Page 15 - Euroguidance Insight Magazine

© Euroguidance Spain

of European mobility to come together to learn clients and guidance practitioners in the context of
about best practice and to increase and enhance both the COVID recovery period and the war in the
their exchanges by promoting cooperation to Ukraine. Prior to the seminar, two main questions
achieve common goals. were addressed in national surveys submitted by
CBS group members to the host country: (i) factors
For further information, click on the link:
http://learningbyleaving.es/ causing uncertainty in individuals making career
decisions and (ii) approaches for helping clients
Cross Border Seminar “Hope in times deal with uncertainty, and support for career prac-
of uncertainty” November 2022, Latvia titioners to manage stress.

In the ongoing search for new ways to ensure Seminar participants had the opportunity to par-
continuous professional development of the Latvi- ticipate in an introductory lecture and masterclass
an career guidance community, EG Latvia joined delivered online by the world-renowned founder
the Cross Border Seminar (CBS) group of the Euro- of the Hope-Action Theory, Professor Emeritus
guidance Network for the 2021-2023 contract of the University of British Columbia, Dr. Norman
period. Amundson (Canada). At the workshops during the
CBS seminar in Riga, national experts presented a
It was a privilege for Latvia to host its first Cross variety of methods, tools and approaches suitable
Border Seminar in Riga from November 7-9, 2022, for students, young people, and adults, as well as
which was also its first major, international, on-site those aimed at career guidance practitioners them-
event post-COVID. Career guidance practitioners selves. The workshops addressed various psycho-
from ten countries, including Austria, Croatia, logical and practical obstacles that hinder career
Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Por- planning and integration into education or the labor
tugal, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia shared their market. Workshop leaders presented techniques for
experience in application of various career guidance strengthening psychological resilience, confidence
tools in a total of 16 workshops. building and developing trust in one’s abilities and
The theme of “Hope in times of uncertainty” was capabilities for both clients and guidance practi-
chosen as a reflection of the need to support both tioners. The aim was also to improve decision-mak-

1. NETWORK LEVEL ACTIVITIES 15