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4 The first European Guidance Week 2017 took place tana from Malta gave a keynote speech on career

in Tallinn in September. Cedefop’s newly establi- guidance in a time of crisis. The way in which
shed CareersNet for careers guidance and edu- the event was arranged enabled participants to
cation experts had its inaugural meeting there. review career guidance from different angles and
Some Euroguidance representatives participate in connected policy makers, the academic society
this network. The EmployID project consortium, and the community of career guidance practi-
which also met at the event, is mainly consisting tioners.
Other events of public employment services, some of them In September, Euroguidance Denmark in coope-
serving as the national Euroguidance Centres.
ration with the Regional Guidance Centres held a
Representatives from the consortium presented
seminar on Career Competencies and Career Gui-
how professional identity transformation, ICT,
dance – What is happening in Europe? The event
on career peer coaching, and labour market intelligence/ focused on career competencies, career ma-
information (LMI) can effectively be integrated in
nagement skills and career guidance addressed to
public administration systems.
students in the transition between general upper
The communiqué of the Estonian EU presidency secondary education and higher education. The
guidance conference concluded that at national and Euro- overall objective of the day was to attract new
pean levels client-centred and efficient lifelong European knowledge and experience to Den-
guidance needs to:
mark and to create a forum for discussions and
• provide reliable, objective, user-friendly la- exchanges of experiences. To this end, keynote
bour market intelligence
• provide guidance support to clients with spe- speakers from the UK and Norway were invited
to present the latest development on the inter-
cific needs e.g. early school leavers, NEETs, national level. An Erasmus+ project on the topic
low-qualified and long-term unemployed and a best practice example of career guidance
• improve the competences, attitudes, and from a Danish University were presented, too.
knowledge of career practitioners in complex Altogether more than 70 experts participated, pri-
labour markets and in rapid technological and marily the guidance counsellors from the seven
Every year several international seminars and conferences are organized media development Regional Guidance Centres and counsellors from
by the Euroguidance Centres. Bringing guidance experts together from • support innovation through structured coo- eGuidance, but also professors and researchers
peration and peer learning
abroad at such events is an attractive way to support knowledge sharing • improve accountability and the evidence base from the University Colleges and representatives
and active networking. Often those guidance professionals who participate for policy and practice from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of
Higher Education and Science in Denmark.
in these international conferences are also looking for new potential • develop integrated services to support lifelong
partners for EU-funded project cooperation and exploring possibilities to guidance The 5th National Conference on Career Guidance
and Counselling in Serbia and Europe was orga-
go on study visits to other countries. This section provides insights into All materials, including results of the mapping nized by the Euroguidance Serbia in cooperati-
important events apart from the events already mentioned. survey on key development, presentations, pho- on with the Ministry of Education, Science and
tos and conclusions are available at the event’s Technological Development and the Ministry of
homepage. Youth and Sport. The event attracted around 150
The most important lifelong guidance event in guidance practitioners from education, youth
the Czech Republic in 2017 was the international work and employment sectors in Serbia, and
Career guidance conference that the Eurogui- also around 30 practitioners from other European
dance Centre organized in cooperation with the countries. The conference focused on exchanging
Charles University in Prague. The topic of the con- good practice examples on European level, espe-
ference was Career guidance in a changing world cially by presenting the National Guidance Award
and more than 200 academics and practitioners winning examples from the Czech Republic and
attended to debate both theoretical and practical Slovakia, and also by discussing the guidance
aspects of career guidance. Many prominent systems and good practice examples with the
international speakers shared their expertise with Euroguidance colleagues from Portugal, Hungary,
the audience, for example Professor Ronald Sul- Croatia, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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