A vocational and adult education system adapted to the needs of the economy is also necessary to help them adapt to economic and social change, in addition to developing the knowledge, competences and competitiveness of future generations and those of the working age. In the 21st century, knowledge of ICT technologies, acquisition, acquisition, acquisition and continuous development of ICT technologies are essential for adapting to economic and social change and for competitiveness in the labour market. In parallel with making the VET and adult education system more flexible, it is therefore necessary to ensure the digital transition of adult education and training, and to better integrate the development of sector-specific digital competences and digital learning into the VET and adult learning system. In order to achieve the above objectives, i.e. to ensure that a sufficient number of vocational and adult education is removed from vocational and adult education, including in the long term, with high-quality knowledge that can be directly exploited in the labour market and with the digital competences required by each branch, there is a need for comprehensive, systemic improvements in the field of vocational education and training in Hungary and in adult education. The digital transformation around the world is a comprehensive social phenomenon that fundamentally changes people’s lives, the organisation and functioning of businesses and public administration. Recognising this, the Hungarian government does not want to protect citizens and businesses from digitalisation, but to prepare them for it. The most important task of the Digital Welfare Programme (DJP) is to support all citizens and businesses in Hungary, as well as the Hungarian national economy, to win digitalisation. The unprecedented pace of change in information technology requires a change of knowledge for which the Hungarian education and training system does not have ready solutions; the digital economy and IPAR 4.0 development bottlenecks have therefore become the availability of a well-knowledge domestic workforce. The Hungarian Government’s strong ambition is to create more new jobs with high added value through digitalisation than the number of traditional jobs lost due to technological change. This is why Hungary’s Digital Education Strategy has been completed and we also support the implementation of the Digital Labour Force Programme, which provides short- and medium-term solutions to alleviate the growing shortage of IT specialists and other digitally trained professionals. It is also noted that low participation of adults in lifelong learning can lead to skills obsolescence and skills mismatches. The aim of the Structure Change is to transfer marketable and up-to-date theoretical and practical IT knowledge. The programme will help to reduce unemployment and reduce the labour shortage in the IT labour market, while at the same time supporting new and marketable employment. A detailed description of the activities of the project can be found in the feasibility study to be submitted in the framework of the application.
