Maria Bognar works for Equal Opportunities of Persons with Disabilities Non-profit Ltd (FSZK), Hungary and board member of the European Association of Cities, Institutes and Second Chance Schools (E2C-Europe) since 2008. Currently she is leading expert in QALL – Qualification for All! LLP1-2012-KA1-ECET project what aims to support the Hungarian national strategy against early school leaving. She was the Hungarian non-governmental representative in the Thematic Working Group on Early School leaving 2011-2013. She conceptualised and led the national school improvement programme ‘Dobbantó’ –Springboard what aimed to prevent early school leaving in vocational education 2008-2011. (www.fszk.hu/dobbanto/english) Her scope of work has been school development for preventing school drop out in the previous 25 years working for the Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development.
