Signature of the Agreement on Technical Support

Signature of the Agreement on Technical Support

We are pleased to announce that the Prime Minister's Office, as the National Coordination Unit, and the Swiss Contribution Office signed the Agreement on Technical Support on December 21, 2022.

This resource contributes to covering the costs of the organizations supporting the implementation, but what is even more important: it can be used for management costs related to the preparation of the programmes and projects to be implemented defined in the Framework Agreement, thus facilitating the planning of the developments.

As a result of the work done so far together with the Swiss side, we can be the first of the 13 beneficiary countries to benefit from the Swiss Contribution to start the preparation of the funded support, so in this period it will be possible to use almost HUF 150 million for the first half of 2023, and the use of more than HUF 500 million in support available until the end of the cooperation programme - until December 2029 - can also begin. The Hungarian state also contributes to all these resources in the form of national co-financing, guaranteeing safe and effective implementation.

According to our plans, after the preparation phase, which is expected to end in the first half of 2023, the calls for proposals can be published in the second half of the year and the implementation can begin.