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Croatia

Guidance and career counselling seminars for school guidance practitioners

Events The Eurobarometer Survey 417 (2014) on the plenary lectures and small group activities (ap-

European Area of Skills and Qualifications reveals prox. 20-30 participants) and interactive work-
that up to 49% of the Croatian respondents have shops demonstrating methods and techniques
never used career guidance services. This calls of working with pupils. The methods applied are
for a more holistic lifelong guidance and career primarily devoted to assessing individual traits
management provision to be developed. The (interests, strengths and weaknesses) and pupils’
national strategy for lifelong guidance and career knowledge on various career pathways.
development in Croatia establishes a clear frame- The feedback from the participants on the
work for professional guidance in the education
and employment sectors. training seminars has been extremely positive.
They have acknowledged the important role high
Against this background, the professional de- quality guidance and counselling services play in
velopment of school guidance practitioners has supporting lifelong learning, career management
The Euroguidance Centres have traditionally been organizing a a high priority. As a response to this, in 2015 and achievement of personal goals. They also see
Euroguidance Croatia delivered a Guidance and the seminars as a good learning opportunity and
wide range of events as well as contributed with their international Career Counselling Seminar for school counsellors describe them as useful, dynamic and inspiring,
expertise to numerous events organized by other stakeholders. in cooperation with experts specialised in work but nevertheless requiring serious work. Further,
The main audience of Euroguidance fairs, seminars and conferences and educational psychology of the University of they speak highly of the work of the expert
Zagreb and the Institute for Social Research in lecturers, and see the value of the seminar in
is always the guidance community. In the following pages Croatia, Zagreb. relation networking and knowledge sharing.
Cyprus, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Hungary and Poland The aim of the seminar was to equip guidance
share the events they arranged in 2015. practitioners with such knowledge and compe-
tences needed for providing guidance and coun-
selling services to pupils and students in schools,
as well as to their parents and the teaching
staff. The idea to develop and run this type of
a seminar was based both on the recent policy
developments in Croatia and the EU and on the
target group’s practical learning needs.
Euroguidance Croatia has delivered altogether
nine seminars on guidance and career counselling
for primary and secondary school teaching and
counselling staff over the past three years. These
two-day seminars consist of a combination of Photo: Shutterstock

CONTACT:
Marija Galovic, Euroguidance Croatia, Email [email protected]
Mia Trcol, Euroguidance Croatia, Email [email protected]
Email [email protected]
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