Developing effective lifelong guidance systems

He has an MA in Sociology and is a certified career counsellor. Currently he is the coordinator of ReferNet Poland and was formerly a national representative (2016-2019) and executive member (2020-2023). Jerzy is an independent CareersNet expert for Poland, and a member of its Lifelong guidance guidelines working group.

Working in the field of counselling and career guidance for almost 20 years, Nikos engages in supervision, development, implementation and assessment of international career counselling projects and  scientific responsible in several European projects (Erasmus+, Creative Europe) regarding work re-integration of socially vulnerable groups. 

He serves as the Scientific co-Coordinator of ECADOC and member of the Board of Directors of several Greek Associations. His main research interests focus on career counselling and guidance for marginalized populations.

She is responsible for Cedefop’s strand of work on lifelong guidance and coordinates CareersNet. Her evolving focus is collaboration on common policy frameworks, systems and guidelines in E&T, most recently, in the field of guidance, also internationally as part of the TVET-IAG WGCG. Her team colleagues specialize in validation of informal and non-formal learning, financing, and statistics in adult learning/VET, where all engage in cooperation with stakeholders and field experts in developing tools, resources and building evidence for policy supporting participation in education and training.

Her academic background includes degrees in international and comparative education policy and sociology. She has engaged in mixed method research on civic competences and career aspirations, including joint work on a composite indicator. She has worked in the adult learning and youth sectors - and as a public relations account executive.

Aline has been focusing in the past years on policies to empower individuals to learn, notably on career guidance and more recently on validation. Her work on validation is closely linked to the Unit’s work of making people's skills and qualifications more easily understood across borders, notably through the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).

She currently serves as the President of the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) and is a nominated national expert for Cedefop’s CareersNet network of independent experts and a member of its Advisory Group. She is also a Lifelong guidance guidelines working group member.

Her research has a strong international orientation revolving around career guidance practices, practitioner training, quality, strategic leadership, and public policy development with a special interest in the design and use of information and communication technology in career guidance.

The scope of the project encompasses designing and implementing new services as well as expanding and reorganizing the existing CISOK network, with an emphasis on their role in attracting vulnerable groups including NEETs. She is also involved in the implementation of active labour market education and training measures, focused in particular on the voucher system for adult education.

She was previously assigned to the Public Relations and International Cooperation Department at the Employment Service, helping with establishing and maintaining regional and EU cooperation and a member of different working groups. Her academic background is in psychology and she is involved in the National forum for lifelong career guidance.

Prior to the ILO, he worked as an expert in Cedefop, the European Union agency for vocational education and training where he led the career guidance policy area. He holds a BA and a MA from the Lisbon School of Economics and Management and a PhD from the University of Porto.

Her expertise includes lifelong learning, skills development, and educational reform, focusing on policy design and implementation, high-quality guidance services and policy responding to labour market needs. As President of the National Expert Group for Lifelong Guidance and Career Development, she leads national efforts to enhance career guidance systems and intersectoral cooperation.  Ema is an independent CareersNet expert, a member of its Advisory group and Lifelong guidance guidelines working group.

An economist by training, Antonio has taught regional economics at the University of Rome since 2002. He also lectured at the National High School of Public Administration on cost-benefit analysis and public expenditure.

Prior to joining Cedefop, he was Head of Research and Studies at the public services authority of the Municipality of Rome. Until 2007, he was Head of Area at CLES, an independent centre of studies on labour market and economic development based in Rome.

Ernesto has served in different committees and working groups of the European Commission, the OECD, and UNESCO. He holds a PhD in International and comparative education from Stockholm University and is on the editorial board of the European Journal of Education.