Lifelong Learning - its present state in Hungary

1. Lifelong Learning - its present state in Hungary „Good priest is learning for lifelong” Hungarian proverb Publika Magyar Könyvtári Kör

2. Population Fewer than 8 years 0,5% Eight years 65,0 GCE 26,7 Higher education7,7 In employment Fewer than 8 years 0,5 Eight years 48,2 GCE 32,5 Higher education 18,3 Education level

3. Civil initiatives were launched Interpreneurial activities were accelerated Certain governmental initiatives were launched Memorandum on Lifelong Learning was an important momentum. RESULTS:

4. Formal education Nonformal Informal 13,5 % 15-74 y.o. 83 % inact, 17 active 4,5% of 15-74 y.o.50% younger 34 y.o. 8% of 14-74 y.o. Participation in education, training

5. Governmental Support for LLL • Law on adult education • National Information Strategy • Human Resource Developing Program • The NDP OP on Economic • Competitiveness

6. Measure: • the development of capabilities and abilities • necessary for the LLL • National Vocational Training Institute • Tempus Public Foundation

7. Factors hindering the rollout of the LLL and e-Learning • Extremely unfavourable employment data • The population educational level • Difficultiesin the implementation of comprehensive reforms (state administration,tax, health,education,R+D) • Instability of the economic situation of small and medium sized enterprises • Deterioration in the population quality of living

8. (some 60% of people aged 15 to 60 have regular work, the other 40% are not present in the labour market, neither as employed, nor as unemployed;97% of businesses have fewer than 10 employees)

9. Non-governmental institutions and initiatives • Hungarian Vocational Training Association • Hungarian Association of People's Academies • Establishment of Lifelong Learning Centre at the University of Debrecen

10. LLC Goals: modernisation of education systems effective coordination between the interests of individual • modernization of education systems, • establishment of EU-conform structures marketing of training services, • organization of joint networks with non-university institutions (labour market training centres, regional development agency, training centres of companies, etc.)

11. MELLearN National and International LL conferences 2005. Debrecen 2006. Budapest 2007. Miskolc 2008. Nyíregyháza

12. Reasons for the urgent expansion of LLL: • the employment chances of over 40s is further deteriorating • unemployment higher than the national average • smaller economic productivity, less developed enterprise culture, agriculture in crisis • towering social problems, obstacles to social integration

13. 1. expanding electronic access - cell phones, Internet2. expansion of digital literacy 3. growing number of non-governmental initiatives Opportunities supporting the expansion of LLL:

14. 1.Internet subscriptions

15. Internet subscriptions

16. 2. Microsoft Digital Literacy Program • Partners: Microsoft Hungary • Szenior Foglalkoztatási Szövetség • Neumann János Computer-science Ass. • 1 million people - ECDL

17. ICT in Public Libraries • No of Libraries 2052 • PC 6898 • Internet 6119 • Librarians 3696