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Mobility Becomes a Reality in French Schools

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In France, a new legal framework has been put into force regarding the mobility of
secondary school students’ in Europe and beyond. Through this legislation, in 2017,
each secondary school is required to be involved in an international partnership and
to have a named mobility reference teacher who is in charge of helping other teach-
ers and students to carry out mobility projects.

Qualifications Framework, Eu-
roguidance France/Education
also organised its fifth Eurogu-
idance Network national confer-
ence meeting. The focus of the
meeting was to create synergies
between different guidance net-
works.

The conference, entitled “Guid-
ance and Skills: assessment
and practices in France and in
Europe”, was attended by stake-
holders’ from the lifelong guid-
ance networks and took place
near Paris on October the 17th
and 18th 2016.
Dissemination of information created some practical tools for
about European mobility teachers and guidance profession- Promotion of international
This year Euroguidance France/ als which will help them to share mobility
Education has published a book- information with student about the The Euroguidance France Net-
let which will help to inform ed- possibilities of mobility. work has distributed a new pro-
ucation communities about the motion video designed to show
different mobility opportunities These tools are available (in that mobility is for everyone, not
and programs that are available French) here. just university’ students. Three
to secondary students, university different cases are presented:
students, teachers etc. The book- Networking Yassine an 18 years old boy
let also contains useful advice In partnership with the National without a diploma, Elsa a 21
about setting up mobility partner- Europass center and the Nation- year old girl in vocational train-
ships in schools. They have also al coordination point for European ing, and François a 50 year old

1 Source : Legal framework : Circulaire n°2016- 091 du 15 juin 2016 relative à la mobilité des élèves de
collège et de lycée en Europe et dans le monde