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Hungary Click here, for a brief introduction to career guidance in Hungary: Or click the topics you are interested in: National guidance system [link to relevant table] Training of guidance practitioners [link to relevant table] Ethical guidelines for guidance practitioners [link to relevant table] National guidance forum [link to relevant table] Research in the field of guidance [link to relevant table] Guidance organisations, associations and resource centres [link to relevant table] If you have comments or questions concerning the information provided, you are welcome to contact the Euroguidance centre in Hungary: info@npk.hu Introduction to career guidance in Hungary In Hungary there is no central ownership of guidance issues. While guidance activities and development are overseen by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, the Ministry of Education and Culture is also a key actor in the field. Since the establishment of the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network at EU level, national developments have pushed ahead. The Hungarian LLG Council (Nemzeti Pályaorientációs Tanács, NPT) was founded in January 2008 and in September of the same year a new national programme was launched in the framework of the Social Renewal Operational Programme (Társadalmi Megújulás Operatív Programja, TÁMOP) of the New Hungary Development Plan (Új Magyarország Fejlesztési Terv, ÚMFT) 2007-2013, which includes the development of a new national LLG network. The major acts on education, listed below, include the regulation of guidance and orientation services: (a) Act LXXIX of 1993 on Public Education, (b) Act CXXXIX of 2005 on Higher Education, (c) Act LXXVI of 1993 on Vocational Education and Training, (d) Act CI of 2001 on Adult Training, 1

(e) Act IV of 1991 on Facilitating Employment and Provisions to the Unemployed. The ÁFSZ (Állami Foglalkoztatási Szolgálat, Hungarian PES) is responsible for maintaining epálya, the career guidance web portal (www.epalya.hu ) and for operating Euroguidance Hungary in Szeged (www.npk.hu ). Educatio Non-profit Kft., an agency of the Ministry of Education and Culture, is responsible on the one hand for collecting and providing information on guidance relevant to higher education (www.felvi.hu ), on the other hand for the methodological development of guidance activities at primary and secondary schools. 2

National guidance system Type of guidance service Guidance, selfservice information provision EU labour market guidance Career information, training and career guidance, career counselling, selfservice information provision Career information e-guidance Activities Guidance provided by Euroguidance Hungary (Nemzeti Pályainformációs Központ) EURES Network of Employment Information Guidance Centres (Foglalkozási Információs Tanácsadó, BIZ) career centres of higher education institutions Online study and labour market information, career orientation questionnaires, chat rooms with guidance professionals Clients/Target groups Responsibility and administrative control Career and VET Information provision High National Employment school/university/colleg and Social Office e students, young (Foglalkoztatási és adults Szociális Hivatal) Job-seekers, young adults, unemployed, employed people Primary/secondary school students, unemployed/employed people Students at universities/colleges students of primary and secondary schools, young adults, unemployed National Employment and Social Office (Foglalkoztatási és Szociális Hivatal) National Employment and Social Office (Foglalkoztatási és Szociális Hivatal) Ministry of Education and Culture (Oktatási és Kultúrális Minisztérium) National Employment and Social Office (Foglalkoztatási és Szociális Hivatal) Career education Compulsory education Students Ministry of Education and Culture (Oktatási és Kultúrális Minisztérium) Further information www.npk.hu http://ec.europa.eu/eures/, http://www.afsz.hu/engine.aspx? page=allaskeresoknek_allas_eu _egt_tagallamokban www.afsz.hu At individual higher education institutions (for the comprehensive list of Hungarian higher education institutions go to: www.felvi.hu ) www.epalya.hu www.okm.gov.hu Career education Career Regional Training Centres Young adults, National Employment www.afsz.hu 3

orientation, guidance and counselling, career orientation training programmes Career guidance, counselling (Regionális Képzıközpont) Accredited Private Adult Training Companies unemployed, disadvantaged groups adults enrolled in LLL and Social Office (Foglalkoztatási és Szociális Hivatal) Legal background: Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (Szociális és Munakügyi Minisztérium) www.szmm.gov.hu www.nive.hu career guidance/counsell ing Career guidance, lifelong guidance Regional Labour Centres (Regionális Munkaügyi Központ) Guidance professionals of the SROP 2.2.2. Individualised Career Counselling Unemployed/employed people, students studying in public education High school students, young adults, unemployed people Monitoring: National Institute of Vocational and Adult Education (Nemzeti Szakképzési és Felnıttképzési Intézet) National Employment and Social Office (Foglalkoztatási és Szociális Hivatal) National Employment and Social Office (Foglalkoztatási és Szociális Hivatal) www.afsz.hu http://www.afsz.hu/engine.aspx? page=full_tamop_222 www.eletpalya.afsz.hu career choice counselling County pedagogical institutes (megyei pedagógiai intézet) and pedagogical professional services (pedagógiai szakszolgálatok) students of primary and secondary schools in public education Ministry of Education and Culture (Oktatási és Kultúrális Minisztérium) Financial background: Individual municipalities N/A 4

Training of guidance practitioners The qualification requirements of practitioners providing career guidance/counselling services are regulated only for career orientation teachers employed in public education and for counsellors providing services supported by the labour organisation. Pursuant to Act LXXIX of 1993 on Public Education, teachers providing career orientation in VET schools must have either a relevant teacher qualification or a relevant higher education degree and qualification. With respect to the initial training of guidance professionals, independent college degrees have been available since 1992 (BA level degrees since 2006) and psychologists may also apply for a 2.5- year-long training in the field of career guidance. School counselling for teachers as a special 2-year degree course has been available since 1999. The Bologna process has fundamentally changed the training system of the counsellors. BA qualification in the field of andragogy with a specialisation in employment counselling is available in one college while 4 universities offer MA qualifications in the field of HR career guidance. In the new system teachers will also be required to learn career counselling during their pre-service training. Practitioners providing services supported by the labour organisation are required to have qualifications (mostly higher education degrees and qualifications) defined in the 30/2000 (IX.15) Decree of the Ministry of Economy and in some cases work experience as well. These qualifications require information provision and career counselling. The list of qualifications contains professions ranging from pedagogues to career or school counsellors. This regulation has left too broad a scope for defining the qualification requirements linked to individual services. In-service training opportunities for counsellors are available through variable courses and further trainings, conferences and international study trips (e.g. within the framework of the Leonardo da Vinci and Grundtvig Programmes) The regulations concerning accredited adult training programmes and organisations prescribe the provision of other services related to adult education, with guidance services being one such service. However, the provision does not define the qualification requirements of those providing such services within the accredited organisations, nor is there supervision of the services provided. Type of training and entry requirements Teacher of learning and career guidance (MA) BA/BSc, MA/MSc, university or college degree in any field with a teacher qualification Main contents Duration Institutions offering this training, including contact details BA, MA and teacher training programmes School and society Basic questions of the psychology of learning Theoretical issues of career choice Career counselling, learning and work The methodology of counselling The practice of counselling Optional subjects 2-3 semesters University of Szeged - Juhász Gyula Teacher Training College Division 6701 Szeged, Boldogasszony sgt. 6. T: +36 (62) 546-501, web: www.jgypk.uszeged.hu 5

Intercultural psychology and education (MA) BA in Psychology, Pedagogy, Special education, Social sciences, Sociology Credits are transferable from the following BA fields: Social worker, Social pedagogy, Andragogy, Politology, Humanities, History, International studies, Communication and media studies, Romology Concepts of culture Minorities in different societies The development of multiculturalism, and critical approaches to multicultural theories Minority and majority identities Human and minority rights Prejudices and ideologies Globalization and migration Sensitivity training workshops Intercultural communication workshops Research methods in social sciences: quantitative and qualitative methods Intercultural training Research methodology: reading German and English language reference literature Cultural and comparative cultural psychology: social behaviour and the child Interculturalism in everyday practice: family, school, counselling, health Intercultural and comparative pedagogy: the world of education in East and Southeast Asia Thinking, learning and social behaviour: East- Asian and Euro-American patterns Narratives of different cultures: reading and analyzing texts of different genres in fiction Non-western pedagogies - reading and analyzing reference literature Cultural and comparative cultural psychology: gender relations Intercultural psychology: prejudices, stereotypes and theories of inter-group relationships Intercultural psychology: social conflicts The representation of social groups in the media Interculturalism in everyday practice: organizations and cultures Interculturalism in everyday practice: managing conflicts, negotiations, peace Models of minority education and the education of minority students in Hungary School practice Cultural encounters and the school Fieldwork 4 semesters Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Education and Psychology 1075 Budapest, Kazinczy u 23-27. T: +36 (1) 461-4500, web: www.ppk.elte.hu 6

Teacher of multicultural education (MA) N/A Multicultural education : theory and practice Multicultural schools: (human rights, minority educational policies, multicultural curricula and materials representing multiculturalism) Children coming from different historical minorities or from different ethnic and immigrant groups at school Comparative pedagogy Inclusion, integration and children with different abilities in the school system Globalization and education European identity and education Culture, socialization and identity Family and school cultures Cultural values concerning learning and knowledge The social psychology of power, inter-group relations and social conflicts Migration and interaction between cultures Ethnic conflicts, international crises, genocides and terrorism The memory of social traumas in education Holocaust: social stigmatization and political repression Democracies and dictatorships: social constraints and opportunities for individual decision-making Gender concepts, gender socialization and gender roles in different cultures Gender as a social construct at school The social constructs of sexuality: homophobia, homosexual identities Intercultural communication skills and nonprejudiced thinking: self-experience training The social consequences of gender role constructs: self-experience training Multiculturalism and conflict analysis in practice (field work, research, resource analysis, text-book analysis and program development) 2-3 semesters Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Education and Psychology 1075 Budapest, Kazinczy u 23-27. T: +36 (1) 461-4500, web: www.ppk.elte.hu Also offered at: Eszterházy Károly College - Faculty of Teacher Training and Knowledge Technology 3300 Eger, Eszterházy tér 1. T: +36 (36) 520-400, web: www.ektf.hu Andragogy- Specialisation in The most important economic factors affecting the macro-and microenvironment of 6 semesters Szent István University - School of 7

employment counselling (BA) School leaving exam taken from two of the following subjects: Biology, Hungarian language and literature, Mathematics, History, one Foreign language management Basic management structures Domestic and EU labour market, with the main characteristics, the basic structures and trends of change The work of theoretical and practical issues, advice on the legislation Guidance and career education in an interdisciplinary context, theoretical and practical foundations Theoretical and methodological foundations of counselling, institutional settings of counselling, locations and forums Forms of individual and group counselling, telecommunication tools Economics and Social Sciences 2103 Gödöllı, Páter Károly u. 1. T: +36 (28) 522-000, web: www.gtk.szie.hu Human resources advisor (MA) 1) Credits of the following academic majors are fully transferable: BA in Andragogy and Human resource administration/college degree in Human resources, Employment counsellor, Cultural management/ university degree in Cultural and adult education management, Human management. 2) credits are transferable from the following BA fields: Pedagogy, Core modules (18 credits 17% of practice) Employment Special andragogy Ethics Research Methodology Professional Core (30 credits 33% of practice) Social psychology of counselling Organizational psychology Career theories Organizations dealing with human resource development Planning Models Career-planning Differentiated professional materials (38 credits 37% of practice) Information technologies Conflict Management Techniques Problem-solving process Adult education services Counselling techniques Issues of specific disadvantaged groups the contradictions of the regional economic development, Equal Opportunities and advising Guidance in the EU Freely chosen subjects (12 credits 42% of practice) 4 semesters Szent István University - School of Economics and Social Sciences 2103 Gödöllı, Páter Károly u. 1. T: +36 (28) 522-000, web: www.gtk.szie.hu Also offered at: University of Debrecen - Faculty of Applied Economics and Rural Development 4032 Debrecen, Böszörményi út 138. T: +36 (52) 508-304, web: www.avk.unideb.hu University of West Hungary - Apáczai Csere János Faculty 9022 Gyır, Liszt Ferenc u. 42. T: +36 (96) 516-730, web: http://atfk.nyme.hu University of Pécs - Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development 7624 Pécs, Szántó Kovács János u. 1/B T: +36 (72) 501-500/2501, web: www.feek.pte.hu 8

Psychology, Human resource management, any field with a teacher qualification Psychology of counselling (postgraduate specialisation for psychologists) MA in psychology, oral exam Professional field practice (12 credits 100% practice) Thesis (10 credits 100% of practice) Basic training phase: 60 credits Theoretical knowledge: health psychology, mental health, professional ethics and legal issues, theoretical foundations of counselling, counselling and psychotherapy, psychopathology. Practical work: psychological testing, psychological intervention and selfimprovement, methods of the psycho-diagnosis supervised case work, individual and group counselling Specialized counselling practice, as well as optional curriculum units: e.g. TA, drug prevention, video-training, coaching, NLP Postgraduate training programmes 4 semesters Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Education and Psychology 1075 Budapest, Kazinczy u 23-27. T: +36 (1) 461-4500, web: www.ppk.elte.hu Specialization: 50 credits Job and career counselling Theoretical knowledge: psychology of career building, career development theories, career research methods, career guidance for youth, career-counselling, methods for handling unemployment. Apprenticeships: psychodiagnostics and career counselling, individual and group work and methods of vocational guidance. Specialized practice at professional institutions. The thesis credits: 10 Career guidance (Home) 3 cr. colloquium lecture Methods of group work in career counselling 5 cr. (practice) Career theories Colloquium Lecture 5 cr. Performance and work Career management 9

Student counselling BA in the field of Humanities, Sciences, Social sciences, Economics, Sports, Agricultural sciences, Engineering, Informatics, Teacher training, Law, Business Administration, Health sciences Social inclusion counselling BA or BSc in any field and B2 level English language knowledge Postgraduate training program for care workers, health professionals, lawyers, police staff, psychologists, senior administrators, social pedagogues, social workers, sociologists, teachers with coaching, practice 5 cr. Psychodiagnostic methods in career guidance practice 5 cr. Freely chosen subjects: e.g. TA, drug prevention, video-training, coaching, NLP practice, 3 cr. specialization semester exam Basic training phase: 58 credits Theoretical knowledge: counselling, mentalhygienic and related theoretical foundation areas: psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology, psychological characteristics and problems of the age group Specializations: (52 credits) Public education, vocational education and training, higher education. The thesis credits: 10 credits 6 Core Modules (Compulsory) Research Methods in the Social Sciences Ethics and Social Justice Theories of Social Exclusion European perspectives Comparative Social Policies in Europe Theories of Intervention and Social Change 9 Optional Modules (3 To Be Chosen) Focus on "Excluded", "Disadvantaged" Groups (e.g. disabled people, poor people, drug addicted, chronically ill people, the mentally ill, the elderly, people in custody and migrants). 4 semesters Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Education and Psychology 1075 Budapest, Kazinczy u 23-27. T: +36 (1) 461-4500, web: www.ppk.elte.hu 4 semesters Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Education and Psychology 1075 Budapest, Kazinczy u 23-27. T: +36 (1) 461-4500, web: www.ppk.elte.hu 10

Career orientation teacher BA in any field with a teacher qualification or degree in the following fields: librarian, andragogy, social worker, special education, social pedagogy, employment counsellor, career guidance Theoretical knowledge: basic knowledge of pedagogy, psychology and education training system Basic knowledge about society and economy: labour law, sociology, labour skills Career and personality: career development, guidance and personality assessment with educational methods, information and orientation: the role of computer-assisted guidance Teacher expertise threads: administrative management skills, the way of functioning of educational institutions and organizations, external relationships, efficiency indicators, measurement methods, the teacher and clients with special needs. Practical training connected to single subjects and also group counselling sessions (leading at least five supervised group orientation sessions) 4 semesters Szent István University - School of Economics and Social Sciences 2103 Gödöllı, Páter Károly u. 1. T: +36 (28) 522-000, web: www.gtk.szie.hu Social inclusion counselling BA/BSc, MA/MSc, college or university degree in any field, B2 level English language knowledge Postgraduate training program for care workers, health professionals, lawyers, police staff, psychologists, senior administrators, social pedagogues, social workers, sociologists, teachers 6 Core Modules (Compulsory) Research Methods in Social Sciences Ethics and Social Justice Theories of Social Exclusion European perspectives Comparative Social Policies in Europe Theories of Intervention and Social Change 9 Optional Modules (3 To Be Chosen), Focus on "Excluded", "Disadvantaged" Groups (e.g. disabled people, poor people, drug addicted, chronically ill people, the mentally ill, the elderly, people in custody and migrants). 4 semesters Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Education and Psychology 1075 Budapest, Kazinczy u 23-27. T: +36 (1) 461-4500, web: www.ppk.elte.hu 11

Ethical guidelines for guidance practitioners Name of guidelines Sectors covered Issuing Link to guidelines (national and English versions) organisation N/A N/A N/A N/A Currently no ethical guidelines exist for guidance practitioners but preparatory steps have been taken to develop such guidelines in the future under the SROP 2.2.2. programme. The publication Unified Guidelines For Guidance Practitioners (Szakmai protokoll a pályatanácsadók részére) issued by the National Employment and Social Office include references to ethical issues of guidance practitioners. English version: http://www.afsz.hu/resource.aspx?resourceid=afsz_tamop222_szakmaiangol_llgprotokoll Hungarian version: http://www.afsz.hu/engine.aspx?page=full_tamop_222 12

National guidance forum Name of forum Nemzeti Pályaorientációs Tanács (NPT), Magyar LLG Tanács (Hungarian LLG Council) Who/which organisations etc. are represented in the forum Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour: 1 member from the Department of Adult Education 1 member from the Department of VET Ministry of Education and Culture: 1 member from the Secretariat of Public Education 1 member from the Secretariat of Higher Education National Education Authority (1 member) National Employment and Social Office (2 members, also acting as the secretary of the Council for the ELGPN (2007-10) National Institute for Public Education (1 member) Hungarian Counselling Association (1 member) National Interest Council (2 Objectives, tasks and status http://www.afsz.hu/engine.aspx?page=showcontent&content=afsz _npt_2010_szakpol_angol http://www.afsz.hu/engine.aspx?page=full_kulfoldi_palyaor_eu_m agyar_llg_tanacs Policy statement concerning the development of a national system of lifelong guidance/counselling harmonised with EU requirements [PDF, 280KB] Contact details/further information Borbély-Pecze, Tibor Bors (Mr) Secretary Nemzeti Pályaorientációs Tanács Titkársága, Foglalkoztatási és Szociális Hivatal (Secretariat of Hungarian LLG Council, National Employment and Social Office) 7 Kálvária tér Budapest 1089-Hungary Tel: +36.30.216.0095 Fax: +36.1.459.2099 Email: borbelytibor@lab.hu, beneiv@lab.hu Web: http://internet.afsz.hu/engine. aspx?page=full_kulfoldi_paly aor_eu_magyar_llg_tanacs 13

members) Employers side representative Trade unions side representative National Institute of Vocational and Adult Education (1 member) Research in the field of guidance Institution/organisation responsible for research Research areas Contact details, including relevant websites In Hungary no central research institute is responsible for research in the field of guidance. Individual researchers do research at the following institutes: Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Education and Psychology Methodology of career counselling psychology Eötvös Loránd University - Faculty of Education and Psychology 1075 Budapest, Kazinczy u 23-27. Tel: +36 (1) 461-4500, Web: www.ppk.elte.hu Szent István University - School of Economics and Social Sciences National Employment and Social Office Methodology of individual and group career counselling Content and development of LLG system Szent István University - School of Economics and Social Sciences 2103 Gödöllı, Páter Károly u. 1. Tel: +36 (28) 522-000 Web: www.gtk.szie.hu Foglalkoztatási és Szociális Hivatal (National Employment and Social Office) 1089 Budapest, 7 Kálvária tér Tel: +36.30.216.0095 Email: borbelytibor@lab.hu Web: www.afsz.hu 14

National guidance organisations, associations and resource centres Name Description Brief description of activities Contact details, including website Nemzeti Pályainformációs Központ (Euroguidance Hungary) Part of Euroguidance network, under the European Commission and the Hungarian National Employment and social Office Providing information on learning and training opportunities in the EU, conditions of mobility, cooperation with other Euroguidance centres, information on career counselling Nemzeti Pályainformációs Központ (Euroguidance Hungary) 10-12 Bocskai Street 6721 Szeged Hungary Tel : +36 62 555 580 Fax : +36 62 555 581 Email : info@npk.hu epálya FIT/EUROFIT network Felsıoktatási Tanácsadás Egyesület (Hungarian Counselling Association) Felvi EDUCATIO Társadalmi Szolgáltató Nonprofit Kft. e-guidance portal, lifelong guidance and counselling Self-information places within labour centres for people in need of career orientation and guidance Association of Student counselling services and organisations Felvi : Universities and colleges admission and information centre run by EDUCATIO Tásadalmi Szolgáltató Nonprofit Kft. Providing information on education and labour market, career orientation questionnaires, chat rooms with guidance professionals Career orientation questionnaires, descriptions/films of different professions, career planning tools, information database on education and labour market are available Career counselling, psychological counselling, online (realtime) counselling, forum Academic programmes/course database, descriptions of courses, higher education admission requirements and information, career orientation services, forum, information for foreigners, collects and provides information on guidance relevant to higher Web : www.npk.hu www.epalya.hu www.afsz.hu See contact details of regional labour centres : www.afsz.hu Felsıoktatási Tanácsadás Egyesület (Hungarian Counselling Association) 46. Izabella Street 1064 Budapest Hungary Tel : +36 1 461 2600 Fax : +36 1 461 2694 Email : feta@feta.hu Web : www.feta.hu EDUCATIO Társadalmi Szolgáltató Nonprofit Kft. 37 Váci út 1134 Budapest Hungary Web : www.educatio.hu Felvi Information Service : Kempelen Farkas Hallgatói 15

Guidance professionals of the SROP 2.2.2. network (Hungarian LLG Network) KONTAKT Alapítvány (KONTAKT Foundation) Established in 2009 under the Social Renewal Operational Programme (Társadalmi Megújulás Operatív Programja, TÁMOP) of the New Hungary Development Plan (Új Magyarország Fejlesztési Terv, ÚMFT) 2007-2013, network of 50 guidance practitioners in 28 towns Founded in 1999 with the aim of providing a professional forum for guidance and labour market counsellors education Free of charge guidance for individuals and groups, career guidance, lifelong guidance, career path planning Professional forum for labour market and guidance counsellors, webpage to guide young people in their career choice, participation at projects to help develop labour market competences of disadvantaged young people, dropouts, 40+ women and 50+men Információs Központ 6 Reviczky Street Budapest Tel : +36 1 477 31 31 Email : info@felvi.hu Web : www.felvi.hu Állami Foglalkoztatási Szolgálat TÁMOP 2.2.2. Projektiroda (Public Employment Service SROP 2.2.2. Project Management Office), Tel: +36-1 / 459-2080 Email: tamop222@lab.hu Web: www.afsz.hu Kontakt Alapítvány 1300 Budapest, Pf. 252. Tel: 06-1/250-18-86 E-mail: kontakt@kontaktalapitvany.org Web: www.palyanet.hu 16