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of the Greater Region on training and mobility centre located at the International and Specialized
opportunities in Luxembourg. The event brought Services of the BA (ZAV). Participants were inter-
together 30 guidance professionals from the 3 ested to hear that the new strategy for “BA 2025”
border countries. has stronger focus on the individual, for example,
Study visit “Practical Insights into by further expanding the counselling services at
schools and strengthening individual continuing
the German guidance services with education. The fact that EURES and Euroguidance
the focus on international mobility" staff work hand in hand in one team and that ZAV
Germany, May 2022 counsellors are exclusively advising clients from
After a delay of two years, the Euroguidance Study abroad or for abroad was also a new experience.
Visit finally took place in Bonn from 3 to 5 May On the second day, the participants moved to the
2022. It had been planned for April 2020, but had premises of the Bonn Employment Agency to learn
to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. about the BA’s national counselling services and
The Euroguidance study visit enables staff of the career information centre. In the afternoon,
Euroguidance centres and guidance professionals colleagues from the Job Centre took over and
in Europe to gain insights into the education and provided information about support for refugees
guidance structures of another country. Under the and migrants (Integration Point) as well as young
motto “Practical insights into the German guidance people (Youth Employment Agency).
services with a focus on international Mobility”, 11 A workshop on the final day on developing compe-
participants from 8 countries (Belgium, Finland, tencies around diversity for counselling, conducted
Greece, Poland, Malta, the Netherlands, Northern by the IQ network, rounded off the programme and
Macedonia and the Czech Republic) got to know gave the participants many new valuable ideas for
the national and international guidance services of their guidance work. All in all, it was three intensive
the Federal Employment Agency (BA) and provided days of mutual exchange. All participants were hap-
insights into their respective national structures py to finally be able to meet again in the presence.
themselves.
In the short time available, they received a rich
On the first day, the participants were given an in- programme and new perspectives for their work.
sight into the international business of the BA at the To sum it up in the words of one participant: Useful,
premises of the German national Euroguidance fruitful, wonderful, meaningful – full meeting”.

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