Page contents Page contents Disclaimer: This page exclusively serves information purposes and is not an exhaustive database of projects funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Notably, the map provides a snapshot of projects based on the current status of their implementation. It does not reflect the distribution of the projects funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility across the different areas within Hungary. The map will be regularly updated to include additional projects and information. The showcase of the projects in this page is without prejudice to any future assessment by the Commission in the context of the verification of the satisfactory fulfilment of milestones and targets pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The measure references mentioned below are those contained in the Annex to the Council Implementing Decision approving the Hungarian Recovery and Resilience Plan and allow for easy identification of the measures For more info on the projects, please contact the Commission’s representation at COMM-REP-BUDec [dot] europa [dot] eu (COMM-REP-BUD[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) Development of competitive public education using 21st century technology (reference C1.R1. In the Hungarian Recovery and Resilience Plan) The objective of the reform is to support the digital transformation of public education by increasing the availability and use of digital devices and tools by teachers and pupils. In particular, laptops shall be purchased and delivered to schools, for the use of students in grades five and nine, for the use of teachers and for the development of IT classrooms between 2022 and 2025. Altogether, by the end of the four-year-programme, at least 579,000 digital notebooks shall be purchased and delivered under this measure, of which at least 55,000 shall be provided to teachers and at least 10,000 for schools to develop their IT classrooms. Pupils shall be able to keep the notebooks until they finish their school education and hand them over afterwards to the new cohorts. Priority shall be given to disadvantaged pupils and teachers in schools with an above-average share of disadvantaged pupils. At least 3,100 schools shall be provided with interactive display tools and devices such as robots, drones and special computers to develop pupils’ creativity and problem-solving capacity as well as algorithmic and programming competences By the end of2022, 120,000 laptops had been purchased and delivered to schools, for the use of pupils in grade nine and for the use of teachers, as well as for the development of IT classrooms. The next wave of implementation is expected in the 2022/2023 academic year. More information can be found on the website of the authority here Establishment of an Integrity Authority to reinforce the prevention, detection and correction of fraud, conflicts of interest and corruption concerning the implementation of Union support in Hungary (reference C9.R1. In the Hungarian Recovery and Resilience Plan) The mission of the Integrity Authority shall be to intervene in all cases where, in its views, competent national authorities have not taken the necessary steps to prevent, detect and correct fraud, conflict of interests, corruption and other illegalities or irregularities that have affected or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union. The Integrity Authority shall be fully independent. The Integrity Authority will have, among others, the power to instruct authorities to suspend procurement procedures, to request administrative investigative bodies to carry out investigations on its behalf, to recommend the exclusion of specific economic operators from Union funding for a certain period of time; to instruct relevant national authorities or bodies to carry out their supervisory or control functions; to recommend contracting authorities to use a specific procurement procedure. Parliament decided on the establishment of the Integrity Authority on 4 October 2022. The President and Vice-Presidents of the Authority were appointed by the President of Hungary on 4 November 2022 for six years. The Integrity Authority started being operational on 18 November 2022. By mid-March 2023 the Integrity Authority is expected to carry out an Integrity Risk Assessment Exercise to evaluate the state of play of the Hungarian public procurement system. The Integrity Authority will prepare its first annual Integrity Report for the year 2022 by Q2 2023, and subsequently every year thereafter. These reports will be made public. The government shall provide written explanation on how it will address each of the findings in those reports within three months from their publication. More information can be found on the website of the authority here
