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was decided to form a steering
group for for the network the-
reby aligning members mem-
bers activities more coherently
to the Network’s main tasks
in order to adhere to the Eu-
ropean Commission’s terms of
reference. Further work on the
development of this proposal
was coordinated by the stee-
ring group in advance of the first
Network meeting of 2019. The
internal Euroguidance Network
working groups again convened
with common discussion fo- Group picture on day one of the Network meeting in Iceland
cussing on the “New Ways of
Working” proposal. Mr William © Euroguidance Iceland
O’Keefe of DG Employment,
Social Affairs and Inclusion presented news from group” and the Lifelong Guidance study. New
the Commission and answered questions from members to the Network were welcomed and
Network members on the “Europass advisory two peer learning sessions were undertaken.

1.2 Euroguidance

working groups

The four thematic working groups of the Eurogui- the European Commission public consultation on
dance Network work on topics and issues that EU funds in the area of “values” and “mobility” in
are of relevance and strategic importance to the March 2018.
whole network. These groups traditionally dealt
with strategy and quality, communications and Strategic co-operation with IAEVG, CareersNet
promotional activities, international mobility and NICE was also maintained through various
and staff development. In the following sections means and in June 2018, the Euroguidance Net-
there are short summaries of the main activities work was made visible at the EU validation festi-
and outcomes of these working groups over 2018. val, where the role of guidance in validation was
discussed.
Strategy and quality To make use of the new three-year contract pe-
riod (2018-2020), and engage in more long term
A key activity of the Strategy and Quality Wor- planning, the SQWG initiated discussions on “New
king Group (SQWG) in 2018 was to inform on- Ways of Working” within the Euroguidance Net-
going policy and strategic developments as part work. A meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, was arranged
of the next EU programme generation planning in September 2018 with colleagues to discuss and
process. A component of this was the Eurogui- develop proposals for a new structure. At the full
dance Network’s submittal of a position paper to Network meeting in Reykjavik in October 2018,

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