1. EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY MAKING IN GUIDANCE The Greek Case By Stamatis Paleocrassas Councilor Emeritus Pedagogical Institute

2. TRANSITIONS  Compulsory education dropouts  From compulsory education to General or Vocational Lyceum  From Lyceum to work  From IEK, TEI or university to work  From unemployment to work

3. TRANSITION OBSERVATORY (Pedagogical Institute)  School dropout studies (periodic)  Transition studies  Graduate surveys (periodic)  Labour market monitoring  Ad Hoc studies

4. DROPOUTS  Periodic national surveys (Gymnasium): -From 23% (1982) to 6% (2001) -Geographical variation: 2.7-9.6% -Lower social strata -School failure  General Lyeum: 3%  Vocational Lyceum: 20%  Upper secondary total: 14% (EU target: 10%)

5. GYMNASIUM TRANSITION  Longitudinal study (education choices) –Choice during last lower secondary school grade (sample 6000 students) –Choice 3 years later (results pending)  Career Education - Curriculum - Information materials  Interactive Information (pilot)

6. LYCEUM TRANSITION  Longitudinal graduate survey -11.500 VL* seniors, 3.000 GL* seniors -educational or occupational state 4 years later (results pending)  Labour market monitoring for relevance of VL curricula (correspondents) ____________________ * VL = Vocational Lyceum GL = General Lyceum

7. IEK-TO-WORK TRANSITION  Tri-partite certification  Interlinking Offices  Practical training ( only some specializations )  Entrepreneurship

8. TEI-TO-WORK TRANSITION  Interlinking Offices -link with L.M. -information diffusion (electronic, print) -promoting entrepreneurship -organizing practical training -supervising entrepreneurship case studies -career days (old graduates speakers)  Practical training (one semester)  Entrepreneurship case studies

9. UNIVERSITY-TO-WORK TRANSITION  Interlinking Offices -link with L.M. (Only professional Schools) -information diffusion (electronic, print) -graduate surveys (some schools) -promoting entrepreneurship (engg., business) -organizing practical training (engg., business)  Practical Training (only engg., business)  Entrepreneurship case studies (only….)

10. UNEMPLOYMENT-TO-WORK TRANSITION  OAED (Manpower Employment Org.) -training (KEKs) -retraining unemployed (KEKs) -CPEs (Centers for the Promotion of Employment): Links to local labour market  EMPLOYMENT OBSERVATORY -Occupational and skills demand surveys