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Fostering strategic leaderships
and networks
4th
International Symposium on Career
Development and Public Policy
Helmut Zelloth, ETF
23 October 2007, Aviemore / Scotland
What is the ETF ?
 Agency of the European Union
Assisting EU neighbouring countries in reforming
education, training and labour market systems
through
- dissemination of EU policies and good practices
- policy advice / learning and capacity building
- information and analysis
ETF’s partner countries
South Eastern Europe:
Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Serbia,
Montenegro, Kosovo
European Union candidate
countries:
Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
EU Member States
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Mediterranean region:
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,
Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza
Strip
ETF and Career Guidance
 5 years ago:
career guidance was not yet on institutional agenda
 2002 – 2007:
more than 30 countries have been covered by career
guidance policy reviews through the ETF
STRATEGIC
LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP ?
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
Examples…

UKRAINE
Special Edict on Guidance/2007 – issued by Vice-Prime Minister
- Leadership by Public Employment Services
Context: lack of skilled/manual workers in almost all sectors

MONTENEGRO
CIPS – Centres for Career Information and Counselling
Leadership by public employment services + dedicated
practitioners
Context: skills mismatch on labour market

GEORGIA
Career Counselors in all VET Centres (2007)
- Leadership by NGOs (HRD) + Ministry of Education (VET sector)
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
Examples…
 MACEDONIA (former Yugoslav Republic)
Career Centres in all VET schools
- Leadership by donor (USAID) + VET school
students organisation / dedicated teachers)
 TURKEY
National Protocol on Guidance
- Leadership by academic experts + donor (World
Bank) + Ministry of Education
NET - WORK(s)
The example…
 Regional Network of Policy
Makers in career guidance in the
Mediterranean region
- covering 10 countries/territories
- established by ETF in July 2006
- as part of a wider Regional Project of the
European Commission for the Mediterranean
region (‘MEDA ETE – Education and Training for
Employment’)
Partner countries / territories
 Algeria
 Egypt
 Israel
 Jordan
 Lebanon
 Morocco
 Syria
 Tunisia
 Turkey
 West Bank /
Gaza strip
OBJECTIVES…
To support the Mediterranean Partners
 in the design of relevant TVET policies
that can contribute to promote
employment through a regional
approach
 to further develop policies and
practices for career information,
guidance and counselling through
- regional comparative analysis
- regional co-operation and capacity building
Network architecture
20 Policy makers
from education and labour administration (2 per country),
nominated by their Ministers
10 Local
Experts
tendered and contracted
5 EU
experts
2 ETF + 3 external
consultants
Critical interrelations
+ success factors
Policy
analysis
Networking
Policy
learning
Interlinked Activities
NETWORKING
ANALYSIS
Policy makers
Experts level
•
JOINT WORKSHOP
with experts +
Country Mini-Action
Plans
•
STUDY VISIT +
policy/practice
lessons learned
•
Country reports (and
Field visits)
•
JOINT WORKSHOP
with policy makers
•
STUDY VISIT (some
experts)
Interlinked Activities
•
NETWORKING
ANALYSIS
Policy makers
Experts level
DEBRIEFING with
stakeholders in the
country
•
CROSS-COUNTRY
Report
•
VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
(Discussion Forum)
•
VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
(Discussion Forum)
•
Annual CONFERENCE
(Forum)
•
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE (Forum)
REGIONAL NETWORKS
can be very powerful
Connecting policy makers
(also from same country)
Added value
‘healthy competition’
(benchmarking)
+ piece of wider
puzzle
Stimulus + catalyst
for policy/practice development
at national level
Strengthening of
(individual + institutional)
networking capacities
+ leadership
IMPACT + SPIN-OFFs
 EGYPT
High commitment to strategy development
National Task Force established
Project proposal for donor funding
 TURKEY
Annual follow-up conferences
Revival of National Guidance Protocol
Country report translated / widely used
 JORDAN
Clearer vision + Pilot Centre in high school
IMPACT + SPIN-OFFs
 MOROCCO
National policy workshop
 SYRIA
Pilot Career Information and Guidance Centre
 WEST BANK/GAZA STRIP
Joint initiative of MoEHE+MoL for National
Centre for Vocational Guidance/Counselling
CHALLENGES AHEAD
How to use the
analytical work
systematically
To link with other
strategic developments
To keep the dynamic
and momentum
(TVET strategy, NQF,
apprenticeship , Observatories)
(bi-annual
reporting, annual conference,
refocus Virtual Community)
Challenges
To link with other
networks
(EU Policy Network for Lifelong
Guidance, ICCDPP, IAEVG etc)
To attract donor funding
+ be culturally sensitive
+ enable ‘home-grown’
development
For more information on ETF
www.etf.europa.eu