EUROPE 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
Subject of the Policy document
EUROPE 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
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Adopted/Released by European Commission
Year of adoption 2010
Reference number COM(2010) 2020 final
Available at http:// http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/documents/related-document-type/index_en.htm
Available in English at http:// http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:2020:FIN:EN:PDF
1. Additional narrative description of the reference to Lifelong Guidance
While the strategy makes no explicit reference to lifelong guidance, the paper and its flagship initiatives (Youth on the Move, The Agenda for New Skills and Jobs, Innovation Union, and A European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion) emphasise the active role of citizens' acquisition of lifelong career management skills.
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- File: European Commission (2010) Europe 2020, strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.pdf (154 KB)
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ELGPN, legislation, policy, access, adult education, ageing population, career guidance, co-operation, communication, drop-out, early childhood education, higher education, informal learning, non-formal learning, schools, strategy, tertiary education, VET, vocational education, mobility, modernisation, European union, career management skills, co-operation and co-ordination, quality assurance and evidence-base, employment, social inclusion
Draft Council Resolution on a renewed European agenda for adult learning
Subject of the Policy document
Draft Council Resolution on a renewed European agenda for adult learning
Reference data
Adopted/Released by Council of the European Union
Year of adoption 2011
Reference number 16743/11
Available at http:// http://ec.europa.eu/education/news/news3142_en.htm
Available in English at http:// http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st16/st16743.en11.pdf
1. Additional narrative description of the reference to Lifelong Guidance
The resolution welcomes the already achieved improvement in guidance services for adults (p. 5) and "encourage[s]the development of effective lifelong guidance systems, as well as integrated systems for the validation of non-formal and informal learning" (p. 8).
Bearing in mind the Europe 2020 Goals, member states are invited to focus on "... developing comprehensive and easily accessible information and guidance systems, complemented by effective outreach strategies aimed at raising awareness and motivation among potential learners, with specific focus on disadvantaged groups, early school leavers, young people not in education, employment or training (EETs), low qualified adults, particularly those with literacy difficulties, and followed up with second-chance opportunities leading to a recognised EQF level qualification." (p. 13).
The resolution also highlights "the learning needs of people with disabilities and people in specific situations of exclusion from learning, such as those in hospitals, care homes and prisons, and providing them with adequate guidance support." (p. 16)
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- File: Council (2011) Draft Council Resolution on a renewed European Agenda for adult learning.pdf (170 KB)
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policy, access, adult education, companies, disadvantaged groups, group at risk, lifelong guidance, lifelong learning, learning outcome, learner responsibility, learner autonomy, lifelong guidance systems, validation, informal learning, non-formal learning, key competencies, European Qualifications Framework, flexibility, in-company training, re-skilling, up-skilling, second chance, second chance opportunities, open method of coordination, workplace-based learning, employer, flexible learning pathways, quality assurance, active ageing, intergenerational, ICT, data and knowledge on adult learning, disability, people with disabilities, European union, resolution, career management skills, quality assurance and evidence-base, employment, social inclusion
Council Resolution on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies
Subject of the Policy document
Council Resolution on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies
Reference data
Adopted/Released by Council of the European Union
Year of adoption 2008
Reference number 2008/C 319/02
Available at http:// http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/educ/104236.pdf
Available in English at http:// http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:319:0004:0007:EN:PDF
1. Additional narrative description of the reference to Lifelong Guidance
This is one of the key policy documents relating to lifelong guidance. The Resolution identifies the four priority areas (encouraging the lifelong acquisition of career management skills; facilitating access by all citizens to guidance services; developing quality assurance in guidance; and encouraging coordination and cooperation among national, regional and local stakeholders in guidance), around which the ELGPN work packages are built. The document also recognises role of the ELGPN as, inter alia, a means to share information and examples of best practice among the Member States.
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- File: Council (2008) Council Resolution on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies_OJ.pdf (98 KB)
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policy, access, career management skills, Cedefop, cooperation, coordination, disadvantaged groups, ELGPN, employment, European Qualifications Framework, guidance practitioner, guidance system, key competencies, lifelong guidance, lifelong learning, quality assurance, social inclusion, European union, resolution, co-operation and co-ordination, quality assurance and evidence-base, schools, VET, higher education, adult education
Guidance and counselling for learning, careers and employment_HU
Subject of the Policy document
Guidance and counselling for learning, careers and employment_HU
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Adopted/Released by
Year of adoption
Reference number
Available at http://
Available in English at http://
1. Additional narrative description of the reference to Lifelong Guidance
Guidance Chapter from VET Report of Refernet
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policy, access, Report, service provision, vocational education and training, European union, National level, Hungary, Cedefop, career management skills, VET