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1.2.2  Communications and    1.2.3  Mobility working group

 promotion working group  The Euroguidance working group on mobility  cooperation with the Staff development working
                 (MOWG) aims to equip guidance professionals  group, the group facilitated a Be mobile workshop
 The Communications and promotion working  management system allows each Euroguidance   with various tools for learning mobility in their  to get an initial list of such needs. Distant and
 group (CPWG) coordinates the network-level ac-  Centre to edit and modify country-specific sec-  lifelong guidance practice. Its two main tasks are  face-to-face training courses on mobility for na-
 tions to increase the visibility of the Euroguidance  tions on the website. This facilitates the mainte-  to disseminate tools on mobility and to provide  tional guidance counsellors were held throughout
                                                          the year. A presentation on the use of webinars in
 Network, its products and services towards its   nance of the site and information can be better   training on mobility to guidance professionals.  offering online training sessions was given to the
 primary target group (the European community   kept up-to-date as centralized maintenance is   The main output of the MOWG’s work in 2017 was   Euroguidance colleagues at the network meeting
 of  guidance  practice,  research  and  policy)  and    less required.   the publication of the  brochure on the mobility   held in Tallinn. The promotional leaflet with in-
 beyond. This is done by applying a communi-  advice interview which has been translated into  formation about mobility tools was disseminated
 cation mix and a multi-channelling approach to  The CPWG also edited and published an issue of   several languages. The MOWG also discussed the  on different occasions, e.g. at the conference
 support the optimal online and real-life presence  the Euroguidance Network’s  Insight  Newsletter   needs of guidance professionals when providing  of the International Association Educational and
 of the network.    with contributions from across Europe and the   guidance for mobility and how the carrying out of  Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) in Mexico City in
 In 2017, the CPWG’s main task was to design,   2016 edition of Highlights publication. The above   a survey can be helpful with identifying them. In  December.
 conceptualise and create a new website for the   mentioned  Facebook page of the Euroguidance
 Euroguidance Network. The Lithuanian Eurogui-   network, operated by the Czech Republic Eurogui-   1.2.4  Staff development working group
 dance Centre was in charge of coordinating the  dance Centre as a member of the CPWG working
 website development supported by the Finnish  group, is an important element in the network’s
 Euroguidance team. The user-friendly content  communication strategy.  The  Staff  development  working  group  (SDWG)  The SDWG organised four online webinars for the
                 supports  knowledge  sharing, peer  learning  and  Euroguidance network. These were designed to
                 skills development within the Euroguidance net-  be interactive, with a 30-45-minute long presen-
                 work. In 2017, the SDWG facilitated the exchange  tation followed by a Q&A session and discussion.
                 of information within the network on various  Euroguidance Serbia provided a webinar platform,
                 topics: past and upcoming events, seminars, con-  shared  their  knowhow  on  webinar  preparation
                 ferences, information on national guidance sys-  and facilitated the sessions. The first webinar was
                 tems and policy developments, good guidance  a pilot for the members of SDWG with the aim
                 practices, the National Career Guidance Awards in  to plan using webinars and to better understand
                 the Czech and Slovak Republics and the Republic   the tool for further webinars. This was followed
                 of Serbia.                               with one on the concept of National Career Gui-
                 As a part of the Euroguidance network meeting   dance Awards which presented the experiences
                 in Tallinn, members of the SDWG in cooperation   in the Czech and Slovak Republics. The second
                 with the Mobility Working Group animated a peer   introduced the Romanian experiences in intro-
                 learning session for Euroguidance staff members   ducing career guidance and career education into
                 on network’s developments in different areas: Be  secondary school curricula. Finally, Euroguidance
                 strategic – long-term strategy for Euroguidance;  Malta hosted a webinar on Personal, Social and
                 Be accountable - impact assessment; Be digital –   Career  Development  and  on  the  Provision  of
                 video and webinars; Be inspirational – collecting  Career Guidance for Students, and shared their
                 good guidance practices; and Be mobile (in coo-  insights on the national career education and
                 peration with the MOWG) – supporting European  career guidance policy framework and the rela-
                 mobility. The sessions were led by experienced  ted developments. The concept of webinars has
                 members of the SDWG in the specific areas of the  proven successful as the number of participants
                 network’s functioning.                   was steadily growing.




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