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A Brief History of Euroguidance
In November 1992 I joined Careers Europe, a UK itself was subdivided into parts, part B being the
resource centre providing information on opportu- creation of a network of “National Resource Cen-
nities in Europe to the UK guidance community. tres for Vocational Guidance”. It was this network
Careers Europe had just been awarded the con- that later became to be known as Euroguidance.
tract to deliver Euroguidance in the UK and I soon
find myself despatched to Rome for the inaugural Initially the network consisted of centres in the
meeting of the Euroguidance network. Little did I then 12 Member States of the European Union,
realise I was about to embark on a voyage of coop- and was run under the direction of Directorate
eration that would be the major part of my working General 22 of the Commission. Its original remit
life for the next 24 years. was to support exchanges of information concern-
ing education and training opportunities across the
The origins of the network lie in the European Com- EU, particularly with the perspective of EU mobility.
mission’s PETRA programme. In 1992 this pro- From the very beginning the network embodied
gramme was in its 2 phase, PETRA II and was di- the principles of subsidiarity and complementarity,
nd
vided into 3 parts or “Actions”. Actions I and II were with each country adopting a model of operation
concerned with mobility for young people in initial that met the requirements of the network while
vocational training and for those training them. reflecting the different national structures for
Action III was concerned with support measures, and delivering guidance. 
