Needs for LLL improvements for supporting career couselling for self-employement

Abstract

I he paper assesses thc valúe of guidance and counselling ¡«emees targeiing people eonsidering se)í"-emp)oymem. and envisages funber poienlial improvemeni for LLL related aciivilíes. Jt address:$ the resulis ufa sur\'ey conducicd in Rumania as parí oí'thc projcci entitled: Guídance and Counselling for Self-eniphymeitt. "SELP-EMPLOYMEST". Tlie icscarch was drawii up bearing in mínd thai imroducing self-cmploymem as pan ol' govemmental and regional programmes coultí have signíficant ínílucnce on uncnipfoynicnr Icvcl and other ecunoinic factors. Morcover. SÍngle-persun enterprises are crcatively and dynamically managed. ThuS, counselling 011 liieh qualiu Icvcl uuucici'l »\ stngle-persun enicrprisea enuld hrine a synerglc eí'tcci and rcinforce their acüvity, increasíng lhcÍT strenglhs. Special measures addressing selt-cmployment are no! specified wiihin regional developnu-nl plans, even if" measures conneeted with the SME's sector are induded. On thc other hand. the responsiblc LLL actors musí address these needs by offering appropriate trainfng for cárter counselling targetinü self-employmcnt. bi>ib to carecí eonnsellors and scll-employees alike.