1. Györgyi Bajka Brief introduction to the activity of the National Institute for Adult Education, Hungary Copenhagen, 1-4 May 2005 ASEM Meeting on Education HUB for Life Long Learning

2. Institutional background of Hungarian adult education Institutional background of Hungarian adult education by Adult Education Law   Public education institutions (e.g. basic / grammar schools)   Vocational training institutions (e.g. regional training centres / voc.sec.schools)   Higher education institutions   Public service corporation (non-profit org.) (e.g. associations, public bodies, foundations etc.)   Other legal entities / for profit organisations

3. by the Hungarian Adult Education Law The fields of adult education by the Hungarian Adult Education Law  general  language  professional skills,  formal-,  non-formal-,  informal learning

4. The National Institute for Adult Education  Founded: by the Minister for Employment Policy and Labour on the 15 th of July 2002  Director: László Zachár  Staff: 45 prs

5. Main activity areas of NIAE  Development  RESEARCH  Quality assurance  Services  COOPERATION on the field of adult education

6. General fields of researches in line with National LLL Strategy  Andragogy research  Effectiveness of the regulation systems (on the basic, linguistic and professional (on the basic, linguistic and professional adult education areas) adult education areas)  Realization of training aims (Unemployment p., Labour-market p., Continuing tr.) (Unemployment p., Labour-market p., Continuing tr.)  Effectiveness of training for special groups (civil society, disadvantaged people) (civil society, disadvantaged people)  Methodological researches (e.g. PLAR, modularity, job-analysis)  Career-orientation and career-counselling

7. International cooperation  Promotion of information flow and experience exchange to solve the problems arising in the field of AE  Development of AE methodologies in cooperation with international AE professional and research institutions  Exploration of international correlation of Hungarian AE process  Participation in the international professional work and researches  Participation and influence in preparing international AE strategies

8. Contacts Address: H-1106 Budapest 10 Fehér út Phone: +36 1/433-1759 Fax:+36 1/432-0269 E-mail: zachar.laszlo@nfi.gov.hu bajka.gyorgyi@nfi.gov.hu

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