JOB&Orienta is the most important Italian event in relation to guidance, schools, training and career: an up-to-date and accredited showcase. The exhibition-conference is organised in two macro-areas: one relative to schools (which contains the sections JOBSchool, University Planet and MultimediaJOB, where our stand is located) and one to the Job market (TopJOB, Arts, crafts and professions, JOBTouring, SocialJOB). This year’s novelty is JOBInternational, a space dedicated to organisations and companies which promote international mobility for study or work purposes.

The 6th European Conference on e-Guidance: "Widening access to lifelong guidance", will be held in Riga (Latvia) on 16th and 17th September 2009. Public bodies and private organizations will have the opportunity to debate during plenary sessions and thematic workshops. In addition, a specific exposition area will enable participants to see the most recent products and services in the field of e-guidance.

On 6th March '09 Melius srl and Totem srl, core partners of the EC project, presented the objectives of the project and the hardware prototype during the fair eGos presented at CeBIT in Hannover (Germany). CeBIT is the most important event in the telecommunications field. For further information on the event: http://www.cebit.de/homepage_e

 Congresso Nazionale "Orientamento alla scelta: ricerche, formazione, applicazioni" - Università di Padova (Italy) 18-19 giugno 2009. Un'iniziativa SIO (Società Italiana per l'Orientamento) e La.R.I.O.S. (Laboratorio di Ricerca e Intervento per l’Orientamento alla Scelta dell'Università di Padova). Info: http://www.sio-online.it

Please find Ethical guidelines for e-guidance delivery and usage by Mr. Raimo Vuorinen, Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, and Mr. James P. Sampson, Jr., Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä. You can download the file in English, Spanish or Romanian version.

Nowadays, vocational and educational guidance requires a wider use of ICT technologies, either to manage information and to deliver services to beneficiaries. More and more practitioners look at new technologies as a valid support to their day-by-day practice. New modes to deliver vocational/educational services are to be set up, either, with particular attention to disadvantaged users because of geographic, physical, personal and/or professional issues. We need to manage ‘traditional’ activities through up-to-date tools, offering a range of new services.