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The exchange of practices included learning how to: other countries. Katrin from Austria came to similar
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to promote conclusions. "It was a very well organised and
critical thinking, consideration of different meaningful visit, I learned and experienced much
perspectives and the use of peaceful conflict more than I dared to hope. Both professionally and
resolution strategies. personally," she said.
• The mapping method helping students to
become aware of their own interests, skills and Estonia has been part of the Academia network
values. since 2000 and nearly 250 professionals have visited
• Photographs can help in exploring the work Estonia since, and another 250 Estonian profession-
environment. als have visited Europe through the network.
• Reflection on soft skills and key competences
before and after the mobility period. Academia, a chance for
• Supporting international newcomers. professional development
• A selection strategy for language classes to pro- through transnational learning
mote mobility and intercultural understanding.
• The pro or con method helping in reflecting on In 2023, the Euroguidance Centre Italy, for the first
the opportunities for mobility. time, provided national practitioners with the
• Metaphor cards helping finding solutions. opportunity to develop skills in a transnational
• Competency cards helping to identify opportu- context. This was possible thanks to Academia,
nities for mobility. the exchange programme for learning mobility of
guidance professionals across Europe.
Exceeded expectations
Launched in 1995, Academia has so far enabled
Aurore, from France, said that the visit exceeded 2000 practitioners to participate in 3-4 days thematic
her expectations and that the experience was as study visits, peer exchanges, meetings with profes-
much about highlighting differences as similarities, sionals and end-users, thus contributing to improve
and that participants learned also a lot about networking and cooperation in lifelong guidance.

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