Educational and vocational guidance

General information

Throughout their lives people have to manage periods of change whether through choice or not. These periods constitute in practical terms transitions from school to school, school to inactivity, school to employment, employment to unemployment, and unemployment to employment as well as employment to employment.

Transitions always lead to more or less difficult questions about the (new) direction your career is taking. When building a career, guidance serves as a tool to optimise training pathways and improve access to employment for young people, as well as facilitate the professional mobility of adults and career change during working life.

It is a case of letting individuals make their own choices while supporting them through each period of change. In order to do this they need to be equipped with the right tools, starting by defining the skills that they need to possess or acquire for each period of life, from youth to retirement.

Guidance Centre (Maison de l'orientation)

The Guidance Centre is a State administrative body that unites several public stakeholders working in educational and vocational guidance under one roof.

The offer of the Guidance Centre is intended to benefit anyone seeking advice with regard to educational and vocational guidance in order to identify their abilities, skills and interests, and to make informed decisions regarding their choice of studies and training and with regard to their professional projects.

Services of the Guidance Centre

• Coordination service of the Guidance Centre (Service de coordination de la Maison de l’orientation - SCMO)
  In order to provide the public with information, especially on training opportunities, study programmes, careers and extracurricular activities, and to offer support with CVs and cover letters, the SCMO organises career guidance workshops and information sessions open to everyone at the Guidance Centre and throughout the country.
• Psychosocial and school counselling centre (Centre psycho-social et d’accompagnement scolaires - CePAS)
  For adolescents and young adults aged between 12 and 30 who have left primary education; parents or guardians, families.
• School integration and welcoming service (Service de l’intégration et de l’accueil scolaires - SIA)
  For newly arrived families.
• Career guidance service of the Employment Agency (Service d'orientation professionnelle de l'Agence pour le développement de l’emploi - ADEM-OP)
  The support, advice and guidance offered by the staff at ADEM’s career guidance service are available to all young people wishing to develop a career or educational plan, and all adults seeking initial or continuing training or a career change.
• Agency for the transition to independent living (Agence pour la transition vers une vie autonome - ATVA)
  For young people with special needs
• Euroguidance European network (EG)
  For professionals in the educational and vocational guidance sector
• Adult Guidance (Orientation Adultes)
  For adults looking for information and advice on continuing vocational training or lifelong learning.

In its "Espace orientation", open Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm, the Guidance Centre is welcoming anyone seeking information and advice on their educational path, vocational training or careers.
It also offers individual career guidance coaching sessions for young people aged 14 to 22 inclusive. These are available in Luxembourgish, French, German and English and are organised as individual sessions, either online or in person at the Guidance Centre.