New Skills Network Hungary expert’s report Tibor Bors Borbély-Pecze Bridging the gap

Changes in the job-seekers’ registry January 2009 vs. January 2010

Key challenges in the Hungarian labour market Lifting the low employment rate of –the under-educated –Older workers –Youth –Generation in a maternity age Decrease the high level of inactivity rate and grey and black employment

Four key principles underlying the work of the Round Table for Public Education Hungarian public education is in a very serious condition and that major long-term changes are needed to improve the efficiency of the system was correct. nothing other than arguments based on the strictly scientific analyses of empirical evidence. Although the conditions of public education are closely related to several domains of society and the economy, every effort was made to focus on the most important aspects of the problem during the process of preparing the Green Book. It was acknowledged that problems could not be solved without recourse to measures seriously offending the interests of some groups. and perseverance and the consequences need to be weighed up. Finally, we need to be steadfast in our resolution and refuse to lower the minimum requirements of the necessary changes.

Debates and practices in Hungary Roundtable for the Public Education and Child Opportunities 2008 Establishment of the Hungarian Lifelong Guidance Council in January 2008 and national LLG system development project under the SROP. This council works jointly with the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN).

development of the regional cooperation mechanism of VET. Within this development seven Regional Training and Development Committees (RFKB) were developed at NUTS II. level and within the SIOP small and independent trade and vocational secondary schools were united in 83 Regional Integrated Vocational School Centres (TISZK) Debates and practices in Hungary (2)

Goal setting concerning NSNJ A national network and co-ordination system of Hungarian LLG/career counselling must be established. The services operated in the various sub-systems shall be reviewed and their local level linkages (at individual, local community and business organisation level, respectively) shall be established. In line with that, the relevant financing system ought to be transferred from the current fragmented one, which is governed by five or six legal regulations, to a unified platform, while preserving the service forms associated with specific life situations and institutions (school, higher education, employment provision system, adult training, public education/culture, health care, etc.) Gradual development of a system of a career counselling/life-course- building and support portfolio designed to accompany the individual throughout their life course (cf. lifelong guidance) in the foreseeable future.

Goal setting concerning NSNJ (2) Develop an integrated career provision system –as integrate learning options and learning pathways display –and labour market needs (prognosis and vacancies) Develop career tracking system at all levels Further development of curricula and competency based approach

Goal setting concerning NSNJ (3) Research outcomes and the unequivocal experiences of successful education reform programmes point to measures enhancing the quality of teaching staff and consequently the social status of the teaching profession What is needed is an education programme that develops fundamental skills, view achievement differences between pupils as different developmental phases and educates everyone until a specific set of targets has been reached prevent the development of an uncloseable starting gap and to progress beyond the practice of segregation in response to differences between pupils. an appropriate feedback system, i.e., individuals, schools and the education system as a whole source: Green Book

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