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Nordic and Baltic guidance

counsellors build international

networking competencies

The first international group of 15 guidance counsellors from Denmark,
Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden completed the twelve-
hour e-course on mobility guidance between March 3 and April 7, 2022.
The course was run by Euroguidance centres from Nordic and Baltic
countries.

Main target group course badge was is-
sued to participants
This course was developed for guidance professionals
who give advice to pupils or students who could benefit once the course was
from a mobility experience, or who are considering or completed.
participating in learning mobility. Guidance profession- Future prospects
als are one of the groups who can advise young people
on where to study, how learning abroad fits into their A user feedback questionnaire was used to gather in-
overall learning plans, or how to cope in a foreign coun- formation for continuous improvement of the course.
try. Proactive mobility guidance can improve learning While several Euroguidance centres have designed and
outcomes, increase the volume of learning mobility, and developed “national” e-courses for guidance practition-
make learning mobility more inclusive, so that more ers, the Nordic and the Baltic Euroguidance centres
people with fewer opportunities can participate in inter- believe that the opportunity for the guidance community
national learning mobility. to improve soft skills and build international networking
competences will remain among the deciding reasons
Toolbox for work for joining the course in future.
The course provides guidance professionals with tools As one of the course participants pointed out: “Guidance
which they can use in their work with young people who counsellors’ networking across borders can find many
are considering going abroad, or who need support dur- opportunities and new exciting knowledge. I learned
ing mobility, or to help identify learning outcomes after more about my own job and tools available during this
their return. The course’s “additional optional material” course than doing my job for two years.”
section was developed specifically with the aim to pro-
vide tailored information and tools pertaining to mobility The Nordic and Baltic Euroguidance centres will con-
guidance. Participants of the spring 2022 session found tribute their example to the Euroguidance network Main
several models that can help them better explain pro- Task Group 1 activities to help explore the possibility of
cesses within learning mobility to their students. developing a pan-European course on mobility guidance.
In the meantime, they will explore options to provide the
The value of international networking opportunity for more guidance practitioners to be able
dimension to join the course in future to build their professional
The added value of the course is the opportunity for inter- development.
national networking, which distinguishes the Nordic-Bal-
tic course from its national analogues. The theoretical
part, with texts, images and videos as well as quizzes More information:
to be completed individually, is supplemented with case- https://euroguidance.viaa.gov.lv/
based joint assignments to be completed with the oth-
er course participants and presented and discussed
online within the group. A certificate of attendance and a Ralfs Spade, Euroguidance Latvia

Euroguidance Insight Magazine Issue 2/2022