The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) provides tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to design and to implement reforms, in a wide range of areas such as revenue administration and public financial management, public administration and governance, growth and business environment, labour market, education and social services, migration, and financial market and access to finance. The TSI has been also supporting 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 2000 reform projects in 27 Member States. Those reforms support Member States address their reform agenda, in line with the EU priorities and the country specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester.
COMPLETED AND ONGOING REFORM PROJECTS IN HUNGARY*
* The above data include all projects completed and ongoing at the time of the announcement of the annual TSI financing decision. During their execution, projects can be further split or aggregated, cancelled or withdrawn. Therefore, figures related to the approved reform support projects can slightly differ.
Reform projects approved under the Technical Support Instrument
The Technical Support Instrument annual cycle is launched every year during the dedicated TSI Annual Conference. The conference also starts 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. The event is also the opportunity to present the new "Flagship" projects, supporting reforms which are largely needed across Member States and are in line with the EU key political priorities.
For 2025, the Commission approved the following 9 reform support projects for Hungary:
- Digitalising and strengthening the electricity system in Hungary
- Strengthening performance-informed budgeting and, ex-ante and ex-post impact assessments in Hungary
- Improving contracting authorities' competences in life-cycle costing and green public procurement through the use of digital tools
- Development of the analytical capacities by introducing innovative data-driven systems to reduce irregularities related to the use of EU funds
Multi-country projects:
- Supporting Digital Transformation in Competition Law Enforcement
- Reinforcing SMEs’ competitiveness and green transition in export activities
- Digital Approaches to Fiscal Reporting in Hungary
- Accession to EU Digital Finance Academy
- Improving compliance with CSRD and CSDDD directives and ESG aspects among micro, small, and medium-size enterprises - as part of: Enhancing Quality of Sustainability Reporting of Enterprises and Increasing their Competitiveness, including MSMEs
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 European Commission supported the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Innovation in developing an individual learning account scheme to address skills gaps and raise levels of participation in adult learning and education. The project develops an ILA scheme tailored to Hungary's challenges in the adult learning system and provides a roadmap for the rollout of the scheme across the country.
The Commission supported to the Hungarian Ministry of Finance and National Tax and Customs Administration for simplifying the reporting obligations of employers.
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Selected projects for promising results and their potential to be replicated across the EU.