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4.2 Good Practices

and Tools

The Euroguidance Centres are constantly devel- the time abroad. The third section suggests how
oping new services and tools to promote inter- to become a part of the new country and new
national mobility and the European dimension culture, whereas the last section is useful after
in lifelong guidance. On top of this, inspiration is coming back home as it provides tools for the
frequently sought from other countries to find evaluation of competences gained abroad. The
good practices and activities there that eventually content of the tool has been created in coope-
could be applied to one’s own country. ration with the Lithuanian Erasmus+, Europass,
ENIC-NARIC and SOLVIT network coordinators.
The interactive mobility guide developed in Li- The interactive mobility guide has a mobile ver-
thuania introduces mobility issues that are rele- sion and is easy to use on different mobile devi-
vant before the mobility period, during and after ces. For more seea.
the stay abroad. This interactive tool is aimed at
helping guidance counsellors and their clients to The French Euroguidance Network has dissem-
better prepare for the mobility activity, to know inated a new promotional video that has been
how to behave in the foreign country and how designed to show that mobility is for everyone
to evaluate the competences developed during and not only for students in higher education.
the stay abroad. The first section deals with Three different cases are presented: Yassine
choosing studies abroad and guides through va- is an 18 year-old boy without a diploma, Elsa
rious programmes (e.g. Erasmus+, Lithuanian sta- is a young woman of 21 years of age in voca-
te scholarships). In the second part, the focus is tional training and François is a 50 year-old un-
on preparing for the mobility phase and helping employed man. The video is available through
people to cope better with the challenges during www.euroguidance-france.org.

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