The CG-International project has officially started — and its first stop was Zaragoza.
On February 5th and 6th, the eight partner organisations met in person for the kick-off meeting, hosted by Asociación Mundus and Centro San Valero. It was the first step in a shared effort to improve career guidance in Vocational Education and Training (VET), with one priority in mind: to design tools and strategies that are realistic, useful, and tailored to the people who will actually use them.
“There’s a real focus on making this project useful — not abstract, not idealised. Just helpful, relevant and doable,” one participant said.
A partnership designed for action
The CG-International consortium includes:
- VET providers from the Western Balkans, working directly with students, teachers and counsellors;
- career guidance specialists, bringing tested experience and resources;
- and internationalisation experts, supporting schools in connecting with the wider world.
Together, they form a team with different strengths but a shared approach: keep things grounded, work closely with schools, and aim for solutions that work in the real world.
The CG-International consortium includes:
- VET providers from the Western Balkans, working directly with students, teachers and counsellors;
- career guidance specialists, bringing tested experience and resources;
- and internationalisation experts, supporting schools in connecting with the wider world.
Together, they form a team with different strengths but a shared approach: keep things grounded, work closely with schools, and aim for solutions that work in the real world.
Working from a from a proven success story
Held at Centro San Valero, a well-established VET institution in Aragon, the meeting offered a chance to set priorities, align roles, and explore how the project will adapt to different national realities.
Partners visited training facilities, exchanged ideas openly, and began planning the first concrete activities:
🔹 a mapping of guidance systems in the Western Balkans
🔹 co-creation of new tools and methods
🔹 support for schools in building internationalisation strategies
🔹 and a clear plan to test and share what works
What comes next?
CG-International now moves into its first phase of development, working side by side with VET schools to identify needs, test ideas and build solutions that respond to actual challenges.
This isn’t about starting from scratch — it’s about improving what’s already there, sharing expertise, and making guidance more connected to the realities of today’s students and labour markets.
We’ll be sharing updates as we go.
Stay tuned — and see how this partnership grows from ideas into action.
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