Professional workshop held by the National Development Agency in Győr 3 July 2012
Approaching the end of the seven-year European Union development cycle the National Development Agency (NDA) carried out several accelerating measures in the application system, presently providing stranded beneficiaries with practical assistance. At the Győr stage of a series of professional workshops including seven locations seminars were held for the state, municipality and non-profit spheres, and the project owners of the economic sphere of the West Transdanubian Region on opportunities aimed at promoting developments.
A mere one and a half year is left from the European Union development cycle and over HUF 5,000 billion waits to be drawn down for Hungarian projects. That is why already in 2011 the management of NDA recommended significant changes in the application system, initiated more efficiency for the regulatory environment and focused its activity on the acceleration of payments and the management of stopped applications. „The most frequent problems hindering the drawdown of European Union support result from the late arrival of payment claims or the formal errors of applications. In the course of the professional workshop event proposals for the solution of similar problems are given in order to receive as many invoices as possible in the system", emphasised Zoltán Petykó, President of the National Development Agency.
„27,000 projects have been implemented nationwide since 2006, of which over 4,450 served the purpose of improving the competitiveness of the West Transdanubian Region. During this period over HUF 524 billion worth European Union resources flowed in the region. Currently several constructions are still available within the framework of the New Széchenyi Plan: HUF 2.6 billion is available for the tourism infrastructure development of Lake Balaton Priority Resort District under the call for application open until 31 August 2012. The development of industrial parks, incubator houses and industrial sites can be implemented by HUF 1.7 billion support in the region, for which applications may be submitted by 21 August 2012", said Dr Imre Szakács, Chairman of the Győr-Moson-Sopron County General Meeting.
Within the framework of the New Széchenyi Plan in the past one and a half years the government supported over 1,500 projects in the value of over HUF 56 billion across the region, of which nearly HUF 5 billion was used for tourism developments and HUF 3 billion for transport development. The amount used for economic development was outstandingly successful in the region, around HUF 30 billion development resources were awarded for entrepreneurs.
Large developments such as the establishment of the solid waste management system of the settlements in the Győr region, the infrastructure development of the Markusovszky Hospital in Szombathely or the reconstruction of the new reception building and covered bath of the Gránit Spa in Zalakaros are implemented in the region by European Union resources. All the supported projects contribute to the development of the region and the improvement of the population’s quality of life.