INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY – STRENGTHENING POLICIES FOR LEARNING, WORK, AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
THE FIRST STEP
The Centre was established in 2004 to promote policy sharing and learning internationally through making international knowledge and expertise available to policy makers, researchers and career development professionals. The OECD, the World Bank, the European Commission, international professional associations such as IAEVG, and officials of several individual countries, recognised from international policy reviews that links between policies for education, training, employment and social inclusion and career guidance services needed to be strengthened in many countries and regions worldwide. These international organisations supported the establishment of the Centre as a focal point to share good examples of national strategies, legislation, policies and policy evaluations.
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ACTIVITIES AND BENEFICIARIES
The Centre’s main activities to date have been:
- To provide information and advice on how to develop and improve national and regional policies and systems for career development services in the fields of education, training, employment and social inclusion
- To develop an international knowledge base on policies and systems for lifelong career development services
- To make this knowledge available internationally
- To create learning links and partnerships between policy makers, researchers and expert sources
- To support the organisation of international symposia on career development and public policy (Australia 2006, UK 2007, New Zealand 2009, Hungary 2011, and USA 2015) and European Union Presidency conferences (Finland 2006, France 2008)
The 9th International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy will take place in Tromse, Norway, 17 – 20 June, 2019, under the aegis of SKILLS NORWAY.