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Academia Program brings new insights and approaches

The words that came out of the Euroguidance conference are networking, exchange of good practices
and inspiration. These are the same words that allowed us to introduce this workshop on the Academia
Programme.

Once positioned, they are given new information: a
group of drunk people in Prague, glamping in Estonia,
the Louvre museum closed in Paris, no electricity in
Sweden. They then have to think about whether they
want to change their destination. A third round takes
place with more information and people can change
their destination again. What feelings did they have
when these announcements were made? Surprise, joy
and sorrow, frustration, but above all, adaptability and
flexibility on the part of the professionals. This is what
is expected of guidance professionals during their Ac-
ademia study visit.
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The participants have said that they have really ap-
preciated how the Academia experience has brought
An interactive workshop
new insight, practical new approaches and freshness
The idea of this workshop was to present the Aca- to their daily work.
demia Programme, but also to propose interactive
exercises to the participants to allow them to express How to participate in the Academia Programme
their views about the expectations they might have To participate, applicants should contact their national
concerning study visits. They were also immersed in coordinator, whose contact information is available on
the situation of guidance professionals faced with the website www.euroguidance.eu. If their country is
the choice of study visits - and whose information not yet part of the Academia network, they should
about these visits was coming in as they went along.
contact their national Euroguidance network.
Academia, a study visit programme with The Academia network seeks quality through the
a long history
definition of clear objectives, expectations for the
Academia Programme was launched in 1995 and has development of skills and a procedure for the smooth
seen over 2000 guidance practitioners benefit from running of this program. There is a common evalu-
3-5 day study visits across Europe. The aim of these ation of the study visits, and in defining the roles of
study visits is to share good practices between guid- coordinators, hosts and participants.
ance practitioners and to raise awareness of the differ-
ent guidance systems in different European countries. Finally, these study visits are an opportunity to ex-
The visits consist of exchanges between peers, visits to change with European colleagues, to discover new
schools, meetings with professionals and end users, or cultures and to enlarge one’s network on a European
practical workshops. scale, just like this first initiative of a common Eurogu-
idance conference!
A simulation game
A game is proposed to put the participants in a situa-
tion. In this situation they have to choose a study visit Anu Puulmann, Euroguidance Estonia,
when faced with a changing environment and infor- Yvan Couallier, Euroguidance France,
mation. They have the choice between 4 destinations Manon Dangel, Euroguidance France,
of visits between Tallin, Prague, Paris and Stockholm Tina Öberg, Municipal Guidance Centre in
with information for each destination. Gothenburg, Sweden

Euroguidance Insight Magazine Issue 1/2023