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Celebrating 30 years of the Euroguidance network

This conference celebrated the 30 years of Euroguidance network, supporting lifelong guidance in
Europe.

Practitioners, policy makers and trainers throughout as several Euroguidance centres offered sessions on
Europe were invited to a hybrid conference to discuss themes such as
competence development in guidance. Mentimeter
results from the audience showed that the main take- Ways to improve the professional development of
away from the event was ‘Inspiration!’ career guidance
Inclusive mobility and the role of guidance
What did we all learn? Good practice linked to the competence develop-
ment of career guidance counsellors.
“Meeting the future today: Competence Development
for the European Guidance Community” was organ- The workshops were described by participants as
ised as a hybrid event, both in Prague (CZ), and online hands-on, and having given knowledge for reflection,
on 30 November 2022. More than 500 participants among other things.
from over 50 countries took part in the event which
included a series of workshops and panel sessions to Panel discussion highlighted competence
examine existing tools, frameworks and different ap- frameworks
proaches in the field of guidance.
A panel discussion “Partnerships in European Lifelong
The ambitious conference programme covered many Guidance – How can we support guidance profession-
different angles relating to competence development. als in competence development?” considered whether
There were a total of 21 workshops and presentations digital guidance services which emerged during the
held by 70 experts. Both external presenters, as well pandemic, will be kept and sustained.

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Euroguidance Insight Magazine Issue 1/2023