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1.3 Euroguidance rewarding to all centres involved; the division of Every year the Swedish Association for Educa-
tasks was balanced, the cooperation fluent and tional and Vocational Guidance organizes a lar-
the objective of offering workshops that enabled ge-scale national conference for guidance prac-
participants’ active involvement, discussion and titioners in schools and adult education. In
network’s regional sharing of experiences, was reached. 2017, the Association broadened the scope of the
event to cover professional topics in the neigh-
For the conference Transitions, Career Learning
bouring countries. This was reflected in the con-
and Career Management Skills. Multi-disciplinary
ference title Guidance so in fashion in the Nordic
cross-border and Critical Perspectives in Stockholm in October countries. Following this, the Euroguidance Cen-
a joint Nordic-Baltic leaflet was produced on Eu-
tres in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
ropean and Nordic funding opportunities: Oppor-
offered a joint conference workshop about gui-
tunities for Lifelong Guidance Experts and Re-
dance in the Nordic countries. There an insight
searchers with EU and Nordic Grants. Here, re-
cooperation searchers in the area of lifelong guidance were into the latest initiatives and developments in the
field of lifelong guidance was given from each
offered collected information on funding possi-
of the countries. The primarily Swedish audience
bilities within the Erasmus+, Horizon 2020, Max
was invited to discuss similarities, differences
Weber and Nordplus programmes. The leaflet
was disseminated at the conference and it was and lessons learned from what they had heard.
The workshop turned out to be so popular that
promoted through a plenary presentation given by it had to be offered twice. In addition, a Euro-
Euroguidance Estonia and Euroguidance Sweden. guidance stand was set up in the exhibition area
In this way, the Nordic and Baltic Euroguidance to disseminate information material about lifelong
Centres facilitated further transnational networ- guidance in the Nordic countries and joint efforts
king and cooperation among the researchers at were made to promote Euroguidance services
the conference and created additional awareness to the Swedish guidance community. About 200
Geographically based collaboration has been de- • organisation of guidance services in Europe of the role and function of the Euroguidance net- Swedish guidance practitioners were equipped
veloping and growing over the years. The focus • sharing of tools and methods for guidance work among academic and scientific researchers. with Euroguidance promotional materials, as
for cooperation has changed slightly from one counselling Euroguidance staff members from the French– well as brochures and publications about lifelong
year to the next as different needs arise. Euro- speaking part of Belgium, France and Luxem- guidance and mobility. This Nordic Euroguidance
guidance colleagues have found it very useful to The Academia programme offers the participants burg participated in the first meeting of the activity clearly showed the added value of joint
the opportunity to understand learning in a mul-
cooperate in smaller groups, where it is easy to ticultural environment, gives them an overview French-speaking Euroguidance Centres in Brus- efforts.
learn from each other, plan events or publications of both education and working life as well as of sels. The objective of this group is to share
and generally to support each other. lifelong guidance systems in various countries. A guidance practices and information on education
The following regional activities took place in promotional video has been published by Euro- and training system developments. This meeting
2017: guidance Estonia with the aim to share the ex- led to a joint cross-border meeting on the recent
perience Estonian guidance practitioners have developments in guidance in a French-speaking
The Academia study visit programme aimed at gained in other countries. context. The first day of the meeting allowed the
guidance professionals reaches across Europe. It staff members of each of the Euroguidance cen-
is coordinated by the French Euroguidance Cen- The Nordic-Baltic Euroguidance Centres (Den- tres to meet and share guidance practices and
tre. The partner countries in the Academia ex- mark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, updated information on education and training
changes are: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Norway and Sweden) organised a workshop in systems. The second day brought together the
Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Romania, Slove- Tallinn entitled E-ways for international guidance Euroguidance members with their invited experts
nia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom. The na- by Euroguidance. The aim of the workshop was from each country to approach the recent de-
tional Euroguidance Centres are involved in host- to promote ICT tools developed by Euroguidance velopments in terms of the legal framework of
ing guidance counsellors from other countries to support guidance for mobility. The workshop guidance, the training of guidance professionals
on one-week long thematic study visits as well was run twice with a changing content focus. The and the exchange of good practices in terms of
as sending their own guidance professionals on first session focused on competence building of cross-border mobility projects.
such study visits in other countries. All of them guidance practitioners where colleagues from
offered a hosting experience, which allowed the Sweden and Estonia presented courses offered
candidates to choose from programmes on the to guidance practitioners. The second session
following themes: introduced ICT tools developed for guidance
practitioners by the centres of Lithuania and Ire-
• prevention of dropout and management of land. The organisation of the workshop was
dropouts policies collectively divided between the Nordic-Baltic
• lifelong guidance Centres and facilitated in a way that it supported
• guidance support for persons with special the mutual exchange of ideas and experience
needs of the participants. This common project was

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