To enable Europe to ride the waves of change, it is critical for all individuals to acquire and update their skills and competences, to manage their careers, and to meet their needs in learning, work and life. Lifelong guidance is realised through provisions to enable all individuals across their lifespan and in any circumstances to identify their capacities, competences, and interests, and to make career decisions that are meaningful for them along their life paths.
Professionalising lifelong guidance systems amid change and societal transformations requires better coherence and integration of policies. Cedefop, supported by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and CareersNet, has coordinated work on this renewed reference framework and cross-sectoral guidelines.
It aims to inspire purposeful collaboration, innovation, dialogue, and evidence collection to foster effective policies and systems. Cedefop’s work and the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network’s 2015 guidelines are acknowledged and built upon.
Publication details
Cedefop. (2026). An EU reference framework for lifelong guidance. 18 guidelines for policy and systems development. Cedefop reference series, 125. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI: 10.2801/8255414 https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications/3098
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An EU reference framework for lifelong guidance: 18 guidelines for policy and systems development
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