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2.3 National professional EOPPEP - Euroguidance Centre of Greece, orga-
nized a one-day Networking - Training seminar
in May 2019 at the premises of the Ministry of
Education and Religious Affairs with the staff of
development – seminars, the new career guidance structures of the Ministry
of Education.
The purpose of this event was both to exchange
workshops and tools information about the organization and operation
of these new structures and to present the actions
and tools developed by EOPPEP - Euroguidance
Centre of Greece focusing to the support of the
guidance community and end users. The content
of the event was:
1. Τhe role and operation of the new structures:
KESY (Centers of Educational and Counselling
Support) and PE.K.E.S. (Regional Educational
Planning Centers)
2. The role of EOPPEP - Euroguidance Centre of
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All the Euroguidance centres across Europe have A promising practice 3. EOPPEP’s tools to support professional devel-
taken active measures to support the professional • The training action proved innovative both proved to be useful in their daily work. One of the opment, transparency of qualifications and
development of guidance professionals in their process and content-wise on several levels. workshops was on useful tools for international citizens’ mobility:
countries. In this chapter, several concrete exam- • A pilot initiative: a Euroguidance-funded train- mobility, held by Dóra Stefánsdóttir from the Ice- • Lifelong Career Development Portals for Ado-
ples of different types of activities to improve the ing course was delivered for the very first time landic Euroguidance centre. She presented various lescents & Adults
competences of guidance practitioners on inter- in Italy. tools developed by the Euroguidance centre: • Greek database for learning opportunities
national learning mobility will be demonstrated. • A unique mix of learning objects: a compre- • an online tool chest, where short and precise Ploigos
These training activities take many forms such as hensive overview of transparency tools and information is given on the preparation before • The Europass documents and the new Europe-
seminars, conferences and courses. main EU mobility schemes was provided. the mobility, guidance during it and debriefing an Europass Portal
• A state-of-the-art picture: senior experts from once the student has returned home • The National Qualifications Framework and its
Competence development the key agencies and ministries presented the • a handbook for counsellors working with correspondence with the European Qualifica-
most recent policy and practice developments people who are planning a mobility and tions Framework
Competence development is a key pillar of the in the field of mobility • a brochure in English on educational and
Euroguidance strategy in Italy. The Italian Eurogu- • A duplicable action: the course was designed vocational guidance in Iceland, which is handy • The online database "National Qualifications
Register"
idance team successfully tested an innovative and is being scaled up in two 2020 editions for international visits or when needing to send
blended training package for mobility advisors • Cross-fertilization: the trained EMAs committed information to colleagues overseas.
which is being scaled up in the current year. to act as Euroguidance multipliers at local level.
In June 2019 Euroguidance Italy and Eurodesk What’s next She also showed them the information web for
students who plan studies abroad (www.farabara.
delivered a state-of-the-art blended training is) and the web for foreign students planning
course on “Mobility opportunities for learning and Two optimised editions will be delivered in March studies in Iceland (www.studyiniceland.is).
job purposes in Europe" in Rome. The two-day and May 2020, so to meet the upskilling needs of
course covered the EU transparency tools (EG, the remaining Italian EMAs. Networking-training seminar for
EUP and, EQF) and relevant mobility programmes More information:
(Erasmus +, Eures, ESF-funded schemes), in- new career guidance services of the
cluding next Programming Period changes. The Course description: Μinistry of Education & Religious
course brought together senior officials from the https://www.eurodesk.it/2019/EUG-TCxEUK_Roma Affairs
Erasmus+ National Agencies and the NCPs and Course materials:
Eures Teams, as well as national experts in the https://www.eurodesk.it/anpal-pcn/doc The National Organization for the Certification of
EU-level Advisory Groups and Erasmus+ National Information: Qualifications & Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP) -
Authorities Committee. [email protected] Euroguidance Centre of Greece, implement
actions in order to strengthen the competences
A total of 22 Eurodesk Mobility Advisors (EMAs) The Annual Day of the Counsellor of the career guidance counsellors and enhance
successfully completed the training: as a result, the cooperation and networking between the
they became aware of recent changes in the tools The Annual Day of the Counsellor was celebrated guidance community and the stakeholders. These
and post-2020 novelties and the implications for in Iceland with a conference, where the attendants actions include seminars, trainings, meetings and
their work as guidance experts. shared various tools and methods which have conferences.
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