The role of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been increasingly significant; it has become a key actor in shaping VET policy and performs important duties in accordance with its 2010 agreement with the government. Chamber has become a key actor in qualification design (developing standards, framework curricula and examination procedures for the majority of qualifications required for blue-collar jobs), organisation of VET examinations and quality assurance.
It has also exerted considerable influence on VET policy, initiating the transformation of the structure of VET.
The Ministry for Innovation and Technology supports active involvement of all VET stakeholders in this process through the newly established VET Innovation Council. This is a debating and advisory body. In cooperation with the main VET advocacy bodies to support demand-driven transformation of the VET system. It will formulate proposals for policy decision-making and support implementation of initiatives in VET and adult learning.
The county development and training committees (operated by local Chambers of Commerce and Industry) play a very important advisory-consultative role in VET financing and development. The scope of the county development and training committee includes any issue which may affect the promotion of the vocational training development in the given county. The first step of planning is the proposition of the committee to the so-called qualification structure decision, which defines training courses which can be subsidized or cannot be subsidized, or subsidized to a limited number of places by the state within the school system.
On 12 December 2017 the Hungarian Parliament passed the amended Act on Vocational and Adult Training, opening the way for establishing Sectoral Skills Councils (SSCs). A sectoral skills council can be considered representative if at least 51% of its members are economic stakeholders working in the same sector. SSCs will establish their own procedures; their members may vary from 7 to 19 persons per SSC, depending on the sector. Other VET and economic stakeholders (schools, teachers, business federations and economic entities) may support the work of the councils, issuing opinions or making proposals through an online digital platform currently under development.SSCs are coordinated by the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Hungarian Chamber for Agriculture for its own sectors. SSC representatives will take part in the National Council for VET and Adult Learning, a countrywide forum for reconciling professional interests, representing the sectors vis-à-vis the Hungarian Government.
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Regulated by the paragraph 75, 76 of Act CLXXXVII of 2011 on vocational education and training
Regulated by the paragraph 77 of Act CLXXXVII of 2011 on vocational education and training
Regulated by the paragraph 78, 79 of Act CLXXXVII of 2011 on vocational education and training
Regulated by the paragraph 80 of Act CLXXXVII of 2011 on vocational education and training
Regulated by the paragraph 81, 82, 83 of Act CLXXXVII of 2011 on vocational education and training
Regulated by the paragraph 80 of Act CLXXXVII of 2011 on vocational education and training
Ministry for Innovation and Technology (2019): Vocational Training 4.0.
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