European Network

• National Forums for lifelong Guidance
• connection between NFGs
• Sharing good practice
• Stimulus for NFG development
• From National level to European level
• Collaborative action among partners and networks
• policies and actions for Community level
• efficient use of effort by NFG at national and
  European level
• (jmc)

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• Project
• Change of structure
• Network
• Change of Framework

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COMMON EUROPEAN REFERENCE TOOLS FOR GUIDANCE

• Aims and principles of lifelong guidance
  provision
• Reference points for quality assurance systems
  for guidance provision in Europe
• Key features of lifelong guidance systems

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Reference Tools

• I. Identifying areas of relative strength
• II Identifying gaps and weaknesses
• III. Identifying possible areas for European
  Co-operation
• IV. Refining the tools

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Austria Steps to a National Strategy

• Step Platform for guidance and counselling
• Step Define the key points for a strategy for
  LLG
• Step broaden the national platform of all
  relevant actors in the field of guidance and
  counselling (National Guidance Forum)
• Step Implementation of processes and activities
  for a continuous cooperation and coordination in
  the field of guidance systems and services on
  national, regional, local level
• Step (accompanying to Step 1 to 4) Development
  of national measures and offers

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Key stakeholders providing CG
Länder
Min. of Labour
Min. of Education
Government
Information Centres
Personal Guidance
Economic Chamber
Chamber of Labour
Careers fairs
Employees
Employers
Trade Union
Industry
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Czech Republic

• To create proper conditions for career guidance
  for university students (both for bachelor and
  master study)
• To implement the system project (European Social
  Fund) Education Information Guidance
  Career
• To enlarge guidance services in school
  development of school psychologists and special
  teachers services
• To co-ordinate career guidance services in
  schools together with services of labour offices
  (Information and Guidance Centres). To create an
  individual project Guidebook of your career
• To adjust and co-ordinate proper conditions for
  career guidance at schools, school guidance
  centres and labour offices.

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Job selection support system - competencies
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
teacher
advisor
In school
Out of school
Guidance for primary job orientation
Basic school pupils
Job selection education
Labour office guidance
Guidance for secondaryjob orientation and
behaviour on labour market
Secondary school students
Introduction to the world of labour
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
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Germany

• Not yet a coordinated system of LLL and LLG
• National meeting with 5 key partners June05
• First step working group for the national forum
  40 partnerinstitutions found a common agreement
  mission statement
• Cooperation e.g. with IAEVG

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Opportunities and providers in the field of
counselling
self directed information resources
opportunities
Counselling within HR-Development
Counselling within HR-Development
guidance
Competence Reporting
job-placement

• black box ...
• in respect to the demand and the opportunities
• in respect to methods and theories
• in respect to interest and motivation

Entrepreneurship- Counselling
career-counselling
Lifelong Learning Counselling
education- counselling.
career-counselling
student- counselling
special programmes
job-placement
school
vocational training
study
junction into Job
professional life and development
retirement
chambers of com. and industry
labour administration
counselling agencies within div. branches
schools
student service at universities
public instit. for LLL counselling
consulting organisations
lack of ... transparency and obstacle free
access quality, efficiency, professionalism and
reliability of public funding and of
willingness of private payment
career center at universities
labor administration
HR-counsellors
Job-recruiters
trade unions
education institutions
HR within firms/ organisations
social service
providers
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Finland

• Most of regions and municipalities are involved
  in a national process
• Plan for regional Joint Action Groups
• some are existing, some are at the start
• Quality criteria have been developed
• There are different Challenges
•          For immigrants it is hard to find a
  work
•          Different needs of boys and girls
• The finish national Joint Actions group was
  working for over 20 years already and is going to
  be found again, but not as a permanent group. It
  now concentrates on certain important themes.
• Conference in Nov. 06

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Young people in danger of dropping out
Early intervention
Multi- cultural counselling
CROSS-SECTORAL
MULTI-PROFESSIONAL

• DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
• OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
• - developing guidance and counselling in
• different educational settings
• realise the goals of national curriculum
• guidelines
• - develop professional skills of student
• counsellors and teachers
• develop counselling of
• transition phases

N E T W O R KS
N E T W O R K S
Counsellingstudentswithspecialneeds
Gender sensitive counselling
AVAILABILITY AND SUFFICIENCY OF GUIDANCE AND
COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR EACH YOUNG AND ADULT
PERSON
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France

• In the year 2003 in France a large consultation
  process and discussion with the social partners
  in education took place. The result was the
  Report dElo.
• 2004 a new law on education concerning guidance
  came out. The first time the information for the
  career awareness is a big task in schools.
• ONICEP is an important integrated organisation of
  the French ministry for education. It sets up a
  basis for the National Forums.

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• are requested to contribute to this project
  (companies, professional organizations, Ministry
  of Labour, Ministry of Education)
• It is a good opportunity to set up the very bases
  of a national Forum on Life Long Guidance.

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Poland

• The members of the National Forum are
•          Vocational counsellors (all 3 resorts)
•          Scientists (experts and teaching staff)
•          Representatives of the 3 ministries
•          Representatives of the local
  self-govern administration (Voivodshaft and
  County)
•          Representatives of the employer
  organizations
•          Coordinators of the regional fora

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Poland

• Planned activities
•          Creating the circumstances to support
  the regional fora
•          Life long guidance development
•          Round table discussion December, 2005
•          International conference European
  fora, May 2006  
• The regional fora
• are going to be coming in the regions Szczecin,
  Torun, Lublin, Kraków, Rzeszów

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Some Key Aspects of NF LLG

• Common understanding of guidance and counselling
• Education, employment, social aspects
• Key actors, stakeholder, ministries
• Centralized or decentralized systems
• Regulation by law in several fields
• GC on various phases of life
• Special tasks and questions, needs and demands
• Cooperation on national level in a common process

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Critical Factors (interim results)

• Awareness of the importance of GC
• Political and administrativ background
• Visible benefit for individuals, state and
  politicians
• Leadership and cooperation in a network
• Activities at national, regional, lokal level
• Activities and cooperation of all relevant actors
• Sustainable interests of national stakeholders

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Obstacles e.g.

• Complex legal and organisational frameworks
• Various points of view in different institutions
• Institutional interests and politics
• Personal and financial resources
• Understanding of cooperation and networking
• Political changes and new responsibilities
• Difficulty to organize a sustainable prozess

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European added value

• Both directions from EU to Nations and vice
  versa
• Philosophy and strategy Lisbon process,
  resolution for LLG
• Reference tools principes, criteria, practical
  help and orientation
• Support in programs and projects
• Increasing value of tools by using them
• Exchange and sharing experiences and effects
• Documentation, communication, development as a
  common, continuous process

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Thank you

• for support,
• cooperation
• and
• attention

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EuropeanGuidanceForum AT,CZ,FI,FR,GE,PL

• Joint Actions Project LLG
• Peter Härtel , Coordinator