National and international research and development activities

NATIONAL ACTIVITIES

The Institute is engaged in multidisciplinary educational research with the aim of advancing educational policy and the education system in Hungary. Its activities include pre-school, primary and secondary education as well as lifelong learning. The Institute's responsibilities further involve the education of students with special needs, the education of the Roma minority, developing programmes providing equal chances and doing research and development which aim to modernise the content and methods of school education and adult education.

Current Hungarian projects

Previous Hungarian projects

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Building and maintaining international contacts is a high priority for the Institute. The Institute is a member of international professional organisations and takes part in their activities. The Institute also cooperates with various international professional partners in projects and organizes international events.

The Institute is a member of CIDREE (Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe), the Consortium of European institutes of educational research and Eurydice, the European network providing data on Member States'education systems. The Institute is actively involved in developing various databases of OECD and providing statistical data on Hungarian education.

The table below lists the international organisations OFI is a member of and the contacts.

Programme / Activity	Organisation	Contacts
Governing Board of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation	OECD	Gábor Halász
Advisory Group of Skills Strategy	OECD	Gábor Halász
Eurydice Network - provision of data on the Hungarian and the European education systems	Eurydice Network of the European Commission	National Eurydice Unit: Sára Kun-Hatony, Krisztina Olasz and Mária Pákozdi
CIDREE (Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe) - international multilateral cooperation, common projects and exchange of researchers (see projects below)		Mária Pákozdi
Indicators on Education Systems (INES)	OECD	National Coordinator: Judit Kádár-Fülöp
TALIS PIAAC	OECD	Matild Sági
CELE - Centre for Effective Learning Environments	OECD	Edit Lippai, Mónika Réti
NESET (Network of Experts on Social aspects of Education and Training)		Gábor Halász
Early School Leaving Thematic Working Group	European Commission	Anna Imre
Early Childhood Education and Care Thematic Working Group	European Commission	Mária Pákozdi
Learning Outcomes Group	European Commission	András Derényi
Standing Group on Indicators and Benchmarks	European Commission	Judit Kádár-Fülöp
European Journal of Education		Member of the Editorial Board: Gábor Halász
European Policy Network on School Leadership - improving school leadership in Europe through a collaborative network to inform policy making		Mária Szabó
ENIRDELM (European Network for Improving Research and Development in Educational Leadership and Management)		Mária Szabó
European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education		National coordinator: Mária Kőpataki
Environment and School Initiatives (ENSI) - environmental understanding, active approaches to teaching and learning through research, developments and the exchange of experiences internationally		Attila Varga
Technical Committee 3 is for ICT in Education, within which WG 3.1 is about Informatics and ICT in Secondary Education.	International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) - an international forum for educators to discuss research and practice in teaching informatics dealing with models for informatics curricula and training programs, the relationship of informatics in other curriculum areas, the ongoing education of ICT professionals and the impact of ICT on the whole educational environment.	Márta Hunya

The international activities and projects of OFI encompass the following topics:

Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development

National and international research and development activities