HajduBihar County Foundation for Enterprise Promotion

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Hajdu-Bihar County Foundation for Enterprise
Promotion

• Viktor Vántus
• Managing director

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Role of the H-B County Foundation in SME and
Economic Development of the County
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NORTH-GREAT PLAIN
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NORTH-GREAT PLAIN

• Area 17.754 sqkm
• Population 1.554.000 citizens
• GDP per capita 967.000,- HUF

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Hajdu-Bihar County
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Hajdu-Bihar County

• Area 6.210 km2
• Population 552.000 citizens (5,4)
• County seat Debrecen
• Number of settlements 83

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Hajdu-Bihar County Economic data I.

• The main economic sectors
• Agriculture 9
• Industry (machinery, pharmaceutical, textile,
  wood) 26
• Tourism and services 60
• Construction engineering 5

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Hajdu-Bihar CountyEconomic data II.

• GDP 600 billion HUF. (13 th place)
• Export 694,3 million
• Import 483,8 million
• Number of employees 189.800 ps
• Number of unemployed 26.000 ps
• Number of enterprises 40.860

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Hajdu-Bihar CountyEconomic data III.

• GDP national 15.000 billion HUF.
  county 600 billion HUF.
• GDP per capita in the county is 74 of the
  national level, in the region this is only 66.
• Unemployment rate national 6,4 , regional rate
  is 8 countys rate is 6,8

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Economic organizations in the county

• Active economic organizations
• The yearly economic and market growth is 5
• The share according operational form sole
  entrepreneurs 54 , companies with legal
  entity 37 , non for profit organizations 7,9
  , governmental and local governmental
  institutions 1,5 .

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Foreign Trade figures of Hajdu-Bihar county

• Export 694,3 million , 63,7 of it to the
  EU, 10,7 to the CEFTA, 4,6 to the CIS
  countries. Export is continuously growing. Target
  countries Germany, Netherland, USA,
• Import 482,8 million , 62,4 of it from EU,
  13,1 from CEFTA , 6,3 from CIS. Import is
  also continuously growing . The main countries
  Germany, Italy, USA.

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The main characteristics of SME-s, their problems

• Lack of capital and recourses
• Lack of information
• Competitiveness and effectiveness
• Lack of managerial knowledges
• Legal following attitude
• EU compatibility
• Lack of connections with EU partners

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National Development Plan of Hungary

• Priorities of the Economic Competitiveness
  Programme stimulation of investments
• 1. Stimulation of investments
• 2. Development of SME-s
• 3. R/D and Innovation
• 4. Information society and knowledge base
  development of economy

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Objectives of the Regional Operative Programme

• Strengthening of the economic potential of some
  associations of settlements.
• Creating attractive environment of settlements
  and improving living conditions.
• Development of the local community capable to
  renewal.

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Priorities of the ROP

• Development of the regional economic environment.
• Integrated development of settlements and their
  associations.
• Improvement of the renewable capabilities of the
  community.
• Technical assistance.

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How the Region and the County are preparing to
joining the EU?

• Regional Development Plan and workprogramme are
  ready
• County Strategic Development Plans and
  Development programmes are ready
• Conformity with the National Development Plan
• Countys other planning documents

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Economic Development Programme of Hajdu-Bihar
County

• General territorial development objectives
• Background of the Development Programme
• Methodology
• Economic Development Proposals

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Maintaining and raising competitiveness of SME-s
I.

• Main areas for improvement
• Taking over and naturalization of up-to-date
  technology
• Implementation of energy and material attentive,
  environmental friendly technologies
• Achieving higher processing grade of the
  manufactured products
• Manufacturing products containing higher added
  value and innovation

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Maintaining and raising competitiveness of SME-s
II.

• Producing more Hungaricums
• Application of up-to-date packaging materials and
  technology
• Development of market information and knowledges

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Maintaining and raising competitiveness of SME-s
III.

• Knowledge of the competitors and market
  participants
• Obtaining up-to-date managerial knowledge
• Increasing subcontracting abilities, achiving the
  position of stable subcontractor

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Programmes assisting institutional development of
SME-s I.

• Filling up existing industrial Parks
• Establishing Innovation Centers, Technology
  Transfer Incubators
• Development and support of clusters
• Development of Logistic Parks

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Programmes assisting institutional development of
SME-s II.

• Continuing supported counselling, training and
  providing information services
• Providing preferential loans
• Providing venture capital, loan guarantee scheme

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Means and possibilities of SME-s development

• Mikro-Credit Programme for starters and
  operating SME-s up to 3 million HUF
• Széchenyi card for financing current assets, up
  to 5 million HUF, with short run period
• Midi-Loan Low interest rate loan between 3-10
  million HUF for operating SME-s
• EUROPE Loan Low interest rate loan over 10
  million HUF

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Hajdu-Bihar County Foundation for Enterprise
Promotion
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Mission

• Assisting creation of SME-s, development of their
  entrepreneurial abilities, culture in changing
  conditions and environments.

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Organisational structure
FOUNDERS
PRESIDENT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Supervising Committee
Committees
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Network division
Micro-credit division
Financial manager
Projekt development division
Special Advisory manager
Client service
External special Advisors
Sub-office network
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Suboffice network
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Strategic objectives

• Assisting creation and market development of
  SME-s with means of councelling, training,
  raising entrepreneurial culture, providing
  information and preferential loans and
  development recourses.
• Our objective is to find national and
  international recources, research markets and
  solutions with which we assist to our
  clients-SME-s in their operation and development
  helping them to integrate into EU.

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Development Plans and studies developed by HBC
Foundation

• Bio-food development plan
• Development plan for mechanical engineering
• Strategic plan for tourism development
• Development plan for handcraft industry
• Waste material processing plan
• Strategic plan for development of incubator
  network
• Development plan for clothing industry

• Pork meat
• processing
• development plan
• Development plan for quality milk production
• Fresh fruit and vegetable marketing plan
• Strategic economic development plan of H-B County
• Geothermal energy study
• Region innovation strategy

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HB County Foundation and its role in the Economic
Competitiveness Operative Programme

• It is declared as one of the intermediatory
  organization in the implementation of the above
  programme.
• Stimulating cooperation between chambers, local
  governments, associations of settlements,
  institutions for high education, etc.

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Results

• During the past 10 years of the operation of the
  Foundation we attracted to our county about 20 m
  development funds, assisted to launch about 500
  start up businesses, we contributed to further
  development of another 1.300 businesses with all
  of those more then 1.200 jobs were created.