WP2 Access

Objectives

• To draw up on the previous 2009-10 WP2 outcomes and go more deeply into some topics, for example the role of guidance in APEL and how to reach various target groups using ICT.
• To develop common projects from interesting practices in relation to EU and national policies by sectors.
• To develop activities to make lifelong guidance and ELGPN outcomes more visible at national level.
• To contribute to the development of common principles/common framework and goals to be achieved in relation to lifelong guidance, lifelong learning and employment policies at EU level.

• Widening access to information, guidance and counselling services for all citizens, particularly for young people at risk of early school- leaving, for adults at work and in transition, and for active ageing.
• Access to higher education, in particular the issue of transitions between VET and higher education, information for the students, and the counselling services within universities.
• Providing access to adequate guidance and counselling services in the recognition of non-formal and informal learning processes.
• Access for adults, with a particular focus on flexicurity policies and the role of Public Employment Services in helping adults to access and interpret information about themselves and about learning and work.
• The competences of practitioners, teachers, and other stakeholders (this needs to be a joint venture with WP4).
• The use of ICT in the context both of sectoral approaches and of integrated services for all ages.

Outputs

• Briefing and reflection notes.
• Executive summaries on the guidance systems for the ELGPN website.
• Synthesis report.
• A common platform for discussions.
• Revision of Common Reference Tools.