Presentations from International Conference "Motivation for development", Sofia, 10-12 Oct. 2012, organised by Euroguidance and Europass Bulgarian and Foundation Business for education. / Презентации от Международната конференция "Мотивация за развитие", София, 10-12 Окт. 2012, организирана от Еврогайдънс и Европас България, и Фондация на бизнеса за образование. Prof. Ronald Sultana speaks about main trends in the development of Career Guidance Across Europe. The video from his appearance is available through our Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/webhrdc/. Проф. Роналд Султана говори за Основните тенденции в развитието на кариерното консултиране в Европа. Видеото с неговото представяне е достъпно чрез нашия Youtube канал: http://www.youtube.com/user/webhrdc/.

1. Career Guidance
Ronald G. Sultana – University of Malta
across Europe
Trends,
Issues and
remaining
Challenges
Euroguidance conference– Sofia–10 to 12 October 2012

2. Career Guidance
across Europe
 4 overlapping reviews:
OECD – CEDEFOP, (and ETF),
DG Employment – World Bank
 50+ countries, of which 29 in Europe
 Broadly similar policy challenges
 Tool to benchmark and review practices
 Role of European Lifelong Policy Network

3. Career Guidance
across Europe
definition
…services intended to assist
…individuals and groups
…of any age
…at any point throughout their lives
…to make educational, training &
occupational choices
…and to manage their careers

4. Career Guidance
across Europe
guidance
 a private and public good
 promotes LLL goals
 addresses LM issues
 fosters social inclusion

5. Career Guidance
across Europe
youth adults access inform staff funding

6. Career Guidance
across Europe
youth adults access inform staff funding
support complex transitions
youth
youth
extend guidance provision
promote the guidance-oriented school
ensure guidance is not crowded out
embed guidance in curriculum
cater for needs of out-of-school youth

7. Career Guidance
across Europe
youth adults access inform staff funding
adults
adults
narrowly targeted
guidance function muted
job mobility
career management
role of enterprises
trade union input
needs of older workers

8. Career Guidance
across Europe
youth adults access inform staff funding
access
serious limitations are evident
potential of ICTs
self-service, self-help modes
guidance at home, work, leisure sites
digital divide
call centre technology

9. Career Guidance
across Europe
youth adults access inform staff funding
thorough, objective, reliable
inform
‘information dump’?
fragmented, unconnected
consolidate data sets
connect educational and career
information with LM data
quality issues: usable, reliable,
up-to-date information

10. Career Guidance
across Europe
youth adults access inform staff funding
taffing
great diversity
multiplicity of roles
differences between education
and PES staff
little specialized initial training
process of professionalization

11. Career Guidance
across Europe
youth adults access inform staff funding
main burden is on the state
funding devolution and subsidiarity
outsourcing
dangers of policy vacuum
overlap, standards, inequity
in service provision
market and quasi-market
provision

12. Career Guidance
across Europe
leadership
 Need for more determined leadership
 3 key mechanisms: legislation, quality
standards, evidence-based monitoring
 Key role of the state
 Need for support from social partners
 More cross-sectoral collaboration
 Role of National Guidance Forums

13. Career Guidance
across Europe Key trends
from… …to
 CG as secondary  Legal entitlement
 Psychology-based  Multi-disciplinary
 Focus on nation state  Europe-wide mobility
 Target: ‘at risk’  Mainstream service
 Delivery at key points  Provided lifelong
 ‘Curative’ in scope  Educative
 Institution-based  Ubiquitous

14. Career Guidance
across Europe Key trends
from… …to
 State as key provider  Other providers
 Non-specialised staff  Initial & ctd. Training
 Poorly  Clear entry/progression
professionalised
 Diff staff categories
 Same-level personnel
 Self-access, self-service
 Focus on provision
 Monitored decentralisation
 Centrally managed
 Codes, standards…

15. Career Guidance
across Europe Key trends ctd.
from… …to
 Homogenous service  Differentiated service
 Sectorally segmented  Cross-sectoral collab
 Targets individuals  Targets groups
 Outside curriculum  Permeates curriculum
 Education # LM data  Consolidate databases
 Under-researched  Systematically reflexive

16. Career Guidance
across Europe
…rich thesaurus of noteworthy
practice…
…draw inspiration for a
heightened degree of strategic
and enlightened leadership…
…for the benefit of the individual,
the economy and society alike.