



EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
Thursday, 30 October 2025 (9:00 - 16:00)
TOPICS
- Career Guidance and the Professional Competence of Career Counselors
- Career Guidance and Educational / Employment Mobility
- Career Guidance and Vocational Education and Training
OBJECTIVES
To inform career guidance professionals about current European developments and priorities, European networks, best practices, and tools that promote professional competence in Career Guidance, educational and employment information, transparency of qualifications, mobility, and the connection of citizens with the labor market.
To present the work and activities of the National Centres for Euroguidance, Europass, EQF/NCP, EQAVET, REFERNET, in order to enhance their practical use by career guidance counselors.
To strengthen networking and coordination among all stakeholders involved in the provision of Lifelong Career Guidance services at both national and European levels.
TRAINING SEMINAR
Friday, 31 October 2025 (9:00 - 17:00)
TITLE
Experiential Training Seminar for Career Guidance Professionals
- SECTION A: EOPPEP’s Career Education Tools
- SECTION B: Career Guidance Tests – Europass Tools
OBJECTIVES
To support career guidance professionals serving in public bodies in the fields of education, training, and employment, in effectively utilizing the free tools of the National Lifelong Career Guidance Portal and the National Europass Portal of EOPPEP in their daily practice, within the framework of the Career guidance services they provide to the public.
Specifically, participants will engage in experiential learning activities related to the design and evaluation of career education actions and programs, the assessment of personality traits using EOPPEP’s career guidance tests, and the advisory use of Europass Tools to support transparency of qualifications and educational and employment mobility.
The ultimate goal is to enable counselors to provide holistic support to beneficiaries, helping them plan and make informed decisions regarding their studies and career paths.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Dr. Dimitris Gaitanis – Career Counselor, Head of the Directorate for Career Guidance and Counselling (CGC), Head of the National Euroguidance and Europass Centres, Coordinator
- Vouli Tetradakou – Career Counselor, Head of the Department for the Development of CGC Services and Tools, Coordinator of the National Euroguidance Centre.
- Vasiliki Plarinou – Career Counselor, Directorate for Career Guidance and Counselling
SPEAKERS

Tsiourva Olga
Policy Officer – Seconded National Expert, European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion/ former Regional Director of DYPA Thessaly
Papaefstathiou Konstantinos
Head of National Quality System dept
Kousta Rania
Career Counsellor, Scientific support to Career Guidance Counsellors and Services Dpt., National Europass Centre, EOPPEP
David Delgado Martín
Deputy Head of the Spanish National Europass Centre
Argiropoulou Katerina
Director of the Counseling Science and Career Development Laboratory and the Director of the MSc program “Counseling, Career Guidance, and Lifelong Learning.”
Karavia Sissy
Lawyer, Career and Guidance Counselor MSc., PhD candidate at NKUA, and a scientific collaborator at the Counseling Science and Career Development Laboratory.
Haidemenaki Olympia
Adult Educator and Career / Guidance Counselor
Sandra Borges
Technical Consultant at the Portuguese National Europass Centre
Cynthia Harrison
Strengthening tools for collaboration on policy and systems development in lifelong guidance , Cynthia Harrison, Policy officer, Cedefop (CareersNet)
Tetradakou Vouli
Head of the Career Guidance Tools and Services Dpt – Coordinator of Εuroguidance Center of Greece.
Papaioannou Spyros
Head of National Qualifications Framework Unit, President of the Equivalencies Committee
Makantasi Evangelia
EURES Adviser (DYPA)
Dorianne Gravina
Main Task Group 2 Leader “Competence Development”; Coordinator, Euroguidance Malta; Education Officer – Career Guidance, Wellbeing Services, Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research & Innovation
Dimitrios Gaitanis
Head of the Directorate of Counseling and Career Guidance, Head of the National Euroguidance and Europass Centers, EOPPEP
Maria Kamakari
Senior Business Analyst
Eleftheria Boza
Career Counsellor, MSc
Dimitra Dede
Head of the Communication Development & Promotion Dpt of EOPPEP and Coordinator of the Greek Refernet TeamCONTACT
National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance - EOPPEP
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