Gyrgyi Bajka

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ASEM Meeting on Education HUB for Life Long
Learning 

• Györgyi Bajka
• Brief introduction to the activity of the
• National Institute for Adult Education, Hungary
• Copenhagen, 1-4 May 2005

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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

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The fields of adult educationby the Hungarian
Adult Education Law

• general
• language
• professional skills,
• formal-,
• non-formal-,
• informal learning

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The National Institute for Adult Education

• Founded
• by the Minister for Employment Policy and Labour
• on the 15th of July 2002
• Director
• László Zachár
• Staff
• 45 prs

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Main activity areas of NIAE

• Development
• RESEARCH
• Quality assurance
• Services
• COOPERATION
• on the field of adult education

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General fields of researchesin line with
National LLL Strategy

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

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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

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Contacts

• Address
• H-1106 Budapest
• 10 Fehér út
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail zachar.laszlo_at_nfi.gov.hu
• bajka.gyorgyi_at_nfi.gov.hu

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Thank you for your attention!