Data of public interest for winning applications remain accessible to the public 8 May 2013
The National Development Agency (NDA) takes the view that the articles recently published in the media, written with the intent to impose pressure and referring to insider information were not created in order to provide transparency. Regarding questions about applications the Agency would again like to draw the attention of the interested parties that the public data of projects granted funding are in all cases available on the NDA’s homepage.
The Agency’s opinion is that the articles published recently in the media, referring to alleged insider information and in more cases reflecting political opinions, the claims and questions were not raised in order to consider transparency; therefore, the NDA shall continue to release to the media the minimum required amount of information.
The NDA is still not in the position to provide information about data generated during the preparatory process for decision making and serving as a basis for grant decisions for applications given that these data are not public pursuant to Paragraph (5), Section 27, Act CXII of 2011 on Informational Self-determination and Freedom of Information:
“(5) Data generated or registered during the course of a procedure aimed at the body undertaking public duties making a decision within its respective scope of responsibilities and authority and serving as a basis for making the respective decision cannot be disclosed for a period of 10 years following the date when the data were generated or registered. The competent executive of the body controlling these data is entitled to authorise access to the data by considering the gravity of the given public interest relating to ensuring or denying access to the data.”
In view of the fact that the disclosure of the application appraisal documents created during the preparatory process of decision making would impose risks on the future operation of the National Development Agency and the Intermediary Bodies being lawful and free of all external influences, the evaluations of appraisers, the memorandums and other documents potentially related to the appraisals cannot be disclosed pursuant to Paragraph (5), Section 27 of the Information Act.
Managing the nearly 100 000 individual cases, the above could also be understandable for other reasons; public data are available on our homepage (www.nfu.hu), which won second place in the competition among EU member states.