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EUROPEAN
ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING
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The
EAC Aims to:
Assist the further development
of counselling as a profession in Europe;
Ensure official recognition
of the profession;
Form partnerships in policy
development on counselling at the National and
European Union Levels. |
The
EAC has set itself the task of:
Securing
recognition for the counselling profession by
the European Commission and Parliament and
by the governments of the European Countries;
Establish a European Accreditation
standard for individuals and training courses;
Encouraging countries which do not,
as yet, have national counselling associations
(including countries in Easter
Europe) to form them;
Creating a European Counselling Journal;
Producing a European Membership Directory
of Counselling;
Encouraging a professional exchange
and development of regular conferences and other
events. |
Why
join EAC?
The counselling profession
in Europe is now at a crucial stage. There is
a growing need and demand for counselling services
among the people in Europe. This need can only
be fulfill by self-confident, highly trained professionals,
with coherent and widely recognised professional
structures.
By joining EAC you will be assisting in the creation
of agreed professional structures for accreditation,
high standards in training, professional support,
exchange and eventual safeguarding of professional
mobility throughout Europe. You will, also, be
assisting in the task of creating national counselling
associations in several European countries where
they do not currently exist. |
Who
can join EAC?
EAC Membership encompasses
practitioners, trainers, academics and others
active in counselling service agencies, training
institutes, universities and other professional
associations. |
Benefits
of Membership through National Associations
As a Member of the European
Association for Counselling (EAC) who has just
joined through your National Association you will:
Be entitled to one vote on selecting
the officers of the Association's Executive and
its Country Representatives;
Have the opportunity to participate
in any of the EAC's task specific groups and projects;
Have the opportunity to be included
within the "Euro Networking Directory";
Be consulted on issues such as European
training and professional standards for counselling;
Be able to contribute to the development
of counselling in Europe;
Be entitled to attend EAC Conferences
and Events.
Your National Association will:
Provide you with one copy of
the "Euro Networking Directory";
Provide you with one copy of all
Association Newsletters;
Circulate to you information about
EAC and linked Associations;
Circulate to you information about
conferences and events;
Collect your EAC Membership subscription
and forward in to EAC at the appropriate time.
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IMPORTANT
NOTE:
Membership of EAC MUST
NOT be used as a qualification, or represented
as accreditation by EAC. |
