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Sweden

The international dimension in guidance as part of national career
guidance education
Mobility For

Euroguidance Sweden is annually giving lectures much harder to reach from the Euroguidance Youngsters
for students who are studying to become career Centre’s perspective.
guidance counsellors. This is a way to ensure that
upon graduation all guidance counsellors have an The lectures given by the Euroguidance expert
understanding of the international dimension in focus on EU policy developments in the area
guidance and know how the Euroguidance Centre of guidance, the Euroguidance network and its
can support them. services, and other European mobility initiatives.
The benefits, possibilities and guidance process
In Sweden there is a 3-year undergraduate uni- in relation to international mobility are covered
versity programme in Career Guidance and Coun- as well. The lectures are usually followed by
selling. Altogether about 180 new students are discussions among the students, and they are
admitted each year to this programme offered videorecorded for distance learners enrolled in
at three different universities across the country: the programme.
Umeå in the north, Stockholm, and Malmö in the In 2015, three countries – Belgium, Luxembourg and the United
south. They supply the Swedish labour market Through these annual lectures, the international
with a skilled guidance workforce and Euroguid- dimension in guidance becomes part of the Kingdom – were actively involved in addressing international
ance Sweden has developed regular cooperation national career guidance education. This practice mobility of young people from different perspectives. The
with them. makes Swedish guidance practitioners more mo-
tivated and better equipped in terms of guiding country-specific highlights in this section deal with improving
Meeting all students at the programme every their clients on studying or working abroad. Final- coping skills required on a mobility period abroad, establishing
year, gives Euroguidance Sweden a chance to ly, it helps to make Euroguidance Sweden better
get in touch with a substantial part of all future known in the Swedish guidance community. new forms of cross-border cooperation to promote youth
guidance professionals at the same time. As soon mobility as well as informing youngsters about the different
as these students graduate and start working, Further reading:
they will be placed in schools and employment Career Guidance in Sweden. mobility opportunities there are available to them.
offices around the country. That makes them

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Nina Ahlroos
IN-SERVICE Euroguidance Sweden
TRAINING – Email [email protected]
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