Welcome!

Greetings

Dear Colleagues,

It is a very real pleasure to contribute a short article to your newsletter.

I am delighted that the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) has the opportunity to work closely with the Japanese Society for the Study of Career Education (JSSCE) to offer an international conference in Tsukuba in September 2015. While the event will be very significant in its own right I also hope that it will be the start of a long and mutually beneficial relationship between IAEVG and JSSCE.

IAEVG was formed over 60 years ago in Paris and for many years was largely a European association whose membership slowly expanded to include North America. Membership gradually extended to some South American countries. For many years this limited geographical spread of member countries was reflected in board membership.

Over the last 15 years IAEVG has further expanded to become truly international, with members in 40 countries and covering all continents (except Antarctica!). In parallel, members of the board come from five continents. In total, IAEVG represents the interests of nearly 19,000 members around the world.

While we may all be at different stages of development of career guidance in our respective countries our aims and commitment to ensuring services are provided to our citizens is universal. By being part of a wider international community we create the opportunity to learn from others and for others to learn from us; to contribute to international debate through IAEVG conferences, webinars, its newsletter, journal and twitter.

I wish you all well in your current career guidance endeavours, whatever your field of interest or specialization may be.
I hope that many of you will come to the Tsukuba conference.
I extend my best wishes to you all.

 

Welcome to the 2015 IAEVG International Conference in Japan held in Tsukuba, Japan on September 18-21, 2015!

This is an announcement of the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) International Conference 2015. The conference theme is "Restructuring Careers Over Unexpected Powerful Forces."

Japan has been recovering from the unexpected powerful forces of nature and the damage from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The conference will address the restructuring of careers and the sharing of gratitude in the recovery efforts. The conference will promote a wide range of the latest vocational and educational guidance topics, data driven action oriented research, and innovative user friendly practices in career development from early childhood to retirement which are taking place around the world.

The IAEVG Conference will be held in Tsukuba, Japan on September 18-21, 2015. Please mark these dates in your calendar and join your colleagues around the world who will learn, exchange, and share promising research and creative practices in restructuring careers and in career development.