Mátyás, as an Honorary Associate Professor of the National University of Public Service, he has 40 years of professional experience working with public administration organization in parallel with theory, methodology and practice, as a consultant, developer, researcher and educator.

 

He is associated with local and national programs and publications in the fields of, among others, the organization of councils into local governments, administrative informatics, digital equal opportunities (IT mentor), the national network of community access (“tele-houses”), and administrative customer service and case assistance. His latest research and development areas are the social responsibility of the public sector, the transformation of local governments, and the role of public administration in embracing the digital future.

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He is a tireless and eternally curious visionary innovator who has achieved groundbreaking results in the intersection of digital and social innovation. Besides taking on various positions in several public institutions IT and organizational development, he introduced the concept and practical approaches of social public responsibility (public institutions’ CSR) into Hungarian public thinking and public service practice.

 

As the founder of Tele-house (digital connectivity & access in villages), he was the president of the Hungarian Association of Tele-house, and later of the European and World Associations. He opened a new chapter in the public client service of public institutions, and the practical impacts of organizational culture on it.

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His work has been recognized with numerous high-ranking awards, leader and creator of numerous university and field research projects, and many municipalities are looking for his services.

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References:

• Development of domestic, EU and other international applications in the field of community access development, successful applications:

 

KHVM, KTM, FVM, SzCsM, IKB, DemNet, PHARE (telehouse strategy, USAID, UNDP, IDRC, Microsoft Unlimited Potential network establishment program, 1999 —20O0 (66 telehouses)

 

• Yugoslav Telehouses — Development of a tender system in the USAID, DemNet Telehouse Network Establishment Program, 1999 —20O0 (66 telehouses)

 

• Employment telehouses - Development of telehouse service applications for the Szabolcs-Szatmár County Labor Center, 2001-2002 (12 employment telehouses)

 

+ Development of telehouse service development applications within the framework of the Hungarian Telehouse Association and the Telehouse Kht, 1999 - 2000 (development of approximately 30 services)

 

• Telehouse network - Development of documentation for Telehouse establishment applications, organization, implementation, evaluation of applications between 1998- 003 for KHVM, KTM, FVM, SzCsM, IKB, IHM (establishment of approximately 400 telehouses)

 

• Preparation of applications for eHungary points within the framework of the development of the eHungary points strategy (requirements system), 2003.

 

• Preparation of the development of application systems within the framework of the development of the Telehouse strategy (requirements system) at the request of UNDP in Ukraine and Belarus, 2003-2004.

 

• Development of a community access point application for the Metropolitan Municipality, 2004. (establishment of approximately 20 community access points)

 

• Social telehouses - Development of a telehouse service application for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2003-2005 (approximately 30 social telehouses)

 

• Cooperation with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in the development of telehouse-based telework and teleworker-IT-mentor applications between 2004 and 2006

 

• Digital equal opportunities application program for the Local Government of Budaõrs, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2006-2007.

 

• Development of domestic and international applications for the European Union of Telehouse Associations (NCA, Norway Grants, MENET, NetreKész), 2008.

 

• Proactive system of social information, development of a priority program, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2008.

• eDemocracy Association, Glass Village program, professional cooperation 2015 - 2016

 

• 2019 URBACT Social Responsibility in Cities (10 European cities from 9 countries, including Budaõrs) Publications:

 

• Organization of advisory and descriptive offices, State Administration Organization Institute, 1982 (co-author Dr. Sándor Csuth).

 

• The organization of council records, Institute of Public Administration Organization, 1983.

 

• System Analysis of Public Administration, Faculty of Public Administration, notes, 1989.

 

• The organization of the functioning of local governments and the development of their organization, Organization-Methodology Bt., 1993.

 

• The scenario of local government change, Erdei School, 1994.

 

• The practice of local government management and management, Erdei School, 1994 (co-authors: Gábor Péteri, Glenn Wright and Tamás M. Horváth),

 

• Local government management, Erdei School, 1995. e Let's build a teleház!, Erdei School, 1997.

 

• A guide for local government representatives, British Know How Fund, 1998. (editor and author, with co-authors)

 

• Cooperation opportunities between civil society organizations and local governments, Handbook for civil society organizations and local governments, DemNet, 1999. 8enne: Mátyás Gáspár, Your Excellency ..., The contours of civil self-government

 

• Telehouses and telework in Hungary, MTSZ, 2999. (co-author)

 

• The National Telehouse Strategy Concept, MTSZ, September 1999, www.telehaz.hu

 

• Gateway, National Telehouse Strategy and Program 2000-2006, Teleház Kht, 2000 e Open office, transparent self-government, ÕKA, 2000. (co-author)

 

• Practice of Best Practices, OSI, 2000. • Social Telehouse Strategy 2000-2006, SzCsM, 2000. Hungarian Telecottages, in: Connected for Development, Information Kiosks and Sustainability, 2003. (co-author)

 

• The IT model of small settlement, A jegyzõ, 2003. 1. sz.

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• Telework consultant, KJK-Kerszõv, 2003. In: Gáspár Mátyãs, Telehouses and remote work, http://www.tavmunkainfo.hu/tanacsado-taralom.htm

 

• The Network Community of Small Settlements in Hungary: Perspectives and Experiences, in: Community-Net in South and East Europe, ed. by Franc Trcek, Ljubljana, 2003. (Hungarian small settlements network: telepaths and experiences, in English, co-author: Tom Wormald)

 

• School and Telehouse, New Pedagogical Review, April 2003, http://www.oki.hu/cikk.php?kod=2003-04- mu-Gasear-lskoIa.html

 

• Petersberg Prize nominee, http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/790768/

 

• The future of Hungarian telecottages, 25 February 2004

 

• (e)Democracy and telecottages in Hungary, manuscript, 2004. (Hungarian, English, lecture at Oxford University, co-authors' Szilárd Molnár, Tom Wormald)

 

• Telecottage, Gondolat, 2004.

 

• Telecottage Handbook, How to establish and run a successful telecentre , UNDP, 2005., available at:

http://microeoI-interrey.eu/download.php?fiIe=IMG/pdf/Telecottaye HandbookHow to Establish and Run a Successful Telecentre -2.edf

 

• Digital Opportunity, EUTA. 2006.

 

• http://www.telefalu.hu— the website of public informatics

 

• http://itmentor.hu — the website and applications of IT mentors

 

• http://helyi.mindentudo.hu — the website of local public information

 

• http://www.telecottage.mimoza.hu/mss/alpha - Mátyás Gáspár, Éva 8ernát, Teleház management introductory training, MTSZ, Mimóza, 2005.

 

• http://www.hte.hu/onlinekonyv.html - Long-distance networks and information services, HTE Online Tutorial, including Mátyás Gáspár, Telehouses in Hungary: http://www.hte.hu/ob/6.pdf (the material is available in Hungarian and English)

 

• http://ip.cals.corneIl.edu/commdev/jdc-1.cfm - Mátyás Gáspár, Telehouses in Hungary, in: The Journal of Development Communication, December 2001. Malaysia, special issue on Telecenters and ICT for Development, Royal D Colle, Raul Roman (editor) (Telehouses in Hungary)

 

• http://www.ihm.hu/it modelek/finnugor modelek/prezentaciok/prezentaciok 20030306 10.html

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- Information society conference series, Mátyás Gãspár, Telecottages in Hungary (the material is available in Hungarian and Russian as a supplement to the presentation with text).

 

• eHungary points strategy, ITTK-IHM, 2004-2005. e Digital equal opportunities program, Budaörs - IHM, 2005-2006.

 

• Közháló program, study, MTSZ-IHM, 2002. • Civil network, study, IHM, 2004.

 

• Telehause management, UNDP, 2004.

 

+ !T-mentor program, IHM, 2005-2006.

 

• IT-mentor OKJ training development, BGF-IHM, NSZI, 2006. • IT-mentor curriculum, SZÃMALK, 2007.

 

• Public administration public service, Corvinus University, 2007.

 

• Organization and operation of modern customer service systems, MKI, Government Personnel Service Provider and Public Administration Training Center, 2007. textbook, elearning training material, knowledge base, http://www.tudasbazis.info

 

• Digital solidarity program, Százhalombatta, 2008.

 

• Skills for everyone, EUTA, 2008. Százhalombatta

 

• Network support for a micro-regional integrated public service system (feasibility study), e-Government Foundation, Ministry of Agriculture, 2008.

 

• Local social and video library supporting economic development training, http://www.videoktat.hu

 

• Everyone is important! The chances of local community self-government, new directions of public management, Budafok-Tétény Budapest XXII. district. Local Government, 2011. (with co-authors)

 

• 3D virtual public administration public service, Jegyzó, 2013.01.30. http://ie9yzo.hu/index.php?oIdaI-eqycikk&id=23

 

• Organized development, Organizational development of the Hungarian Competition Authority, establishment of a closed management circle within the framework of the ÁROP-1.2.18/A-2013 tender program, 2014.

 

• Medium-term institutional strategy, 2015-1018, GVH, 2015.

 

• Local government organizational development, 2015, National University of Public Service, co-author, available at:

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http://vtki.uni-nke.hu/uploads/media items/onkormanvzatiszervezetfeilesztes.original.pdf

 

• Community-based strategy development of local governments (77 local governments), Professional management of the ÁROP program of Local Community Academies, 2014- 2015.

 

• Local development knowledge base https://trelIo.com/b/P1kUASvc /hka-onlinekozossegi-oldal-heIyi-fejlesztesi-tudastar

 

The role of good practices in the development of local governments, BM Önkományzati Koordinációs Iroda, 2015. (co-author)

 

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• Developing communities, HKA Magazine, 2015. (co-author, editor) https://trello.com/c/rtek6R4i/1136-nyiIvanosan-eIerheto-a-feiïeszto-kozosseeek-hkamagatin- amély-kepes-osszefoglalast-ad-a-program rol

 

• NKE research study volumes (electronically available), additional publications and online platforms on the following topics 2018-2020:

 

Public Social Responsibility (PSR) — the social Interpretation of accountability in the public sector

 

- Closed-cycle local government management - Institutionalization of the good practices and knowledge transfer service system

 

- Theoretical foundation, methodology and practical implementation of the measurement and evaluation of good local government

 

• Development of PSR strategies: Economic Competition Authority, Budaörs city, Alsómocsolád municipality (available online)

 

• Operation of professional Facebook platforms

 

PSR-NET MÁSNAP*MÁSKÉPP

 

Budaörs - the city of the digital future

 

Public administration is for the people NEW Localism (closed research platform)

 

• New Localism - scientific research, publications

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