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