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Revisiting the Genoa Charter: the individual at the centre of Italian and European guidance policies. International Forum o n Guidance Guidance policy priorities ten years after the Genoa Charter Genoa, Italy November 16-17, 2011. Dr. BORBÉLY-PECZE, Tibor Bors,
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Revisiting the Genoa Charter: the individual at the centre of Italian and European guidance policies International Forum on Guidance Guidance policy priorities ten years after the Genoa Charter Genoa, Italy November 16-17, 2011 Dr. BORBÉLY-PECZE, Tibor Bors, member of the ELGPN Steering Group
Italy and the European Union 2001-2011 • Draft Resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council on Strengthening Policies, Systems and Practices in the field of Guidance throughout life in Europe 2004– definition on Guidance • Council Resolution on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies 2905th EDUCATIO, YOUTH AND CULTURE Council meeting Brussels, 21 November 2008 – 4 priorities • Expert Group on Guidance 2002-2007; EU Conference 2006, ELGPN 2007-… Genoa Chart (2001) • Creating a guidance system • Developing and acknowledging guidance careers – need for new professionals • Diversifying actions and evaluation • Continuous debate - Forum
Definition of Lifelong Guidance? (2004) • What? Activities: e.g.information giving, advice, counselling, assessment, teaching, advocacy • For whom/With who? 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 capacities and competences are learned and/or used • Where? Education, training, employment, community, private • EU Council of Ministries Resolution on lifelong guidance 2004
EU Council: Invitations to Member States 21.11.2008 • Encourage the lifelong acquisition of career management skills; (Wp1) • Facilitate access by all citizens to guidance services;(Wp2) • Develop the quality assurance of guidance provision; (Wp4) • Encourage coordination and cooperation among the various national, regional and local stakeholders. (Wp3) • Use the opportunities provided under the Lifelong Learning Programme and the European Structural Funds, in accordance with Member States' priorities.
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
ELGPN strategic goal 2011-12 • To deepen attention to the four themeswithin the 2008 Resolution; • to link this LLG perspective more closely to sectoralpolicy development • (in schools, VET, higher education, adult education, employment, and social inclusion) • at both national and EU levels; • and to produce concrete toolsto support these processes.
Roles of Guidance • As a policy… & a philosophy for public policies • As a system… • As a practice… • As a competency for the citizens…
Roles of Guidance (II.) • EU policy documents • Mentioning 6 sectors (pub.ed. VET, HiEd. EMPL/PES, social inclusion, adult ed.) – evaluate the joint outcomes of the 6. • LLG mentioned as a transition broker, • Role of CMS/ Life skills development • cross-cutting approach (EU 2020, ELGPN working documents) ISFOL Report on Guidance 2010 • Mainly addressed G. as a system of different separated sectors (VET, EMPL./PES & companies HiEd. migration) • Emphasized „competency trader” role
Strategic design of guidance practise & policy (Kasurinen 2006, Vuorinen, Kasurinen & Sampson 2006) Legislation Instructions Resources Policy Context Organization Contents Action plans Methods Time Strategic design & policy development - Not visible Educational settings Economic and work life structures Networks Leadership and management Action culture Human resources Arrangement of education and support systems GUIDANCE PROVISION Services visible for clients Career and future planning Guidance in study process and skills Psychosocial support and health care services Objectives Responsibilities Division of labor Information and advice services ICT services in counseling Group counseling sessions Individual counseling sessions Citizen’s life & career management and implementation, Lifelong Guidance
Long Term Objectives of the ELGPN and question marks in the ISFOL (2010) report • Clear(er) understanding on the supply and the demand sides (ISFOL Report p 117, ELGPN Wp2) • Common understanding of CMS (Wp1) • List of qualifications and competencies of the professionals and para-professionals (CEDEFOP 2009, ELGPN WP4, ISFOL Report p 109-110) • Common quality standards for the different sectors? (ELGPN Wp4– draft QA framework) • Widening access (ICT, self-service included) vs. quality of CG services • Evaluation of the outcomes (ISFOL Report, ELGPN Wp4) • First measuring the Learning Outcomes (Wp4 pilot)
Life-wide guidance Experience of family, acquintances, colleagues; CM (community media) Self-information Semi-professional experts Professionals I.Carreer guidance experts Professionals II.Psychologists Simple self-information Multidisciplinar guidance Teachers Individual guidance Medical rehabilitation Social workers Psychological counselling Supported self information Romany reintegration Educational professionals Group guidance Roles of the national coordinating body Sustainment Professional support Service ensurance Service ensurance Professional contacts Professional support Professional support Moving towards a national LLG & LWG system Original model Finnish PES 2006, modified by Borbély-Pecze-Répáczki-Kovács 2011 Growing costs, intensity, special know-how
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 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.
Thank you! For further information, please contact: Tibor Bors BORBÉLY-PECZE, Ph.D. Member of the ELGPN Steering Group, Wp4 coordinator country PES, Hungary borbelytibor@lab.hu + 36 30 216 0095