1. INFORMATION on the Activities of National Institute for Adult Education (NIAE) Radom 5 January 2006 5 January 2006

2. 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

3. MANDATE According to the Act on Adult Education (2001 CI):  Development  Research  Quality assurance  Services  Cooperation on the fields of adult education

4. MISSION 1: DEVELOPMENT AREAS  Co-ordination of adult learning developments developments  Professional-methodological developments developments  Career-orientation development  Modern methodologies (PLAR-model, e-learning programs)  Further training for teachers and experts for teachers and experts

5. MISSION 2: RESEARCH AREAS  Effectiveness of regulation systems (on the basic, linguistic and vocational (on the basic, linguistic and vocational adult education areas) adult education areas)  Realization of training aims (Unemployment p., Labour-market tr., Continuing tr.) (Unemployment p., Labour-market tr., Continuing tr.)  Effectiveness of training for special groups (civil society, disadvantaged people) (civil society, disadvantaged people)  Job-orientation and career-guidance  Andragogy researches  Methodological researches (e.g. PLAR, modular-systems, job-analysis)

6. MISSION 3: QUALITY DEVELOPMENT  Accreditation for adult educational institutes institutes from 2002 – to present = from 2002 – to present = 1200 accredited institutes 1200 accredited institutes  Programme accreditation from 2002 – to present = from 2002 – to present = 1500 accredited programs 1500 accredited programs  Quality assurance controlling - from 2005 - from 2005

7. MISSION 4: SERVICES  Data-base service –relating accredited institutions and programmes  Professional journal/books  Professional library  Tendering –1521 successful application –more than €35 million total amount

8. MISSION 5: NATIONAL COOPERATION AREAS  Co-operation with public/higher education public/higher education institutes institutes  Co-operation with professional adult training professional adult training institutes institutes  Co-operation with social partners partners

9. MISSION 6: INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION  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

10. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY  Member of CEDEFOP’s REFERNET consortium  Member of ETF Advisory Forum  Member of CEDEFOP’s Virtual Communities  Organisation international conferences, workshops –ETF workshop on ‘Financing Mechanisms and Incentives in Adult Learning’ –‘Vocational and Adult Educational Researches for the Future’ - international research conference –Internationality and regionality – demands of VET for employment  International projects –Partner in InfoNet –Partner in EMCET  Preparation of studies on carrier guidence on the behalf of ETF and CEDEFOP

11. Component of national HRDOP „Development and Implementation of modern AE methodologies and programmes” Head of consortium: National Institute for Adult Education Member of consortium: 9 Regional Trainig Centres, National Employment Office Duration: May 2005 – December 2007 Aims: – Expansion of available programmes – Modernisation of the contect of programmes – Development of training methodology – Improvement the training quality – Working out the system for teachers further training – Creation of an integrated adult educational database

12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Contacts:Address: 10 Fehér út 10 Fehér út H-1106 Budapest H-1106 BudapestPhone: +36 1/433-1761 +36 1/433-1759 Fax: +36 1/432-0269 E-mail: kiszter.istvan@nfi.gov.hu bajka.gyorgyi@nfi.gov.hu