access to lifelong guidance and career development support

Conditions, circumstances or requirements (e.g. level of education and training, skills and qualifications, special needs and disability, sex / gender, age) governing admission to – and participation in – guidance or career development services or programmes at any stage of life, as defined in national policy or legislation.

Comment

Access to lifelong guidance involves:

  • the use of digital tools and user-friendly, open-access services to enable career guidance for all, especially those who do not have full access to these services or who need support to take advantage of learning and career pathways;
  • the entitlements to services within and outside of education, training and employment settings and structures.
Source

Cedefop; ELGPN, 2015; ILO and ETF, 2021.

Related term(s)
access to education and training
career development
career guidance practitioner / career practitioner
lifelong guidance system