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3.1 Joint Actions

Between Neighbouring

Countries

The Euroguidance Centres with their partners guidance and employability. Additional actions
and key stakeholders are involved in developing are joint participation at fairs, hosting compa-
and maintaining cross-border activities that con- ny and school visits for guidance professionals
cern all levels of education, training and employ- in both regions, and bi-annually organising
ment. The main aim is to improve the skills 2-day cross-border seminars.
needed for the transnational labour market. In
this way citizens can enhance their international The Regional education authority Rectorat of
competences to integrate better into the world Strasbourg with the chambers of commerce and
of work. crafts, OFAJ and companies have put in place
services to enable French youngsters to discover
A cross-border agreement between the Acade- the world of business in Germany. This can, for
my of Strasbourg’s guidance services (France) example, take the form of company visits, fairs or
and the Baden Württemberg’s Federal Employ- internships. The three main services are:
ment Agencies (Germany), signed in 2011, serves
two objectives: • The cross-border apprenticeship enables ap-
prentices enrolled in a training centre or uni-
• The promotion of exchanges: integrating a versity in Alsace to undertake their practical
cross-border dimension in guidance inter- training in companies in the Baden-Württem-
views, sharing information on training and berg and vice versa. For more information:
employment, and promoting guidance actions www.apprentissage-alsace.eu
to enable young people to discover oppor- • The French-German co-qualification (Azubi/
tunities in the neighbouring country. This bac pro) enables apprentices and VET stu-
includes mutual monthly visits between the dents to obtain a skills certificate recognised
French and German guidance counsellors to in the other country on top of their national
inform their clients interested in international diploma.
mobility across borders. • The Eurogio Certificat certifies students have
• The improvement of guidance counsellors’ completed an internship of at least 4 weeks
skills through cross-border training actions in the other country. For more information:
and thematic workshops on information, www.mobileuregio.org.

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