Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe The European Commission Review of Career Guidance Meeting of Education Ministers – Dublin – 28/29 April 2004 Ronald G. Sultana – University of Malta

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe  3 overlapping reviews: OECD – CEDEFOP (and ETF) – World Bank  37 countries, of which 29 in Europe  Broadly similar policy challenges  Tool to benchmark and review practices  Tutelage: Lifelong Guidance Expert Group

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across 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 careers

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe  a private and public good  promotes LLL goals  addresses LM issues  fosters social inclusion

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe youthadultsaccess inform staff funding

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe support complex transitions extend guidance provision promote the guidance-oriented school ensure guidance is not crowded out embed guidance in curriculum cater for needs of out-of-school youth youthadultsaccess inform staff funding

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe narrowly targeted guidance function muted job mobility career management role of enterprises trade union input needs of older workers youthadultsaccess inform staff funding

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe serious limitations are evident potential of ICTs self-service, self-help modes guidance at home, work, leisure sites digital divide call centre technology youthadultsaccess inform staff funding

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe thorough, objective, reliable ‘information dump’? fragmented, unconnected consolidate data sets connect educational and career information with LM data quality issues: usable, reliable, up-to-date information youthadultsaccess inform staff funding

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe great diversity multiplicity of roles differences between education and PES staff little specialized initial training process of professionalization youthadultsaccess inform staff funding

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across Europe main burden is on the state devolution and subsidiarity outsourcing dangers of policy vacuum overlap, standards, inequity in service provision market and quasi-market provision youthadultsaccess inform staff funding

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across 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 Forums

Career Guidance across Europe Career Guidance across 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.