1. The Coordinating Role of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Vocational Education and Training 18 th April 2012 Dr. Tráserné Oláh Zsuzsanna Secretary General Csongrád County Chamber of Commerce & Industry

2. Aim: To serve the needs of the labour market The essence of the 2010 Agreement between the Hungarian Government and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry: Full content regulation of 125 practice-intensive qualifications under state control

3. The necessity of reforming the vocational education and training Expected proportion of apprentices by 2015 according to regions (%)

4. Changing the proportions of enrollment in order to support vocational education and training The inevitability of reforming the structure of formal initial vocational education: smaller numbers of students in the grammar schools ensuring the professional orientation-centeredness in the vocational secondary schools increasing the number of students choosing the initial vocational training schools for getting a qualification

5. higher number of practice lessons within the training programme developing professional competencies in the process of production/service under real-life working conditions introducing the dual training system(3 years’ training process, work practice in the school workshops already in the 1 st year, much less academic and theoretical subjects…) The focus is on strengthening the work practice

6. New strategy – new legislation New laws in Hungary in 2011: Vocational Education Act, Public Education Act, Act on reforming the funding of vocational education (Act on the contribution to vocational education by the enterprises, public and private companies)

7. The coordinating tasks of the National Chamber in cooperation with the regional chambers determining the professional standards and the examination requirements organising and administering informal achievement examinations (as a pre-requisite of final examinations) organising professional competitions delegating exam board chairpersons and members for the state accredited vocational examinations, inspecting and supervising the suitability of practice work places for training apprentices supporting the data collection process for direction- ratios of vocational education and training extensive connections with business organisations in order to support the training

8. What is the task of our county chamber? operating an advisory network (7 positions for senior advisors in Csongrád County) esuring the legality of the apprentice contracts increasing the training willingness of the business organisations inspecting the business organisations, visiting and advising training places keeping in touch with the vocational training schools assissting enrollment by collecting the apprentice needs from the practice work places

9. Number of apprentice contracts nationwide between 1998 and 2011 (the numbers are in thousands) Source: MKIK

10. Data from Csongrád County Number of business organisations: 81 606 enterprises Compulsory chamber registration: 33 810 enterprises Business organisations which provide work placement: 348 enterprises The number of training organisations which provide practical training: 484 Number of apprentice contracts: 2 898

11. In the VET framework the chamber plays an important role as contact and coordinator. Main partners: - enterprises, business organisations - apprentices, parents, - schools, training organisations, - sustentive bodies, authorities, - foreign partners - other bodies taking part in VET Extensive contacts for a high-quality vocational education and training

12. Thank you for your attention! Contact Details: Csongrád County Chamber for Commerce & Industry Dr. Tráserné Oláh Zsuzsanna, Secretary General www.csmkik.hu traserne@csmkik.hu +36- 62/554-260