European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, ELGPN ‐ support for national guidance policy development 2011-12 Raimo Vuorinen, Ph.D. Coordinator of the ELGPN Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland National conference on lifelong guidance policy development 21 February 2011, Budapest, Hungary

Support for national guidance policy development – Establishment of the ELGPN Conclusions of the Finnish EU-presidency conference Preparatory meeting in Brussels, March 9, 2007 Inaugural meeting in Helsinki, May 7-8, 2007 Undelying principles and draft work programme Contract between the ELGPN coordinator (FI) and the EU Commission, December 2007 First ELGPN network meeting, December 2007 ELGPN website http://elgpn.eu, January 2008 ELGPN I 2008, ELGPN II 2009-10 ELGPN III 2011-12

Aims of the ELGPN The European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN) aims to assist the European Union Member States (and the neighbouring countries eligible for the EU Lifelong Learning Programme) and the European Commission in developing European co-operation on lifelong guidance in both the education and the employment sectors, particularly through the Open Method of Co-ordination. Lifelong guidance covers all activities designed to help individuals, at any point in their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers.

ELGPN added value The ELGPN provides added value to participating countries, through actions which include: Sharing knowledge, experiences and ideas on on policy issues and challenges. Testing ideas and innovation. Showcasing good practice. Proposing practical policy solutions so as to boost performance and enable cost-effectiveness.

ELGPN membership 2011-12 A member state driven network 29 member countries, 2 observers The national partners represent a lifelong learning perspective, covering education, training and employment for both young people and adults are clearly linked to relevant policy-making processes within their country. have the capacity both to contribute to the activities of the network and to involve the relevant national stakeholders in the education, training and employment sectors, including the social partners and guidance practitioners National representative in Hungary: Hungarian Lifelong Guidance Council – National Employment Office

Co-operation with other structures The Network and the national fora has been linked, through appropriate membership or co-operation arrangements, to other relevant networks and initiatives at European level. These include: Cedefop, European Training Foundation (ETF) The Euroguidance network. The Public Employment Services (PES) network. Professional networks, e.g. IAEVG, FEDORA, NCDA Other international organisations, bodies (e.g. the OECD) Other relevant stakeholder networks (e.g. social partners, parents).

Co-operation Arrangements and Governance Supported by the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme (75%) National contributions by the Members (25 %) Steering group with rotating membership 2011-12: ES, HU, PL, DK, CY, FI Co-ordination unit 2007-12 Finland

ELGPN Outputs 2009-2010 Reflection notes from the thematic activities Policy briefings related to thematic activities Additional thematic briefings: e.g. Guidance during the economic crisis Activity report with examples of promising/good practises in lifelong guidance policy development Database of interesting/good policy initiatives http://elgpn.eu/elgpndb National and international events with ELGPN member contributions

ELGPN report 2009-10

ELGPN strategic goal 2011-12 To deepen attention to the four themes within the 2008 Resolution; to link this LLG perspective more closely to sectoral policy development (in schools, VET, higher education, adult education, employment, and social inclusion) at both national and EU levels; and to produce concrete tools to support these processes.

Thematic clusters 2011-2012 Promoting career management skills (WP1) Widening access (WP2) Co-operation and co-ordination mechanisms in guidance practice and policy development (WP3) Quality assurance/Evidence-based practice and policy development (WP4) Education & Training and Employment policy analysis from Lifelong Guidance perspective (Task group)

ELGPN Objectives 2011-12 To provide national policy-makers, developers and stakeholders with concrete supports to assist them in their national and EU policy development. To extend the dissemination of the ELGPN’s work. To strengthen the ELGPN’s links with relevant international organisations. To improve the internal efficiency of the work of ELGPN itself.

Thank you! For further information, please contact: Raimo Vuorinen, Senior researcher, Ph.D. Co-ordinator of the ELGPN Finnish Institute for Educational Research P.O. Box 35 FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä tel. +358-14-2603271, Mobile +358-50-3611909 Fax +358-14-2603201 email: raimo.vuorinen@jyu.fi www: http://elgpn.eu/ Skype: vuorai