国际组织介绍之(3)：国际咨询协会

国际咨询协会是具有联合国咨商地位的国际组织。近几十年来，国际咨询协会一直致力于通过促进咨询、最佳实践和国际合作，来推动专业咨询的可持续发展。

● 国际咨询协会已经被联合国经济及社会理事会（ECOSOC）、联合国教育、教科文组织（UNESCO）、国际劳工组织（ILO）、世界卫生组织（WHO）、联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）授予联合国咨商地位

与区域和联合国机构一起倡导咨询专业：国际咨询协会通过在全球范围内发出咨询的声音来支持其成员。国际咨询协会已经被世界卫生组织、联合国经济及社会理事会、联合国教育、教科文组织、联合国儿童基金会和国际劳工组织授予联合国咨商地位。

● 商定区域或全球标准

我们与国家协会和其他利益相关方合作，旨在制定促进最佳实践结果的政策。国际咨询委员会的结构使其能够以有效和有组织的方式在区域范围内就咨询标准进行讨论和达成协议。我们注意到，不同国家的教育经验和政策框架差异很大，因此我们与我们的合作伙伴开展了相应的工作。

● 推动咨询职业的法律认可

由我们的会员协会代表组成小组，代表这个行业（对国际组织和政府），让咨询更好地、合法地被承认为一个职业。为此，我们与区域机构（例如欧盟EU、非盟AU）密切合作。在区域和全球层面对专业的认可是国家/地方层面认可和监管的核心组成部分。在一些国家根本没有咨询服务。国际咨询委员会帮助在这些国家建立咨询结构（例如国家协会或教育方案）。

● 培训、研究和实践活动

我们有广泛的活动，包括会议、继续教育（课程、网络研讨会）、研究（建立一个包含世界各地咨询机构的“超级地图”）、国际咨询期刊杂志（1978年创办以来）、圆桌会议等等。

● 季刊《国际咨询期刊》

自1978年开始出版，促进世界各地关于管理活动的信息交流。该杂志包含1400多个观点、实践和研究贡献，提供了以下方面的国际视角：管理和咨询的理论和模型；咨询顾问的教育监督：管理咨询的最新情况报告；特殊应用程序；以及发展中国家的咨询服务。

● 全球196个国家的咨询活动世界地图“超级地图”

目前还没有关于咨询职业的全面和系统的全球研究。“咨询活动世界地图”旨在生成关于全球196个国家的咨询专业详细知识。这个项目得到了世界卫生组织（WHO）的认可，以及美国咨询协会（ACA）等赞助绘制“超级地图”。

IAC / ICA is the world body for the counselling profession. It is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO). For over decades, Our association and members strive for the sustainable development of our profession through the promotion of counselling, best practice and international cooperation.

● Advocacy for the Counselling Profession with Regional and U.N. Bodies: We supports its members by providing a global voice for counselling. The association has been granted United Nations consultative status by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Labor Organization (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). National Association representatives.

● Agreeing Region-Wide or Gloabl Standards: In collaboration with National Associations and other stakeholders, we aim to develop policies that promote best practice outcomes. We are structure enables region-wide discussion and agreement on counselling standards to take place -- in an effective and organized way. We are mindful of the fact that the educational experience and policy framework in different countries varies significantly -- and we work with our partners accordingly.

● Advocacy for the Legal Recognition of Counselling: Working in groups made up of representatives of our member associations, We represents the profession (to International Organizations and Governments) to have counselling better, and legally, recognised as a profession. We do this by working closely with Regional Bodies (e,g the European Union, the African Union etc..). Recognition of the profession at regional and global levels is a central component of national/local level recognition and regulation. In some countries there is no counselling at all. We helps to establish counselling structures, (e.g. National Associations or Education Programmes) in those countries.

● Education, Research and Practice Programmes: We have a wide range of activity including Conferences, Continuing Education (courses, webinars), Research (e.g.,World Mapping of the Counselling Profession), an International Counselling Journal (since 1978), Roundtables and much more.

● The quarterly journal《International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling》has been in publication since 1978. It promotes the exchange of information about management activities throughout the world. The journal contains over 1,400 conceptual, practical and research contributions that provide an international perspective on: theories and models of management and consultant; consultant education and supervision; state of the reports on counselling in specific settingsspecial populations; and counselling services in developing countries.

● World Mapping of Counselling Activity: Until recently, there has been no comprehensive and systematic global study of the counselling profession. ‘World Mapping of Counselling Activity’ is designed to generate detailed knowledge about the counselling profession in each of the world’s 196 countries. This project has received World Health Organisation (WHO) endorsement and both the American Counseling Association (ACA) have sponsored the mapping of world regions.