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Coping skills needed for the mobility process Guidance cooperation with neighbouring countries benefits youth mobility

In 2015, Euroguidance Flanders has worked on emotions. There can be a gap in the youngsters’ International mobility is a well-known pheno- need when (re)integrating into the Luxembourg
the topic of coping skills as a strategy for people ability to take responsibility for their own actions menon in Luxembourg as more than half of the job market.
to better face difficult situations during a period and to successfully employ their coping skills higher education students in the country apply to
of mobility. This topic has also been dealt with needed to overcome difficult emotions, thoughts universities abroad. Also the University of Luxem- In Luxembourg, Action locale pour jeunes (Local
Action for Youngsters) offers practical advice to
by the Euroguidance network’s mobility working and experiences. bourg requires every bachelor-level student to
group . The aim is to find out what the skills are For counsellors to better understand what is study abroad for one semester. This means that early school leavers and prospective VET stu-
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dents, and cooperates with several institutions in
that youngsters have learnt that may help them guidance counsellors have to be informed about
to cope with everyday problems they face while happening in the mind of (young) people on a study programmes in other countries. Alongside Germany. It has also contributed to establishing
a guidance network for young people in the
mobility period abroad, the Euroguidance mobility
abroad.
working group has developed a number of tools existing university student mobility schemes, cross-border region. Thanks to this smooth
Those, who embark on a mobility experience, to help them. The group has utilised theories that Luxembourg is developing strategies for young- cross-border collaboration between guidance
often face uncertainty and may feel lost in are based on literature and research (models, sters’ mobility in VET. counsellors, Luxembourg can now easily send its
unpredictable situations while living in another concepts, methodologies) as well as practice youngsters to specific training workshops in Trier,
country. Challenging behaviour can often be the derived from mobility experiences of guidance Since 2012, Euroguidance Luxembourg has been Germany.
result of the youngsters’ inability to manage their counsellors. focusing on the promotion of mobility and ex-
change of best practices between the guidance Currently, the Euroguidance Centre is developing
The tools can be applied to providing guidance services in Luxembourg, Belgium, France, and a similar cooperation between guidance counsel-
for mobility for people studying, training and Germany. The main activity of the Euroguidance lors across the French border with the Mission
working abroad. They are useful also for tackling Centre is to inform and train VET guidance coun- locale in Thionville/Lorraine. The objective is to
situations, where those embarking on a mobility sellors who act as multipliers of expertise within have a network of 50 Luxembourgian, Belgian,
period or those already abroad, face difficulties their own institutions, networks and regions. French and German VET guidance counsellors,
and need information, advice and other types of who have an easy access to up-to-date infor-
professional support. For example, pictures for The Euroguidance Centre also informs youngsters mation on cross-border mobility. This way they
self-reflection and self-help can be developed by about training and working possibilities in the can better help VET students with their mobility
guidance counsellors that the youngsters abroad neighbouring countries. The aim is to encourage plans. For guidance counsellors the cross-border
can use online in interaction with them. Images them to become mobile and to improve their cooperation is a forum for formal and informal
can as well be used before the mobility experi- mastery of foreign language skills, which they will exchanges and learning across cultures.
ence for preparation or after it for a follow-up.
More information on coping skills for mobility is
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5 The Mobility Working Group is a sub group within the Euroguidance network focussing on mobility issues.
CONTACT:
CONTACT: Claudine Colbach, Euroguidance Luxembourg
Jef Vanraepenbusch Email [email protected]
Euroguidance Flanders Jeannot Ferres, Euroguidance Luxembourg
Email [email protected] Email [email protected]
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