Mapping and Assessing the European Mobility Advisor Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mapping and Assessing the European Mobility Advisor

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; Recognition, transparency, certification; Open and distance learning

Project Summary

The European Mobility Advisor (EMA) is a youth worker (paid employee or volunteer) specialized in
advising young people willing to go abroad (mainly in EU countries) for a learning experience, either
by studying, working or volunteering. The EMAs deliver mobility guidance, defined as a range of
activities that enables young people to make mobility decisions related to study, working,
volunteering and to manage their staying abroad. The EMAs play a fundamental role in promoting
mobility abroad and assuring mobility is a fruitful experience for the youths, however this role /
occupation has not been standardized at EU level and there are no tools to assess the competence
of those working in this role. The competence of youth workers, including the ones working as EMAs
is a constant concern for the European Commission considering that in many European countries
they: • comes from heterogeneous backgrounds, especially among volunteers • don’t hold formal
qualifications for working with youths • are mainly trained by the organizations employing them, as
formal and not formal training programs are scarce • don’t have the possibility to see their expertise
validated. This project will improve the current situation by mapping the competence profile of the
EMA at European level, and by developing a methodology for assessment of their competence called
Expertise checkup, a E-training course for assessors, a European certification and a European
register for assessors and EMAs that have passed the Checkup. The description of the Competence
profile of the youth educator working with EMAs will be based on ECVET, and the checkup on the
European Council recommendation on validation of non-formal and informal learning and to the
European Guidelines for Validating Not Formal and Informal Learning developed by CEDEFOP. The
consortium is composed by organizations working with youth mobility in FR, LV, SK, IT, PL, and can
rely on a wide European network. Approximately over 400 EMAs will be involved in the project and
over 10.000 EMAs and other members of target groups will be informed about the project. Long term
benefits will be the professionalization of the EMAs, and delivery of better quality mobility guidance.

Project Website

http://asem-project.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 169776,2 Eur

Project Coordinator

Etudes Et Chantiers Corsica & Country: FR

Project Partners

• OBCIANSKE ZDRUZENIE KERIC
• biedrība “Zemgales NVO centrs”
• EduMoby – Educational Mobility for Youth
• Fundacja Rozwoju Miedzykulturowego EBU