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WITHOUT RESEARCH NO DEVELOPMENT AND NO PROFESSIONALISATION!" ——o— WOLFGANG KNOPF ABSTRACT In this article the author strongly argues that development of supervision and coaching as well as further professionalisation of its practitioners presupposes research, both quantitatively and qualitatively. After describing how ANSE ever since its foundation strove to secure and promote the quality of practice, and which complications were encounterd on the way, he focuses on the matter of raising quality standards. Stressing the need for ongoing quality development, he analyses the demands on practitioners, trainers and educators that would follow from this. To live up to these challenges, supervisors, coaches and their educators should make good use of the ECVision Glossary and Framework of Competences, which the author describes at some length. He concludes with a short overview of what needs to be done to take further steps in the (near) future, and with a playful suggestion to stimulate all of us along on this path. QUALITY ASSURANCE: THE FIRST STEPS Since the foundation of the Association of National Organisations for Supervision in Europe (ANSE) in 1997, the promotion of quality is one of its main objectives. In the field of consulting, ANSE represents over 8.000 qualified supervisors and coaches and over 80 training institutes spanning 22 European countries. Since ANSE represents the professional interests of supervision and coaching on a supranational level, the development of cross border, common standards has been one of its most urgent priorities. Initially this was attempted by defining so-called “minimum standards”, which may be found on www.anse.eu. National organisations for supervision and coaching would have to meet these minimum standards to become a full 1 With consent of the author, this article was translated and edited by Sijtze de Roos
