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3-5 June 2009, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä (Finland)

The focus in this conference is on guidance as a systemic entity which takes into account the services visible to users and the mechanisms behind the planning and managing those services in order to enhance congruence between strategic planning and the implementation of guidance and counselling services.

In this framework guidance can be seen as a chain of services and the responsibility of jointly shared by multiple providers.

The importance of service networks and networking as a developmental activity is addressed.

For further information and registration: http://ktl.jyu.fi/ktl/iaevg2009fin

1st September 2009, Alcala de Henares (Madrid), Spain

The European project EUCert, co-financed by the European Union within the Lifelong Learning Programme, Key Activity 3 ICT, is announcing the conference on EU Certificates.

Eu Certificates conferences have been organised annually since 2006.  These conferences promote and disseminate European lifelong learning qualifications and certificates in the area of IT services, engineering and manufacturing. 

Additional information can be requested via e-mail to Mr Bruno Woeran: bwoeran@danube.or.at

18 & 19 June 2009, Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

The international conference on  Using Wireless Technologies for Context Sensitive Education and Training, “Vitality in Organisations – Fit Until the Finish”, has been funded through the European project Mlearning. The project is focused on the role of mobile learning in European education and it has been co-financed by the European Union within the Socrates Programme, Minerva.

For more information please visit www.eclo.org or contact Mr Jim Flack at jim.jack@eclo.org

Hannover (Germany), 3-8 March 2009

On 6th March ’09 Melius srl and Totem srl, core partners of the EC project eGOS , are going to present the objectives of the project and the hardware prototype during the fair CeBIT in Hannover (Germany).

CeBIT is the most important event in the telecommunications field.

For further information on the event: http://www.cebit.de/homepage_e 

ITWIIN (www.itwiin.it) is organising the first edition of the competition ITWIIN 2009 for the best Italian woman innovator and inventor.

The call will be open from 15th February ’09 till 15th May ’09. The application form can be required via e-mail to: office@itwiin.org 

For futher information:

http://www.itwiin.it/leggi-articolo-itwiin-associazione-donne-inventrici-innovatrici.html?news_ID=38 

Pilot post-graduate course in e-guidance

On 21st March 2009 there will be the start-up of a pilot post-graduate course in e-guidance, organised by Melius srl (Italy) together with the Cattolica University in Milan – Cross Centre – within the framework of the project ICT Skills 2: ICT Tools and Training for e-Practitioners.

The project has been funded by the European Commission within the Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013, Transversal programme ICT. The project will last 2 years from 1st November 2007 to 31st October 2009.

The course will start on 21st March and end on 17th July ’09. It will be mainly organised on Saturday and few Fridays afternoons, in order to let workers to participate.

It will be delivered in blended learning and will have a total length of 750 hours, so organised: 110 hours of face-to-face learning by the Cattolica University in Milan, 190 hours of distance learning, 400 hors of individual learning, 50 hours of other type of learning.

At the end participants will carry out a test based on materials produced within the EC project ECGC – European Career Guidance Certificate

It will be addressed to Italian practitioners with experience in the guidance field, good knowledge of the English language (i.e. some trainers will be English speaking), basic knowledge in the use of the ICT (i.e. chat, newsgroup, etc.).

Additional information and the booking form can be required by sending an e-mail to: info@meliusitaly.eu

The ICT Skills 2 project is promoted by ASTER soc. cons. p.a. (Italy), coordinated by MELIUS srl (Italy) and developed in cooperation with Fundación Formación y Empleo Miguel Escalera – FOREM (Spain), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Centro Studi Pluriversum (Italy), Cyborg (Italy), Institutul de Stiinte ale Educatiei (Romania), CRAC/NICEC (United Kingdom), and University of East London (UEL) – Centre for Training in Career Guidance (United Kingdom). For further information: www.ictskills2.org

This study aims to provide a wider knowledge of youth labour-market trends and their evolution in order to adopt suitable correctives.

Following the European Commission’s request, the “Youth” project has attempted to define the main challenges that youth integration policies have to tackle in the coming years. This study explores the following areas:

• Labour-market performance 
• The situation of young people
• Country clustering
• Flexicurity measures and youth lifecycle
• Managing transitions and risks 
• Five common challenges
• Security and faith in the future

The report is available on the European Commission website. For further information, click here.