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2.6 National conferences,

fairs and recognition

events (including awards)

Every year several international seminars and “Lifelong guidance on a dynamic labour mar-
conferences are organised by the Euroguidance ket – Reach, empower, strengthen” in November
centres. Bringing guidance experts together from 2018, which took place during the European
abroad at such events is an attractive way to su- Vocational Skills Week. Andreas Hirschi, Professor
pport knowledge sharing and active networking. at the University of Bern, talked about modern
Often those guidance professionals who partici- approaches to sustainable career development:
pate in these international conferences are also “Careers guidance needs to concentrate on achie-
looking for new potential partners for EU-funded ving and maintaining a status of employability,
project cooperation and exploring possibilities to drawing attention to and encouraging active use
go on study visits to other countries and starting of resources (such as social networks), incor-
international cooperation. This section provides porating motivational elements and working on
insights into important events such as national strengthening the ability to deal with change
awards conferences, seminars and fairs. and adaptability as a whole. Taking this approach
can help support lifetime career development
How can we reach disadvantaged members of in a holistic and sustainable manner.” Alongside
society in particular and how can lifelong gui- the plenary discussion, the conference was also
dance – in the sense of sustainable support aimed running five workshops, three of them based on
at working life as a whole from an early stage – Erasmus+ project results: “Storytelling”, “Com-
help people to deal positively with transitions in petence mapping and career planning with Com-
the job market? These questions were discussed petence Kaleidoscope” and “Trias - Guidance in
at the Euroguidance Austria national conference the workplace”.

Alison Crabb exchanging with participants, key note speech by Andreas Hirschi
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