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Is Livelong Learning really useful to support the inclusion in the labour market?

Teresa la Marca | 29.09.2011 | Articles


Through the mechanism of the “social cohesion” the national politics should promote the redistribution of the produced wealth and the inclusion in the community and in the social and labour life for each citizen, above all disadvantaged people. One of the main challenge for each country, to combating poverty and exclusion, is to promote the access into the labour market. Between the instruments to promote social and economic inclusion, beyond reintegration programmes and financial compensations, training plays a key role. Is training really useful to support the inclusion in the labour market?

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InfoNet brings visibility to the Recognition of Competences at the European level

carlosvalribeiro@sapo.pt | 25.09.2011 | Articles [en]


InfoNet has contributed to social innovation in Europe in a number of domains. However, in Portugal its most prominent achievement was the widespread Recognition of Competences as a central part of Adult Education.

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The German Guidance Discourse

Clinton Enoch, Martina Pohl, Petra Herre | 20.06.2011 | Articles [en]


The situation in Germany is closely linked to European development. In Germany, studies for the development of the guidance discourse also have an important function.

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Advice on skills recognition: a didactic tool for the advisory process

Stefanie Jütten | 09.06.2011 | Articles [en]


Advice as a means of support for adult education has become a more important mediation tool between the concerns of the person wanting the advice and the requirements of the labour and education market in the context of lifelong learning in Germany.

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How to get “on the right track”?

Hilde S. Grønhovd | 08.06.2011 | Articles [en]


Norway in 2011: In a survey recently conducted by Vox (the Norwegian Agency for Lifelong Learning) 22 % stated clearly and distinctly that they needed career guidance. We also know that one in three young people in Norway who commence upper secondary education do not complete their course within 5 years. They drop out. At the same time work patterns are changing. We no longer train once and stay in the same job for 40 years. The workforce is much more dynamic. We have to learn, up-date our skills and change direction all through our lives. The need for career guidance would appear obvious.

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Irish Government launches upskilling initiative for unemployed

Bernadette Maria brady | 08.06.2011 | Articles


Unemployment levels in Ireland have hit the highest numbers since 1994 with more than 440,000 people or 14.5% of the labour force unemployed but this recession has brought new challenges; almost three quarters of them have never been out of work before. The largest increase in unemployment has occurred among people who already have good qualifications and work experience.

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The role of vocational training in Spain. Challenges for the immediate future.

X. Alberte Cea | 08.06.2011 | Articles [en]


Today Spain is facing one of its toughest challenges in recent history, the fight against unemployment, which is not just high (20.7% in March, the highest in the OECD, which averages 8%), but also truly complex in terms of its characteristics. The causes of such high unemployment and the difficulties in reducing it in an acceptable period of time are truly difficult to pinpoint. This is because, among other things, many of these causes are not solely related to the crisis, rather they relate to endemic issues for which there are no quick fixes.

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Educational guidance - a key task of the future

Pascal Kreuder | 07.06.2011 | Articles [en] [de]


Professional integration and social participation depend on educational opportunities. Good educational guidance can add valuable support here. Educational guidance in Germany has just begun to come into fashion. A glance at the current situation.

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