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The upkeep of a good practices database: shared by Austria entitled ‘The Online Career
The exchange of good practices is an important way Counselling Academy OCCAY’ which aims to
of learning from other countries and improving the help career counsellors to assess and improve their
quality and attractiveness of our work and getting digital skills, to navigate confidently in the digital
inspiration from each other. MTG 2 also collects world and to provide professional online career
examples of guidance practices from different counselling. Green guidance used in Malta through
countries across Europe and beyond. the ‘Intercept Project’. This initiative focused on
NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training)
Good Guidance Practices could be a method, a aged 25-29 across Malta, Italy, and Lithuania. The
technique, a framework, a specific process or an project provided participants with a 25-hour spe-
effective guidance initiative taken in relation to a cialised training program on Green Jobs, Motivation,
certain target group such as primary school stu- and Behaviour, alongside immersive 240-hour work
dents, employees, jobseekers and others. Ideally, the placements in green and sustainable businesses.
practices chosen should have been implemented
within the last 5 years, are quality assured and Outreach, innovative practices, gamification and
transferable. Guidance practices are of value to many other themes which are at the heart of the
guidance practitioners, policy makers, researchers, current concerns of guidance practitioners, are
students and others who are interested or working present throughout the 140 guidance practices
in the area of career guidance. registered to-date. Euroguidance member represen-
tatives are encouraged to look for local stakeholders
As an illustration of the richness of the database, a who are willing to share good practice and publish
variety of contrasted examples of guidance practices it on the EG website. All guidance practitioners are
around a range of topics can be found. During 2023 also encouraged to visit the Good Practices Section
examples of practices shared include the practice on: https://euroguidance.eu/guidance-systems-
entitled SPACE – a youth work centre model in and-practice/good-practices and get inspired by
Slovakia. SPACE centres provide a comprehensive the examples shared by the different countries. In
approach to work with youth 13 to 30 years old, collaboration with MTG3, good practice examples
which is aimed at supporting employment, youth are now being shared on social media. MTG2 contin-
care and a smooth transition to a full-fledged social ues to apply various methods to disseminate good
life. Another guidance practice shared in 2023 is practices throughout Europe and beyond.
entitled “52 steps” – a game-based programme
for development of pupils’ career competencies New Developments: Priority Themes:
developed in Latvia. During the Budapest Network Meeting, MTG2
agreed that a new task group should focus on
Two examples which were recent additions in 2023. identifying the priority themes which the Eurogu-
One practice focused on the topic of digital skills idance network should mainly invest in, keeping in

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