Project

Project

Emerging needs

Career guidance is an essential component of modern education and training systems to (re-)orientate younger and older generations towards the acquisition of 21st century skills. Lifelong guidance has been receiving increasing attention at both European and national levels. Two Resolutions of the Education Council (in 2004 and 2008) have highlighted the need for strong guidance services throughout the lifespan to equip citizens with the skills to manage their learning and careers and the transitions between and within education/training and work. The Resolutions drew attention to four priority areas: 1. the development of career management skills (CMS); 2. accessibility of services; 3. quality assurance and evidence base for policy and systems development; 4. co-ordination of services. Member States were invited to take action to modernise and strengthen their guidance policies and systems.

Proposals

This proposal will promote at European level a cooperation for sharing different approaches, for defining and testing a shared CMS framework and for developing guidance and training resources for school teacher and guidance practitioners, also using ICT (developing an innovative e-learning platform, integrating e-portfolio, career maching software, information and guidance resources, web tools and environment to perform web seminar and e-tutoring, …). This proposal will cope with the priorities of the ERASMUS+ Programm - Strategic Partnership (Basic skills and "transversal key competences").

Projects aims:

identify and develop teaching and learning approaches, methods and resources that effectively support the development of CMS as transversal key competences
develop assessment and evaluation methods and practices that improve the quality of learning of Career Management Skills
identify and develop the integration of the European dimension in teaching and learning.

Resources

International Survey on Career Management Skills (CMS) - O1

Proposal for a Career Management Skills framework - O2

Training Model for career guidance practitioners on CMS - O3

Open platform for guidance practitioners - O4

CMS Resources: learning/teaching/training materials - O5

Report on national Pilot Actions - O6

Handbook "Career Management Skills" - O7

UNICAM was founded in 1382, it has a twenty-year experience in international cooperation, local development and vocational training in human resource projects such as, LEONARDO DA VINCI, TEMPUS, FULL BRIGHT, INTERRG ERASMUS. Unicam has many years of experience of partnerships with European research centres and accumulated knowledge.

The International Centre for Guidance Studies was established in April 1998 through a partnership between the University of Derby and the Careers Consortium (East Midlands) Ltd. In September 2003 it became a wholly-owned by the University. Over the past decade, iCeGS has developed into a centre of excellence providing research, development and consultancy services.

www.derby.ac.uk

Being the biggest Vocational School of Higher Education of Çukurova University, the organization serves about 6000 students in 15 departments of both formal and distance education. It aims to educate well-trained and talented staff in that country needed branches; the interface between engineers and technicians to meet the need for manpower and professional staff, modern and high quality.

Centro Studi Pluriversum (CSP) is an Italian private company, engaged in the field of career education and career counselling, which has been planning, providing services and managing projects within the PES, guidance and education system in several Italian Regions for more than 15 years.

www.pluriversum.eu

CASCAiD is an established careers software development company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Loughborough University. CASCAiD is the market leader for supplying careers guidance software within the UK. The company possesses a portfolio of products to meet the careers guidance needs of all ages.

www.cascaid.co.uk

The Research Centre was established in 1983 as part of the Athens University of Economics and Business in order to coordinate and facilitate research by members of the University's faculty. In this capacity, the Centre is collaborating with other university institutions, public entities and organisations, private enterprises, international organisations and selected qualified individuals.

DEP Institut is specialized in social research, marketing and strategy consulting with more than 15 years of experience. In 1998 DEP Institut started EDUCAWEB (www.educaweb.com)-the most important Spanish website devoted to educational and career guidance and information.

The IED is an NGO that was founded in 2005 in Larissa, Greece. Our vision is to create an environment that promotes entrepreneurship, research and the entrepreneurial spirit and mindset of businesses, creating long-lasting relationships with society and the academic community.

POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest (PUB), founded in 1886, is now the largest and the most prestigious technical university of Romania, defined by the national system as an “advanced research and education” university, preparing specialists and experts for various technical fields. Its main mission is to provide the graduates with abilities in order to adapt to the demands of the market and of the new technologies, with economic and managerial knowledge, with sustainable development and environmentally friendly principles.