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A guide entitled Destination Europe – studying, ample developed by Lithuania, adapted a board Euroguidance centres) marked Euroguidance’s to contribute to the development of guidance
training, working, voluntary work, commitment game in 2016 which can be used at guidance 25th anniversary by developing a brochure on practitioners’ professional competences and to
was done in cooperation between Euroguidance sessions for orientation and the development of Recent Developments in Guidance in Belgium. enhance the career management skills among
Luxembourg and the National Agency in charge decision skills. Based on feedback from more A first version of the brochure was dissemina- end-users.
of the promotion of the European programmes than 70 guidance counsellors and university stu- ted at the final conference of the EU-funded pro-
in the fields of education, vocational training and dents the game was further developed in 2017 ject GOAL!, which focused on guidance for adults.
youth in Luxembourg. The publication has been and made even more user friendly for the Hun- The brochure contains recent developments in
widely disseminated nationally and it has recei- garian guidance community. The updated and a) policy initiatives, networks, working groups,
ved good feedback from the users. modified version was disseminated to a much b) service development, c) tools & media, and
wider audience and will be reproduced in 2018, d) events.
The Hungarian Euroguidance Centre, using an ex- due to the high demand.
Euroguidance Flanders in Belgium exhibited at
several mobility, study and training fairs offering
general information as well as providing guidance
for mobility. Among them, the Euroguidance Cen-
tre contributed to five SID-IN (student information
fairs) across Flanders lasting for three days each
(two days for schools and the 3rd day for parents
and the general public). These fairs attracted
around 60,000 visitors. At the SID-IN fairs, the
Centre ran the stall Studying abroad that provided
information and advice to anyone with an interest
(including research and placements): teachers,
guidance counsellors, pupils, students, and pa-
rents. This gave Euroguidance Flanders a clear in-
sight into relevant developments as well as exis-
ting and emerging needs among potentially mo-
bile youngsters. This, in turn, allows the Centre

In 2017, the activities of the Euroguidance Centre the development of different skills and ways of
Serbia became broader, more visible and more presenting them using available tools such as
user-orientated through their Information Centre. Europass. In addition, in the case that any of the
In the field of careers advice, for interested pu- participants need further support in the decision
pils, their parents, teachers, students and youth making process regarding their career, additional
in general have many resources and materials individual consultations are offered. Moreover, a
available that refer both to Serbian and European good synergy with other European networks such
contexts. The monthly programme of the activi- as Europass is easily achieved through the daily
ties always includes information sessions and/or activities of the Centre.
workshops on learning and mobility opportunities
and related topics. These activities are combined In 2017, Euroguidance Flanders and Euroguid-
with presentations and workshops that support ance French Speaking Belgium (the two Belgian

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