1. Right career choice for a happy tomorrow
Comparison of VGS

2. PARTNER COUNTRIES Italy Turkey Romania Bulgaria Hungary Poland Greece
Croatia

3. cOMPARISON Preprimary Primary/secondary High school University /adults
Ministries/organizations

4. VGS IN GENERAL In all partner countries there is VGS
Similarities and differences (institutions, ways, means and age)

5. Preprimary level Families and interests of children and families
Influence of media and maybe background
No organized guidance on a higher level

6. Primary and secondary school
All countries have VGS organized at this level
Some countries have councelling in the school curriculum or guidance councellers (Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Polland-partly, Italy)
Other countries manage councelling at this level in different ways: publications, fairs, open days (Hungary and Croatia), employment offices (Italy)

7. High school
During high school some countries conduct questionarres and councelling in schools for students to help choose or change profession (Greece, Poland, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria)
In Hungary, Italy and Croatia the councelling is partly related to school, and is also conducted by other institutions, but school conduct some guidance, as well

8. High school
Hungary, Italy and Croatia: before choosing profession, there are some institutions that offer help to students (Pedagogical agency, Employment offices with leaflets, brochurees…)

9. University/adults
Universities organize fairs, career days, publish advertisments for future students
Different agencies conduct training and support for unemployed people (Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Italy, Croatia)

10. Institutions in Hungary
Ministry of Education
- educational institutions
- pedagogical institutions
- training institutions
Ministry of Labour and Employment
National Employment Service
- Employment Information Consulting
- Psychological services
- Youth counseling

11. Bulgaria RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTIONS
Ministry of Education, Youth and Science
Ministry of Labor and Social Policy
The National employment agency;
National agency for vocational education and training
Center for Development of Human Resources

12. Greece
Guidance for students is directed and organized by the Ministry of Education (schools)
Guidance for adults is directed and organized by the Ministry of Labour

13. POLAND the Minister of National Education
the Minister of Labour and Social Policy
560 Psychological and pedagogical counselling centres function presently in Poland, including 26 special services focused on assisting youth in the choice of occupation.

14. TURKEY Employment agency Test and research centers, guidance centers
schools

15. ROMANIA
A STRONG IMPACT OF SCHOOLS

16. OF VOC. COUNSELING, ROMANIA
OBJECTIVES
OF VOC. COUNSELING, ROMANIA
Developing positive attitudes towards work
Preparation for productive work
Prepare students for professional social adaptations
Enhancing creativity and innovative spirit in the profession
Socio-professional integration and adapting

17. Italy
The organisations that offer professional guidance in Italy are mostly Employment Centers (Provincial ) and job agencies.
These centers offer:
guidance, acceptance and distribution of information about the labour market;
Counselling to the general public
Training proposals
Guidance paths/laboratories for choosing, laboratories for active job research
Services for competence mapping

18. Italy
Primary schools, secondary schools, high schools all have guidance counsellors.
University students have access to guidance counselling. The most used approaches are career fairs.
Public Employment offices– named “CIOF”

19. cROATIA HZZ (Croatian bureu for unemployed people)
MZOS (Ministry of education, science and sports)
HOK (Croatian chamber of crafts)
Schools
Universities

20. Examples of good practice
Impact of schools in Romania, Greece and Turkey
Italian guidance in Marche region for unemployed
School career centers in Poland
Vocational guidance centers in Bulgaria
Open days, flyers, leaflets, brochurees, web sites and similar in Hungary and Croatia

21. Thank you for your attention!