Hungarian Folk High School Society

The Hungarian Folk High School Society is a national level Non-governmental organisation specialising in non-formal adult education.
HFHSS is an umbrella organization with more than one hundred member organisations within Hungary.
The general objectives of the HFHSS are
• the realisation of learner-centeredness
• increasing individual and minor community autonomy and action-capability
• addressing problems of marginalisation through learning as well as community development
• taking up of local and national traditional values and increasing European and international openness
• the recognition and support of all forms of learning
• increasing participation in learning
• the recognition of the role of learning in individual and family life, social role taking, employment and career planning

In 2006 the Hungarian Folk High School Society completed a number of non-formal training courses that in a NUTS IV small region that in total, catered for more than 500 participants. The HFHSS also has broad experience of European level projects dealing with both literacy and numeracy. (Alpha16+, Promoting Social Inclusion Through basic skills learning.)
It has also paricipated in, and been the leader of working groups, in other European networks (e.g. NILE)
The HFHSS has a learning centre in western Hungary (Balatonszepezd) where all learning programs are held which include teaching learning methods and developing curricula.

The HFHSS has been a member of the European Association for the Education of Adults since 1992. The president of the HFHSS has served as the elected president of the European Association for Education of Adults (EAEA) between 2002 and 2008. The EAEA (established in 1953 in the Netherlands) is currently based in Brussels with Link Offices operated in Helsinki, Madrid, and since 2002, in Budapest.

Contact:
Julianna Szabó
juli@nepfoiskola.hu
www.nepfoiskola.hu