Voices for Career Support: A Multistakeholder Dialogue
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Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.
Career guidance and employment services
Career guidance and counselling, career education and lifelong development of skills for employability are key for success in learning activities, effective career transitions, livelihood planning, entrepreneurship and in increasing labour market participation. They are instrumental in promoting skills utilization, recognition (RPL), as well as in improving enterprise human resource management.
Career development activities encompass a wide variety of support activities including career information and advice, counselling, work exposure (e.g. job shadowing, work experience periods), assessment, coaching, mentoring, professional networking, advocacy, basic and employability skills training (curricular and non-curricular) and entrepreneurship training. It is often an area which is fragmented across different ministries (e.g. education, TVET, employment, youth) requiring an effort to achieve the necessary coordination to provide adequate support to individuals during learning, employment and unemployment/inactivity periods.
The proposed event is a multistakeholder panel discussion bringing together practitioners, policy makers, academicians, industry representatives, government agencies, and student voices from Himachal Pradesh. The session will advocate for accessible and inclusive career support services for people of all ages, with a focus on bridging the gap between policy, practice, and lived realities. By highlighting current challenges, sharing local and global perspectives, and identifying actionable pathways, the dialogue aims to strengthen the career guidance ecosystem in the state. The event seeks to position career support as a lifelong need that contributes to education, employment, and sustainable livelihoods.
About the organiser: The Himachal Pradesh Association of Career Educators (HP ACE) is an province-level emerging network of practitioners, teachers, counsellors, and development professionals dedicated to strengthening career education and guidance across the state. Its members bring diverse expertise from schools, colleges, universities, civil society, and industry, united by a shared vision of making career and livelihood support services accessible to learners of all ages in Himachal Pradesh, India. HP ACE aspires to serve as a state-level platform for advocacy, knowledge-sharing, and capacity-building in the field of career guidance.
Time: 10: 30 AM to 12 Noon CET
Languages: Hindi and English
Online event link: https://meet.google.com/vph-owar-bar?authuser=0
Registration link: https://forms.gle/kbCs8oE4dQQzJtAx5
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