Director-General: Dr. István Teplán

Training and Education Division

The main task of the directorate is to conduct a competitive exam, along with initial and further training for the public service, in order to prepare the public administration corp to best serve the citizens at the central, regional and local level. In addition, the directorate is expected to train the Hungarian public service to fulfil the requirements derived from the membership in the European Union and to raise the general quality of the service to an effective and professional level.

Main activites

• Initial and further training of managers and members of public administration.
• Permanent training of regular staff members.
• Establishing and conducting the competitive exam of the public administration.
• Promoting distance learning supported by e-learning.
• Accreditation of training programs, instructors, trainers and examiners.
• Preparation and regular training of accredited instructors, trainers, examiners and tutors taking part in the distance learning system.
• Development and release of education programs, and traditional and electronic education materials.
• Development of methodology, monitoring and controlling activities.
• Domestic and international cooperation in the areas of public administration education and life-long learning.
• Launching projects in order to implement tenders awarded for the development of the public administration training system.

Human Resource Services and Selection Office

The directorate is entrusted with the task of providing HR services in accordance with the reform of the Hungarian public sector and the strategic goals of the government. To carry out this task, the directorate employs internationally accepted, complex methodology to provide these services, in a highly professional and cost efficient manner, to the recipients of these services at the central administration, governmental offices and their regional authorities.

Main activities

• Implementing a professional selection system in order to increase the professional quality of people recruited for public administration.
• Promoting HR techniques and methods, according to international standards used in public administration and the private sector.
• Selecting managers of the central administration.
• Preparing a short list of qualified applicants for the central administration unit, taking into consideration the competency tests results (AC).
• Operating the web site - www.kozigallas.gov.hu - where all the announced jobs for central and local public administration are accessible*.
• Placing fellowship possibilities for young professionals on the KÖZIGÁLLÁS web site.
• Supervising and monitoring the new performance evaluating system (TÉR) for public administration.
• Participating in the establishment of the integrated IT system supporting HR procedures of public administration.
• Contributing to the implementation of EU projects concerning HR development.