Welcome

10.00 Welcome and introduction of the course and it’s programme. Ms, Dóra Stefánsdóttir manager of Euroguidance Iceland

10.20 Participants’ presentation:

Spain1 and Spain 2

France

Luxembourg

Norway

Finland

Denmark

Slovenia

09.00  Career Guidance in Iceland. Ms. Anna Sigurdardóttir, Educational-vocational counsellor.

09.45 The Centre of  Lifelong Guidance Expertise. Ms. Guðrún Birna Kjartansdóttir, project manager

10.30 Coffee

11.00 Career counselling and guidance education in Iceland. Ms. Dóra Stefánsdóttir, porject manager of Euroguidance Iceland..

Excursion to south Iceland

9.00 Departure from Hotel Frón

10.00 visit to the Lifelong Learning Centre of South Iceland. Ms. Eydís Katla Gudmundsdóttir, counsellor.

11.00 visit to the Sudurland Collage.

Ms. Agnes Ósk Snorradóttir and Ms. Álfhildur Einarsdóttir, counsellors.

Theme day

Lectures:

9.00 Vocational pathways for students with special needs. Ms. Hrafnhildur Jósefsdóttir, director of the vocational pathway, Flensborg upper secondary school.

9.45 Education and training for immigrants at the Intercultural Centre. Ms. Erla Bolladóttir, director.

10.30 Coffee

11.00 Education, training and counselling for skilled trades. Ms. Idunn Kjartansdóttir, counsellor at Iðan Training Centre.

Visits

9.00 Departure from Hótel Frón

9.15 Visit to Hringsjá, a training centre for people with impaired abilities to work. Ms. Ragnheiður Linda Skúladóttir, director Ms. Helga Eysteinsdóttir, counsellor, Ms. Korbrún Hjámtýsdóttir, counsellor

10.30 visit to Fjölsmiðjan, a working place for young people at cross-roads in their lives. Mr. Thorbjörn Jensson, director.

Lunch at the collage

13.00  A short introduction to the Icelandic System of Education and the Icelandic Labour market. Ms, Dóra Stefánsdóttir

15.00 Visit to the Reykjavik School of Visual Art

Visits

13.15. Education and Training Service Centre. Ms. Fjóla María Lárusdóttir, counsellor and project manager.

14.00 Mímir, Lifelong Learning Centre. Ms. Sigríður Dísa Gunnarsdóttir, counsellor.

13.30 Visit to the compulsory school in Eyrarbakki. Ms. Gudrún Thorsteinsson, counsellor.

15.00 Visit to Litla Hraun prison. Ms. Anna Fríða Bjarnadóttir, counsellor, will talk about the possibilities prisioners have to study and how they are guided through.

If everyone agrees: an early lobster dinner in við Föruborðið restaurant in Stokkseyri.

13.30 Group discussion.

15.00 Summing up