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4.1 Project-based

Development Work

In some countries there are EU and/or nationally ESF programme: Growth and Jobs, 2014-2020).
funded projects that serve the aim of addressing To support coordination and cross-pollination
current development needs in the field of lifelong between these projects, Euroguidance Latvia or-
guidance. The following examples from Belgium ganised a thematic workshop on Career mana-
(FR), Latvia, Germany and Greece illustrate how gement skills and competency in the integration
project funding can be of value in improving approach based on general educational content.
information, guidance and counselling services. The aim was to build a common understanding
of the role career development support plays
The French speaking community in Belgium has in the educational process and to promote the
adopted the concept of Cité des Métiers, created integration of career management skills within
in Paris in 1993. It offers thematic oriented ser-
vices (on guidance, trainings, jobs, etc.) to anyone the competency-based approach in education
curricula. Participants had the opportunity to be-
in search of information to build or manage his come acquainted with the recommendations of
or her professional future. Its principles include the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network
open access, free of charge and anonymous (ELGPN), European experiences in developing
use of several services located in a single place:
interviews with professionals, documentation, career management skills frameworks and the
Finnish experience in integrating career manage-
multimedia resources and events (information ment skills in the competency-based approach in
sessions, symposium, meetings, etc.). A Cité des general education.
Métiers is managed in partnership with different
stakeholder organisations and results from the The University of Applied Labour Studies of the
encounter of professionals working in a same Federal Employment Agency in Germany con-
territory and sharing the same values. Within the ducted two Erasmus+ projects together with
frame of the Cité des Métiers de Bruxelles, the partners (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Lithua-
Euroguidance Centre French Community of Bel- nia, Luxembourg, Poland, Spain and the United
gium provided its expertise to the thematic group Kingdom). These projects are called Guide my
related to mobility. It also ensured a visibility of W@y! and PrevDrop.
lifelong guidance and mobility at every step of a
lifelong professional project. One of the flagship Guide my W@y! – A European Guidance and
activities of this cooperation was the presentation Counselling Concept for International Youth Mo-
bility: a self-learning modular training programme
of Euroguidance activities and examples of spe-
cific tools during the Partnership Day in Brussels. for European guidance counsellors to gather and
Around 100 participants attended the event. adopt the basic methods and the essential know-
ledge needed in the field of international gui-
In 2016, two major guidance projects in the edu- dance for young people. The European Guidance
cation sector have been launched in Latvia. Both and Counselling Concept serves as an advanced
projects aim at improving the access to career training programme for academically qualified
support for learners in general and vocational guidance counsellors within the framework of
education and developing a competency-based a post-secondary and tertiary qualification. The
approach in general education (supported by the project consists of three main achievements:

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