Recently the macroeconomic changes have fundamentally transformed the public employment and particularly the scope of public employees. Due to the changes in labour market, more people were able to find workplace in the  labour market, while the composition of employees in the public sector is standing further away from the market demands. The study emphasizes the significance of the supported forms of employment, including public employment. However, changes in the economic situation necessitates further development of the public employment system.

Among the affected actors of public employment sector, the survey focused on local actors, mayors, responsibles for public employment, actors in the field of employment, social and health care, as well as public employees. Under the frame of the research, individual and group interviews were conducted with mayors, public employment organizers, stakeholders of the employment system, public employees and social workers. In addition, a questionnaire was conducted at national level.

András Csite, director of HÉTFA and secretary of the Mezőségi Őrzőkör Non-profit Foundation held a lecture at the conference titled as “2015 – The Year of Hungarian Vocational Education Abroad” organised in the House of Hungarians on 15 December 2014. In his lecture on “Value creation, economic reforms, expertise”, he said that the launch of the Hungarian vocational education’s year carries a symbolic message, too that is the Hungarian nation-rebuilding is not only an intellectual enterprise, but in which every Hungarian-speaking person with Hungarian sentiments has his/her own task. The entrepreneur, the technician and the master of the profession all have their own task.

The presentation of András Csite’s lecture (Hungarian).

The official report of the conference in December 2014 (Hungarian).

HÉTFA Research Institute, on behalf of Bethlen Gábor Fund – Nation-policy Research Institute, prepares a labour market survey in order to assess the employment situation of the Hungarian diaspora. We prepare the survey in cooperation with the CESCI dedicated to the professional support of cross-border cooperation. Our colleague, Antal Piross participated at the conference organised in the framework of the Year of Hungarian Vocational Education Abroad in Beregszász/Berehove, Ukraine, on 18 February 2015.

The report about the conference in Beregszász.

Rita Radnai (2012): Reducing Administrative Burdens of Citizens: Experiences of National Programmes. ISSN 2062-3798

This paper reviews methodologies of national surveys examining the extent of administrative burdens for citizens. First, the methodologies used by different countries are presented, while the second part focusses on the differences between definitions, the costs included and the calculation methods.

Available in Hungarian including a brief English abstract

HETFA (2010): International Surveys on Administrative Burdens. ISSN 2062-3798

The purpose of this paper is to present Hungary’s competitiveness and the degree of administrative burdens, which make the work of Hungarian businesses troublesome. In our analysis we compare international competitiveness indexes, including the data of the Doing Business Index (set up by the World Bank), the Global Competitiveness Index (prepared by the World Economic forum), the World Competitiveness Yearbook (established by the Swiss IMD institute) and the Economic Freedom Index (produced by the Heritage Foundation). We display the data collection and ranking process of these indexes, and report the changes of the past few years.

Available in Hungarian including a brief English abstract