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Message from Jacobs FoundationWith the diversification of job profiles and the variety of competencies that are required for most jobs inthe societies of today, career counseling becomes ever more important for the young generations. It is,however, no longer enough to simply provide young people with information about differentoccupations available in the national economy. Career counseling needs to teach young people thecompetencies to recognize and build on their abilities and strength, to identify their interests, to definetheir goals in life and to make their choices accordingly. The Jiva approach to career counselingprovides an excellent set of pedagogic methods and tools to support young people in the developmentof these competencies and to enable them to build their own life project, based on their abilities,interests and opportunities. At the Jacobs Foundation we believe that these competencies are crucialto enable young people to develop into socially integrated and responsible adults, and therefore intoactive members of society. This is the long term goal of the Jacobs Foundation.We are, therefore, very pleased to see that the Jiva Conference has met such a great deal of interestfrom Indian and international scholars and practitioners in the field of career counseling. We arecertain that you will be inspired by the richness of the presentations and workshops of the Conference,We hope that you will take away many fruitful inputs on how to further improve the career counselingapproaches in your country in order to support the young people to build and pursue their life projectsand their dreams, and develop into active and responsible members of their communities and theirnations.Dr. Bernd EbersoldCEO, Jacobs Foundation,Partner: Jiva Project and Primary Sponsor: Jiva Conference.7IAEVG-Jiva Conference, India, 2010