Határon túli magyar oktatási támogatások és hasznosulásuk 2006–2010 között
Financial educational support for Hungarians living abroad (2006-2010)

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the way Hungary supports different Hungarian minority communities living outside of Hungary and their educational needs. After parliamentary elections in 2006, a huge restructuration and centralization of state institutes related to this field occurred. Beginning in 2007, principal financial resources were transferred to the Prime Minister’s Office and its Homeland Fund, while some resources remained in the scope of the Ministry of Education. Two big educational projects (educational-pedagogical support by Status Law, and the Sapientia University in Romania) were implied by PMO. Educational support via the Homeland Fund were around 1 billion HUF in each year, and in the newly formed decision-making structure the emphasis was put on the existence of the (mainly informal) accord of a regional minority political party or interest representation institutions. Using this process, one can claim that decisions were being made not exclusively on the basis of professional criteria. The Ministry of Education used to support students studying in Hungary and students learning the Hungarian language in neighbouring countries as well as minority teacher training and other educational programs. Its strategy endeavoured to respond to the new challenges arising after the EU accession of Slovakia and Romania (states where one can find the biggest Hungarian minority communities) and after minority language higher educational expansion was taking place. MoE also supports, in a different way, the Hungarian diaspora living ouside the Carpathian Basin (Western Europe, USA , Australia etc.)

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