RESILIENT NETWORKS
POMS International Conference 2022 Budapest
June 29-July 1, 2022
Shifting of Gears in Hungarian Higher Education
The Hungarian Government is committed to making higher education in Hungary successful, that is internationally competitive, student-oriented and equally accessible. According to the Hungarian model, the objectives can be achieved by preserving and maintaining the state's role and responsibility (funding), while providing a more flexible operational framework for the institutions, which is able to respond to economic needs faster. The structural change has affected a total of 21 universities involving two-thirds of the student population. The new maintenance logic has required a new financing system fitting both governmental and institutional goals. In this financing mechanism the state can shape the content focuses, priorities and activity portfolio of the institutions through the framework contract and the financing agreement. Performance expectations and the incentive system introduced will lead to higher quality guaranteeing advancement in international rankings, setting objectively measurable performance and inducing continuous innovation in higher education
Laura Sinóros-Szabó
Head of Department at Ministry for Innovation and Technology, Hungary
Dr Laura Sinóros-Szabó has been working in public administration for more than 10 years in the field of human resource development policies and strategies. In her position she emphasizes the planning and evaluation of the programs provided by the European Union. As a Head of Department among other things, she manages the strategic planning processes in higher education and internationalization, European Union related tasks. In 2016, she obtained a PhD in social sciences in the field of measuring the effectiveness of EU-funded public sector projects.