Fund web site (with overview of supported projects)
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are supporting the fund with a €1 million grant. The fund will contribute to the development of the educational system in Hungary in the areas of lifelong learning and vocational training.
More than 400 Hungarian students have been awarded scholarships for studies in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and a wide variety of partnership projects between educational institutions in Hungary and Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway have received support from the fund.
The fund provided grant assistance for the following activities:
- study visits for decision-makers, managers, teachers, trainers, administrative staff, experts, counsellors in the field of employment, vocational education and training, higher and adult education;
- placements for students in initial vocational training or higher education, young workers and recent graduates, unemployed persons, and for those participating in labour-market training;
- teaching practice abroad for teachers in secondary schools;
- short term training courses for young graduates improving their practical skills and competences including language training;
- participation of students at joint degree programmes at MA and PhD level and regular degree programmes;
- international study trips to research institutes for particularly talented pupils / students or for teachers in secondary education or universities (partly combined with teaching practice);
- transnational partnerships.