European Association of Career Guidance (EACG)

The EuropeanAssociation of Career Guidance (EACG) was founded in 2010, with an officialkick-off meeting during the CAREER-EU Conference 2010. The purposes of the Association are:

• to enable information and experience exchange by career guidance counsellors and HR practitioners,
• to circulate provisions of the Europe 2020 Strategy and its updates in academic and professional circles,
• to support the process of raising education and professional standards and quality in the territory of the European Union,
• to support and contribute to the European Employment and Vocational Education and Training Policies,
• to organize training and train-the-trainer courses for the promotion of EU Funding Programmes,
• to organize seminars and conferences, which will enable direct communication among the Association members and beyond and for the definition of new areas of the Association activities,
• to prepare proposals within the framework of EU programmes funded by the European Commission,
• to cooperate as a coordinator or partner in European projects,
• to produce publications of interest to EACG members and the interested audience.