EU Funds: Governance & Impact
HETFA Expert’s contribution to the IMF Report on Hungary
In the series of the IMF Country reports on Hungary, the No. 14/156 issued in June 2014, refers to two papers prepared by HETFA expert, Agnes Szabo-Morvai. Concerning Hungary’s potential output growth, the report concludes that Hungary’s growth performance has been...
Reports of the Expert Evaluation Network approved and published by the Commission
The Director of HÉTFA, Gábor Balás works in the Expert Evaluation Network for several years now, the entity delegated by the Directorate-General for Regional Policy of the European Commission. The objective of this network of experts is to synthesise evidence on the...
Impact of Academic Research on GDP Growth
As it is shown in the economic growth literature, the return of resources invested in research is expected to contribute to the higher growth rate of potential income of the economy. This paper examines this relation in case of Hungary based on data from the period...
Indicator System for Academic Research
This research report recommends methodology and detailed content of an indicator system for the national science policy; it reviews the steps necessarily to take in order to establish such a system, the institutional framework and its visualization on the web. HETFA...
Role of Community Funds in the Dynamization of Underdeveloped Regions
The consortium of Pannon Institute for Analyses Ltd., HETFA Center for Analyses Ltd., Budapest Institute and Revita Foundation was commissioned by the National Development Agency (NFÜ) to carry out the „The Role of Community Funds in the Dynamization of Underdeveloped...
Evaluation of Developments Serving Roma Integration
The key question of the evaluation was to find out which factors and instruments or regulatory frameworks facilitate efficiently and which ones may inhibit the achievement of the related goals formulated in the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and...
Cultural Institutional Framework Supporting Education
The primary objective of the evaluation was the assessment and analysis of the use of funds allocated from the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) aiming to develop cultural institutions’ services by promoting quality education and lifelong learning. Through...
Programmes Targeting Higher Education
In the programming period starting in 2007, institutions of higher education were awarded and contracted for at least 250 billion HUF worth of financial support until August 2012, out of which developments specifically targeting the development of higher education...
Measures of the Public Education System
The aim of the study was to evaluate the measures of the public education system (real-estate development, equipment stock development, education programme development, and teachers’ training), their targeting, relevance, and effectiveness. Although the effects of the...
Evaluation of Measures Targeting Youth Unemployment
The study provides a comprehensive picture on Hungarian and European youth labour market problems. Labour relevant features and characteristics of the age group between 15 and 24 are analysed in detail. It explores international, European Union and national...