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5.4 Academia –

European Study

Exchange for Guidance

Practitioners

The Academia study exchange programme is a in Europe have benefited from it. Thereby this
cross-border initiative that gives guidance profes- programme has contributed to strengthening the
sionals the opportunity to participate in a learning European dimension in guidance by building net-
mobility period in another European country. works and promoting mobility and professional
Many Euroguidance Centres are the national Aca- training. The Academia programme promotes the
demia programme coordinators. The participating mobility of guidance practitioners in Europe, en-
Euroguidance Centres are engaged in sending hances cross-border networking and cooperation
their own guidance counsellors abroad and in matters of information and lifelong guidance,
receiving practitioners from other countries on and fosters the exchange of good practices and
thematic study visits for a duration of one week. methods among the participants. Further infor-
The Academia initiative was launched in 1995 and mation can be found at www.euroguidance.eu/
since then hundreds of guidance practitioners academia

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