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It was therefore necessary to adapt to a new Testimonials from young people reinforced these
environment with new constraints. conferences and gave a touch of authenticity, as
they generally testify from the place where they
Remote conferences require more preparation. The experience their mobility.
sessions need to be more rhythmic and downtime
must be avoided. Finally, giving conferences at national level allowed
Euroguidance France to diversify the topics. For ex-
It is necessary to seek interaction with the audi- ample: ‘The Mobility of Students During COVID-19’
ence, who must feel engaged and directly involved or ‘The Mobility of Young People With Disabilities’.
in the conference. The use of polls, games and
quizzes at the beginning of the session was The programmes of the video conferences (in
therefore interesting - because it allowed users to French) are HERE.
be active from the outset and to feel committed.
There is then greater participation and a large Recordings of the broadcasted video conferences
are HERE.
number of questions in the chat later on.
This requires human resources. On average, two Digital European Conference & Training
Euroguidance staff members were mobilised to Seminar
run the conference and another two people to The Euroguidance Center of Greece, following
manage the questions in the chat. Most of the the global situation due to the pandemic, decided
questions were answered directly, while some to replace its regular face-to-face training event
questions were addressed orally by the speakers.
for career guidance counselors with a fully-online
and digital communication using a variety of ICT a wider geographical distribution of participants, At a technical level, the video conferences were European conference & training seminar that took
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tools indispensable. As with many other profes- increased the use of online and digital tools, as broadcast on zoom with the connection link ac- place between the 5 and 6 of December 2020.
sions, guidance practitioners as well as their end well as continued levels of satisfaction by Eurogu- cessible without registration from a specific page In the post-COVID-19 era, it will be crucial for
beneficiaries were struck, being forced practically idance beneficiaries. of the new Euroguidance France website where students and graduates to have a thorough
overnight to turn to digital technologies to continue the semestrial conference calendar was displayed. knowledge of the conditions of the labour mar-
their daily work and study, needing strong and Impact of COVID-19 on providing Depending on each video-conference, other tools ket, the specific characteristics and the required
targeted support to develop a variety of digital information about mobility could be used to animate quizzes, polls or create skills of professions and jobs, utilizing appropriate
skills at the same time. One of the missions of the Euroguidance Network word clouds. A certain amount of technical agility sources of information, systematic contacts with
is required to run these sessions and the health
Euroguidance Croatia recognised this opportunity is to promote international mobility. For several crisis has had the merit of increasing the skills of professionals, employers and entrepreneurs and
to redesign a number of planned in-person ac- years, each Euroguidance resource centre in both professionals and users on these issues. appropriate tools for job search and transparency
tivities and training and delivered them as online France has been organising conferences on of qualifications. Thus the title of the conference:
events. Their content was adjusted to support the mobility themes such as higher education or The video conferences were broadcast live on ‘Preparing Young People for the Continuously
development of digital competencies of guidance volunteering, or on specific destinations. These Euroguidance France's Youtube channel and thus Changing Labor Market: the Versatile Role of
practitioners. In addition to debating new and conferences target high school students, their par- remain accessible on the channel after the event. Career Guidance’.
innovative practices in school guidance delivery, ents and guidance professionals and regularly bring
which came as a result of the newly introduced together between 50 and 150 people - depending
measures of social distancing and teleworking, on the topic.
the main focus of online training was on practices
using ICT to develop career management skills More than providing information to the public,
(such as online diagnostic testing for career choice these conferences help to create and maintain
and the new Europass platform), key competences a network of guidance professionals and experts
and other skills needed in the current and post- in specific subjects such as Eurodesk or EDIC. For
pandemic world of living, working and studying. example, the conference on higher education in
Spain is held in partnership with the education
In 2020 Euroguidance Croatia organised a total of office of the Spanish embassy. High quality, objec-
15 large and small online events for counsellors tive and reliable information is always sought after.
in primary, secondary and higher education. The
events were publicized through various online These conferences, which were traditionally held in
channels, particularly social networks. A large school lecture halls, could not be maintained due
portion of the material later became available to the health crisis. The natural solution in 2020
on Youtube. We were happy to note that the was to offer these events by video conference,
above-mentioned interventions resulted in an which made it possible to organise and broadcast
increased access to education opportunities with them on a larger scale.

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