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issues that require further development, and po- webinars, individual counselling. More than 900
tential for new cooperation among the involved primary and secondary school graduates, to-
institutions. A new theme that emerged is “career gether with their teachers and parents, had the
development support in science and research” in opportunity to learn more about: collecting and
Latvia. evaluating relevant information about self and
opportunities, decision making, coping with exam
Career guidance at higher education institutions
in Latvia is traditionally focussed on first-time anxiety, writing a CV, etc. More information about
students. University continuing education units these activities is available HERE (in Serbian
and career support providers do not often inte- language).
ract. Euroguidance Latvia organized an aware-
ness raising seminar, bringing together both si-
des. Participants were informed about national,
European and international trends in university
lifelong learning provision, based on overviews
of research presented at conferences held by
the International Association for Educational and
Vocational Guidance in 2017 and by the 2018 Eu-
ropean University Continuing Education Network.
Participants were also encouraged to pursue their
own professional development by experts explai-
ning different options: performing research, writ-
ing European projects, accessing relevant online
self-learning resources.
During the spring of 2018 Euroguidance centre
from Serbia, with the support of the Ministry
of Education, Science and Technological Deve-
lopment successfully held a series of activities
aimed at supporting pupils in the final grades
of elementary and secondary schools who are
choosing the next level of education. Activities
included online as well as live, group and indi-
vidual activities – lectures, interactive workshops,

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