The CHERD Center for Higher Education Research and Development (later known as CHERD-Hungary) held its inaugural meeting on June 8, 2007, at the Debrecen Academic Committee Headquarters, with the participation of the following organizations and their representatives:
• Founding President: Prof. Emer. Tamás Kozma
• Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of Debrecen (Prof. Emer. Tamás Kozma, Prof. Dr. Gabriella Pusztai, Prof. Dr. László Tamás Szabó)
• Department of Cultural Studies and Adult Education, University of Debrecen (Dr. habil. Csaba Éles)
• Institute of Political Science and Sociology, University of Debrecen (Dr. habil. Judit Csoba)
• Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen (Prof. Dr. István Süli-Zakar)
• Faculty of Economics, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Debrecen (Prof. Dr. István Polónyi)
• College of Nyíregyháza, Faculty of Teacher Training (Prof. Dr. László Brezsnyánszky)
• Árpád Kiss Public Benefit Association of Doctoral Students (Debrecen) (Dr. Erika Juhász)
• Faculty of Teacher Education and Knowledge Technology, Károly Eszterházy College (Eger) (Dr. Magdolna Varga Estefánné)
• II. Rákóczi Ferenc Hungarian Teacher Training College of Transcarpathia (Beregszász) (Dr. Ildikó Orosz)
• Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Branch Campus (Szatmárnémeti) (Prof. Dr. László Bura)
• Partium Christian University (Nagyvárad) (Dr. István Szűcs)