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Professionalisation of guidance and counselling in Romania

During November 19-20, 2015, Eu- Greece, Great Britain, FYROM, ceded by other meetings between
roguidance Romania in partnership Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and the professionals and will be followed
with the Institute of Education Sci- USA. by other consultations and work-
ences, the National Board of Certi- shops.
fied Counsellors Romania and ‘Titu One of the main objectives of the
Maiorescu’ University from Bucha- event was to enter into a construc- The work is at its very beginning,
rest organised the input “Theory tive dialogue with the participants but benefits from a good synergy,
and practice in counselling”, in the on the professionalisation of
framework of the international con- guidance and counselling ser- being supported by Euroguidance
ference “Education and creativity vices in Romania in the context of Romania national centre, the de-
for a knowledge based society”. international development. Aspects partment of Counselling from the
The conference is an annual event regarding the professionalisation Institute of Educational Sciences,
that brings together representa- of counselling services in Romania NBCC Romania and NBCC Inter-
tives of guidance and counselling and the role of guidance counsel- national (National Board for Certi-
centres from all over the country lors were discussed in two special fied Counsellors) and also various
and connects them to transnational sessions held in the Romanian professional associations, such as
practices through the participation language, one moderated by a Eu- the Association of Counsellors for
of international experts. roguidance representative, with the Personal Development, the Roma-
participation of school counsellors nian Counsellors Associations, and
This year’s event was a good and directors of school counsel- others.
opportunity for practitioners, re- ling centres and one addressed to
searchers, university professors, practitioners from other networks We hope that ideas emerged from
directors of counselling and guid- (university, private practices, com- these discussions will become a
ance centres to meet, discuss and panies etc.). There is presently a landmark for guidance services in
work together on specific topics in favourable context for reflecting on Romania and contribute to their
the field of counselling and guid- the status of this occupation and development in sync with the
ance. It brought together around the future development directions. needs of beneficiaries.
101 participants, mostly from
Romania, but also from Cyprus, The discussions have been pre-

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