The Inter-Agency Working Group on Career Guidance (IAG WGCG), composed by Cedefop, the European Commission, ETF, ILO, OECD, UNESCO and World Bank are organising a Global Careers Month, between 8 November and 13 December 2022, where the international organisations will promote a series of global and regional level events, in partnership with national and regional professional associations operating in the area of career development.
The objectives of the Global Careers Month are to:
- Raise awareness about the role and importance of effective career guidance to enable access to decent work, careers and support growth efforts during economic recovery;
- Identify shared challenges to the development of career guidance systems as well local specificities linked to local contexts;
- Showcase high quality, as well as innovative solutions to promote career development support in diverse contexts and for learners at different stages in their educational and career pathways;
- Disseminate research undertaken by the collaborating agencies on the design and delivery of effective career guidance.
The Opening Ceremony will take place 8 November 2022, from 12.00 to 13.30 CEST as a zoom webinar.
The opening ceremony is presenting an overview of activities to be developed and provides insights on the state of career development across the globe. Social partners, practitioners and researchers will provide their perspectives regarding current challenges and priorities for the near future.
The event will be held in English, with simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, French, Spanish and Russian.
You can register in the following link: Registration link
You can find more information at the IAG Career Guidance webpage hosted on the Skills and Lifelong Learning Knowledge Sharing Platform
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