Members of the FECBOP together with social partners from France invite you to the conference Bilan de compétences in the service of continuous professional pathways: individual and social challenges, that will be held in Paris the 4th September 2014. The conference is organized to nourish the debates around the reform of lifelong learning and guidance in France. The conference will introduce a new vision of the bilan de compétences in France and in Europe. The expectations of a person concerning the bilan de compétences are not limited to the elaboration of a professional project, but are much broader: need for personal strategy on the labour market, need for personal accompaniment, need for recognition. European reflections in this area have preceded French work in this area and can help us enrich our analysis and guide our research of solutions.

This year's annual assembly of the FECBOP (European Federation of Centres of Career Guidance and Bilan de Compétences) was held in Prague on 19th-20th September 2013. It was organized to coincide with the final conference of a long term ESF-financed project, in which the Federation assisted the Czech National Employment Services in the development of guidance services provision.