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List of Relevant Guidance Networks Including Websites

Cedefop, the European Agency to promote the development of vocational education and training, is the European Union’s centre of expertise to support the development of VET and evidence-based policy-making. One important task for Cedefop is to provide guidance practitioners with advice, research, analysis and information. On Cedefop’s website European Training Village (ETV) there is an area with information on lifelong guidance (Choose lifelong guidance in the left menu). Here you will find information on European guidance projects, links to publications and research results, examples of good guidance strategies and practices and a live network for all the actors who have an interest in the field.  The website can be found at www.cedefop.europa.eu/

FEDORA is an organisation for those involved in student guidance in institutions of higher education in Europe. The FEDORA network has especially the focus on the higher student mobility across Europe and the challenges that gives to the guidance practitioners. FEDORA contributes to the further development of the guidance practitioners’ competencies so they can better support, inform and guide the students on mobility issues.  FEDORA organizes congresses, conferences and summer universities and each event takes place every three years. All types of events take place in different countries in the FEDORA member states each year.  The website can be found at fedora.plexus.leidenuniv.nl/

IAC (International Association for Counselling) wishes to encourage the exchange of ideas, research findings and personal experience in the field of counselling and guidance. This happens, among others, through organising conferences and publishing the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling.  The website can be found at www.iac-irtac.org/

The International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance, IAEVG, is a worldwide guidance and counselling organisation, whose mission is to promote the development and quality of educational and vocational guidance. IAEVG’ s mission is also to ensure that all citizens who need and want educational and vocational guidance and counselling can receive this counselling from a competent and recognized professional.
The Association publishes a newsletter three times a year. Furthermore IAEVG publishes the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance which is a refereed journal publishing articles in relation to work and leisure, career development, career counselling and guidance and career education.  The website can be found at www.iaevg.org/

The International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy, ICCDPP, has the task to facilitate international sharing of knowledge and information concerning public policy and career development issues. ICCDPP has a base for knowledge and information which contains proceedings from international symposia, and reports and news provided to the site by the users and by other international contacts. ICCDPP is supported by OECD, the World Bank, the European Commission etc.  The website can be found at www.iccdpp.org

The Nordic Association of Educational and Vocational Guidance is a coalition of national associations for education and vocational guidance in the Nordic countries and the self-governing areas of Aaland Islands and Faeroe Islands. The aim of NFUE is to strengthen professional educational and vocational guidance in Nordic countries.
NAEVG organizes seminars and conferences and develops cooperation with the Baltic countries.  The website can be found at www.nfsy.org

The European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network aims to assist the European Union Member States and the Commission in moving European cooperation on lifelong guidance forward in both the education and the employment sectors. The purpose is to promote cooperation at Member State level on lifelong guidance and to propose appropriate structures and support mechanisms in implementing the priorities identified in the Resolution on Lifelong Guidance (2004). The ELGPN was established by the Member States and the Commission has foreseen to support the activities of the network in 2007-2008 under the Lifelong Learning Programme.  The website can be found at ktl.jyu.fi/ktl/elgpn/