Name of the good/interesting practice/initiative/policy
Guidance Network Austria – Adult Education
Country
Austria
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1. Background
What makes this an example of good/interesting practice/initiative/policy?
- The motivation of the initiative (What is the history/background of the policy?)
- Linkages with LLG policy priorities (Please add references to other national/EU policies or documents)
- Participants
In order to improve guidance and counselling service provision, the Austrian Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture as well as the European Social Fund support networks acting at national and regional level.
Aims and targets
- Objectives of the initiative (What did the policy set out to achieve?)
- Target group
- Methods applied to reach the objective (technological and /or pedagogical)
The aims of the projects are
• to promote guidance service provision for adults all over the country
• to sustain guidance service quality
• to address target groups in accordance with their specific needs,
• to develop and/or promote tools to widen service access.
2. Implementation
Strategy and actions (Please describe the approach adopted to make the reform work and any actions taken.)
- Level of implementation (national, regional etc.)
- Implementation (description)
In every federal state a regional guidance network was or will be established, each of them consisting of service providers addressing general or specific target groups and strategic partners (e.g. gatekeepers).
A cross sectional project provides regional networks with various services and promotes quality assurance and development, by e.g.
• reviewing and certifying guidance and counselling suppliers,
• developing and implementing tools fostering common knowledge management (e.g. wiki for guidance counsellors: www.bibwiki.at), collecting information about fundings (www.kursförderung.at)
• collecting data from guidance providers out of the regional networks
• supplying further training for counsellors
• studying the evidences about reaching „difficult“ target groups
• integration of gender and diversity aspects
• developing innovative guidance types (distance counselling, competence oriented counselling)
• improving transparency and widening service access (e.g. database for guidance services www.bib-atlas.at)
The project started in 2011.
Monitoring and evaluation
- What has been put in place for monitoring and evaluation?
- What actors are involved?
3. Outcomes
Achievements (Please describe the main outcomes/results according to the following headings. Each option can be answered - up to 50 words)
- Specific results
- Cost effectiveness
- Budget
- Innovative aspects
Success factors (What key success factors have led to or prevented success?)
- Lessons learnt
- Unintended impacts (Have there been any unintended impacts? Positive or negative?)
Strengths and weaknesses
- What areas of the policy can we learn lessons from?
- Are there still challenges ahead?
4. Additional narrative description of the policy/practice/initiative
Additional information
Name of contact
Role (in policy initiative)
Organization name
Address
Phone
Fax
Website address
No links specified.
Documents and publications
Attached files
Links
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