Resources on career guidance policy and practice in the pandemic

CEDEFOP

• Cedefop Lifelong guidance project pages (with news, Guidance ICT and LMI resources, publications): https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events-and-projects/projects/lifelong-guidance
• Cedefop’s CareersNet network of experts in lifelong guidance and career development: https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events-and-projects/networks/careersnet
• Cedefop’s EU+ Inventory of lifelong guidance systems and practices (28 countries): https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/country-reports/inventory-lifelong-guidance-systems-and-practices
• Cedefop’s Briefing note on career guidance, validation, incentives and financing in comprehensive and coordinated learning support systems (2020) - Empowering people to cope with change (2020): https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/publications/9153
• Chapter 3: Analytical framework for developing upskilling pathways for low-skilled adults (with policy features for guidance systems, outreach, validation and more) (2020) https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/3082_en_chapter_3.pdf
• Cedefop Note on lifelong guidance in the pandemic - Responses from CareersNet (2020): https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/2020_05_27_llg_and_pandemic_cnet_b.pdf
• Cedefop study on coordinating validation and career guidance (2019): https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/publications/5575
• Cedefop handbook of ICT practices for guidance and career development (2018): https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/publications/4164
• Forthcoming in 2021-2022 - Cedefop studies on support to incentives to careers and learning for adults - costs and financing, monitoring and evaluation, and non-financial incentives.

European Commission/European Council

• Lifelong guidance policy and practice in the EU: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=8284&furtherPubs=yes
• Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 21 November 2008 on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies: EUR-Lex - 42008X1213(02) - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)
• Draft Resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council on Strengthening Policies, Systems and Practices in the field of Guidance throughout life in Europe: GEN (europa.eu)

European Training Foundation (ETF)

ETF Career Guidance webpage: Career guidance | ETF (europa.eu)
Facebook live interview Career Guidance factsheet for Albania, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine: LearningConnects: Career guidance in the EU neighbourhood (facebook.com)
7 new Career Guidance factsheets in English and national languages: Career Guidance in Albania, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine | Open Space (europa.eu)
ETF publication "International trends and innovation in career guidance" (EN, Turkish and Russian version)

Volume I: https://www.etf.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2020-11/innovation_in_career_guidance_vol._1.pdf
Volume II (practice cases): https://www.etf.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2020-11/innovation_in_career_guidance_vol._2_0.pdf

ICCDPP

• www.iccdpp.org

- An international treasure trove of career guidance policy and systems development documents and reports, with easy navigation
- Thematic and country papers, proceedings, and outcomes of nine international symposia on career development and public policy
- Monthly email on career guidance policy and systems developments (sign up for free)

ILO

• Career Guidance: A resource handbook for low- and middle-income countries
• Job Search Club: Manual For Facilitators
• Enhancing youth employability: What? Why? and How? Guide to core work skills
• Skills for Employment Policy Brief - Enhancing youth employability: the importance of core work skills

OECD

• Career Ready? How schools can better prepare young people for working life in the era of COVID-19 – the paper identifies indicators of better than expected employment outcomes linked to teenage career-related attitudes and experiences – and illustrates variation between and within countries drawing on PISA 2018 data
• During 2021, the OECD Career Ready team will undertake further research and publishing new guidance, concluding in the autumn of 2021 with an online conference that will introduce new data driven tools for policy officials and practitioners. The new Career Ready website is now live: http://www.oecd.org/education/career-readiness/
• Other recent OECD publications include:

- Dream Jobs? Teenagers’ career aspirations and the future of work (2020)- Career Guidance for Adults in a Changing World of Work (2021)
- In December 2020, the OECD published the working paper

UNESCO

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