Page 15 - Euroguidance-highlights-2018

Networking during the conference
© Euroguidance Germany

The conference in Cologne marked the kick-off In 2018 the event was hosted by Euroguidance
of a series of “Learning by Leaving Conferences”, Romania and the Institute of Educational Scien-
with Italy and Austria hosting the 2019 and 2020 ces and took place on the 13 and 14 November, in
editions respectively. The results of the confe- Bucharest. The theme of the Seminar was “Guid-
rence in Cologne were documented in various ance and counselling in the school curriculum.
ways, among others through a graphic recording. Experiences, practices, innovations and respon-
Small working groups will use these to ensure ses to current challenges”. The presentations
the topics will be further worked on between and and workshops focused mainly on guidance and
during the upcoming conferences and that the counselling in the school curriculum and the inno-
outcomes will be disseminated within the four vative ideas and experiences of the participants.
networks.
The keynote speech was delivered by Prof. Paula
The documentation and a video of the conference Paixão (Faculty of Psychology and Educational
can be found here: https://learningbyleaving.eu/ Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal), follo-
allgemein/documentation/ wed by presentations on the curricular reform
efforts in Romania, with a focus on the field of
13 “Cross Border Seminar” focused guidance. During the two days of the Cross-Bor-
th
on Guidance and counselling in the der Seminar there were three sessions of five
school curriculum parallel workshops. The full agenda and the pre-
sentations of the speakers and workshop leaders
The Cross Border Seminar (CBS) is an initiative can be found on the Seminar’s Website.
that started in 2005 by three Euroguidance cen-
tres (Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia), which The positive and engaging atmosphere of the
decided to organize an event dedicated to prac- workshops was reflected in the feedback collec-
titioners, experts and decision makers in the field ted from participants: “I feel inspired about the
of career guidance in order to discuss current new concept I learned and I hope to apply the
trends and to share good practices and innova- information in my home town”; “good ideas and
tion in the field. useful experience, loved the idea of cooperation

1. EUROGUIDANCE - NETWORK LEVEL ACTIVITIES 15