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5.2 Distance

Training

In recent years the Euroguidance Centres have to ask questions and comment on what has been
started experimenting with distance training to presented. These sessions have lasted around
better reach their key audience. These examples 1-1.5 hours and they have been offered in coo-
from Finland, Sweden and Estonia illustrate peration between Euroguidance, Eures, Europass
how online training delivery can be carried out and EQF.
successfully and to the satisfaction of the course
participants. Education and work abroad was the topic with
the second highest rating, when Swedish gui-
In 2016, videoconferencing was used increasingly dance professionals were asked in which areas
to run in-service training sessions to guidan- they would like to enhance their competences.
ce practitioners in the Finnish employment sec- This was the result from a large national survey in
tor. This has been a cost-efficient way to offer 2016 among 542 guidance professionals at prima-
up-to-date information on international mobility ry and upper secondary schools as well as in adult
nationwide. Videoconferencing has also proven education. To meet this demand Euroguidance
its use as an interactive working method with the Sweden decided to develop a distance course on
target audience allowing the online participants mobility guidance. The aim was to focus on how

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