Digitalisation and Lifelong Guidance Policy in Hungary: Lessons to be learnt from the COVID-19 stress

Abstract

The coronavirus crisis of 2020-21 was a catalyst and an opportunity to adapt to the digital challenges in lifelong guidance. In many European societies, national/ regional digitalisation strategies and policies provide an essential framework for career guidance services. Some countries have standalone policies for developing lifelong guidance systems (e.g., Finland). In other countries, this is a part of sectoral strategies (e.g., Estonia). In Hungary, the national government has overarching strategies for developing public services. This paper considers four relevant Hungarian national strategies in the context of some of the policy guidelines of the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN, 2015), especially Guideline 9 -Information and Communications Technology in Lifelong Guidance.