European Mobility Seminar

The seminar on European Mobility organised by the National Resource Centre for Vocational Guidance in Ljubljana on 29 May was attended by professional advisers from the Employment Service, counselling workers from secondary schools, professional workers from the University, students, representatives of youth centres and others. They had the opportunity to become acquainted with the activity of the NRCVG Slovenia operating within the Employment Service of Slovenia, Slovenian system of vocational orientation and Austrian, Hungarian and Italian system of education and vocational training.

Employees of the Slovenian employment service acquainted the participants of the seminar with the envisaged incorporation of Slovenia into the Eures Network and with the role of Euroguidance Network whose member is also NRCVG. Furthermore, the structure of ESTIA web pages was presented with information and links in the area of education and vocational training in individual EU member states and candidate states. The practical application of the Slovenian ESTIA web page, which was a result of the project entitled Estia Multiplier II within the Leonardo da Vinci programme, was demonstrated. It offers information on the system of vocational training and education in Slovenia.

The representative of the Klagenfurt employment office described the system of vocational orientation in Austria and provided written information on education possibilities and the enrolment of foreign students at Austrian universities. An adviser of the provincial service for educational and vocational orientation from Trieste spoke about the development of vocational orientation in Italy, in particular in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, while two employees of the Murska Sobota regional office of the Employment Service of Slovenia spoke about the educational system and of vocational orientation in Hungary.