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A conference was organized in The Hague, Netherlands by the Hungarian Embassy, EuroAtlantic Zrt. and Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) on Hungarian universities excluded from EU funding.
The vice-president of the international consultancy firm, EuroAtlantic Zrt., told MTI on Wednesday that the decision was unfair and without legal basis. Áron Fellegi said that the decision put the Hungarian universities and research institutes concerned in a very difficult situation.
The aim of the conference was to draw the attention of the international community, especially higher education institutions and companies in the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg), to the fact that Hungarian universities remain open to cooperation.
They would like to encourage international actors to count on Hungarian universities in the development of joint projects and cross-border cooperation, the vice-president said.
Fellegi added that a conference was also organized in Rome at the beginning of April, during which representatives of the University of Naples discussed the funding and partnership opportunities for Hungarian universities. “The event was attended with great interest and since then we have already received many inquiries from Hungarian higher education institutions in Italy about cooperation,” he added.
Rodrigo Ballester, the ministerial commissioner for the internationalization of higher education and research, stressed: “This situation must end.
However, we do not expect any agreement with the European Commission in the coming months, as they are about to elect a new body.”
Ballester noted that the Hungarian government had already introduced new scholarships with fresh funding to replace EU education programs, “hence mobility and academic cooperation can continue.”
János Levendovszky, deputy rector for science and innovation at the Budapest University of Technology (BME), a participant in the conference, said that although BME is not excluded from EU programs, it is showing solidarity with the universities concerned.
The Hungarian Ambassador to The Hague, Daniel Landeck, said it was regrettable that
around 180,000 Hungarian students are unable to participate in Erasmus exchange programs in Europe for political reasons.”
“These students have been victims of a political game; we want to make sure that the European Union does not hold them hostage, does not harm them because of a political dispute,” he concluded.
Via MTI, Featured image: Facebook/Erasmus+
