Division Third principle

When the common vocational training policy is put into operation, special importance shall be attached:

• to forecasts and estimates, at both national and Community levels, of the quantitative and qualitative requirements of workers in the various productive activities;

• to a permanent system of information and guidance or vocational advice, for young people and adults, based on the knowledge of individual capabilities, training facilities and employment opportunities, operating in close co-operation with the productive and distributive sectors of the economy, vocational training services and schools;

• to the opportunity for every person to have recourse to the system provided for above at any time before choosing his occupation, during his vocational training and throughout his working life.