An ILO event under the Global Careers Month

Career guidance for decent work: unlocking pathways to equity, inclusion, and sustainable development

In this webinar, global experts explore the transformative impact of career guidance as a key instrument for fostering access to decent work, advancing socio-economic development and social justice.

Objectives

Highlight the value of career guidance in achieving decent work, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where informal economies dominate and access to services is limited.
Examine innovative strategies and frameworks to embed career guidance into youth policies, sector skills strategies, and lifelong learning.
Explore future directions for career guidance systems in addressing emerging challenges, such as green and digital transitions, mass migration and forced displacement, and economic resilience.

The webinar generates insights on how to make career guidance a central pillar of decent work strategies and reflect on how to harness its transformative potential for individuals, communities, and societies.

This one-hour panel discussion is structured around three key questions:

What is the relationship between career guidance and decent work?
What are the key challenges to make career guidance a centerpiece in policy-making for decent work?
What are the solutions, considering the diversity of contexts that need to be addressed?

This event is part of a series of global, regional and national events organized under the second Global Careers Month during November 2025.

Recording

Recording Career guidance for decent work: unlocking pathways to equity, inclusion & sustainable development

Panellists

David Blustein

Professor and the Golden Eagle Faculty Fellow, Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology, Boston College
Jaana Kettunen

President, International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance. Professor of Guidance and Vice-director, Finnish Institute for Educational Research 
Marcelo Afonso Ribeiro

Professor, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Tristram Hooley

Professor of Career Education, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Pedro Moreno da Fonseca

Lifelong Learning Specialist, ILO