{"id":336,"date":"2026-03-15T20:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cee-guidance.eu\/?p=336"},"modified":"2026-03-15T20:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:36:15","slug":"conference-report-comparative-analysis-of-central-and-eastern-european-career-guidance-protocols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cee-guidance.eu\/hu\/conference-report-comparative-analysis-of-central-and-eastern-european-career-guidance-protocols\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Report: Comparative Analysis of Central and Eastern European Career Guidance Protocols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Career Guidance Section of the Hungarian Pedagogical Association (MPT) organized a conference in English on February 12, 2026, as part of the CEEGAF project. CEEGAF (Central and Eastern European Guidance Associations Forum) is a regional project funded by Erasmus+. It brings together four countries (Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary) to support networking between professional career guidance associations. The full-capacity international event was attended by professionals from Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and the Czech Republic. Their goal was to share the results found during the analysis of career guidance protocols in their countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The primary goal of the professional conference was to compare the career and life-long guidance protocols of the four Central and Eastern European states with the latest Finnish methodological standards. Comparing national procedures is important for the development of the field. It identifies practices that support quality assurance, boosts regional cooperation, allows for the definition of standardized competency frameworks, and optimizes access to services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was opened by Dr. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Trencs\u00e9nyi, President of the Association. Then, Dr. Tibor Bors Borb\u00e9ly-Pecze, Vice President of the MPT and President of the Career Guidance Section, highlighted the importance of cooperation. Representing CEDEFOP CareersNet, Policy Officer Cynthia Mary Harrison Villalba gave an online presentation. She emphasized the organization’s efforts to develop life-long guidance across all Europe. The leaders of the CEEGAF project described the cooperation’s activities and results so far. Finally, a clear demand was expressed to continue the international cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second half of the conference, project representatives presented their own country’s career guidance protocols compared to the Finnish model. The presentations showed the complex methodology of qualitative research. They presented the identified life-design counselling competencies, which were visualized using Atlas.ti software. Then, they summarized the conclusions drawn from comparing the national and Finnish documents in a table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference ended with a summary reviewing the results. The four examined frameworks show significant variety:<\/p>\n\n\n\n