The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) is the EU programme that provides tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to design and to implement reforms at the national level, with an emphasis on the green and digital transitions. The TSI also supports the preparation and implementation of Recovery and Resilience Plans.
Initiated in 2021, the TSI is the successor of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP). Since 2017, both programmes have helped design, develop and implement over 1800 reform projects in 27 Member States.
COMPLETED AND ONGOING REFORM PROJECTS IN HUNGARY
Reform projects approved under the Technical Support Instrument
The Technical Support Instrument yearly cycle is launched during the dedicated TSI Annual Conference. In April 2024, High-Level representatives from the European Commission, Member States and other Institutions gathered to share their perspectives on how the TSI 2025 could support Member States for the successful design and implementation of resilience-enhancing reforms, and in particular Public Administrations to be fit for the future and adaptable to change.
The conference also started the discussion with Member States on potential multi-country projects - geared at addressing common issues among Member States thereby emphasizing the EU added-value of the instrument - and presented a set of "Flagship" projects - supporting reforms which are largely needed across Member States and are in line with the EU priorities.
For 2024, the Commission approved the following 6 reform support projects for Hungary:
- Accelerating climate adaptation measures in water management
- Developing a methodology for the comprehensive revision of costs and financing parameters in health care
- Developing policy and technical proposals to prepare Hungary to adopt VIDA
- Digital transformation and introduction of data asset management in the Hungarian Tax and Customs Administration
Multi-country projects:
- Operationalisation of the transfer strategies for banking resolution
- Promoting the mental health of youth by addressing the risks of online gambling and gaming
For 2023, the Commission approved the following 5 reform support projects for Hungary:
- Towards a semantically interoperable health system
- Develop a single micro-credential system and standards to facilitate lifelong learning and rapid adaptation to changing labour market needs
Multi-country projects:
- Integration of environmental dimensions in public finances - implementing the 'Do No Significant Harm' (DNSH) principle in public funding programme
- Mapping competencies of national authorities in the area of implementation of EU restrictive measures - Best practices and legislative recommendations
- Enhancing the quality and use of tax information exchanged between Member States in the context of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC)
In 2022, the Commission approved 7 reform projects for Hungary:
- Local government public finance development and municipal capacity building in Hungary
- Support to the Implementation of the Just Transition
- Support to the Renovation Wave
- Development and implementation of the individual learning accounts (ILA-s) in Hungary
- Developing a supervisory framework for financial risks stemming from biodiversity-related losses in Hungary
- Insurance Conduct of Business Supervision - Development of a risk assessment framework and supervisory methodology including mystery shopping
Multi-country projects:
- Support to REPowerEU
More information can be found in the 2022 Country Factsheets.
In 2021, the Commission approved the following 11 reform projects for Hungary:
- Promoting green public procurement in Hungary, with focus on life-cycle costing
- Developing coordinating capacity for implementation and monitoring of the Recovery and Resilience Plan in Hungary
- Strengthening water monitoring in Hungary
- Assessing the cyber threat landscape in the financial sector
- Professional services to strengthen competitiveness
- Ensuring quality digital higher education in Hungary
- Simplification of the tax reporting obligations for employers in Hungary
- Government strategy and Action plan for Sustainable Development in Hungary
- Increasing the efficiency of the Public Employment Service through the reform of its IT systems
- Modernizing healthcare payments and clinical governance to incentivise integrated healthcare in Hungary
- General technical support for the implementation of Hungary's Recovery and Resilience Plan
More information can be found in the 2021 Country Factsheets.
Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) projects (2017-2020)
The TSI expands on the experience of the SRSP programme in building capacity in Member States. You can find the full list of SRSP projects here.
Highlighted projects
The Commission helped to contribute to the improvement of the soil and surface water status in Hungary on one hand, and to the implementation of sustainable water management practices across government bodies and policy areas on the other.
The European Union via its Technical Support Instrument (TSI) and the OECD Higher Education Policy Team have supported the Hungarian Ministry of Innovation and Culture (KIM) with the development of quality assurance policies, standards, and practices, to be implemented by the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (MAB) to advance the development of high-quality digital higher education in Hungary.
The Commission helped to strengthen the Hungarian Central Bank’s capacity to assess the threat landscape of the financial sector, there is a need to develop methodologies that will enhance the reporting of cyber incidents, augment the treatment of cyber incident related data, as well as aggregate the relevant data on threats, not only amongst large institutions, but within the general population of the supervised entities.
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