In November 2026 the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy (ICCDPP) symposium will take place in New Zealand. In advance of the symposium, we are inviting all countries (including those that will be able to attend in person and those unable to attend in person) to complete a short survey setting out your countries’ perspectives on policies and systems for career development and the issues that will be discussed at the symposium.
The symposium will focus on three critical issues:
1. High productivity and the inclusive economy. This will explore how career development can support economic growth, decent work and the development of entrepreneurialism.
2. Enhancing skills and developing technical and vocational education. This will explore how career development services interact with and support skills, lifelong learning, and technical and vocational education.
3. Ensuring disadvantaged groups can thrive. This includes looking at how career development services can best support indigenous groups, racial minorities and other social groups that are under-represented in the labour market.
Gathering this data provides a unique evidence base both for the discussions that will take place at the symposium and for future discussions following the symposium.
We invite you to submit a single response for each country. Normally this will involve a stakeholder meeting in advance of submission within your country. However, if this is not possible, please try and co-ordinate responses with other interested parties in your country.
The data that you submit will be published on the ICCDPP website both as a dataset of all responses and within synthesis reports. You have the right to withdraw or update your data up until the end of August 2026 after which we will publish the first of the synthesis.
By participating in this survey, you agree to the terms of our privacy notice.