2012. february 9., thursday

News

  • The second evaluation round in the Twinning and Partnership Component is completed 1 February 2012

    In December 2011 the second round of the Partnership Component of the Block Grant has been closed. details

  • Enterprise Development Tenders to Continue in 2012 31 January 2012

    With the approval of the Ministry of National Development, numerous new enterprise development tenders will open this year within the New Széchenyi Plan. details

  • First Phase of Csepel Island Backbone Road Completed 31 January 2012

    The road section between the M0 ring road and the town of Lórév has been completed within the New Széchenyi Plan. The main objective of the nearly HUF 2 billion project was to simplify transport on Csepel Island. Held in Szigetszentmiklós on 11 January 2012, the official inauguration ceremony was addressed by State Secretary for Infrastructure Pál Völner. details

  • EU Grant Disbursements Greatly Speed Up 31 January 2012

    The effective work of the institutional system has greatly accelerated the disbursement of EU development grants, and substantially increased EU funds, MTI was told by Zoltán Petykó, President of the National Development Agency (NDA). details

  • NDA to Introduce Electronic Monitoring of Public Procurement Processes 25 January 2012

    The National Development Agency is continuously working to develop the tendering system, in particular to speed up procedural processes and to create applicant-friendly operation that places clients in a central position. As the next step of this activity the NDA introduces a development for the paperless supervision and monitoring of the public procurement process as of 23 December 2011. details

  • Government Supports Bicycle Infrastructure Development with HUF 61 billion 11 January 2012

    “In the context of the New Széchenyi Plan, the Government has provided more than HUF 25 billion of funding to bicycle infrastructure development in the past months alone, and will allocate nearly HUF 36 billion to the construction and renovation of bicycle lanes”, said Ágnes Molnár, State Secretary for development policy coordination of the Ministry of National Resources in Győr on 11 January 2012 at the “Bicycle-friendly Settlement 2011” and “Bicycle-friendly Workplace 2011” award ceremony. details

  • Assistance for New Department 5 January 2012

    The College of Kecskemét has founded a new department with EU funding. Metropol talked to Deputy Chief Financial Officer Gabriella Földesi. details

  • Programme Office for Tokaj-Hegyalja World Heritage Regional Development Opened 3 January 2012

    A Programme Office for World Heritage Regional Development was opened in Tokaj-Hegyalja within the local Széchenyi Programme Office on December 2, 2011, Friday. The office will be responsible for co-ordinating development policy tasks related to the wine region. details

  • Two Tourism Projects Signed 3 January 2012

    Switzerland supports two tourism projects with close to 500 million forints (2 million Swiss francs) in total through the Swiss Contribution. The signature ceremony of the project agreements took place at the residence of the Swiss Embassy on December 14, 2011. The projects are meant to develop the attractions of cultural and health tourism in the two most underdeveloped regions, and to extend the scope of services provided. details

  • Green Investment System Offers New Opportunities to Improve Energy Efficiency 3 January 2012

    Government will spend nearly 2 billion forints of the 2011 Carbon Dioxide Quota Sales Revenues to reduce the lack of funding of the Green Investment System Pre-fab II Sub-Programme, and 700 million forints to overcome the financing deficiency of the proposals submitted for the sub-programme “Renovating Our Homes and Building New Homes”. Next year a new scheme with a budget of 1.6 billion forints will start for greener community transport and the submission deadline of the solar collector call for proposals will be extended by three months, announced János Bencsik, Secretary of State for Energy Affairs and Climate Policy at the inauguration ceremony of a renovated condominium in Bartók Béla út, Budapest, on December 20, 2011. details