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AgenCy Q&A AgenCy of the

month

Industry speAKs

This issue, oscar Porras, President of Spanish
agency association Aseproce, talks to us about This month, Cosmopolitan Education
a shift in member business and a revival in www.cosmopolitaneducation.com in
demand for certain programmes. Colombia has been recommended by
Lambton Kent District School Board
https://www.lkdsb.net in Canada.
Kirsten Ramsay at the board
explains why.

Kirsten Ramsay

“I am thrilled
to recommend Cosmopolitan
www.aseproce.org Education. I met Esteban at ST
secretaria@aseproce.org Alphe Secondary Focus in London,
UK. He sends us between one and
Number of members: 59 three students each year. He is an
Year established: 1987 amazing agent and sends top-
quality, well-informed students.
He is a very strong communicator.
How has Covid-19 affected outbound business in Spain? Applications are complete and
At the beginning of Covid, Spanish agencies suff ered many requests to detailed. Students are ready for
postpone programmes, mainly academic year and summer programmes, the experience. He also supports
but the most aff ected were undoubtedly those specialised in short-term students throughout their stay.
programmes (school groups). In fact, three Aseproce agencies dedicated to We have never had any issue with
this type of programme have ceased their activity. However, we have had fi ve payments and information on fl ights
new members that have joined since the pandemic broke out. etc is received early.”

what is the latest in terms of outbound study?
Fortunately, there has been a signifi cant revival in demand for mainly Esteban Ochoa,
academic year programmes. We also note a renewed interest in summer Cosmopolitan
programmes. The adult market is still slow and we are expecting a lot of last- Education,
minute bookings in a market like ours which is already very late. The focus Colombia
[for members] going forward will be on secondary education. The summer
junior market will recover but we are not expecting for 2022 more than 40 per “It is an honour and a fantastic
cent of the business that we had before the pandemic. surprise to be nominated, especially
after these times of uncertainty and
what other trends have you observed recently? mixed emotions that have aff ected
The use of technological tools has made it possible to speed up the process our industry. I would like to thank
of attracting and selling programmes. And Zoom has eliminated the territorial Kirsten Ramsay and Lambton Kent
barrier when it comes to choosing one agency or another. District School Board, our dear
valued partners in Southwestern
what has the association been working on recently? Ontario, for their support, quality
We are fi nalising a specifi c online training programme for group leaders. work and the great relationship we
developed since we met at one of
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