JILPT International Workshop 2007 (February 26-27)
Transition Support Policy for Young People with Low Educational Background

JILPT organized a workshop in February 2007, on youth transition support policy for young generation, focusing on those with low educational background.In the workshop, we invited experts from some of the developed countries to learn from experiences of advanced youth transition support policies implemented in those countries and to draw some policy implications through cross-national discussion and comparative analyses.

The papers presented in the workshop are compiled as JILPT Report No.5. (PDF:687KB)

"Transition Support Policy for Young People with Low Educational Background"

Coordinator

Reiko KOSUGI
Research Director, JILPT

Commentator

Taro MIYAMOTO
Professor, School of Law, Hokkaido University
Michiko MIYAMOTO
Professor, University of the Air
Teruyuki FUJITA
Associate Professor , Institute of Education, Tsukuba University
Discussants and submitted papers
James R. STONE III
Dr., Professor, Department of Work & Human Resource Education, University of Minnesota (U.S.)
Helping Low Achieving Youth Acquire Work Readiness: The Role of Career and Technical Education (PDF:71KB)
Yukie HORI
Researcher, JILPT (Japan)
The Situation of Transitions from School to Work and Related Support Systems in Japan (PDF:96KB)
Nathalie MONCEL
Dr., Senior Researcher, Céreq−Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur les Qualifications (France)
Recent Trends in Education and Labour Market Policy for School-to-Work Transition of Secondary Education School Leavers in France (PDF:99KB)
Insoo JEONG
Dr., Senior Researcher, Korea Labor Institute (Korea)
The Status of Youth Unemployment in Korea and Policy Tasks (PDF:68KB)
Andy FURLONG
Dr. Professor, School of Business and Management, University of Glasgow (UK)
Supporting the Transitions of Vulnerable Youth: UK Perspective (PDF:78KB)
Oskar Nordström SKANS
Dr. Researcher, IFAU- The Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (Sweden)
School to Work Transition in Sweden (PDF:94KB)
Matt DAVIES
Branch Manager of the Indigenous and Transitions Group, Department of Education Science and Training (Australia)
Transition Pathways from School to Work or Further Study and Youth at Risk (PDF:76KB)

Program

Program of the Workshop (PDF:28.7KB)

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