1. Guidance and councelling services for adults -national coordination project Project Manager Erno Hyvönen GetSet-Seminar Turku 17.9.2009 “Learning Doors” – Coordinating networking in guidance and counselling for adults in Finland

2. Action Programme on information services, advice and guidance for adult education and training projects started in 2008 Funded by ESF, administered by The State Provincial Office of Southern Finland, coordinated by JAMK University of Applied Sciences (w/ the Labour Institution) in Jyväskylä, Finland The whole budget of the Development Program is 26,1 Milj.€ (including all of the projects) not available after 2013-> unique opportunity! Background

3. The Development program consists of four national projects (Guidance and counselling services for adults – national coordination project, two educational projects and one project to develop e-services for guidance and counselling) and 25-30 regional “Learning door” (Opin ovi) -projects. All have the same goal; give more and better career guidance and counselling for adults. Aim for holistic regional strategies where guidance and councelling is seen as an important part of regional development in means of providing enough skilled labour. Background

4. E-services for guidance and councelling, model for the 2010´s ”Self-service”; simple to use e-services ”Heavy-duty service pack”; cross-sectoral co-operation ”Service pack lite” 10% 20-30% 60-70% of adult population

5. What are the vocational qualifications of a good Lumberjack? -In the 1980´s? -In the 2010´s? National educational projects: Changing vocational qualifications From Monty Python´s ”Lumberjack song ” What are the vocational qualifications of a good careers councellor?

6. Regional level: Is it worth it? - Regional adult education & adult guidance and councelling strategies are crucial in securing the regional supply of skilled labour - Regional cross-sectoral networks have participants from educational institutes, employment offices, enterprises, labour unions, third sector NGO´s etc. -Regional best practices for different regional needs

7. National level; Coordination project. (800 000€) + others (7M€) Aluetaso; alueelliset Opin ovet Practise; guidance & counceling in working life etc. 1.Creating the Strategy 2.Creating the Network 3.New measures in practise Aluetaso; alueelliset Opin ovet Regional level; regional Learning doors (18 M€) (Networking inside and between the regions) 1.Coordination & follow-up 2.Support & guidance 3.Documentation & dissemination 4.Securing the continuity Shared results: securing the availability of skilled labour. Life- long learning

8. ”I can only show you the learning door. You're the one that has to walk through it” -Morpheus to Neo in the movie The Matrix (1999) www.opinovi.fi erno.hyvonen@jamk.fi