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AGORA MONDE: a peer-to-peer online platform for

guidance

AGORA Monde is an online service shared by French schools located abroad and belonging to the
AEFE network. This digital collaborative tool is based on exchanges between high school students
planning their careers and former students already engaged in their higher education studies. Thus,
AGORA Monde can be considered as part of a co-careering process.

AEFE is the Agency for French Education Abroad. The platform also hosted the digital gathering "24h
It is a French public institution which coordinates d'Agora Monde" in April 2020, which brought
the network of French educational establishments together 2,000 users from Quito to Tokyo and
abroad, commonly known as "French lycées". At generated more than 500 exchanges.
the start of the school year in 2020, the network
consisted of 535 accredited schools in 139
countries around the world.

"Connecting with the world"

Members connected to the AGORA Monde network
are:

students in French high schools around the world
students continuing their studies in higher
education
The DNA-AEFE school exchange scheme
young graduates who can share their
experiences and career paths
Dedicated to peer-to-peer exchanges, AGORA
Monde is also the support platform for the DNA-
AEFE school exchange programme. This scheme
enables students in the 10th grade to do an
exchange to another school abroad in the network
for a few weeks.

AGORA Monde values informal experiences as a
supplement to the guidance and academic
information provided on career paths, studies, and
professions. As such, the platform contributes to a
co-careering experience in guidance.

On the AGORA Monde platform, high school Discover more about AGORA Monde in this VIDEO.
students can discuss their post-baccalaureate
studies, consult with their peers, find testimonials,
and ask students from French high schools around
Isabelle Dekeister
the world about their study experience in France or
abroad. Psychologist-guidance counsellor, EG France Education