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Newsletter Winter 2019

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NEWSLETTERoftheESDVC

EuropeanSocietyforVocationalDesigningandCareerCounselling

Inthisissue

§ ESVDCGeneralAssembly2020 2

§ 2019ESVDCAwardfordistinguishedcontributionstovocationaldesigningandcareercounselingtoProfJ.-P.Dauwalder 3

§ “Ididitmyway”,byProfJ.-P.Dauwalder 4

§ 2019ESVDCEarlyResearcherAwards:DrBjörnsdóttirandDrDiMaggio 6

§ AESVDC-UnitwinjointsymposiumattheECP2019 9

§ AUnitwinInternationalseminarinLausanne 10

§ Reflectiononthe6thECADOCsummerschool 11

§ 7thECADOCsummerschool,Jönköping2020 13

§ EvaluationoftheNICEAcademy2019 15

§ NICEAcademy2020:“Buildingcareermanagementskills” 17

§ Callsfornominations 19

§ 2019/2020membershipfees 21

§ NewmembersoftheESVDCnetwork 22


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ESVDCGeneralAssembly2020AmessagefromourPresidentprofessorLauraNotaDearESVDCmembers,IthasbeenthreeyearssincethisEBhasstartedworkingaftertheInternationalConference"Counseling and Support ‘DecentWork, Equity and Inclusion: Passwords for thePresentand the Future" (University of Padova,October 5-7, 2017).Manydifferent commitmentsand activities have been made in order to stimulate and promote a European andinternational collaboration for research and development in our fields. These activitiesregarded keeping and strengthening relationships among researchers through theexchangeofopinionsandreflectionswithinconventionsandsymposiaandourkeynotes;simplifying the constructionofnew trajectories for researchandpractice; valuing seniorresearchers who spent their professional life for all this; supporting young researcherswho stood out for their research; supporting the creation of a new generation ofresearchersalloverEurope.In theawarenessofeverythingthathasbeendoneandofeverythingthatwestillcandotogether,weinformyouthat,onMarch6th,2020,attheUniversityofLausanne,therewill be the General Assembly of ESDVCExecutiveBoard, in theareaof interestof theInternationalScientificSeminarAgenda.AtGeneralAssembly,wewillelectnewmembersoftheESDVCExecutiveBoardthatwillguidetheorganizationoverthenextthreeyears.Pleaseconsiderthat,attheESVDCGeneralAssembly,theESVDCExecutiveBoardwillberenewed. The ESVDC Executive Board is the direction, management, and executiverepresentationandbranchoftheAssociation.TheExecutiveCommitteeismadeupofthePresident, the Past-President, the Vice-President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer(http://www.esvdc.org/). Each of them is elected by the General Assembly by a secretballotandbyamajorityvoteofthepresentmembers.PleasesendproposalsforpotentialnewmembersfortheExecutiveBoardorletusknowifyouareinterestedtoproposeyourself.WealsowelcomesuggestionsbyallmembersforprogramsanddirectionsoftheactivitiesforthefutureofESVDC.


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2019AWARDFORDISTINGUISHEDCONTRIBUTIONSTOVOCATIONALDESIGNINGANDCAREERCOUNSELINGAWARDEDTOPROFESSORJEAN-PIERREDAUWALDERTheEuropeanSocietyforVocationalDesigningandCareerCounselingwasparticularlyproud to present its 2018 Award for Distinguished Contributions to VocationalDesigning and Career Counseling to Professor Jean-Pierre Dauwalder, EmeritusProfessorattheUniversityofLausanne.ProfessorJean-PierreDauwalderbecameFull Professor of Counseling andVocationalPsychologyin1991.Inallhisyears of teaching he was veryappreciatedbythestudentswhohadthechance to follow his classes. Hisreputation was that of a dynamic,structured, and sometimes surprisingteacher,who introduced innovative andunusual perspectives in psychology. Hehasthusfamiliarizedseveralgenerationsof psychologists with the application ofthe chaos theory to our discipline, bypresentinghowcertainconfigurationsofattractors coulddetermine thebehaviorof individuals. Advanced students have also benefited from his practical skills throughcoursesarticulating theoriesand interventions.His classeswereparticularlyappreciatedbystudents,butalsorecognizedbypractitionersandemployers.Professor Dauwalder has been very active in the field of scientific research and itsvalorization,especiallybycollaboratingwiththeLifeDesignInternationalResearchGroup.HeisalsooneofthemembersofthegroupthatfoundedtheESVDC,ofwhichhewasthefirst President. This activity has resulted in the publication of several books on self-organizationordynamicsystemsandnumerousscientificarticles.Thisimportantactivitywasawardedwithadistinctionforallofhisinternationalcontributionstothecounselingfieldof the InternationalAssociationofAppliedPsychology (Division16of theAmericanPsychologicalAssociation)in2010.In2013,hereceivedthe1stJuliusSuterMedalfromtheZurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Applied Psychology, for his importantcontributionstoappliedpsychology.HewasalsomemberoftheSteeringCommitteeoftheNetworkforInnovationinCareerGuidance&CounselinginEurope(NICE),oftheAdvisoryBoard of the European Doctoral Programme in Career Guidance and Counselling(ECADOC), and of the Scientific Council of the UNESCO Chair for Lifelong Guidance andCounseling. Since 2012, he is president of the Commission for the Professions ofPsychology,whichadvisestheSwissFederalCouncilontheapplicationoftheLawontheProfessions of Psychology (LPsy) and rules on the recognition of diplomas and foreignpostgraduatetitles.


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IDIDITMYWAY(50yearsoferrors)ByProfessorJean-PierreDauwalder,UniversityofLausanneFromscientific‘facts’tosubjectiverealitiesWhenIstartedstudyingpsychologyfiftyyearsago,wewere16personsintotal(professor,assistantsandstudents)attheUniversityofBern (Switzerland).Today theyare100 timesmore. We trained and developed psychological tests andfocused on their psychometric qualities. I painfully had tolearn that most carefully calculated scores never explainindividualbeings.Keyevents formewere: to assist at JeanPiaget’s(1896-1980)80thanniversary,discoveringhisideasonpermanentevolutionofhumanbeingsbyassimilationandaccommodation; to discover the powerful tool of listeningskills (empathic understanding, unconditional positiveregard and congruence) developed by Carl Rogers (1902-1987); and - later on - the paramount importance ofinteraction of individuals with their contexts, and thethereby resulting co-evolution and embodied cognition,investigated by Francisco Varela (1946-2001). Today, Ibelieve that each individual evolves as a unique learningsysteminhisparticularcontexts.From‘traitsandfactors’topeopleincontextThen,doingresearchinsocialpsychiatryandcommunitymentalhealth,fortyyearsago,Isought to better understand the difficult deinstitutionalization of chronic psychiatricpatients.Interviewingaformermountainfarmer,hospitalizedafteraheavyburn-out(termnot yet admitted then), while his best friend took over his farm and even his wife, Iunderstood,thatthismanhadnoplacetogo.Keepinghis‘ecologicalniche’,workinginthegardensofthepsychiatricclinic,wasafarbetterchoice,thanforcedrehabilitation.Ihadtolearn that diagnoses might change with time and perspective. Sometimes, classifyingpeopledoesnothelp them.Theyneed theirownpaceandcontexts tokeepmoving.Keypersonsformewere: AlbertBandura,whodevelopedsocial learningtheory,self-efficacyorhumanagencyandwhoacceptedmyinvitationat theUniversityofLausanne in1986;Luc Ciompi who enhanced our understanding of continuous interaction of affect andcognition in schizophrenia; and John Krumboltz who added the idea of plannedhappenstance, a way of integrating arbitrary events in our lives. Today, I believe thatpeoplepermanentlyco-constructtheiridentities,withandwithintheirmovingcontextsoflife.From‘problem-solving’toself-organizationLater on, becoming a teacher at different universities, thirty years ago, I discovered thechallenge of interdisciplinary collaboration and anticipating trends in science. Co-organizingaseriesofinterdisciplinarymeetingsonself-organizationandcomplexsystemsdynamics atMonteVerità inAscona, I had to learn, that innovation and creativity resultmuchmore from emergence of self-organizationwithin complex interactions, than from


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guided problem solving techniques. Key people for me were: Wolfgang Tschacher, whoinvestigated psychotherapies by time-series analyses, showing the importance ofembodiedcognitioninhumaninteraction;RolfPfeifer,who–asacomputerscientistandpioneer inartificial intelligence–developedautonomousagents, robotsand investigatedartificial life; and Hermann Haken – coming from laser physics – who developed theinterdisciplinary ideas of synergetics andmodeling of self-organization. Today, I believethatchangeinhumanbeingscomesfrominsideandcounselorsmainlymayhelpanticipatetheemergenceofnewattractors,withinthelivesoftheirclients.From‘career’toadapt-abilityThebenefitsof a sabbatical atdifferentplaces in theUSAandCanada, twentyyearsago,confirmed my conviction, that career counseling suffered from lack of innovation,correlationalresearchandlinearreasoning.Ihadtolearnmoreaboutscientificreasoningallowing for modelization of non-linear dynamics. Key ideas for me came from: ‘kineticlogic’developedbyRenéThomasinBrussels;‘chaostheories’appliedtocareercounselingby Jim Bright in Australia or Danielle Riverin-Simard in Québec; and the ‘narrativeapproach’ to counseling developed by Marc Savickas in the USA. Today I believe, thatpeopleconstantlyre-inventthestoriesoftheirlives,whichtheytelltothemselvesandtheothers; this ‘ability to adapt’ or ‘adapt – ability’ brings (temporary) ‘order’ into the(permanent)‘chaos’ofongoinglife.Fromartificialintelligenceto(extended)life-designingOur landmark publication (Savickas, Nota, Rossier, Dauwalder, Duarte, Guichard, Soresi,van Esbroeck & van Vianen, 2009) on life-designing as a new paradigm for career-constructioninthe21stcentury,tenyearsago,wasabeautifulexperience,sharedwithastimulating group of friends. Together,we tried to identify the key shifts atwork in thefield of counseling at this time. But life and scientific reasoning are going on. Newchallengesarise:digitalreasoningactuallyevolvesfromlinearprogrammingtoalgorithms,deep learningandbrain-like artificialneuronalnetworks; tomorrow, autonomousagentswillreplacesignificantpartsofhumanworkforce;andinadecade,robotswill learnfromrobots, much faster than human beings. At the same time, humanity’s resourceconsumptioninexorablyexceedsourplanet’scapacitytoregenerate(e.g.evolutionofearthovershootdays).TodayIbelieve,that–inordertocopewiththesechallenges–mankindneeds to generate new ‘meta-competencies’, based on forecast, complex thinking withintuitionandscenario-building,addingnewdimensionstolife-designing…ButthiswillbeYOURchallenge!Forme,IshouldacceptthewordsofFrankSinatra:Andnow,theendisnearAndsoIfacethefinalcurtainMyfriend,I'llsayitclearI'llstatemycase,ofwhichI'mcertainI'velivedalifethat'sfullI'vetraveledeachandeveryhighwayButmore,muchmorethanthisIdiditmyway


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2019ESVCDEARLYRESEARCHERSAWARDTODR.MARÍADÓRABJÖRNSDÓTTIRANDDR.ILARIADIMAGGIODuring the2019GeneralAssembly,whichwasheld inMoscowduring theXVIEuropeanCongressofPsychology,theESVDCgrantedtheAwardsforEarlyResearchers.TheESVDCboardmembersunanimouslyagreedthatDr.MaríaDóraBjörnsdóttirandDr IlariaDiMaggiodeservedtheESVCD2019EarlyResearcherAward.Dr.MaríaDóraBjörnsdóttirthedirectoroftheUniversityofIcelandStudentCounsellingandCareerCentre (UISCCC) since2011. SheisalicensedCareerandGuidanceCounsellorwith a post graduate degree from theUniversity of Iceland. María is a member ofthe Icelandic Association of Career andGuidance Counsellors (FNS). Her researchconcern assessment instruments used incareer counselling and guidance, careerdecision-making, and career choiceinterventions for upper secondary schoolstudents finishingmatriculationexaminationthat determines their eligibility to attenduniversity. In her work as director of theUISCCC, María is responsible for developingthecareerandguidanceservicesforregisteredandprospectiveuniversitystudents,qualityof the services, personnel administration, finances, aswell as national and internationalprofessional collaboration. María collaborates with the graduate degree programme incareer counselling and guidance at the University of Iceland. She has for years beenresponsible for practical training ofmasters’ students at theUISCCC andhas done someparttimeteachinginthemaster’sprogramme.Dr. María Dóra Björnsdóttir submitted to the ESVDC early researcher award a studyentitled “Evaluation of career interventions. Short- and long-term outcomes forstudents finishinguppersecondaryschool in Iceland”.Theaimofthisfieldstudywasto assess the impact of two short career interventions on students finishing theirmatriculation exam from seven upper secondary schools in Iceland. Students in twoschoolsreceivedtheIcelandicDevelopmental-focusedIntervention(IDIgroup)composedof assignments drawn from several career theories (e.g., Holland, 1997; Savickas, 2005;Super,1990).ThemaintaskofstudentsintheIDIgroupwastoexploretheirowncareer,frompasttopresent, inabroadcontextandtoenterthecareerdecisionprocesswithanopenmind.StudentsinothertwoschoolsreceivedtheCIPintervention(CIPgroup)basedon the cognitive informationprocessing theory-basedapproach in career counselingandservicedelivery(Sampsonetal.,2004).Themainobjective forstudents in theCIPgroupwastolearnwhattheyneededtoknowanddoinordertomoveforwardintheircurrentdecision-making process. Finally, students in three upper secondary schools formed thecontrolgroup.


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ParticipantsintheIDI,CIP,andcontrolgroupsrangedfrom17to28yearsold,59.8%werefemale, and about 91% were born in Iceland. Participants’ degree of career indecision(Abramsetal.,2013),careerdecisionself-efficacy(Betzetal.,2005;Betz&Klein,1996),andgloballifesatisfaction(Dieneretal.,1985)wasassessedatpre-test(N=468),post-test(N=336),andfollow-up(N=225),butparticipants’careerthoughtswereonlyassessedatpre-test and post-test (Sampson et al., 1996). Because of the quasi-experimental studydesign, participants’ gender, age, grades, and parents’ education were used to adjustparticipants scores on themeasures. Oneweek after the intervention period (post-test),participants in the CIP group revealed significantlymore career decision self-efficacy ascomparedtothecontrolgroupandsignificantlymoregloballifesatisfactionascomparedtotheIDIgroup.Attheone-yearfollow-up,thethreegroupsdidnotdiffersignificantlyincareer indecision, career decision self-efficacy, and life satisfaction. Furthermore,participants’ primary career choices after their matriculation examwas not statisticallydifferentbetweengroups.Nationally, the results offer valuable information about effective career interventions forcounselors, educational institutions, and authorities in Iceland. First, upper secondaryschoolstudentsseemtoneedmoreorganizedorstructuredcareerinterventionsthanweregenerally available to them at the time of the study. Second, the cognitive informationprocessingtheoryandcounselingmodelseemtobeusefulforstudents,atleastintheshortterm.Third, the fact that a long-term impactwasnot confirmed supports the conclusionthatstudentsneedmoreguidance,evenfromanearlyage.Thus,itshouldbebeneficialfortheIcelandicauthoritiestoimplementanationalpolicyincareercounselingandguidanceat all educational levels (Kjartansdóttir et al., 2015). Internationally, the contribution ismainlytwofold.ThisstudyaddssupporttoindicationsthatcareerinterventionsbasedonCIP theoryareeffective for individuals indifferentcountriesandcultures (Brown,2015)andindicatestheimportanceofstructuredcareerinterventions(Whistonetal.,2003).

Dr. Ilaria Di Maggio is a Research Fellow at theDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy andApplied Psychology at the University of Padua. She is apsychologist, Postgraduate Degree in Career CounselingattheUniversityofPadua.SheisamemberoftheItalianSociety for Vocational Guidance (SIO) and of the ItalianSociety of Behavior Analysis and Modification andCognitiveBehavioralTherapy–AIAMC.Since2018,sheisalsoaGraduateStudentEditorialBoardMember for theJournal of Career Development. She is also an ad hocreviewer of different international journals. Since 2013she collaborates with the La.R.I.O.S. (Laboratory ofResearch and Intervention in Vocational Guidance) andwith the University of Padua’s Centre for Disability andInclusion,.Herresearchinterestisfocusedonthefieldsofcareer counseling and disability. As regards careercounseling, her research concerns the analysis of the

central dimensions of the theoretical approaches of Life-Design, PositivePsychology andInclusive and Sustainable Career Counseling in different groups: children, young adults,adultswith stories of substance abuse,with stories of immigration anddisability. In the


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fieldofdisabilityandinclusionpsychology,researchactivitiesarefocusedontheanalysisofindividualandcontextualfactorsinvolvedinschool,workandsocialinclusionprocesses.Dr.DiMaggiosubmittedtwostudiestotheESVDC,aimedatanalyzingprocessesofcareerconstruction and future life design in individuals with Substance Use Disorders(SUD).Specifically,basedonLifeDesignparadigm,inherresearches,sheinvestigatedtheroleofcareeradaptabilityandpositivedimensionsonlifesatisfactioninadultswithSUD.Inoneofherstudy,whichhasbeensubmittedforthisAward,forinstance,attentionwasfocused on career adaptability, self-determination and their relationship with lifesatisfaction in individuals with SUD. Study findings suggested that career adaptabilitypredictself-determinedbehaviorbothinchoicesconcerningeverydaylifeandleisuretimeandinoptionsconcerningfuturepersonalconstruction, leadingto increased levelsof lifesatisfaction. Instead, in the second study submitted, the attention was focused on theanalysisofperceivedcourageandcouragestoriesofpeoplewithSUD.ThisstudyshowedthatcouragewasapredictorofthesatisfactiononthelifeofpeoplewithSUDandthat,inparticular,psychologicalcouragewasanessentialresourceforpeoplewithSUDtofaceallchallenges related to addiction treatment and professional and personal design aftertreatment. From a theoretical perspective, these studies contribute to extend resultspreviouslydescribedbyLifedesignapproachandtogeneralizethemtopeoplewithSUD,whohavenotbeenmuchconsideredinpaststudies.Followingthisapproach,theseresultsshowed that career adaptability resources, self -determination, and courage could alsorepresent for people with SUD a set of resources necessary to be able to invest in lifedesigningtheirfuture.Fromanappliedpointofview,theresultsobtainedinthesestudiesprovideuseful information toplan interventions inorder to increase lifesatisfactionandcoreabilityfordesigningfutureinpeoplewithSUD.

TheESVCDcongratulatesDr.BjörnsdóttirandDr.DiMaggioandwishesthemasuccessfulcareerdevelopment!


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ESVDCatECP2019AESVDC-UNITWINJOINTSYMPOSIUMATTHEECP2019

The symposium entitled “Relationship to work ofemerging adults in precarious situations: gender andintersectionality”washeldonJuly4,2019,duringthe16thEuropean Congress of Psychology in Moscow. It wasproposed by ESVDC members to share results of a jointresearchtopic.The goal of the symposium was to identify how emergingadults in various socio-economic and cultural contexts—i.e.Switzerland, Italy, France, South-Africa, and Iceland—facethemainobstacles anddifficulties regarding increasingbadquality ofwork and poorworking conditions, based on thenotionofdecentworknotion.In order to introduce the symposium, Valerie Cohen-Scali(France) presented an ongoing study from the UnitwinNetworkabout“relationtowork”.ThenKobusMaree(SouthAfrica) presented a study on group career constructioncounsellingwithstudents fromdisadvantagedcommunities.Jonas Masdonati (Switzerland) talked about the notion of“Emergingprecariousness”viewedthroughthenarrativesof

lowqualifiedSwissyoungadults.LauraNota(Italy)reflecteduponcareerstoriesofItalianyoung adults in precarious situations and their inclusive and sustainable issues. Finally,Guöbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir (Iceland) proposed a reflection on the “future job” and therepresentations of decent work among young people with low employment skills. Thesymposiumendedwitha synthesisof thecommunicationsby JacquesPouyaud (France),who also opened the discussion regarding the necessity to enlarge the notion of decentwork for a more psychosocial approach and to operationalize it as a tool for careerinterventions.


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NewsfromtheUnitwinNetworkAUNITWININTERNATIONALSEMINARINLAUSANNE

In 2020, the Unitwin Network “Life DesigningInterventions (counselling, guidance, education)fordecentworkandsustainabledevelopment”willmeet for a 3-day scientific seminar in order todevelop joint projects. Researchers from allaround the world (Africa, Asia, Europe, SouthAmerica and North America) will therefore bereunitedinLausanne,Switzerland.

In this context, onMarch 6, 2020, theUnitwin international network organizes a day ofpresentations open to the public. The theme of this day will be the role of vocationalcounselingtopromoteaccesstosustainablecareers.Duringthisevent,themembersofthenetwork will give a keynote chaired by Guðbjörg T. Vilhjálmsdóttir, four symposiumschairedbyProf.PauloCardoso,ProfChristianHeslon,Prof.LauraNotaandProf.GabrielaAisenson, and a roundtable chaired by Prof. Kobus Maree. For more information:http://wp.unil.ch/unitwin/event/

>ThenextESVDCGeneralAssemblyandAwardCeremonywilltakeplaceattheUniversityofLausanne,Switzerland,withintheUnitwinNetwork

internationalseminar!


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REFLECTIONSOFTHEEUROPEANDOCTORALPROGRAMMEINCAREERGUIDANCEANDCOUNSELLING(ECADOC)6thSUMMERSCHOOLByDr.AnoukJasmineAlbienResearchingcareerguidanceforsocialjusticeIn introducing the reflections of the ECADOC 2020 summer school participants, careercounselling techniques and research methods that included social justice in the field ofcareer guidance and counselling (CGC) was the focus. This year, the ECADOC summerschoolwashostedbyRonaldSultana(Director,Euro-MediterraneanCentreforEducationalResearch)atUniversityofMalta.Theeventwasorganisedbyanorganizingcommittee,whichconsistedofManwelDebono(CentreforLabourStudies,UniversityofMalta),JosetteBarbaraCardona(Doctoralstudentand Summer School assistant), Christine Garzia (Doctoral student, Summer Schoolassistant,)DorianneGravina(ChairoftheMaltaCareerGuidanceAssociation).Thenationalorganizing committeewas aidedbyTristamHooley (University ofDerby,UK and InlandNorway University of Applied Science) and scientific committee members Rie Thomsen(AarhusUniversity,Denmark)andAnoukJasmineAlbien(UniversityofBern,StellenboschUniversity)andsupportedbyPeterWeber(UniversityofAppliedLabourStudies-HdBA,Mannheim).Twenty-twoPhDstudentsfrom17countrieswereselectedasparticipantstopresenttheirresearch projects, network, and discuss future innovative research collaborations. ThesponsorsofECADOC2019,whograciouslycontributedtotheSummerSchool2019,aretheCentre for Labour Studies (University of Malta), L-Università ta’ Malta, ESPLORA, Euro-MediterraneanCentreforEducationalResearchandHeritageMalta.


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MartaBartusiak(PolandLowerSilesia)Designing(career)[email protected], developing and supporting. These three wordscome tomindwhen I try to describemy experience of theSummerDoctoralSchool.Itwasalreadythe6theditionbutIparticipatedinthiseventforthefirsttime.Icansayonething- it was worth it! The whole event was rich and intense.However,Iwouldliketodistinguishthreethings.Firstofall-the organisation! The event was very well organized.AlthoughitwasmyfirstvisittoMaltaIdidnotfeellostatall.The organization of lectures and classes was similar. We

wereassignedtogroupsmuchearlier,soeverythingwentverysmoothly.Thesecondthingworthemphasizingisthescaleoftheevent.Meetingpeoplefromallovertheworldinoneplace is an extraordinary experience and broadens your horizons. Listening to all thesepeople,what theysayabout themselvesandtheir lives invariouspartsof theworldwasamazing.This creates a situationwhichallowsone to lookat oneself andone's researchfromacompletelydifferentperspective.AndsoImoveontothethirdpointIwouldliketoappreciate-themeetingwithintheframeworkofCollectiveAcademicSupervision.IthinkIwillnotbetheonlyonetowritehowmuchIappreciatethismethod.Thefeedbackreceivedduring the classes is really valuable, bringing concrete guidelines for further researchwork. I very much appreciate the opportunity to participate in this summer edition ofECADOCandIamveryhappytobeapartofit.


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7thEUROPEANDOCTORALPROGRAMMEINCAREERGUIDANCEANDCOUNSELLING(ECADOC)SUMMERSCHOOL,JÖNKÖPING2020Callforapplications,byDr.AnoukJasmineAlbienAftertheverysuccessfulpreviouseditionsoftheECADOCDoctoralSummerSchoolheldinPadua(2014),Paris(2015),Lausanne(2016),Mannheim(2017),Athens(2018),andMalta(2019),wearehappytoannouncethenextencounter,whichwilltakeplaceinJönköping8-12June2020.Thethemewillbe“Lifelongguidanceincontextsoflifelonglearning:Exploringeffectsand implications forcareerguidanceandcounselling inanageofuncertainty”.

CallforapplicationsWe welcome applications for the 7th ECADOC Summer School in Career Guidance andCounselling,heldinJönköping,Swedenbetweenthe8-12June2020.TheSummerSchoolis hosted and sponsored by the School of Education and Communication of JönköpingUniversity in Sweden,within the frame of the research school and in collaborationwithENCELL,theSwedishNationalCentreforLifelongLearning.Dr.IngelaBergmoPrvulovic,atJönköpingUniversitywill be the coordinatinghostof theSummerSchool [email protected]. Wewillwelcomeup to 20 doctoral researchers at the summer school,who are currently undertaking PhD research in the field of career guidance andcounselling.Documentsforapplication- Afilled-outapplicationform- ACVinEnglish- A1-2pagesdescriptionof theirdoctoralresearchproject, illustrating itsrelevance forthefieldofcareerguidanceandcounselling

- AnactualcertificateofenrolmentasaPhDstudent(scannedcopy)orotherverificationofenrolmentinaPhDprogramme.

The documents need to be submitted by electronic copy only. All applications must besubmitted to Karolina Boberg, Research Coordinator at School of education andcommunication, JönköpingUniversity,by the 11 of March 2020 via the email address:[email protected]


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Importantdates- Earlyregistration(recommended):February14th,2020.- RegistrationDeadline:March11th,2020

Thanks to our hosting JönköpingUniversity, School of Education andCommunication, incollaborationwith ourNational Center for LifelongLearning –Encell, there is no fee forparticipatingatthesummerschool.However,allparticipantswillneedtocovertheirowntravellingandaccommodationcosts.WethereforestronglyadviseandencourageeligibleparticipantstoapplyforErasmusmobilityfundingassoonaspossibleandwillsupportanyotherrelevantmobilityagreements.InformationaboutECADOCcanbefoundat:http://www.larios.fisppa.unipd.it/ecadoc/


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EVALUATIONOFTHENICEACADEMY2019ByJohannesKatsarovThesecondNICEAcademytookplaceattheUniversityofSplitinCroatiafromOctober9-12,hostedbyProfSreckoGoicfromtheFacultyofEconomicsoftheUniversityofSplit,whoorganized it together with Johannes Katsarov (NICE Foundation) and Yvor Broer (InDialogue).TheEuropeanSocietyforVocationalDesigningandCareerCounseling(ESVDC)supported the academy, represented by Prof Hazel Reid, and contributed a researchworkshop.

Theacademywasattendedby78participantsfrom24countries.Focusingon"InnovativeApproaches to Career Guidance and Counselling", the academy included two interactivekeynote lectures by Julia Yates (UK) and Jaana Kettunen (Finland), a variety of trainingworkshops and presentation sessions from which participants could choose, as well asdiverse learning and networking activities (see Programme here). Forty-three of thedelegates(55%)participatedinananonymousonlineevaluationoftheacademybetweenOct. 28 and Dec. 9, 2019. Asked, how high the chance is that the participants wouldrecommend a NICE Academy to a colleague on a scale from 1 (definitely not) to 10(definitely),averagesatisfactionratingwas9.1(SD=1.4).Moreover,weaskedtheparticipants,whichimpacttheacademyhadhadonthemandtheirpractice, asking ten impact questions (yes/no). 84% of respondents said that theirknowledge about innovative methods for career support had increased through theacademy. 77% of respondents indicated that they had formed new, internationalfriendships or relationships through the event. 74% suggest that they identified

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approachesorpracticesthattheywanttoadoptintheirownpracticeand72%suggestthattheacademyhelpedthemtodevelopnewideasonhowtoinnovatetheirpractice.58%ofrespondents found partners for future projects, indicating the large interest ininternational collaboration. More rarely, participants indicated that they now felt morecompetent in innovating their organization's services in the future (44%), that theirconfidenceinimprovingtheirownpracticehadgrown(33%),thattheirattitudestowardsthe use of ICT in career guidance and counselling had changed (28%), that they foundsolutionsforproblemsorchallengestheyhadbeenfacing(19%)orthattheyhadchangedtheir attitudes towards clients' emotions in counselling (16%). On average, respondentsindicatedthattheyhadexperiencedanimpactinfiveways(SD=3.1).Lookingatthequalitativeandquantitativefeedback,participantsparticularlyenjoyedtheinformal atmosphere of the academy, the networking activities, the keynotes and thetrainingworkshops,aswellastheextracurricularactivitieslikeatourthroughSplit'soldtownthroughourhost,agaladinnerandabuffetatthegalleryofmodernart.Respondentsfoundtheprogramwell-balanced,onaverage,with themain impressionbeing that therecould have been more of everything (some people suggested to extend the academy,whereasotherspreferredthelength).Wealsoreceivedacoupleofhelpfulsuggestionsforimprovements,e.g.,intheselectionofroomsfornetworkingactivities.Weareveryhappyaboutthispositivefeedbackandhopethatwemanagetokeepupthislevelof satisfaction in the futureand improve thequalityofoureventseven further.Wethank all contributors and participants for the lively interactions and the fascinatingexchanges,whichletuslookforwardtothenextacademyinParisourselves.


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NICEACADEMY2020:“BUILDINGCAREERMANAGEMENTSKILLS”Callforapplications,byJohannesKatsarovFrom September 1-4, 2020, the Network for Innovation in Career Guidance andCounsellingwillholditsthirdNICEAcademyattheUniversityofParis.Theacademywillbededicatedtothechallengesof“BuildingCareerManagementSkills.”Wethankourhost,DrLaurentSovet fromtheUniversityofParis, forhiskind invitationandverymuchlookforwardtothisevent,whichalsomarksthe10thAnniversaryofNICE.

BridgeinParis,photobyPierre(CC0,Pixabay)

ThemeCareerguidanceandcounsellingisfrequentlyviewedasacombinationofprovidingpeoplewith career-related information and supporting them in making decisions about theireducation and work. However, career support also has an educational component: Forexample, in assisting clients in the preparation of application materials. Or in teachingclientshow to find labor-market information themselves.Or inpreparing clients tohavedifficultconversationswiththeirparentsortheiremployers.Whenitseducationalcomponentisforgottenorignored,careerguidanceandcounsellingcannotunleashitsfullpotential.Byincorporatingcareereducationinourpractice,wecanempowerpeopletomastertheircareer-relatedchallengesautonomously;wecansupportthem in attaining more control over their career development; in becoming moreindependent.


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Andweneed todoso.Whileglobalizationand innovationbringmanybenefits, theyalsochallengepeople to engage in lifelong learning.Organizations, too, are under continuouspressuretoadapt,withmanyofthembecomelesshierarchic,smallerandmoreflexible.Inthis kind of an environment, citizens’ ability to manage their own career developmentbecomescrucial.Weneedtopreparepeopletodealwithcareer-relatedchallengesacrosstheir lifetime, not only at the beginning of their careers. For this purpose, we need topromote citizens’ careermanagement skills (CMS). However,many questions arisewiththisrealization:− Whatarethecareermanagementskillsthatactuallysupportclientsinmasteringtheir

careerdevelopment?Howdoweknowthattheywork?− Does everybody need the same set of career management skills? Or are there

meaningfuldifferencesbetweennationalcontexts,labormarkets...?− How can career professionals effectively support clients in developing their career

managementskills?Whatapproacheswork?Why?Andwhatiftimeisverylimited?− How canwe assess, howwell our clients are already prepared to deal with career-

relatedchallenges?Whattechniquesandtoolsarethere?− HowcancareerprofessionalsworktogetherwitheducationalbodiestopromoteCMS?

Howcouldtheroleofcareerprofessionalschangeinthefuture?− ArethereanyrisksattachedtothepromotionofCMS?Couldwebemisleadingclients

inthelongrun?CouldthepromotionofCMSdamageourprofession?− How can career practitioners be trained to build citizens’ CMS at universities and

throughfurthereducation?Whatknowledge,skillsandcompetencesareneeded?Howcantheybedeveloped?

These are the sorts of questions that the third NICE Academy in Paris will focus on.Through interactive keynote lectures, various training workshops to choose from,presentations of innovative approaches and important research findings, and variousnetworking activities, we hope to foster ameaningful exchange of knowledge about thepromotionofcareermanagementskillsandcareereducation.CallforTrainingWorkshopsWeherebyinvitefirstproposalsfortrainingworkshopsfortheNICEAcademyinParis.Training workshops provide highly interactive learning opportunities. They last 90minutes and don’t require any preparation from participants. Nomore than 30minutesshould be dedicated to speeches or presentations. Activities can comprise groupdiscussions, individual or group exercises, peer learning, discussions, collegialcounselling/intervision,playingeducationalgames,structuredreflection,etc.We welcome proposals until January 31, 2020. Your short abstract of 150-300 wordsshouldinclude(1)aworkshoptitle,(2)ashortpresentationoftheworkshop’sgoalsandtopic,and(3)abriefdescriptionoftheplannedactivities.Ifyoulike,youcanalsoadd1-2referencesforpeopleinterestedinpreparingthemselves,butthisisnotmandatory.PleasesendyourproposaluntilJanuary31,[email protected]


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Callfornominations(I)2020AWARDFORDISTINGUISHEDCONTRIBUTIONSTOVOCATIONALDESIGNINGANDCAREERCOUNSELLINGThe European Society for Vocational Designing and CareerCounselling (ESVDC) is seekingnominations for the “2020 Awardfor Distinguished Contributions to Vocational Designing andCareer Counselling”. This annual award recognizes distinguishedcontributions to theadvancementof aEuropeanand Internationalperspective and research in Vocational Designing and CareerCounselling.The focus of these contributions can be either in the candidate’shomecountry(e.g.,servingasanadvocateforaEuropeanandInternationalperspectiveinVocationalDesigningandCareerCounselling inone’scountry),acrossmultiplecountries,orthroughvariousinternationalandEuropeanassociationsorjournals.CandidatesmaybefromanycountryandcanbeESVDCmembersaswellasnon-members.Recipientsof theawardwillbefeaturedintheESVDCNewsletterandhonoredatthenextGeneralAssemblyoftheESVDC.Nominationsshouldinclude:1. Asupportingstatement(max.500words)2. Acurrentvita3. Alistofrelevantpublications4. Lettersofsupportfromtwopeoplefamiliarwiththenominee'srelevantcontributionsAn Awards Committee appointed by the ESVDC President will review nominations.Nominations and supporting materials should be sent to the Chair of the AwardsCommittee: Prof Laura Nota (e-mail: [email protected]). The deadline for submissionisFebruary16th,2020.


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Callfornominations(II)2020EARLYCAREERRESEARCHERSAWARD

The ESVDC aims, among others, to promote research in the broadfield of vocational designing and career counseling. ESVDC chose tocreateaspecialawardforpersonswhoareengagedinthis fieldof research and recently earned a PhD degree. This awardwillrecognize their excellent contribution to the field of VocationalDesigningandCareerCounselingresearch.

Thecompetitionforthisawardisopentonon-tenuredearlycareerresearchersworkinginEuropewhoearned theirPhDdegree (doctorate) afterMarch1st,2017.CandidatesmaycomefromanycountryandcanbeESVDCmembersaswellasnon-members.Researchersholding–atthemomentoftheapplicationdeadline(February16th,2020)–atemporaryteaching or research contract or a grant at public or private research institutes anduniversitiesorother institutionsofhighereducationareeligible.Tenuredstaffor facultymemberscannotparticipateinthecompetition.Applicantsshouldsubmitthefollowingdocuments:1. A request to participate to the “ESVDC Early Career Researchers Award” (indicating

name,surname,educationandposition),certifyingsatisfactionofeligibilitycriteria;2. Adetaileddescription(inEnglish)oftheresearchsubmittedtotheselectionprocedure

(nolongerthan2000words).Thisshouldincludea. Introductionb. Hypothesesc. Participantsandmeasuresd. Procedureanddataanalysise. Resultsf. Conclusions

3. ACVthatgivesspecialattentiontotheirpublications.

PleasesubmittheapplicationelectronicallytoESVDC(mail: [email protected])byFebruary16th,2020andspecifytheobject:“ESVDCEarlyCareerResearchersAward”.Anadhoccommitteewillevaluatemanuscripts.ParticipantswillbenotifiedontheresultsoftheselectionprocedurebythebeginningofMarch2020.RecipientsoftheawardwillbefeaturedintheESVDCNewsletterandhonoredatthenextESVDCGeneralAssembly.


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2019/20MEMBERSHIPFEESThefinancialsituationofESVDCissatisfactory.Howeverweneedtoaskyoufortheannualmembershipfeesaccordingtoourstatutes.Asareminder:• Fullmembershipfeeis€50,00• Associatemembershipfeeis€30,00TheESVDCbankaccountis:CREDITSUISSEAccountNr.:0525-1375350-01IBANCode:CH4404835137535001000BIC:CRESCHZZ10RThebanktransferchargesarebornebytheassociation.TheamountisdueandpayablebyDecember31for2019membership,andbyJuly31for2020.Thankyouallinadvance!


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NEWMEMBERSOFESVDCNETWORKThe ESVDC has as its goal to stimulate and promote European and internationalcollaboration in research and development in the fields of life-designing, vocationalguidanceandcareercounseling.TheESVDCnetworkofresearchersalreadycooperatesonresearchprojectsandhascollaboratedwiththeNICEfoundationinTheEuropeanDoctoralProgramme in CareerGuidance andCounselling. Currently the network counts about 70members.Active researchers in the field of life designing, vocational guidance and careercounselingareencouragedtojointhenetwork!If youwant to become amember you can contact any of the followingmembers of theexecutive committee: Prof Laura Nota, University of Padova, Prof Jacques Pouyaud,University of Bordeaux, Prof Jonas Masdonati, University of Lausanne, Prof, Hazel Reid,Canterbury Christ Church University or Prof Gudbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir, University ofIceland.

The ESVDC Board wishes you a merry Christmas

and a very happy 2020!