Education Location Southwest Styria: Regional Optimization of the Job Orientation Process

In practice, the responsibilities for vocational orientation for pupils and young people between the institutions (school, labor market administration, extracurricular youth work projects, social partners, etc.) are often not sufficiently clarified. There are different points of view about which institutions can reach young people best. That is why in recent discussions the regions have come to the fore as a coordination institution.

As part of the “Regional Education and Vocational Orientation”, the regional BBO coordinators in Styria are working on the optimal conflation of young people with their interests and wishes, their knowledge and skills with the opportunities, needs and requirements of the world of work and employment. Both sides have to be coordinated again and again in a lifelong process. The research project focused on the following priorities: