1. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Recent trends in lifelong guidance - emerging wider paradigm in Europe - enhancing European co-operation by sharing experiences in good practices and policy development Raimo Vuorinen, Ph.D. Coordinator of the ELGPN Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Presentation at the national seminar in Hungary 2. November 2009, Budapest

2. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Themes for discussions Emerging wider paradigm in guidance Why does guidance matter for EU policies? Guidance in current employment strategies in EU Guidance in current educational strategies in EU Examples of good practise Promoting national guidance policy development – evolution of the European guidance policy network (ELGPN)

3. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Definition of lifelong guidance? Career guidance? Career development? Career management? Career craft? Mentoring? Coaching? Supervising? Orientation? ….. Many different definitions…..Need for a common definition….

4. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Lifelong guidance: more than a f2f interview or orientation... Some activities of guidance Information on available learning and occupational opportunities Assessment of an individual's educational needs Advice on a range of suitable learning opportunities Counselling to deal with barriers such as low self-confidence or self-esteem Placement (e.g. in experience in firms or but taster courses) Referral to learning providers or other types of agency, for example, the ones dealing with related issues such as social benefits Advocacy, by representing the individual Feedback to learning providers, for example, on the kinds of learning opportunity needed but not currently available Follow-up, to discover the effects of guidance

5. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Notions underpinding guidance Sultana (2008) Humanistic discourse - Private good Individualism - Empowerment - Personal growth - Lifelong learnig Labour force development - Matching skills - Supply vs. demand - Competetiveness Human capital discourse - Common good

6. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Balance? Private good - Choises - Support - Dreams - Private goals Emphasised in Educational contexts Common good - Placement - Orientation - Vision - Compromises Emphasised in Labor Market contexts - Welfare - Inclusion - Active citizenship Emphasised in Social policies ????

7. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Definition of Lifelong Guidance? What? Activities: e.g.information giving, advice, counselling, assessment, teaching, advocacy For whom? All citizens When? Any age and point in their lives Focus? Making meaningful life choices on learning and work. Empowerment to manage learning and career Career? Individual lifepaths in learning, work and in others settings in which these capcities and competences are learned and/or used Where? Education, training, employment, community, private –EU Council of Ministries Resolution on lifelong guidance 2004

8. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Concerns of the citizens? Access? Career management skills? Is their voice been heard? Content and quality of the services? Co-operation between service providers?

9. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Concerns of policy makers? What is the investment in guidance? What are the outcomes of guidance? What are the impacts of different service delivery modes? What is the data we are collecting to identify the evidence for certain outcomes? Use of existing funding available in a cost effective manner?

10. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Why does guidance matter for public policy? Lifelong guidance is a significant contributor to the development of human capital, as an important engine for economic growth and social cohesion. The role of lifelong guidance in this respect needs to be more widely recognized

11. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Why does guidance matter for public policy? (2) In particular, lifelong guidance services can play an important role in helping governments to: –improve labour supply; –address skills shortages and emerging competence areas –raise the level of human capital; –improve the quality of human capital.

12. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Why does guidance matter for public policy? (3) Lifelong guidance is critical to workforce development, in three respects: –Workforce preparation - supporting the career development of young people prior to entering the labour market. –Workforce adaptability and sustainability - supporting the career development of employed workers. –Workforce reintegration - supporting the career development of adults in and out of the labour market, and between jobs in different enterprises.

13. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Which EU policy goals does career guidance serve? (Handbook on Guidance Policy Development, 2004) Efficient investment in education and training Labour market efficiency Lifelong learning Social inclusion Social equity Economic development

14. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Key policy drivers in EU Lisbon strategy – emphasis on growth and jobs –European employment strategy has the leading role in implementation of the employment and labour market objectives of the Lisbon strategy Full employment Improving quality and productivity at work Strenghtening social and territorial cohesion –Education and training 2010 & lifelong learning –Integrated guidelines for growth and jobs (2008-2010) –Need for cross-sectoral partnerships and greater efficiency in allocating administrative and financial resources - flexicurity

15. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Current policy drivers for employment in EU INTEGRATED GUIDELINES FOR GROWTH AND JOBS (2008-2010) –COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION on the broad guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and the Community (under Article 99 of the EC Treaty) –COUNCIL DECISION on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (under Article 128 of the EC Treaty)

16. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Current policy drivers in education e.g. Making a European Area of Lifelong Learning a Reality –Commission Communication 2001 Council Resolution on Lifelong Learning (2002) Education and Training 2010 Copenhagen Declaration on Enhanced European Cooperation in VET (2002) Council Recommendation on key competences for lifelong learning (2006) Council Recommendation on the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (2008)

17. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Actions taken at European level Resolution on Lifelong Guidance by the Council of Ministers of Education (2004) Development of common European approaches and reference tools for lifelong guidance provision –Common concepts and principles of lifelong guidance service –Career guidance and the validation of non-formal and informal learning A Handbook on Guidance Policy Development Strenghtening policies, systems, and practices for guidance through European collaboration –EU education and training programmes A new Resolution on better integration of lifelong guidance into lifeong learning strategies during the French 2008 EU Presidency

18. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 The OECD/EU Handbook for Policy Makers (2004) Four Sections: –Meeting the needs of young people –Meeting the needs of adults –Widening access –Support for the system development Available at: –http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/53/ 53/34060761.pdf Overview in Czech at: –http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/54/ 35/34061287.pdf

19. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 EU Common reference tools in LLG In 2005 CEDEFOP has published materials to support the implementation and further development of the common reference tools (Improving lifelong guidance policies and systems) Available at: –http://cedefop.europa.eu/etv/Upload/Informati on_resources/Bookshop/400/4045_en.pdf

20. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 EU Council Resolution on integrating guidance to lifelong learning strategies 21.11.2008 The growing globalisation of trade and lengthening of the period of active employment are increasingly requiring individuals to adapt their skills, in order to remain ahead of foreseeable or necessary changes and to safeguard their career paths; The enlargement of the European Union has increased the potential for mobility in education and training, as well as in the labour market, thereby creating the need to prepare Union citizens to develop their learning and professional pathways in a broader geographical context;

21. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 EU Council Resolution on integrating guidance to lifelong learning strategies 21.11.2008 Citizens' lives are increasingly characterised by multiple transitions: notably from school to vocational education and training (VET), higher education or employment, or from employment to unemployment, further training or departure from the labour market. Guidance plays a decisive role in the major decisions that individuals have to take throughout their lives. In this respect, it can contribute to empowering individuals to manage their own career paths in a more secure way in the context of today's labour market, and to achieve a better balance between their personal and professional lives;

22. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 EU Council Resolution on integrating guidance to lifelong learning strategies 21.11.2008 The labour market is also characterised by the mismatch between persistent unemployment and difficulties in recruiting in certain sectors, and guidance provides a means of responding more effectively to labour market needs; Social inclusion and equal opportunities are still major challenges for education, training and employment policies,

23. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 EU Council: Invitations to Member States 21.11.2008 Encourage the lifelong acquisition of career management skills; Facilitate access by all citizens to guidance services; Develop the quality assurance of guidance provision; Encourage coordination and cooperation among the various national, regional and local stakeholders. Use the opportunities provided under the Lifelong Learning Programme and the European Structural Funds, in accordance with Member States' priorities.

24. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Development and implementation of interdisciplinary guidance practise and policies Need for transparency Analysis of the services visible for citizens and the mechanisms behind the planning and managing the services not visible for the users Shift from cocooned and isolated guidance providers to interdisciplinary partnerships Need for a model that identifies the components and features of interdisciplinary approach in practical, organisational, regional and national policy levels Need for a tool to enhance common language and to bridge the gap between the practise and guidance policy development

25. Legislation Instructions Resources Strategic design of guidance practise & policy (Kasurinen 2006, Vuorinen, Kasurinen & Sampson 2006) Information and advice services ICT services in counseling Group counseling sessions Individual counseling sessions Educational settings Economic and work life structures Networks Objectives Responsibilities Division of labor PolicyContextOrganizationContents Action plans MethodsTime Career and future planning Guidance in study process and skills Psychosocial support and health care services Citizen’s life & career management and implementation, Lifelong Guidance Strategic design & policy development - Not visible Services visible for clients Leadership and management Action culture Human resources Arrangement of education and support systems

26. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Promoting career management skills - ELGPN WP1 field visit 5-7-2009 Vilnius - Synthesis report by Ronald Sultana:

27. Personal Management positive self-image interaction with others change and grow Exploring learning / work participate in LLL locate/use information understand work Life/work building secure, create, keep work make good decisions life – work balance understand life/work roles manage life/work building process Filtered through: national cultures / structures national curricular traditions: - encyclopaedic tradition (content oriented) - Humboldt tradition (humanist, process oriented) - Anglo-saxon tradition (outcome oriented) These cultures determine: view of citizen role of the state style of learning / assessment pedagogic approach type of curriculum (de/centralised) view of learner (tabula rasa?) ‘BLUEPRINT’?

28. Clarity (and realism) about the value of Career Management Skills Enhancing ‘employability’: 1.Understanding (broader and deeper than knowledge) 2.Skills (or ‘skilful practices’, which includes deployment of skills) 3.Efficacy beliefs (including students’ views of themselves and personal qualities) 4.Metacognition (self-awareness regarding learning, and capacity to reflect on it). Enhancing ‘employability’: 1.Understanding (broader and deeper than knowledge) 2.Skills (or ‘skilful practices’, which includes deployment of skills) 3.Efficacy beliefs (including students’ views of themselves and personal qualities) 4.Metacognition (self-awareness regarding learning, and capacity to reflect on it). Taught (or caught?) in a myriad of ways [Gap: issue of transferability]

29.  Defines role of career guidance staff  Has major implications for profile sought  Has major implications for training  Defines role of career guidance staff  Has major implications for profile sought  Has major implications for training Infusion model Separate subject Extra-curricular Mixed model Policy options for education sector: Shared responsibility – overall coordination – curriculum mapping – joint curriculum development – captured by system logic Responsibility delegated (no ownership) – often part of lifeskills (elbowed out) – generic or customised Band-aid approach – often too little, too late – targeted, rather than LL Best of both worlds? – ensures coverage – requires careful planning

30. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Questions for consideration when implementing coherent guidance provision Distinction between three level of linkages –Communication Exchanging informaton, exploring potentials for co- operation –Co-operation Between partners, within existing structures, decision powers and mandates retained by each partner –Co-ordination Requires a co-ordinating structure with operational mandates and funding (contract or legal mandate)

31. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Questions for consideration when implementing coherent guidance provision(2) Potential advantages of top-down approaches –Funding base –Direct link with policy Potential advantages of bottom-up approaches –May be more sustainable –More independence in actions –May produce a greater sense of ownership and motivated participation

32. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Questions for consideration when implementing coherent guidance provision (3) Integrative potentials of the ICT –Bringing together the stake holders –A tool and a powerful agent of change –Data collection and dissemination –System integration

33. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Guidance policy and practise State of art in Europe & Examples of good practise Cedefop 2008: From Policy to Practice

34. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Lifelong guidance practise and policy development (1) Countries are more aware of the need for guidance policy development, However, –Services tend to be in silos –National coordination mechanisms are at early stage –Goals of the services seem to be supplier driven rather than user driven Examples of good practise: –Legislation in guidance: BG, CZ, DK, EE, EL, ES, FR, IT, LT. IS Legislation on practitioners qualifications: FI –Promoting guidance in HE settings: BG, FI, HU, RO

35. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Lifelong guidance practise and policy development (2) Much is done to ease access, However, –Several gategories of citizens have difficulties in access –Most of the services are public, this leads in gaps in service provision for employed adults –Marketing of the services at early stage Examples of good practise: –Iceland: Lifelong Learning Centres –UK: Integration of telephone helplines and the Internet Use of mobile devices: DK, FI –Development of national portals: BE fr, BG, CY, EL, ES, FR, LT, NL, PT, RO, SE

36. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Lifelong guidance practise and policy development (3) Quality assurance of career services is attracting increasing attention, However –National feedback mechanisms in early stages –Most of the feedback mechanisms administrative or practitioner centered –QA mechanisms are developed for specific sectors Examples of good practise: –Development of counsellor training: AT, BG, DE, DK, EL, IS, LT, LV, PT, RO, SK –National quality standards: IE, DK, UK –Online tools for evaluation of guidance: FI

37. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Lifelong guidance practise and policy development (4) Career management skills are promoted among youth, However –Gaps in adult guidance –Guidance in schools is fragmented –Focus of PES is in placement not so much in promoting career management skills Examples of good practise: –APEL: BE, DK, EL, FI, HU, IS, UK –Guidance in curriculum: IE, FI –National development programmes for adult guidance: CY, DK, ES, FI, HU, IE, IS, PT, SI, UK

38. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Lifelong guidance practise and policy development (5) Evidence-based guidance policy development is being reinforced, However –Partnerships are tentative –Governments have tight budgets for guidance –Professionalisation of career practitioners is in early stage Examples of good practise: –National co-ordination mechanisms/fora in 24 Member States –Establishments of national research units focusing on guidance: FI, RO, UK, IS

39. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 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 2008http://elgpn.eu *) Evropskou síť pro rozvoj politiky celoživotního poradenství, ELGPN

40. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 ELGPN membership 26 member countries, three 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 National Employment and Social Office, NESO Contact person: BORBÉLY, Tibor Bors

41. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Long Term Objectives of the ELGPN Support for policy development Policy sharing Information gathering Policy analysis and research Use of reference tools Exploiting project outcomes Strengthening representative structures

42. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 ELGPN working methods Network meetings Thematic clusters with peer learning activities Case studies with field visits Thematic studies Biennial European lifelong guidance policy conferences –2. European conference on lifelong guidance during the French 2008 EU Presidency, 17-18.9.2008, Lyon, France –3. European conference on lifelong guidance during the Spanish 2010 EU Presidency 6-7 May, Zaragoza, Spain

43. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Co-operation with other structures The Network and the national fora will be linked, through appropriate membership or co-operation arrangements, to other relevant networks and initiatives at European level. These include: –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).

44. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Thematic clusters 2009-2010 Support for policy development and implementation at national level Co-operation and co-ordination mechanisms in guidance practice and policy development Quality assurance/Evidence-based practice and policy development Widening access Promoting career management skills Synergies between EU funded projects Education & Training and Employment policy analysis from Lifelong Guidance perspective

45. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Added value of the ELGPN A tool for European co-operation Enhancement of national solutions to meet national challenges. ELGPN is a conclusion to meet the challenges the policy makers meet in implementing the Lisbon strategies and the tools supporting the strategy (e.g. EQF and ECVET)

46. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Guidance in future EU strategies… Council conclusions of 12 May 2009 on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (‘ET 2020’). –Guidance is included in the main strategic objective of the framework, especially in objective 1 (Making lifelong learning and mobility a reality). New Skills for New Jobs

47. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 Conclusions… There is a political consensus at international level that guidance and counselling are seen as key strategic components for implementing lifelong learning and employment strategies at regional and national levels. The progress can be enhanced if governments and local authorities invest in the systems that support consistent and coherent lifelong guidance policy development. This approach requires close co-operation between different ministries in charge of guidance related policies as well as a solid evidence base.

48. With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network http://elgpn.eu Coordinator: elgpn@jyu.fi RV/02/11/2009 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@ktl.jyu.firaimo.vuorinen@ktl.jyu.fi www: http://elgpn.eu/http://elgpn.eu/ Skype: vuorai