Austria Progress Report National activities for a

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AustriaProgress ReportNational activities
for a National Guidance ForumPeter Härtel
 Prague, 23-24 March 2006
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Austrian National Guidance Strategy

• The Austrian strategy for improving the system of
  lifelong guidance is based on
• A holistic View of Lifelong Learning and Lifelong
  Guidance 
• Information, Counselling , Orientation for
  Education and Profession 
• development of a national strategy Austria.

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• Basics and starting positions
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• Ä Career Guidance Policy Review, OECD 2003
• Ä Resolutions Council of the European Union, May
  2004
• Ä EU Handbook for Policy Makers, December 2004
• Ä   National and internationals documents

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II. Main topics   Ä Improvement of coordination
of offers and development of a strategy for
information, counselling and guidance for
education and profession. Ä Close links to the
strategy for Lifelong Learning. Ä   Contribution
to reach the Lisbon goals.

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• III. Steps 
• Ä Installment of a working group in the Federal
  Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.(
  March 2005)
• Ä  Broadening the platform with additional
  partners, from the Federal Ministry of Economics
  and Labour, Labour Market Service, Chamber of
  Economics, Chamber of Employees, Federation of
  Austrian Industry, Euroguidance, Economic
  Society.
• Ä Development of a common strategy.

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• IV. Analyses and Studies 
• Ä Overview above regulations by law in the field
  of guidance and counselling in Austria basics
  of values and goals in Austrian constitution
  and law.
• Ä Collection and analyses of initiatives and
  project concerning the fields of politics as
  described in the guidance resolutions of the
  European Union and the proposals of the Country
  Note of the OECD.
• (more than hundred initiatives and projects are
  analysed and documented).

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V. Paper of the Social Partners   Ä Guidelines
and demands in the field of guidance and
counselling for education and profession are
described in a paper (work in progress) by the
chamber of commerce, Federation of Austrian
Industry, Chamber of employees and the Austrian
Trade Union.
 
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VI. Main tasks for the Development of a
Strategy     VI.1. Meta goals   Ä Orientation on
the demands of the citizens Ä Improvement of the
basic competences for planning the own
educational and vocational development. Ä Open
and easy access to services for lifelong
guidance. Ä Connecting lifelong guidance with
strategies for lifelong learning
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VI.2. Programmatic goals   Ä Implementation of
basic competences in all curricula. Ä Focus on
process orientation and coaching. Ä Professionalis
m of counsellors and trainers. Ä Quality
assurance and evaluation of offers, measures,
processes and structures of guidance and
counselling. Ä Widening the access offers for
new target groups
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VII. Meetings, Conferences, Dates   Ä In the year
of the European Union presidency of Austria a lot
of conferences, meetings and workshops with the
topic on guidance and counselling national and
transnational takes place.   Ä According to the
interest of the next presidency of Finland,
Austria prepares some contents and concepts for
discussion and development.   Ä As a member of
the Austrian Steering Group Peter Härtel will
represent Austria at the International Symposium
Career Development and Public Policy Shaping
the Future in April 2006 in Sydney/Australia.
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The European Joint Actions project European
Guidance Forum coordinated by the Austrian
partner (Economic Society) develops concepts and
proposals to improve national and transnational
network and platforms for guidance and
counselling in Europe, based on the reference
tools of the European Union, the CEDEFOP, the
OECD and the ICCDPP, these are reference papers
for the Austrian development and strategy too.
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AustriaProgress ReportNational activities
for a National Guidance ForumPeter Härtel
 Prague, 23-24 March 2006