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Profile-analyse based counselling mentioned in the sessions that, “the to clients, helping them to become
was one of the main outputs of the most effective way of providing care- more self-aware and also challenging
congress where the importance of er interventions is through individual some of their assumptions about
face to face counselling became pro- counselling and related to that issue, the world of work and about them-
minent once again. This requires ma- counsellors’ free intervention are not selves. It is important to assess and
king a career management plan in as effective as any other interventions explore their interests, identify their
line with the personality and talent/ that involve a counsellor”. This was a strengths by looking at their skills and
skills of each person and according result from a research that was con- abilities but also looking at their va-
to this plan an individual action plan ducted in the USA. Another aspect lues and what is important to them.
and CV should be designed. It was of counselling is providing insight

The 2nd Annual Euroguidance Conference in Serbia

On December 17th 2014, the national Euroguidance centre organised the second annual Euroguidance con-
ference in the Republic of Serbia. The conference was organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Educa-
tion, Science and Technological Development and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. It attracted around 150
guidance practitioners from all sectors (education, employment, youth and non-governmental organisations).

Following the success of the first keynote speech given by Mr. Vuori- cluding the new framework for qua-
Euroguidance conference in 2013, nen, Coordinator of the European lity standards of guidance in higher
which focused on sharing examp- Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, education, new online career infor-
les of good European practice with because Serbia has just become a full mation tools developed by PES, re-
the local guidance community and member of this European network. sults of the project which introdu-
included presentations of guidance His presentation was followed ced guidance in all primary schools
practitioners from Croatia, Germany, with an overview of the po- in the country, as well as an analysis
Denmark and Bulgaria, the confe- licy developments in Serbia. of the current situation of career
rence this year had as its theme the guidance in secondary schools and
development of the guidance system In the next two sessions the key the importance of career guidance
in Serbia. The first session focused stakeholders presented the latest in improving the efficiency of VET.
on the policy development, with a developments in their sectors, in-

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