3.3. Flashlight on the Situation regarding "Guidance" in Austria from an European Perspective

This was the basis for the further development of the "National Lifelong Guidance Forum Austria" as well as the "National Lifelong Guidance Strategy", as the first building block for the later strategy for lifelong learning in Austria LLL:2020.20

3.3. Flashlight on the Situation regarding "Guidance" in Austria from an

European Perspective

In 2002, the European Commission published a report on "Quality Indicators for Lifelong Learning", in which 34 European countries participated, including Austria.21 In area D: "Strategies and system development", the heading of point 13 is: Guidance and counselling. For the identification of this quality indicator in Austria it was stated: Definition: not available. Data source: Not available. This should change soon. The OECD project "Career Guidance Policies" and Austrian activities in this area played a major role.

20 BMUKK, BMWF, BMASK, BMWFJ (Hrsg.): Strategie zum lebensbegleitenden Lernen in Österreich. Wien 2011.

21 Europäische Kommission: BERICHT ÜBER DIE QUALITÄTSINDIKATOREN FÜR DAS LEBENSLANGE LERNEN IN EUROPA. FÜNFZEHN QUALITÄTSINDIKATOREN. Bericht auf der Grundlage der Ergebnisse der Arbeitsgruppe „Qualitätsindikatoren“.GD Bildung und Kultur. Brüssel Juni 2002.