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Our Common ways in adult education
The Hungarian Folk High School Society and
the Pázmány Péter Catholic University Vitéz
János Faculty
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Who are we?

• Since 1989 we are the biggest umbrella
  organization for the advocacy of the folk high
  schools
• More than a hundred member organizations all
  around Hungary
• Our office is also the Central European Link
  Office of the EAEA

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What are we doing as an umbrella
organization?

• Advocacy and development of practice through
  projects, trainings and publications
• Information services like newsletters, Folk High
  School magazine in every season
• Professional guidance for university students in
  the filed of adult education and community
  development, cultural and NGO management

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What are we doing as the Budapest Folk
High School Institute?

• Project development in national and international
  level, for example
• Coordinating the Hungarian Adult Learners Week
• Promoting social cooperatives in Hungary
• Community development and key competencies
  trainings in rural areas
• Networking, policy development, training and
  expert services
• Different Grundtvig projects (NILE, Alpha16,
  IntALWine)?

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What are we doing like the EAEA Link
Office?

• promote the introduction of EAEA and member
  organisations activities in the region
• promote information as desired and defined by
  the Central-Eastern European member
  organisations
• develop professional bi- and multilateral
  co-operation between Central and Eastern
  European, EU and non-EU countries
• raise the number of EAEA member organisations in
  Central-Eastern Europe
• contribute to the better introduction of lifelong
  learning activities performed in Central-Eastern
  Europe among EAEA and EU member-states.

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What we offer for the
students?

• National level
• Guidance in written materials (dissertation work,
  essays,surveys in the LLL field)?
• Offering traineeships in our office (from 30
  hours to 3 month)?
• Offering possibilities to participate in
  professional meetings, conferences, workshops
• Summer traineeships in the learning center
• LLL and EU library

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What we offer for the
students?

• International level
• Offering traineeships in the EAEA offices
• Gathering international work experience in our
  office
• Cooperation with folk high schools in longer
  study visits

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Our students....
2007 Agreement betwenn HFHSS and the
Vitéz János Faculty
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Learning Center and Folk High School at the
Lake Balaton
Balatonszepezd
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Internet café
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Community learning and LLL activities
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Turism and summer activities
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More information
Hungarian Folk High School University 1077
Budapest Wesselényi utca 13. www.nepfoiskola.hu
Learning Center Balatonszepezd www.szepezd.hu Zsó
fi Fesztbaum zsofi_at_nepfoiskola.hu