Cross Border Seminar Compendia

The Cross Border Seminar Compendia consist of two parts:

1. A national survey on the respective main topic of the Cross Border Seminar with the aim to collect country-specific information on the main topic and to give an overall picture on the current situation in the countries.
2. Expert articles on the results of the workshops („Compendium“).

Below you will find a list of all available CBS compendia and National surveys chronologically.

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2025 - Guidance in Vocational Education and Training – Zagreb, Croatia

Cross Border Seminar 2025 addressed the topic of “Guidance in Vocational Education and Training (VET)”, considering the unique context of vocational schools where students had already embarked on their desired career path. The seminar brought together over 70 career guidance professionals, policy-makers, and vocational education and training (VET) experts from 14 European countries, and served as a platform for sharing innovative practices, fostering international cooperation, and exploring the evolving role of guidance in VET. By bringing together diverse perspectives, from national practices to the broader European dimension, the seminar contributed to shaping more inclusive and forward-looking guidance systems across Europe.

2024 - All for Guidance and Guidance for All – Belgrade, Serbia

Cross Border Seminar 2024 was focused on the concept of cooperation in organizing and delivering career guidance and counselling (CGC) services. Considering that CGC services are usually provided by organizations and institutions from the following sectors – education, youth and employment, cooperation is embraced as crucial mechanism for overcoming the challenges in the constantly changing world and meeting the needs of the clients from various backgrounds.

2023 - Working as a guidance counsellor in a changing world – Dresden, Germany

More than 80 career counsellors and guidance experts from Europe met in Dresden to learn from each other and share many new ideas and good examples from guidance practice in their countries. The Cross Border Seminar in Dresden aimed to shed light on the role of guidance practitioners in a changing world and to provide a practical insight into their current guidance work and the challenges that guidance practitioners face on a daily basis.

2022 - Hope in time of uncertainty – Riga, Latvia

The theme of “Hope in times of uncertainty” was chosen as a reflection of the need to support both clients and guidance practitioners in the context of the covid recovery period and the Russian aggression. Participants had the opportunity to participate in an introductory lecture and masterclass delivered online by the world-renowned founder of the Hope-Action Theory, professor emeritus of the University of British Columbia, Dr. Norman Amundson.

2020 - Transitions as a Process: The Role of Guidance – Lisbon, Portugal (Online)

The online seminar focused on the questions of what role guidance plays in a changing world of work and life and what guidance services are available to meet these challenges? Demographic change, technical progress, digitalization, flexibilization and individualization are having an increasing impact on a person's professional life.

2020 - Voice of the client in career guidance – Bratislava, Slovakia (Online)

The purpose of the first virtual Cross Border Seminar was to examine the notion of user voice in design and delivery of career guidance services. Although this notion has become prevalent in the career guidance discourse over the last decades, it carries significant challenges with itself.

2019 - Skills for the future – Bled, Slovenia

The seminar aimed to discuss national contexts and examples of initiatives that are available for guidance counsellors and end users to discover and improve their skills with focus to address skills needed in future as well. Due to current fast technological development guidance counsellors are facing questions about changing nature of careers/occupations and (future) skills needed on the labour market.

2018 - Guidance and counselling in the school curriculum – Bucharest, Romania

The seminar focused on guidance and counselling in the school curriculum and especially on innovative ideas and experiences of the practitioners. The Cross-Border Seminar 2018 gathered practitioners, experts and decision makers from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia with the aim to exchange ideas and examples of innovative practices.

2017 - Guidance 4.0: Innovative Practices for New Skills – Belgrade, Serbia

The seminar focused on new innovative practices in guidance, especially the ones using ICT, to develop career management skills (CMS), key competencies and other skills needed in the contemporary world of work and living. Guidance 4.0 relates to the 4.0 code that is used in industry, education (Education 4.0, Industry 4.0) and other fields as a mark of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

2016 - Cross Cultural Guidance and International Careers – Potsdam, Germany

More than 100 participants from 14 countries exchanged their professional experiences, discussed new ideas, networked and presented successful integration projects as well as innovative counselling approaches in an intercultural context. It became clear that cross-border, collective learning is essential for overcoming these common challenges.

2015 – Guidance Crossing Borders – Retz, Austria

This publication of national surveys and workshop articles is based on the responses of the national surveys and articles from experts who leaded workshops relating to the Cross Border Seminar organised in Retz, Austria. By collecting the responses received from the Euroguidance centres of the participating countries this document intends to provide readers with an international overview regarding methods, techniques and tools to diagnose competences.

2014 – Counselling Methods for Fighting Youth Unemployment – Zagreb, Croatia

Youth unemployment is a growing problem in Europe, with significant consequences for individuals, communities, society and economy. As career counsellors play a vital role in providing guidance services to young people, their training is crucial for improving their skills and competences. This is exactly what the 2014 edition of the Euroguidance Cross Border Seminar aimed for; to help counsellors exchange good practices and discussing innovative approaches.

2013 – Methods, techniques and tools to diagnose competences – Warsaw, Poland

This publication of national surveys and workshop articles is based on the responses of the national surveys and articles from experts who leaded workshops relating to the Cross Border Seminar organised in Warsaw, Poland.

2012 – Career Management Skills – Bled, Slovenia

People in today’s day and age are required to proactively navigate the world of work, to be a protagonist of their own life project. And this is exactly what career management skills are. The term means the ability to lead and self-monitor the process of career planning, including setting goals and developing strategies to achieve them.

2011 – Innovative Tools and Methods in Career Guidance – Budapest, Hungary

The theme of this year’s seminar was the introduction of innovative tools, focusing on the development of psychological and ICT tools. The event provided an opportunity for the 65 delegates from seven countries for intensive professional dialogue and exchange of practice.

2010 – Who Cares for Those Who Care? – Bratislava, Slovakia

Professional care for those who daily deal with problems and needs of others (such as guidance practitioners, school counsellors, psychologists, etc.) is often neglected as it is seen as secondary to field of guidance. However, personnel are the core essence of all these services.