ACADEMIA Cooperation and co-ordination of guidance services at the local level Prague March 2010

Career Guidance Basque Country

Guidance Providers in the Basque Country Public sector

Public Providers Basque Government Biscay Provincial Government Bilbao City Council

Public sector – Providers of Guidance Services Education Department Vocational Training Curriculum Module: Career Education and Guidance Entrepreneurship Urratsbat (First step): Company creation EJE (Youth Educative Company): simulation System of Skill Recognition Professionals without academic qualification

Public sector – Providers of Guidance Services Employment Department Entrepreneurship Lanbide (Access to work) After finishing studies - Personal plan - Complete plan

Public sector – Providers of Guidance Services Employment and Education Department DEMA: Company Creation and Development Agency After finishing studies Behargintza: Career guidance and Company Creation After finishing studies

Public sector – Providers of Guidance Services Bilbao City Council Lan Ekintza Set up your own Company Enterprise promotion Consultancy Financial assistance Employment support Training on qualification

Guidance Providers in the Basque Country Private sector

Private sector – Providers of Guidance Services Entrepreneurship and Continuous Education Gaztenpresa: Caja Laboral (Savings Bank) Gazte Lanbidean: BBK (Savings Bank) Novia Salcedo: Companies’ guidance Confebask: Companies’ Confederation

Career Guidance Basque Country

Employment oriented Education Lifelong Education trend Good statistics on work insertion Experienced personnel Many opportunities PROS

Employment and Education act separately Too many parallel proceedings Lack of co-ordination Scattered Career Information Insufficient centralised data bases CONS

Career Guidance Basque Vocational Training Plan

Change started ten years ago First Strategic Plan for Public Education Basque Vocational Training Plan Basque Vocational Training Plan

Strategic line 1: Updating and improving the Integrated System of Qualification and Vocational Training Basque Vocational Training Plan

Strategic line 2: Quality in Basque Vocational Training Basque Vocational Training Plan

Strategic line 3: Stimulating Innovation Continuous improvement in organization and training fields Basque Vocational Training Plan

Strategic line 4: Promoting and diversifying the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Basque Vocational Training Plan

Career Guidance TARTANGA training school

Following the four strategic areas Increasing the employment opportunities for students Fostering Entrepreneurship according to European Employment Policies Starting System of Skill Recognition TARTANGA Vocational Training School Action Plan

Encouraging entrepreneurship Training courses Supervising business projects for entrepreneur contests TARTANGA Vocational Training School Results of Employment Plan

Creation and support to new companies Twelve micro companies have been created in Tartanga School, since 2002 Most of them still maintain their business activities Promotion of entrepreneur women TARTANGA Vocational Training School Results of Employment Plan

Mobility for students, teachers and entrepreneurs within European Programmes Erasmus Programme Leonardo Programme Exchange programmes for students within European Union countries: Finland, Italy, Estonia, Sweden and Ireland TARTANGA Vocational Training School Results of Employment Plan

Vocational Training School INSTITUTO TARTANGA Erandio (Biscay) Spain