CoR - Hungary Vocational

Central

Government authorities are responsible for:

The Ministry of Human Resources is in charge of:

Recognising professional qualifications and listing them in the National Qualification Register;
Determining general rules and proceedings of professional examinations and of the amount of examination fees;
Determining of the preconditions of registering professional qualifications obtained abroad;
Defining all conditions relative to starting and continuing a professional training programme;
Establishing detailed rules governing payment of financial allowances of students;
Determining the conditions relating to the organisation of vocational training and places to ensure vocational practical training courses;
Defining the professional curriculum and subject matter;
Ensuring the elaboration, publication and sale of any course book and pedagogical aid relative to the curriculum of such professional subjects;
Organising courses to provide continuing education for counsellors and teachers engaged in theoretical and practical vocational training;
Making recommendations concerning state-recognised professional qualifications, the duration of the training programme provided within the school system, as well as the professional subject matter;
Ensuring the operation of the National Institute of Vocational Training (in cooperation with Ministry in charge of the professional qualifications).

The National Labour Office is a central office performing vocational and adult education functions. Its duties include:

Participation in drafting legislation;
Professional and methodological development of vocational training and adult education;
Analyses and evaluations;
Continuous development of the occupational structure;
National module map in accordance with uniform principles;
Equivalence framework for domestic qualifications to align with European requirements and international qualifications;
Enhancing cooperation with vocational training and adult education providers in EU Member States;
Data collection;
Organising professional upgrading courses;
Public information;
Development of vocational textbooks as well as management of their publication and distribution;
Coordinating activities;
Standard professional and pedagogical verification methodology to ensure completion of the vocational curriculum framework;
Vocational qualifications-related tasks;
Vocational examination-related tasks.

Regional

Regional authorities are responsible for:

The coordination of vocational training within the County;
The reconciliation of interests in vocational training at territorial level (County Labour Councils).

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

Sources

Act CLXXXVII of year 2011 on vocational training

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