1. Presented by Gideon Arulmani The Promise Foundation Presented by Gideon Arulmani The Promise Foundation The Sixth International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy Budapest, Hungary: 5 th to 7 th December 2011 Theme 1 Political, economic and social changes and the changing role of career guidance and career guidance policies Synthesis Report: Gideon Arulmani

2. Presented by Gideon Arulmani The Promise Foundation Governance Political Change Social Order / Structure Social Change Production, Distribution, Consumption; Meaning attributed Economic Change

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4. Presented by Gideon Arulmani The Promise Foundation Common Themes 1. Global economic changes Severe economic down turn in some countries (e.g. UK); boom and unprecedented economic growth in other regions (e.g. India). Increase in the need for career counselling services but budgets cut as a result of controlled public funding Re-qualification needs Growth without development Impact of larger economies on careers service delivery Erosion of traditional occupations

5. Presented by Gideon Arulmani The Promise Foundation Common Themes 2.Consistency and convergence Wide range of careers services are available particularly in countries where careers services are well established; administered by different agencies; absence of convergence in strategy National consistency Cross sectoral cohesion

6. Presented by Gideon Arulmani The Promise Foundation Common Themes 3.Client groups New kinds of client groups that require to be served in a special manner. Career development needs associated with migration Older workers Newly qualified but unemployed Serving the ‘main group’

7. Presented by Gideon Arulmani The Promise Foundation Common Themes 4. Political support vs. political agenda Linkage with political systems leads to foreshortened horizons Impact of political instability Role ambiguity Delays and compromises in implementation Government priority Deployment of guidance services and infrastructure

8. Presented by Gideon Arulmani The Promise Foundation Common Themes 5. Sustainability Aided projects when a service remains in the ‘project’ mode, its sustainability is limited to the life of the project. Capacity building Closely associated with sustainability is the creation of resources – both in the form of methods and systems as well as qualified human resource. A number of countries are affected by the absence of sufficient resources or the inefficient deployment of these resources.

9. Presented by Gideon Arulmani The Promise Foundation Common Themes 6. Social change effected by social media Short Message Service (sms), Facebook and Twitter are believed to have the potential to reach careers services to wider audiences. the value of these media are limited to the quality of access to the internet and to internet literacy.

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