newsletter of the esdvc – 1/2019 · 2019-06-20 · newsletter spring 2019 1 newsletter of the...

Newsletter Spring 2019

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NEWSLETTERoftheESDVC–1/2019EuropeanSocietyforVocationalDesigningandCareerCounsellingINTHISISSUE

§ ESVDCattheECP2019,Moscow 2

§ ESVDCattheNICEAcademy2019,Split 3

§ ESVDC2019GeneralAssembly 4

§ ESVDCandthe6thECADOC,Malta 5

§ Forthcomingbook:CareerintheNordiccountries 7

§ Bookpresentation:Interventionsincareerdesignandeducation 8

§ AtextbyRonaldG.Sultana:Contextsmatter… 9

§ Specialissueonmigrations:callforpapersfromtheIJEVG 10

§ Reminder:2019membershipfees 13


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ESVDCattheECP2019,MoscowASYMPOSIUMATTHE16thEUROPEANCONGRESSOFPSYCHOLOGYThe ESVDCwill take on an active role in the upcoming16th European Congress of Psychology (ECP),“Psychology: Connecting Science to Solutions”, whichwillbeheldinMoscowfromJuly2ndto5th2019:https://ecp2019.ru/The ESVDC and the UNITWIN UNESCO Network “Lifedesigning interventions (counseling, guidance,education) for decent work and sustainabledevelopment”isgoingtopresentthejointsymposium:

“Relationshiptoworkofemergingadultsinprecarioussituations:genderandintersectionality”,chairedbyValérieCohen-Scali,GuðbjörgT.Vilhjálmsdóttir,

andJacquesPouyaudAbstract– Increasingprecariousnessof jobsalongwithotherdevelopmentson the labormarkethavedeleteriouseffectsonmentalandphysicalhealthaswellasontheidentityofindividuals, as considerable research has shown in the last decade. Young people areparticularly affected by the bad quality of work and poor working conditions. It isimportant to knowmore about the diversity of the work situations and relationship toworkofemergingadultswhoareinaprecarioussituation.Thepresentationsidentifythemainobstaclesanddifficultiesemergingadultshavetofaceregardingtheirsocio-economicandculturalcontexts,namelySwitzerland,Italy,France,South-Africa,andIceland.Presentationswithinthesymposium:

1. Frenchemergingadults,qualifiedornot,invulnerablesituations:life-design,relationshipto work and occupational integration, by Laurence Cocandeau-Bellanger, SoazigDisquay-Perot, Angel Egido, Catholic University of Angers, Cnam-CRTD, HesamUniversité,France

2. Group career construction counsellingwith students from disadvantaged communities,byKobusG.Maree,UniversityofPretoria,South-Africa

3. “Emergingprecariousness”fromtheinside:Lowqualifiedyoungadults’narrativesaboutjob insecurity, by Jonas Masdonati, Jérôme Rossier, Laurence Fedrigo, and RobinZufferey,UniversityofLausanne,Switzerland

4. Career stories of Italian young adults in precarious situations and their inclusive andsustainableaspects,byLauraNota,MariaCristinaGinevra,SaraSantilli,IlariaDiMaggio&SalvatoreSoresi,UniversityofPadova,Italy

5. This is not a future job.Representations of decentworkamong youngpeoplewith lowemploymentskills,byGuðbjörgVilhjálmsdóttir,UniversityofIceland

6. Discussion,byJacquesPouyaud,UniversityofBordeaux


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ESVDCattheNICEFoundationAcademy2019,SplitAWORKSHOPATTHEACADEMYOFTHENETWORKFORINNOVATIONINCAREERGUIDANCEANDCOUNSELLINGINEUROPETheESVDCwillsupportandparticipate intheupcomingAcademy of the Network for Innovation in CareerGuidance and Counselling in Europe (NICE)“Innovative Approaches to Career Guidance andCounselling”,whichwillbeheldattheUniversityofSplit,Croatia,fromOctober9thto12th2019NICE Academies are structured learning and networking events for academics andpractitioners in the field of career guidance and counselling who want to expand theirhorizons, integrate new methods and approaches into their practice (career support,training of career practitioners and relevant research). Unlike traditional researchconferences,NICEAcademiesplaceapriorityon interactionbetweenparticipants,e.g., intrying out new approaches, discussions between practitioners and academics, andcollaborationonnewinitiatives.This year’s academywill be dedicated to innovative approaches to career guidance andcounsellingandfeaturediverselectures,workshopsandnetworkingactivitiesonthistopic.With JaanaKettunenund Julia Yates,wehavewon twokeynote speakers this year,whohavealotofknowledgetoshareaboutinnovativemethods,andwhowillactivelyengagetheparticipantsoftheacademy.Furthermore,participantswillbeabletochoosebetweendiverseworkshops,wheretheycanexpandtheirhorizon,learnfromeachotherandenjoygooddiscussioninthebeautifulatmosphereofSplit.ProfessorHazelReidandDrAnneChantwillgivetheworkshop:“ESVDCCollageWorkshop:analternativeapproachtointerviewingforinterpretiveresearchincareerguidanceandcounselling”Inthisworkshop,thepresenterswillprovideabriefoverviewforthecaseforinterpretivemethodologyinqualitativeresearchinguidanceandcounselling.Thefocuswillthenshifttoanexplorationoftheuseofcollageasaparticularmethodthatisbothcreativeandalsoeasily accessible. Participants will then have an opportunity to “have a go” through anexercise–allmaterialswillbeprovided.Finally,asagroup,wewillreflectonotherusesofcollageinthecontextoftrainingandcareerguidanceandcounsellingpractice.Findoutmoreatwww.nice-network.eu/split2019/


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AmessagefromtheESVDCExecutiveBoardESVDC2019GENERALASSEMBLYDearESVDCmembers,OurnextGeneralAssemblywillbeheldduringthe16thEuropeanCongressofPsychology(ECP2019)“Psychology:ConnectingSciencetoSolutions”,Moscow,July2-52019:• The 2019 General Assembly will take place on July 4th 2019, 13:00-14:30 at

theLomonosovMoscowStateUniversity,ShuvalovBuilding,Moscow.

• The2019ESVDCAward forDistinguishedContributions toVocationalDesigningandCareer Counselling and the 2019 ESVDC Award for early career researcherswill beassigned.

• TheESVDCannualreportandthefinancialreport2018willbereported.Weinviteallmemberstoparticipateinthisimportantevent.Cordially,ESVDCExecutiveBoard


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ESVDCandtheECADOCSIXTHEUROPEANDOCTORALPROGRAMMEINCAREERGUIDANCEANDCOUNSELLINGSUMMERSCHOOLINMALTA2019The 6th ECADOC doctoral school on career guidancewill be held in Malta between the 9th and 14th June.Following up on previous successful editions of theSummer School, held in Padua (2014), Paris (2015),Lausanne (2016), Mannheim (2017), and Athens(2018), the Malta summer school will focus on thetheme Researching Career Guidance for Social Justice:Knowledge,Practice,andPower.The Summer School is organised by Professor RonaldG.Sultana(UniversityofMalta),ProfessorRieThomsen(AarhusUniversity,Denmark),andProfessorTristramHooley(DerbyUniversity,UK),whotogethereditedtwovolumesonsocialjusticeperspectivesincareerguidance,publishedbyRoutledge in 2018.* Several of the contributors to these two volumes will speak at theSummerSchool,whichhasattracted24doctoralcandidatesfromacrossEurope.ProfessorDavid Blustein (Boston College, USA) will also speak about his own engagements as aresearcher,andasanadvocateofsocialjustice.As with past editions of the ECADOC initiative, sessions include lectures by senioracademics, as well as discussion groups with early-stage researchers, who will presenttheirwork-in-progressduringCollectiveAcademicSupervision(CAS).IntheseCAScircles,PhD candidates will benefit from feedback from peers, as well as from experiencedresearchers.Theprogrammealso includesarangeofculturalandsocialactivities,withaviewtoconsolidatingthenetworkofcareerguidanceresearchers,thusensuringstrongerpersonalandprofessionalrelationsandnetworksinthefield.Akeyobjectiveoftheacademicprogrammeisthereconnectionwiththeearlycommitmentof career guidance to social justice and solidarity, as articulatedbyFrankParsons inhisworkinBostonattheturnofthe20thcentury.Thenasnow,theconcernwas,andshouldbe, not only with developingmore ‘scientific’ and ‘efficient’ ways of distributing humanresources inresponseto the ‘needs’of theeconomy. Itwas–andshouldalsobe–aboutcreating social ‘mutualism’ whereby individuals and groups – and especially vulnerableones–findsupportinthequestforintegrationinacommunitythroughwork.


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The 6th ECADOC Summer School sets out toreconnect doctoral students pursuing careerguidanceresearchwiththisfoundingtraditioninour field.Whileconcernswithsocial justicehave never been totally eclipsed, theoverwhelming influence of vocationalpsychology has tended to shine the spotlighton the individual. Less influential have beencriticalapproacheswhosefocusisnotasmuchontheindividual’sabilitytoadaptto,andworkwithinthesystemand itssocialandeconomicarrangements,butrathertoquestionthese, tochallenge them, and to transform them. TheSummer School in Malta will therefore helpdoctoral candidates integrate insights fromcritical social science, critical psychology,anthropology, various brands of feminisms,

liberationtheology,andqueertheory.Suchmulti-andinter-disciplinaryengagementshavenotonlystretched–andinmanycasestroubled–thefield’sunderstandingofthedynamicsof career-related behaviour, but have also necessitated the revision of theory, researchmethods,andpractice.------*T.Hooley,R.G.Sultana&R.Thomsen(eds):CareerGuidanceforEmancipation:ReclaimingJusticefortheMultitudeandCareerGuidanceforSocialJustice:ContestingNeoliberalism

Invitationtohostthe7thECADOCdoctoralsummerschool2020

Successful ECADOC Doctoral Summer Schools have been held in Padua (2014), Paris(2015), Lausanne (2016), Mannheim (2017), and Athens (2018). This year we have anupcomingSummerSchoolbeingheld inMalta (2019)with24participants.However, theECADOCscientificcommitteeisofficiallyinvitinguniversitiesinterestedinorganizingandhostingECADOCin2020.

ECADOC summer schools are fully funded through theorganizinguniversities ownPh.D.course/programme structures. Please contact Scientific coordinator Professor [email protected] or the Programme Manager Dr. Anouk Albien [email protected] if you are interested and want more information abouthostinganECADOCDoctoralSummerSchool.

For information about previous summer school ECADOC programmes, and a Hostinformation pack please follow the link to the ECADOC website:http://www.larios.fisppa.unipd.it/ecadoc/


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ForthcomingbookCAREERANDCAREERGUIDANCEINTHENORDICCOUNTRIESCareerguidanceissometimescharacterizedasa “globally travelling idea”. It exists in someform in most developed countries and manydevelopingcountries.However, littleattentionhas been given to how context shapes theconceptofcareerguidanceas it travelsacrosstheglobe.Inourbookweturnoursightstothenorth and focus on the Nordic countries. WeextendthediscussionthathasbeguninRonaldSultana’sbook(2017)entitledCareerGuidanceand Livelihood Planning Across theMediterranean, which provided a fascinatinginsight into the way in which geography andcultureshapesthepracticeofcareerguidance.Our approach in forthcoming book is to urge awareness on the interaction between the“globally traveling ideas”of goodcareerguidanceand contextual characteristics.Togainsuchawareness,itisimportanttospotandconsiderthewayinwhichdifferenttraditions,cultures,politicsandpracticeshaveframedthedevelopmentofcareerguidanceacrosstheregion. To present a thorough picture, we have had the honor to cooperate withdistinguishedauthorsfromallNordiccountries,includingtheself-governingregions.The24chaptersinthebookpresentavarietyoftextswrittenbyacademics,practitionersand policymakers. Thematically, it covers issues like the Nordicmodel for welfare andcareer,careerguidanceforrefugees inaNordiccontext,careerguidanceasarenasofco-construction in Nordic schools and cross-cultural Validation of Assessment InstrumentsusedinCareerCounsellingandGuidanceintheNordiccountries.We look forward to sharenews insightswith the careerguidance community in autumn2019.Editors

ErikHagasethHaug,PhD,AssociateProfessor,InlandNorwayUniversityofAppliedSciences,NorwayTristramHooley,VisitingProfessor,InlandNorwayUniversityofAppliedSciences,Norway

JaanaKettunen,PhD,Researcher,UniversityofJyväskylä,FinlandRieThomsen,PhD,Professor,AarhusUniversity,Denmark

BrillSensePublishers


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BookpresentationINTERVENTIONS IN CAREER DESIGN AND EDUCATION: TRANSFOR-MATIONFORSUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENTANDDECENTWORKTheUNESCOChairinLifelongGuidanceandCounselinghaspublishedanewbookin2019entitledInterventionsinCareer Design and Education: Transformation forSustainable Development and Decent Work, edited by V.Cohen-Scali,J.Pouyaud,M.Podgórny,V.Drabik-Podgórna,G.Aisenson,J.-L.Bernaud,I.Moumoula,andJ.Guichard.Thisbookistheproductofaseriesofreflectionsbycareercounselingandguidancespecialistsonaquestioncentraltosociety: “How can career and life design interventionscontribute to fair and sustainabledevelopmentand to theimplementation of decent work all over the world?” Thisquestion was formulated by Professor J. Guichard, thedirector of the UNESCO Chair in Lifelong Guidance andcounseling at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. Theresearchers involved in this Chair’s activities proposedanswers,whichformthechaptersofthisbook.Thesereflectionsemphasizetheneedtofocusonthestudyandimplementationofcertaincentralpsychologicalprocessesthatcanenable individualstofacethemainchallengesofour society. The contributions also propose new avenues of intervention for careercounseling and guidance. The entire book is the bedrock of a program of research andinterventionstobeimplementedinorderthatthefieldofcareercounselingandguidanceplaysakeyroleforindividualswhomustdesigntheirlivesinarapidlychanging,andevermorecomplexcontext.Thisbookisthereforeamajorscientificcontributionandmarksaturningpointforresearchersandpractitionersincareercounselingandguidance,andforallprofessionalswhosupporttheself-constructionofindividualsinthe21stcentury.Seventeen chapters by authors from all over the world present their conceptual andpracticalperspectivesinorderto:• Connect the field of Intervention for Life and Career Design (ILCD) to internationalUNESCOstrategies;

• Emphasize the role of ILCD for development of a more decent world and moresustainablesociety;

• Buildon theoreticalmodelsaswell asempirical research incomesandcase studies toenlightentheroleofILCD.


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CONTEXTSMATTER…ONCAREERGUIDANCEELSEWHEREByRonaldG.Sultana,UniversityofMaltaContext matters. That is one of the most important lessons to take away from theinternationalreviewsofcareerguidance,launchedbytheOECDin2000,andextendedtoaEuropean and global scale by the European Commission directorates and agencies, theWorld Bank, and the ILO, among others. Despite the many commonalities that wereidentifiedbetweenandwithincountriesandregions, thespecificityof labourmarkets,ofcultures,ofdemographicandgeographicrealities,andofhistoriesmatteragreatdeal:itisthesespecificitiesthatgiveaparticularshapeanddirectiontothewaycareerguidanceisconceivedandpracticed,ifatall.Thisisaverygoodthing:theoreticalapproachesthataregroundedinempiricalresearch,whether qualitative and/or quantitative, are more likely to be rich and intellectuallystimulating, avoiding a universalizing discourse where particular approaches – oftendevelopedintheglobalNorth–blindustotherealitiesshapingothercontexts.Wearethusseeing a plethora of insights coming through from the global South, for instance,challengingnotionsthat,withtime,haveattainedataken-for-grantedqualityaboutthem.Fresh perspectives are coming through from the Asian sub-continent. Latin Americaauthors are mining the wealth of theoretical perspectives that we find in liberationpsychology, which has yet to make a significant dent in Europe and North America. InAfricawerecentlysawthelaunchoftheAfricanJournalofCareerDevelopment–afirstforthe continent, andan initiativewhichpromises to shakeupour field inmoreways thanone.Myowncomparativeworkhastriedtoengagewiththediversitythatcomesthroughthesedifferent contexts: while having carried policy analysis of career guidance in all the EUmember states, I have also benefited enormously, both intellectually and personally, bylooking at other contexts, including Arab states1 and small states.2 The former studyidentifiedseveralelements thataresimplyabsent frommuch thatpassesasmainstreamcareer guidance theories – such as the absolutely crucial part playedby informal labourmarkets in the career-related behaviour, aspirations, and decisions of many youths andadults. The latter study examined the extent towhich small scale, in countrieswith lessthanamillioninhabitants,conditionsifnotdeterminesthelivelihoodplanningstrategiesofislanders,arguing foranewconcept– thatof ‘chameleoncareers’– tocapturedynamicsthataresimplyabsentfromthemajorcareertheoriesdevelopedinthelargeandpowerfulmetropolecentresofthisworld……forcontextsdomatter!--------1.SeeR.G.Sultana(ed.)(2017)CareerGuidanceandLivelihoodPlanningAcrosstheMediterranean:ChallengingTransitionsinSouthEuropeandtheMENARegion.Rotterdam:SensePublishers. [Firsttwochaptersavailableat:https://tinyurl.com/yyg9e56u]2. Sultana’s article about career guidance in small states is available here:https://tinyurl.com/y6259erzThefullstudycanbedownloadedfromhere:https://tinyurl.com/yykskkl3


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InternationalJournalforEducationalandVocationalGuidanceCALLFORPAPERSFORTHESPECIALISSUE“MIGRATION,EDUCATIONALANDCAREERGUIDANCE,ANDSOCIALINCLUSION”Internationalmigrationhasincreasedsubstantiallyduringthetwodecades, increasingbywith50%between2000and2017—andreaching258millionin2017.Mostmigrantstendtosettleinafewcountries,oftenneighbouringcountries—10countrieshosted51%oftheinternational migrants in 2017 (United Nations, 2018). Furthermore, migration isconcentrated by country of origin, where migrants from 10 countries with the largestdiasporapopulationmadeup36%ofall internationalmigrants in2017 (UnitedNations,2018). Migration flows are triggered by numerous factors, including natural disasters,globalwarming,socialunrestandwar,familyreunions,changingemploymentpatternsaswellasaglobalneedforskilledworkers(Faber&Schlegel,2017;Shan&Fejes,2015).Allmigrants face challenges in adapting to their new life circumstances in the new hostcountry. However, asylum seekers are often in a specifically precarious situation—oftenliving ina refugeeaccommodations (or theequivalent)hoping forapositiveresponse totheirapplicationforasylum(seee.g.Fejeset.al,2018;Eurofound,2016).However,nomatterthereasonsforleavingone’scountryofbirth,migrationischallengingintermsofinclusion,formigrantsaswellasforthenewhostcountry.Howcanmigrantsbesupportedinordertogainaccesstothelabourmarketandthe“host”societymorewidely?This question comprises a number of policy challenges and institutional innovations notonlyforgovernments,regionalorganizationsandmunicipalitiesbutalsoforsocialpartnersandinabroadersensecivilsociety.Migrants,andasylumseekersespeciallyso,arefacingseveralproblemsandshiftingconditionswithregardtoformalassessmentofidentityandcitizenship, livingconditions, therelationto localcommunity,socialnetworksandlabourmarket,welfareandifneededcaringinstitutions.Fromthepointofviewofindividualsandfamilies,themigrationjourneyisacomplexprocessoflifetransitionandentailseverydaylearninginanefforttoadapttonewconditions.Educationalandoccupationalbackground,recognitionofpriorlearningaswellaslanguageproficiencyarecrucialcomponentsfortheadaptation to the ‘host’ society and the labourmarket.As amediatorbetweenmigrants’previous experiences of education and work, educational and career guidance becomesessentialinsupportingmigrantsontheirpathtowardspotentialsocialinclusion.Inasocialjustice perspective, this mediating position triggers different questions, especially inconsideringculturaldiversityGiven such developments, the main theme of this special issue concerns the role ofeducationalandcareerguidanceinacontextofculturaldiversityandmorespecificallyinworking with migrants and refugees. More specific questions or themes that could beaddressedforthisissue(butnotexclusively)are:• What roledoes/can educational and career guidanceplay in supportingmigrants andrefugeesontheirpathtowardssocialinclusion?

• Whatare thechallenges thatneedtobe facedwhen itcomestoprovidingeducationalandvocationalguidanceservicesformigrantsandrefugees?


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• Howdoclass,gender,culture,faith,andethnicitycometogetherinwaysthatdefinethemigrants’andrefugees’experienceofthejobsearchprocess,ofoccupationalplacementandofcareerdevelopmentinhostcountries?

• What can we learn from the efforts of educational and career guidance services torespondtotheneedsofmigrantsandrefugeesindifferentcountries?

• What kind of research approaches and strategies are productive when trying tounderstand–andcaterfor–thecareerdevelopmentneedsofmigrantsandrefugees?

• Which questions related to educational and career guidance training raise thesechallengesfacedbymigrantsandrefugees?

This issuewill be jointly guest edited by Professor Andreas Fejes, Linköping University,Sweden (email: [email protected]), Professor Manon Chamberland, Laval University,Canada (email: [email protected]), and Professor Ronald G. Sultana,UniversityofMalta,Malta(email:[email protected]).ThisSpecialIssueislimitedtosixtoeightarticlesof6,000-8,000wordseach.Authorsinterestedincontributingtothisspecialissueshouldfirstsubmitanabstract.TheauthorsofabstractsselectedforinclusioninthespecialissuewillbeinvitedtosubmitafulllengthpaperAllsubmittedmanuscriptwillundergotheregularpeer-reviewprocess.Theuse of the APA's Publication Manual’s (6th ed.) style and norms are required whensubmittingthearticlestothejournal.Scheduleofthespecialissue• June30,2019,Submissionofanabstractofabout400wordsdirectlytotheguesteditorspere-mail

• August1,2019,Feedbackconcerningtheabstracts• November15,2019,Submissionofthefullmanuscriptonline• March1,2020,Firstdecision• May1,2020,Submissionoftherevisedversionofthemanuscript• July1,2020,Finaldecision(withrequestforrevisionsinsomecases)• September30,2020,SubmissionoffinalversionTheabstractshouldbeemaileddirectlytotheguesteditorsbutthefullpaperneedstobesubmittedonlineviathejournal’splatform(http://www.editorialmanager.com/ijvo/).ReferencesEurofound (2016). Approaches to the labour market integration of refugees and asylumseekers,PublicationsOfficeoftheEuropeanUnion,Luxembourg.

Faber, D. & Schlegel, C. (2017). Give Me Shelter from the Storm: Framing the ClimateRefugeeCrisisintheContextofNeoliberalCapitalism,CapitalismNatureSocialism,28:3,1-17

Fejes,A.,Dahlstedt,M.,Mesic,N.,&Nyström,S.(2018).Svenska(r)fråndag1:EnstudieavABFsarbetemedasylsökande.[Swedishfromday1:Astudyoftheworkerseducationalassociationsworkwithasylumseekers].Stockholm:ABF.

Shan, H. & Fejes, A. (2015). Skill regime in thecontext of globalization and migration,StudiesinContinuingEducation,37(3),227-235.

UnitedNations (2018). Internationalmigrationanddevelopment.Reportof thesecretary-general.GeneralAssembly.A/73/286.


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Knowledge about different projectswhich focus onworkingwithmigrant populations isoftendifficult to locate, thus thespecial issuementionedaboveprovidesavital forumtofurtherourunderstanding.Whatfollowsaretwoexamplesofrecentstudies–therewillbeothersandwewouldliketoencouragewiderdissemination:RefuNEET.Thisproject,ledbyOsloMetropolitanUniversitybeganinOctober2016aspartof a larger Erasmus + project entitled RefuSKills. It brought together partners fromNorway, Bulgaria, Austria, Germany, France, UK and Turkey. Both parts of the projectaimedtosupportthetransitionofyoungrefugeesintoworkortraining.RefuNEETfocusesonthedevelopmentofprocessesandprotocolsofcareerguidance,specificallyaimedattheneedsof thisgroupandbuildinguponand recognizing their strengthsandcompetences.This includesaprocessofRecognitionofPriorLearning (RPL)andalsoof thevalueandcompetences of peer careermentors. Theproject concluded inDecember2018. The keyoutcomewasthedevelopmentofanAppforyoungrefugeestoaccesscareersupportandskillsassessmentviatheirsmartphones.CMinAR (Counselling for Refugee and Migrant Integration into the Labour Market –Development of Courses for Higher Education and Public Employment Services). ThisErasmus+project ledbyHdBA(HochschulederBundesagenturfuerArbeitatMannheimUniversity) began in September 2016 and brought together partners from Germany,Lithuania, Turkey, Sweden, UK and Italy. Themain purpose of the project is to developprofessional training for career practitioners toworkwith asylum seekers, refugees andmigrantpopulationsofallages.Extensiveresearchintotheneedsofrefugeeclientsandtheskills neededbypractitionerswas conducted in all countries. Twoprogrammesof studywerewritten,oneforhighereducationstudentsandoneforpublicsectoremployees.Bothcourses are being piloted in all contributing countries and the full evaluation will beconcludedinsummer2019,afterwhichbothcourseswillalsobemadeavailablefreely.For colleagues interested in research into the exploration andexplanation of the causes of migration, an excellent andaccessiblebookcanberecommended:Unravelling Europe’s “Migration Crisis”. Journeys over landand sea, by Heaven Crawley, Franck Duvell, Katherine Jones,SimonMcMahonandNandoSigona,UniversityofBristol,PolicyPress,2018183pp.,£12.99(paperback),ISBN9781447343219.Theextensive research is illustratedwith the individualhumanstories that “make real” the context for migration, unravellingmanyof themythsanddiscoursesthatcolourunderstandingofwhy peoplemake decisions to leave and risks theirs and theirfamily’slivesintheprocess.


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REMINDER2019MEMBERSHIPFEESThefinancialsituationofESVDCissatisfactory.Howeverweneedtoaskyoufortheannualmembershipfeesaccordingtoourstatutes.Asareminder:• Fullmembershipfeeis€50,00• Associatemembershipfeeis€30,00TheESVDCbankaccountis:CREDITSUISSEAccountNr.:0525-1375350-01IBANCode:CH4404835137535001000BIC:CRESCHZZ10RThebanktransferchargesarebornebytheassociation.Theamountisdueandpayableby31Julyfor2019.Thankyouallinadvance!

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