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AIOSP – Association Internationale d’Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle

IAEVG – International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance

IVBBB – Internationale Vereinigung für Bildungs- und Berufsberatung

AIOEP – Asociación Internacional para la Orientación Educative Y Profesional

What is IAEVG?

The International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) is the worldwide counsellors’ association and represents individuals as well as national and regional associations concerned with educational and vocational guidance on all continents.

The mission of IAEVG

The aims of educational and vocational guidance are to assist students and adults in making their personal decisions about learning and work. This is achieved by helping people to:

• understand and appreciate their skills and abilities

• relate effectively with others

• explore career alternatives

• develop appropriate plans for educational and career management

• promote better vocational qualifications at all levels

• contribute to equal access for girls and women in education and work

• integrate successfully in society and the labour market

The objectives of the Association are

• to promote and improve communication between people and organizations active in educational and vocational guidance

• to encourage the continuing professional development of ideas, practice and research in the field of guidance and counselling

• to collect and disseminate information on the latest educational and vocational guidance practice, study and research

Benefits of Membership of IAEVG

As a member of IAEVG, you:

• belong to the only international association for careers and educational guidance practitioners and institutions

• will be sent three informative newsletters annually, published in English, French, Spanish and German

• access three editions of the refereed International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

• have the opportunity to submit articles for publication in the professional journal and worldwide distribution

• can participate in international careers and guidance conferences around the world, learning about best practices, exchanging innovative ideas and building a rich international network

• can exercise your right to vote at the 4-yearly General Assembly of IAEVG

• become involved in special projects and/or interest groups

• can stand for election for a leadership position in the Association

How to become a member?

To learn about the benefits of membership, see https://iaevg.com/Membership#Benefits.

To become a member of IAEVG or to renew your membership, simply proceed online at www.iaevg.com, by clicking on the IAEVG logo, then on “join us” and providing your information (even for renewal, as this is a new system). You can then make your electronic payment in US Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Euro or British Pounds.

All rates are based on fees in Euros: Individual members, 78 €; Institutions, 100 €, Association fees depend on the number of members (https://iaevg.com/Membership#Categories).

If necessary, please contact the IAEVG Administrative Coordinator (membership@iaevg.com).

IAEVG Website: www.iaevg.com

Officers and Board of Directors

President	Gert van Brussel, Netherlands
Président
Präsident
Presidente
Vice-Presidents	Guðbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir, Iceland
Vice-Présidents	Jane Goodman, USA
Vizepräsidenten	Teruyuki Fujita, Japan
Vicepresidentes
Secretary General	Laurent Matte, Canada
Secrétaire général
Generalsekretärin
Secretario general
Treasurer	Lydia Deyrem, France
Trésorière
Schatzmeister
Tesorero
Board of Directors	Peter Weber, Germany
Comité Exécutif	Jérôme Rossier, Switzerland
Exekutivausschuß	Gideon Arulmani, India
Junta Directiva	Soledad Romero Rodríguez Mary McMahon, Australia Gabriela Cabrera Lopez, Mexico Ilze Jansone, Latvia
Co-opted non-executive and non-voting member of the Board of Directors	Jean-Jacques Ruppert

Call for Volunteers to Translate Journal Abstracts

Are You a Native Speaker of German?

The International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance is continually in need of volunteers to translate article abstracts. We are currently especially in need of additional volunteers who can translate English-language abstracts into German. Typically, volunteers translate one 100-word abstract once every month or two, for a total of less than 10 abstracts a year. In exchange for this valuable service to our scientific community, your name will be listed in our masthead and you will receive free access to the journal. We can also provide a testimonial letter about your involvement with the journal if needed. A degree of familiarity with the domain is needed, but translators who are at the stage of being a doctoral candidate are already welcome.

Conference

44th International IAEVG Conference, Riga, Latvia	October 19–22, 2020
“Maximizing Potential of Career Guidance”

Due to concerns around Covid 19 related travel bans world wide, the Conference organizers are currently seeking a viable alternative, in communication with the IAEVG board. This means that the conference will not take place on site in Riga on 20–22 October, and possible options include an online event, or an onsite event at a later date. The decision will be made after May 12, 2020. Please view the conference website: https://iaevgconference2020.lv/ for updates.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue Entitled

Life Design Interventions (Counseling, Guidance, Education) for Decent Work and Sustainable Development

Guest edited by

Meenakshi Chhabra, Lesley University, United States.

Marcelo Afonso Ribeiro, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Jérôme Rossier, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, from the UniTwin international network.

In the last decades, several global phenomena like globalization, the refugee crisis, and now the recent pandemic is bringing rapid changes in the landscape of work organizations. This new context has led to an ongoing increase in the number of non-linear careers, vocational paths as well as transitions in career trajectories. These changes create instability and can lead to an increase in individuals’ sense of security. Vocational training, career counselling, lifelong learning and life design interventions are known to address these concerns of insecurity effectively, in addition to promoting access to decent work and decent life.

In this context, the UniTwin international network “Life Designing Interventions (counseling, guidance, education) for decent work and sustainable development” promotes worldwide cooperation between universities on lifelong guidance and counseling to support decent work and sustainable development for all (www.unil.ch/unitwin). This cooperation also develops and delivers programs to promote social inclusion by providing adapted/reconstructed intervention for disadvantaged, marginalized, underserved and underrepresented groups. This special issue draws on the premise that effective vocational guidance, career counseling, and life design can contribute to promote access to decent work and decent life for all. The Journal issue will be a concrete step in this direction. Scholarly work that illustrate how vocational guidance, career counseling, and life design can contribute to this access are most welcome to be submitted to this special issue. Submissions can include scholarly articles focused on research on a related topic, practice (work with individuals or in communities), or documentation of an action research project. both. We hope to get a wide range of work from different continents, using different methodologies, and based on a diversity of theoretical and practice backgrounds.

This issue will be jointly guest edited by Professor Meenakshi Chhabra, Lesley University, United States (email: mchhabra@lesley.edu), Professor Marcelo Afonso Ribeiro, University of São Paulo, Brazil (email: marcelopsi@usp.br) and Professor Jérôme Rossier, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (email: jerome.rossier@unil.ch).

Authors interested in contributing to this special issue should submit a full manuscript of 4,000–8,000 words (maximum 30 pages) on the submission portal of the journal and be careful to select the appropriate special issue. All submitted manuscript will undergo the regular peer-review process. The use of the APA’s Publication Manual’s (6th ed.) style and norms are required when submitting the articles to the journal.

Schedule of the special issue

The schedule was made in order to allow for publication in issue 22(1) of our journal.

• December 31, 2020, Submission of the manuscript online

• March 31, 2021, First decision

• May 31, 2021, Submission of the revised version of the manuscript

• August 31, 2021, Second decision

• September 30, 2021, Submission of the final version of the manuscript

• October 31, 2021, Final decision

• Publication: Issue 22(1), April 2022

In case of questions, do not hesitate to contact the guest editors per e-mail (mchhabra@lesley.edu, marcelopsi@usp.br, or jerome.rossier@unil.ch). All manuscripts have to be submitted online (https://www.editorialmanager.com/ijvo/).