the National Recourse Centre for Vocational Guidance was established. In 1999 NRCVG
became part of the Human Resources Centre (http://www.hrdc.bg/).
At national level, NRCVG aims at unifying all forms of career guidance as well as at bringing
together the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and
the institutions working in the field of career guidance and development in Bulgaria. NRCVG
is one of the 65 Career Guidance Centres in all member states and associated members
of the EU, the EEC and in most of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe which com-
prise the Euroguidance network (http://www.euroguidance.net/index.htm) about education,
training and work opportunities in Europe. Their objective is to provide career guidance at
European and national level by answering career guidance counsellors’ questions and thus
indirectly answering young people’s questions as well. In such a way partners gain access
to national data bases and are able to support innovative initiatives in the field of education,
vocational training and qualification.
The national resource Centre for vocational Guidance aims at:
● Turning career guidance and consulting into an integral part of the current
educational system and of the labour market system;
● Providing long-life career guidance;
● Measuring the efficiency of career consulting both for society and for particular
individuals;
● Supporting the employment of modern information computer technologies for
the purposes of career guidance;
● Developing and adapting standardized specialized methods and tools for the
purposes of career guidance;
● Supporting the implementation of career guidance programs for various target
groups – students with special needs, orphans, youths with chronic diseases
and physical ailments, youths belonging to ethnic minorities, etc.;
● Carrying out an appropriate media policy in the field of career guidance and
consulting;
● Developing a system of practical training and sustainable qualification of career
counsellors meeting the European standards.
● The major activities performed by NRCVG are as follows:
● Setting up connections with already existing data bases and exchanging
information between partner organizations;