Tempus Public Foundation

Tempus Public Foundation

Hungary

Background institution of the Ministry of Human Capacities

TPF in general

Objectives

• encouraging international cooperation and mobility

• supporting initiatives aiming at the modernization and quality improvement of education, training and human resources development

• strengthening the European dimension

Activities in Grants

• Promoting the programmes
• Assistance and consultancy services
• Active role in partnership building
• Financial management
• Monitoring
• Dissemination and valorisation

Erasmus+

Tempus coordinating the national and international grants, e.g. Erasmus+ mobility and strategic cooperation projects or some others.

Activities in Knowledge Center

In Hungary the Tempus coordinates Erasmus+ on every education area such as adult learning, public and higher education and vocational training

• Provision of structured information on education and training policies
• Initiatives for improving mobility and other internationalization measures
• EU2020 related projects
• Thematic conferences and publications
• Joint actions with partner organizations
• Training courses

National higher education projects

Campus Mundi

a higher education mobility grant for Hungarian students to attend other countries' universities

Stipendium Hungaricum

With this project hundreds of students from Europe, Asia, Africa and America could attend to Hungarian universities and high schools to get their diplom.

Knowledge Center

History

1996 - TPF founding

1996-2008 - Grants and training activities and experience

2008 - Knowledge Center founding

development the quality of education,

strengthening international positions

mediation of European values and policies

Aims

Activities

• Developing and organising trainings (PCM, comm, teacher trainings, LEO approach)
• Enhancing knowledge transfer inside the organisation
• Bottom up initiatives inside the organisation and on national policy level
• Dissemination (conferences, booklets, workshop sessions)
• Managing national and EU2020 related international projects

STEM history

National

International

Methodological Resource Idea Portal

C5

developing school leaders' competence framework

Apple on the trees workshop sessions

ESLPlus

observed higher education STEM best practices and cooperated with universities to create innovative and new STEM courses to encourage students, girls and boys to find their dream STEM jobs

ESL best practices

develop & share & cooperate

ITEL (OECD)

measuring the effectivity of innovative teaching methods in the initial teacher training

EFFeCT

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teachers’ collaboration

best practices

creating learning space

BeleSTEM

with more than 60 digital STEM best practices

International Activities

include

• help in partner search
• a guide for international students, teachers and researchers (available on-line at www.studyinhungary.hu)
• taking part in international projects and bilateral cooperation as partner or coordinator
• active role in dissemination projects funded by the European Commission
• active participation in the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy.

• Higher education cooperations?
• Interest in our international activities?
• Connecting points to your org's main topics?
• Opportunity to cooperate in the field of ICT and STEM?

Do not hesitate to contact:

Bertalan Péter Farkas

bertalanpeter.farkas@tpf.hu

Thank you for your kind attention!