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Why Mobility Guidance?

With the new erasmus+ programme, the numbers of people in europe studying and
training abroad for a period of time will more than double. What do career guidance
counsellors have to do with that, one might ask. from the eu’s point of view, the answer
is “everything”. not only can they participate as individuals in this great wave of learning
mobility, but they are also seen as catalysts to encourage others to seize the opportunity.
promoting this idea is one of the euroguidance centre’s main raisons d’être. the main roles
of the network are twofold: to promote the european dimension in guidance and to pro-
vide quality information to counsellors on guidance development and mobility in europe.

in this publication the euroguidance centres in Denmark, estonia, finland, iceland,
latvia, lithuania, norway and sweden contribute to the debate on advantages and
challenges that this mobility scheme has opened up for counsellors. the focus is mainly
on four aspects:

• Hidden competences
• Mobility counselling
• Disadvantaged groups
• Open-mindedness

these themes are highlighted through articles by internationally recognized experts in
guidance and mobility and interviews with guidance practitioners, employers and mobil-
ity participants. the writers of this compendium would like to express their sincere thanks
to all the external contributors who made it a reality.

The Nordic and Baltic Euroguidance centres

DeNMark: www.ufm.dk/en/euroguidance

eSToNIa: www.innove.ee/en/lifelong-guidance
FINLaND: www.cimo.fi/services/euroguidance_finland

IceLaND: www.euroguidance.is
LaTvIa: www.viaa.gov.lv/Euroguidance
LIThUaNIa: www.euroguidance.lt
NorWay: euroguidance.eu/centres

SWeDeN: www.uhr.se/euroguidance

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