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and policies and practices developed in the field Network Publications future actions which will better address the needs
of guidance across Europe.
In 2020, the group created a manual for collecting
and sharing guidance practices. The aim of the
collection and sharing of guidance practices is
to develop a quality repository and in that way
to contribute to the visibility and credibility of
guidance and the promotion of mutual learning
among countries. Practices represented in any
future repository will ultimately meet the criteria
outlined in the manual.
A new manual for ‘newcomers’ – newly joined
members of the Euroguidance Network – was also
introduced.
During 2020 there was a growing interest in we-
binar participation. Webinars on career guidance
topics were organised and made open to the
whole European guidance community (see later
article); with the aim to support peer learning.
In 2020 the Euroguidance centres of the Czech
Republic and Serbia acted as leaders of MTG2.
The other members involved were the Eurogu-
MTG1 updated and enriched a ‘Mobility Advice idance Centres in Belgium (FL), Bulgaria, Cyprus,
Interview’ publication to transform it into an online
document. This brochure outlines ‘Guidance Coun- Greece, Hungary, Malta, North Macedonia, Poland,
Portugal, Romania and Slovakia.
selling for Mobility’ - its definition, the psycho-
logical context and useful additional resources Main Task Group 3: Information
for the professional. It will be accessible on the Provision and Communication
Euroguidance website in 2021.
Over the course of 2020 the group supported
An additional mobility support document, pro- Network-level actions with the aim of enhancing
duced by a Belgian training institution (Itineris), and promoting the overall visibility of the Eurogu-
was translated into English and is available on idance Network towards its primary target group,
the Euroguidance website Academia Experience the European community of guidance practice.
Section. It is titled ‘Travel Diary’ and is a peda-
gogical support document that can be used by the As well as assuming responsibility for external
guidance professional or by their clients, before, communications, MTG3 took ownership of internal
during and after a mobility experience. It helps to communications processes and provided support
prepare for mobility, to have points of reference and guidance to Network members in this regard.
during mobility and it gives elements to enhance Network Website
the mobility experience on return.
The Euroguidance Network website is the central
In 2020 the Euroguidance Centres of France and
Belgium (FR) acted as leaders of the group. The platform through which the Euroguidance Network
provides access to information and the main
other members involved were the Euroguidance
centres in Austria, Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, leverage point for the dissemination of European
guidance related resources to the wider guidance
Latvia, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Slovenia
and Spain. community. This support by Euroguidance was
especially relevant during the pandemic
Main Task Group 2: when physical mobility came to a standstill.
Competence Development In 2020, all Euroguidance Centres individually
populated relevant content such as news,
The Euroguidance Network ‘Main Task Group 2’ events and publications to this platform.
(MTG2) supports competence development within These news items were distributed through
the Network as well as in the European guidance the newly established Network ‘Newsletter’ -
community through sharing experiences, informa- a monthly e-mail communication highlighting up to
tion about events and projects, new initiatives, date and relevant news from the Network.
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of beneficiaries. Therefore, in 2020, towards the
In addition to the previous 2019 ‘Highlights’ pub- end of the (then) Erasmus+ programme, the Eu-
lication, MTG3 coordinated the publication of two roguidance Network undertook a survey at Euro-
issues of the Euroguidance Network’s ‘Insight’ pean level addressing its key stakeholders; career
Magazine in 2020, which covered ‘Leading guidance practitioners and various professionals
innovations’ in the June issue and ‘Responses to active in the field of guidance and counselling.
COVID-19: Smart Ways to Move Forward‘ in the The questions referred to activities organised by
December issue. the Euroguidance Network in 2019 and in the first
part of 2020.
Social Media
The Euroguidance Network’s Facebook Page con- A total of 832 participants, from 34 European
tinued to be used for the posting of updates and countries, responded to a multilingual online
questionnaire, originally designed in English and
news about international mobility and guidance
subsequently translated into 29 languages. The
related topics. During the pandemic, the page con-
tinued to serve as a source of support for the Euro- largest proportion of respondents were school
pean guidance community in times when working counsellors (38%) and counsellors in the employ-
and learning mobility were severely challenged, ment field (15%). Almost half of respondents had
promoting many webinars and new ways of online more than 10 years of experience in the field of
cooperation. career guidance.
Key findings of the survey
For statistical information in relation to the Eurogu-
idance Network and Facebook Page see the ‘Facts Related to what ‘went well’, respondents identified
and Figures’ chapter. the important role of the Euroguidance Network
in facilitating learning and development. 92% of
In 2020 the Euroguidance centres of Austria and
Norway acted as leaders of the group. The other stakeholders (762 respondents) considered that
members involved were the Euroguidance centres the Euroguidance activities they participated in
in Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, were very relevant or relevant for their work.
Ireland, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, The activities brought benefits for knowledge,
Turkey and the United Kingdom. competence and networking: 86% of participants
said they have improved their knowledge (e.g.
Euroguidance Network: more, updated or in depth knowledge of career
Stakeholders’ Survey guidance in a national/European context); 73%
considered that they have developed additional
Stakeholders` voices, opinions and feedback are competences (e.g. intervention methodologies,
very useful in understanding the strengths and career management skills); and 71% said they
weaknesses of the Network, as well as for designing have extended networking and collaboration (e.g.
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