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a more comprehensive and effective outreach to
audiences and stakeholders.
Special emphasis was put on the practicality of
the information provided and an innovative ap-
proach in the delivery of this information to the
attending participants. The Info day featured panel
discussions, presentations, world café discussions,
games and competitions, as well as informal peer
networking. In order to increase its visibility, the
event was well publicized in the media – it was
reported on Croatian national television and a local
radio station. A short video of the Info Day was
also made for dissemination purposes – please see
here.
© Alexia Tsaousi
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Counselling and Career Guidance 2019 and EUROPASS
in Cyprus This two-day Conference was held between the
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This year’s subject was “Τhe relationship between 26 and 27 of June 2019 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
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f early school leaving and unpredictable career The conference was organised by Euroguidance
pathways”. It was held in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Cyprus, EURES Cyprus, EUROPASS Cyprus, ESCO
18/1/2019. The Conference is an annual activity and the Career Counselling and Educational Ser- © OeAD APA Fotoservice Hormandinger
between the Euroguidance Centre Cyprus, the vices of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports
University of Nicosia and the National Forum for and Youth. One of the main outcomes of the
Lifelong Guidance, with the full support of the networks cooperation during the conference was Bo Klindt Poulsen, VIA University College and Aar- Mobility advice @ guidance fairs
Cypriot Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and the suggestion for the formation of an informal hus University Denmark, discussed key concepts During 2019, Euroguidance Belgium (FL) offered
Youth. The aim of this conference was to raise national Group on ESCO, EQF and EUROPASS to of emancipatory career guidance in his key note information, advice and guidance on learning
awareness among employment and educationally discuss, nationally, all developments around the (available on EPALE), and jointly held a workshop mobility at a series of guidance fairs targeted at
orientated guidance counsellors regarding early Commission’s Work in the Digital Labour Market. “Career Guidance Research Circle”; together with
Filiz Keser Aschenberger, Danube University Krems teachers, pupils, students, parents and guidance
school leavers, i.e. those who have dropped It was further concluded, that in order to enhance and Margit Pichler, University College of Teacher practitioners. During these fairs, the centre dissem-
out of education, and are no longer attending the transparency of qualifications from national to Education Lower Austria. inated an updated handout on learning mobility as
formal or non-formal education or training. The European level it is important to make sure that well as the brochure What after secondary school?
conference was attended by 110 guidance and existing tools sufficiently interact. Similarly, ongoing Manuela Vollmann, ABZ*AUSTRIA, presented in - published by the Flemish Ministry of Education
employment counsellors alongside other relevant communications among the Policy Groups (ESCO, her key note “New drive for social justice and and Training - for which the centre produced the
professionals. In the keynote address of the event, EUROPASS, EURES, Euroguidance, EQF) should be economic benefits through innovative educational article ‘Going abroad’.
Dr. Paul Downes, Assistant Professor in Education established in order to share information and facil- and labour market projects” the contribution that
(Psychology and Director of the Educational Dis- itate coordination at national level. The conference educational counselling can make to widen the Through the service at guidance fairs, over 1.100
advantage Center, Dublin City University (Ireland), was attended by 80 guidance and employment range of possibilities for women in a dynamic visitors increased their knowledge of learning
presented samples of modern strategies that could counsellors and other relevant professionals. labour market. mobility opportunities and the mobility process
be followed by policy makers in order to assist in Benefits of Erasmus+ Adult Education for guidance (before, during, after). They also gained a better
the prevention of early school leaving. „Opening Opportunities – Career counsellors were discussed on stage in an inter- insight into the opportunities available to them and
guidance approaches through a social view with Andrea Bernert-Bürkle, Volkshochschul-
justice lens” – takeaways from the verband Baden-Württemberg e.V.
Austrian Euroguidance Conference In one of the workshops “Career Guidance for
Inclusive Society – a follow up on the IAEVG
How can fair and appreciative guidance create conference 2019” a transfer of main output of the
better access to vocational education and training IAEVG conference 2019 “Career Guidance for In-
as well as to the job market? How can guidance, clusive Society“ was facilitated by Ladislav Ostroha
especially through collaborations with companies, (Euroguidance Slovakia), Tibor Bors Borbély-Pecze
enhance the possibilities of those seeking advice? (Hungarian Ministry of Finance), who discussed
What additional value does cooperation in Europe the role of career counselling services in transi-
create for the development of target-group-specif- tional economies and Peter Härtel (STVG), who
ic approaches and guidance tools? These questions demonstrated how the regional guidance system
formed the core of the Austrian Euroguidance can contribute to the widening of opportunities in
© Alexia Tsaousi national conference in November 2019. a changing labour market. © Onderwijs Vlaanderen

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