NBCC and Affiliates works with partners worldwide who are interested in professionalizing counseling and increasing mental health service capacity. Each year, NBCC hosts a global virtual conference featuring NBCC program partners and longtime collaborators to provide a space for counselors from around the world to present about counseling professionalization in their home countries and efforts to respond to increased mental health needs in these countries.

NBCC also recognizes that many counselors and counselor educators are engaged in and dedicated to collaborating across borders and cultures. Therefore, we welcome them to our call for proposals. We strive to feature a wide variety of partnerships and capacity-building work, which allows for a better understanding of the differences, similarities, and mutual need for effective counseling and mental health training, practice, and research within and across borders.