History and Major Milestones of ABSL Hungary
We became part of the ABSL International Family and rebranded as ABSL Hungary (Association of Business Service Leaders in Hungary). We are happy to be the part of a brand-new era, and are looking forward to celebrate it on our second Cheer-Up Party!
We formed a strategic cooperation with the international family of ABSL (Association of Business Service Leaders).
To celebrate, we organised our first Summer Cheer-Up Party, where over 120+ Business Service Leaders participated in networking.
In cooperation with Franklin Covey, we launched our academy to educate leaders of the future.
Due to the surge of COVID-19 this year, we released our first pandemic-related survey.
We had to organise most of our events online, but this did not hold us back as we organised 12 best-practise sharing events.
We reached 100 members in 2019 - which is why we organised a grand celebration, the “HOA 100. Party”. This year, we organised over 20 events with national and international partners.
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HOA became a first-time attendee of the CEE Business Summit and Gala and the Bravo Business Forum. We held our first IPA Conference and our first Strategic Platform Workshop.
HOA entered into a strategic alliance with Corvinus University Budapest this year. The goal of the cooperation is to raise university students’ awareness of the opportunities in the Business Services Sector. HOA also rebranded this year, the new logo marking the beginning of a new era.
HOA entered into a strategic alliance with Corvinus University Budapest this year. The goal of the cooperation is to raise university students’ awareness of the opportunities in the Business Services Sector. HOA also rebranded this year, the new logo marking the beginning of a new era.
HOA enters into a strategic alliance with HIPA, carrying out the first SSC Survey together. The cooperation has since continued for many years - until 2020 HOA and HIPA released their annual survey report together every year.
HOA founded OVE Ltd. in 2011. The goals of OVE were promoting business-to-business collaborations, joint investments and cooperation between enterprises, educational institutions, R&D institutions and local economic stakeholders.
The idea has already been raised within the Association: although the majority of our members had been active in the services sector, this orientation was not expressed in our name. That is why HOA changed its name from Hungarian Outsourcing Association to Hungarian Service and Outsourcing Association.
As a founding member, HOA participated in the establishment of the Service Sciences Methodology Center. Its foundation was a result of the increasing popularity of the services sector in developed economies and the surge of a new interdisciplinary science - the development of services sciences, management and engineering (SSME). The overall goal of the foundation was to develop the methodology and curriculum of the basic training necessary for carrying out work effectively within the Hungarian service industry and to introduce the training into the Hungarian education system.
HOA has been founded in 2005 with 13 members as an association organized on a professional basis, without sectoral restrictions, which, based on methodological foundations, strives to introduce the essence of outsourcing and the possibilities inherent within it to the actors of society and the economy through the mediation of practical experiences. In this year we started the "HOA-Menjek?" Career Guidance Program, an SSC Roadshow in collaboration with AmCham and SSC Pub Night.