Business Luncheon, Budapest

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Business Luncheon, Budapest 2008. január 22.
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Basis of future endeavours firm results of the
Hungarian Development Policy

• 1st National Development Plan (2004-2006), some
  results at the end of 2007
• 41 000 project proposals - 1 600 billion HUF
  requested support
• 20 000 supported projects - 717 billion HUF
  supported
• 19 000 contracted projects 563 billion HUF
  payment 87 of all resources!
• Ranking 1st among EU-12, 3rd among EU-27

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EU funds dedicated to Hungary- comparing to EU 8

• Between 2004-2006 and 2007-2013 ()

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The new programming period EU funds for Hungary

• EU cohesion policy 25.3 billion
• Cohesion Fund, 35
• Structural Funds 65
• ERDF (infrastructure) 51
• ESF (human capital, and organisational
  development) 14
• Framework for financing
• New Hungary Development Plan 24.9 billion ,
• European Territorial Cooperation 0.39 billion
• European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
  3.8 billion
• Various joint EU-programmes (e.g. 7th
  Framework-programme for ST, Competitiveness and
  Innovation Programme)

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New Hungary Development Plan Overall objectives

• Increased employment
• increasing supply health, skills, motivation
• more jobs
• improved co-ordination between supply and demand
• Economic growth
• Higher added value
• Unlocking economic potential
• improving the business environment not to hinder
  economic development

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A good start for the New Hungary Development Plan

• Acceptance of strategic documents
• NSRF accepted in May, 2007. (3rd in EU-27)
• adoption of the 15 OPs by September, 2007
• Hungary is among the 5 MSs, where any payments of
  the funds have been realised already in 2007!

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Robust start in 2007

• 183 calls for proposals (40 already closed down)
• 7339 proposals submitted
• among them
• 2946 approved 56 billion HUF support
• 1115 contracts 4.6 billon HUF support
• High priority flagship projects
• Development poles
• The development of the most deprived micro regions

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Development poles
Miskolc
Budapest
Debrecen
Gyor
Székesfehérvár
Veszprém
Szeged
Pécs