Career guidance policy and practice: A strategic tool for planners and decision-makers in employment, education and training
French
ILO
The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org
Training quality and relevance
This course will make planners and policy-makers aware of the importance, relevance and positive impact of career guidance in developing and emerging economies.
Career guidance enables participants to enhance their capacities in improving, planning and implementing career guidance services, significantly increasing the chances for success and fulfilment in their professional life and at the same time avoiding the waste of human talent and resources through bad career choices. It is widely acknowledged that career guidance is beneficial not only for the individual’s empowerment and choices for the future, but also contributes to achieving public policy goals in the labour market, as well as to a more pertinent and effective education and vocational training system.
With this in mind, the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), in collaboration with the European Training Foundation (ETF) is offering a joint training and knowledge-sharing course on career guidance policies and practices. This course targets primarily planners and policy makers in developing and emerging economies. It addresses both experts and technical staff working in the field of employment as well as professionals working in the education/training sector, notably:
-Employment, TVET and education planners and counsellors at national, regional and local governmental levels
-Leaders in guidance professional societies and unions
-Representatives of employers and workers’ organizations involved in education decision making and TVET
-Members of Boards of Trustees of educational and training institutions and bodies, or similar committees
-Staff of public and private employment services, job centres, schools, vocational training centres and other institutions working in the area of career guidance