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  European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, ELGPN

 
    Lifelong Guidance:    Harmonising Policy and    Practice: Conference    hosted by NCGE in April    2004
    OECD Review 2001-2002  
    International Career
   Development and
   Public Policy
   Symposium 2001
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
   

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and Science as part of the
National Development Plan
2007– 2013.
 


Guidance Policy Resources

If you are interested in Guidance Policy on an international or European level, the following resources may be useful:

Career Transitions and Lifelong Guidance: Building a European Response
Paper presented by Dr. Raimo Vuorinen at the guidance conference, Managing Transitions: Lifelong Careers Guidance within the European Area in Lyon, France in September 2008
Dr Raimo Vuorinen .
September 2008, click here to download in Microsoft Word format.
Career Guidance and Public Policy. Bridging the Gap.
Looks at the gap between career guidance services and public policy, and how this can be narrowed.
Richard Sweet, OECD 2004.

Available to browse on the
OECD website

Guidance policies in the knowledge society: trends, challenges and responses across Europe.
Includes a useful 'synthesis of syntheses', this outlines the key findings of the recent reviews of guidance.

Ronald Sultana, Cedefop 2004.

Available from Cedefop, click here

OECD Review of Career Guidance Policies - Ireland Country Note OECD 2002.
Click here to download in PDF format
European Council of Minister's Resolution on Guidance.
Adopted during the Irish Presidency, this sets out jointly held views on guidance and is a significant step forward for the recognition of guidance as a key element in education and training.
Council of the European Union.
May 2004, click here to download in Microsoft Word format.
Presidency Conclusions on the importance of guidance throughout life in supporting and furthering the 'Lisbon Agenda'.
Conclusions of the Irish Presidency Informal Meeting of European Education ministers in May 2004.
Click here to download in Microsoft Word format.
Public Policies and Career Development World Bank 2003.
Available to download on the World Bank website

Useful Websites

Cedefop - Lifelong Guidance Virtual Community http://communities.trainingvillage.gr/ lifelong_guidance
Cedefop Library http://libserver.cedefop.eu.int
European Commission http://europa.eu.int/comm/
European Training Foundation http://www.etf.eu.int/
European Training Village http://www.trainingvillage.gr
OECD http://www.oecd.org

Other Resources

Our journal NCGE news regularly provides updates on what is going on in Guidance Policy - on a national and international level.

The work of the National Guidance Forum may also be of interest.

 

 
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