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The transition of the conference to a digital throughout the entire process. The variety of the
mode, required a work of adaptation on the part different sequences proposed (rhythm, media, 1.7 Network Webinars
of the organisers. The format and content was videos, live interventions and recordings) were
revised. The attention span being not the same acclaimed and their content was fully satisfactory
in the virtual space, the conference which was and adapted to the diversity of guidance profes-
scheduled over two half-days was shortened to 2 sional participating.
hours and 30 minutes. The script had to be timed,
transitions had to be planned, the conference had This online conference widened the audience and
gave greater visibility to the communication on the
to be punctuated with videos and testimonials, live
and recorded presentations had to be mixed, and new Europass and skills.
the audience had to be able to intervene through It was recorded and can be viewed on the French Several webinars were organised by the Network throughout 2020 with the aim to introduce new
chat. Flexibility, imagination and adaptation were Erasmus+ Agency website. initiatives, present practices and projects and introduce and discuss important theories relevant to
essential. career guidance. Presenters at the webinars were Euroguidance Network members and other guests
The organizers will reuse video capsules that from the European (and broader) guidance community. The structure of each webinar was designed
A satisfaction survey was conducted among par- have been made in order to make the most of to be interactive and presentations were followed by open discussions. This also enabled participants
ticipants. The results showed that 99% found the the content of this conference and to communi- to network with colleagues from other countries. The webinars gathered more than 600 practitioners,
format of the remote conference satisfactory or cate on specific points. The videos will then be researchers and other actors involved in career guidance all over the world. Below are two examples.
even very satisfactory. They remained connected broadcasted on the sites of the different partners. All Network webinars are organised by the Euroguidance Network within the scope of the activities
of Main Task Group 2 with technical support directly provided by Euroguidance Serbia.
All webinars recordings and further details can be accessed at the Euroguidance Network website
Webinar Section.

‘Developing Career Guidance on 25 November 2020 by Euroguidance Romania
and Counselling Services Through with technical support from Euroguidance Serbia.
Erasmus+ Projects - Experiences It discussed how educators (teachers, school
counsellors, and other educational staff in schools)
from Practice’ can support the acquisition of students’ social and
th
On 13 November 2020, we had an opportunity emotional learning (SEL) so that they are better
to hear the experiences from practice and find prepared for facing changes, developing their ca-
out more about developing career guidance and reer and enhancing personal future goals. The par-
counselling services through Erasmus+ projects. ticipants were approximately 200 career guidance
Speakers presented an overview of their projects, and school counsellors, teachers, decision-makers,
how they developed project ideas and established researchers and other stakeholders, mainly from
cooperation with various European partners, as Europe, but also from Africa, North America and
well as answering questions from the audience in South America. The speakers were Dr. V. Scott H.
order to help other career guidance practitioners Solberg, professor at Boston University Wheelock
to get inspired to start their project ideas: College of Education and Human Development,
• Nevena Rakovska from Bulgaria United States of America, Dr. Angela Andrei and Dr.
Career Skills Project Andreea-Diana Scoda, researchers at the National
• Helena Kostalova from the Czech Republic Centre for Policies and Evaluation in Education,
‘Crucial Impacts’ Project the Research Unit in Education (NCPEE-RUE),
• Tomáš Šprlák from Slovakia Bucharest, Romania.
Quality implementation in career Guidance Dr. Solberg presented the findings of the cross-
Project cultural research programme ‘Connecting Social and
• Vincent Verrydt from Belgium Emotional Learning to Professional Development for
Your career is waiting – get ready! Project Educators’ (2018-2022) which was acknowledged
More information can be found also HERE. by the World Education Research Association
(WERA). It involves universities and research insti-
‘Perspectives in Social and Emotional tutions from Burkina Faso, China, Finland, Germany,
Learning and Career Development: Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Portu-
Innovative Research and Promising gal, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Togo, Turkey,
Practice’ Uganda, and the United States of America. Dr.
Solberg stressed the importance of social and
The webinar ‘Perspectives in Social and Emotional emotional skills, important for an individual’s career,
Learning and Career Development: Innovative personal development and contribution to society.
Research and Promising Practice’ was organised He made the translation to practice by presenting

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