Fostering strategic leaderships and networks

4th International Symposium on Career

Development and Public Policy

Helmut Zelloth, ETF23 October 2007, Aviemore / Scotland

What is the ETF ?

Agency of the European Union

Assisting EU neighbouring countries in reforming education, training and labour market systems through

- dissemination of EU policies and good practices - policy advice / learning and capacity building - information and analysis

EU Member States

ETF’s partner countries

Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

South Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo

European Union candidate countries: Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey

Mediterranean region: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza Strip

ETF and Career Guidance

5 years ago:

career guidance was not yet on institutional agenda

2002 – 2007:

more than 30 countries have been covered by career

guidance policy reviews through the ETF

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP ?

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIPExamples…

UKRAINESpecial Edict on Guidance/2007 – issued by Vice-Prime Minister- Leadership by Public Employment Services

Context: lack of skilled/manual workers in almost all sectors

MONTENEGROCIPS – Centres for Career Information and Counselling- Leadership by public employment services + dedicated

practitioners

Context: skills mismatch on labour market

GEORGIACareer Counselors in all VET Centres (2007)- Leadership by NGOs (HRD) + Ministry of Education (VET sector)

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIPExamples…

MACEDONIA (former Yugoslav Republic)

Career Centres in all VET schools- Leadership by donor (USAID) + VET school

students organisation / dedicated teachers)

TURKEY

National Protocol on Guidance

- Leadership by academic experts + donor (World Bank) + Ministry of Education

NET - WORK(s)

The example…

Regional Network of Policy Makers in career guidance in the Mediterranean region- covering 10 countries/territories

- established by ETF in July 2006

- as part of a wider Regional Project of the European Commission for the Mediterranean region (‘MEDA ETE – Education and Training for Employment’)

Algeria Egypt Israel Jordan Lebanon Morocco Syria Tunisia Turkey West Bank /

Gaza strip

Partner countries / territories

OBJECTIVES…

To support the Mediterranean Partners

in the design of relevant TVET policies that can contribute to promote employment through a regional approach

to further develop policies and practices for career information, guidance and counselling through

- regional comparative analysis- regional co-operation and capacity building

20 Policy makersfrom education and labour administration (2 per country),

nominated by their Ministers

5 EU experts

2 ETF + 3 externalconsultants

10 Local Experts

tendered and contracted

Network architecture

Critical interrelations + success factors

Networking

Policy learning

Policyanalysis

Interlinked Activities

ANALYSISExperts level

• Country reports (and Field visits)

• JOINT WORKSHOP with policy makers

• STUDY VISIT (some experts)

NETWORKINGPolicy makers

• JOINT WORKSHOP with experts + Country Mini-Action Plans

• STUDY VISIT + policy/practice lessons learned

Interlinked Activities

ANALYSISExperts level

• CROSS-COUNTRY Report

• VIRTUAL COMMUNITY(Discussion Forum)

• ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Forum)

NETWORKINGPolicy makers

• DEBRIEFING with stakeholders in the country

• VIRTUAL COMMUNITY (Discussion Forum)

• Annual CONFERENCE(Forum)

REGIONAL NETWORKScan be very powerful

‘healthy competition’(benchmarking)+ piece of wider

puzzle

Connecting policy makers(also from same country)

Stimulus + catalystfor policy/practice development

at national level

Strengthening of (individual + institutional)

networking capacities+ leadership

Added value

IMPACT + SPIN-OFFs

EGYPTHigh commitment to strategy development

National Task Force established

Project proposal for donor funding

TURKEY

Annual follow-up conferences

Revival of National Guidance Protocol

Country report translated / widely used

JORDAN

Clearer vision + Pilot Centre in high school

IMPACT + SPIN-OFFs

MOROCCO

National policy workshop

SYRIA

Pilot Career Information and Guidance Centre

WEST BANK/GAZA STRIP

Joint initiative of MoEHE+MoL for National Centre for Vocational Guidance/Counselling

CHALLENGES AHEAD

Challenges

How to use the analytical worksystematically

To keep the dynamicand momentum

(bi-annualreporting, annual conference,

refocus Virtual Community)

To attract donor funding+ be culturally sensitive+ enable ‘home-grown’

development

To link with othernetworks

(EU Policy Network for LifelongGuidance, ICCDPP, IAEVG etc)

To link with other strategic developments

(TVET strategy, NQF, apprenticeship , Observatories)

For more information on ETF

www.etf.europa.eu