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2.1 National cross

network cooperation

The Euroguidance Network has a well-established quences does this bring both to their professional
tradition of cooperation with networks such as and private lives? By understanding how we all
Europass, the EQF-NCP, Eures, Eurodesk, NARIC, think and what we are influenced by, our commu-
Europe Direct and Eurydice that all promote tools nication can become more efficient and our work
that support common policy goals on European more successful.
level. Using joint efforts and synergies across the
networks is key to the successful outreach to Building on this thought, Euroguidance Croatia
organised its fifth Info Day on Networks and Ini-
European citizens.
tiatives in Zagreb in September 2018. The Info Day
is an annual information event providing news
Croatian Info Day on EU Networks and and information on the work of different net-
Initiatives: “Four generations in one works and initiatives relevant for the school gui-
school - Teaching Generation Z” dance community. The networks participating in
this year’s event were Euroguidance, eTwinning,
Although pupils, teachers and school counsellors Eurodesk, ECVET, Europass and Youthpass, all of
live together and share their common working them operating as part of the Croatian National
space – the school - they do not live in the same Agency for Erasmus+.
worlds. Teachers and counsellors can belong to
one of three different generations – the Baby The goal of this event for primary and secon-
Boomer Generation, Generation X and Genera- dary school counsellors was to inform and raise
tion Y, or the so-called Millennial Generation. On awareness on the opportunities each network /
the other hand, their pupils are members of the initiative offers to school counsellors and their
youngest generation – Generation Z. pupils. The Info day featured panel discussions,
presentations, interviews with good practice
What challenges do they all face? How do they examples, workshops, games and competitions,
communicate with one another and what conse- as well as informal peer networking.

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