The year 2014 is all about laying a basis for large-scale cycling developments to be implemented in the years to come, Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner said at a professional event presenting the Cycling Development Programme entitled ‘Cycling is an Experience!’ (Bringázni Élmény!) held in Budapest on 23 January, 2014. Under the guidance of the Transport Development Coordination Centre, feasibility and policy-making studies are to be made and the Cyclist Registration System is to be updated.
Thanks to modernisation and reorganisations, the annual costs of government IT services have been reduced by over HUF 20 billion, Minister of State for Infocommunication Vilmos Vályi-Nagy revealed at a press conference presenting the free mobile application EFO 2014 – Simplified Employment Registration, held in Budapest on 16 January, 2014.
Minister of State János Fónagy represented the Hungarian Government at the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
The Ministry of National Development (MND) and the Hungarian National Asset Management Ltd. (HNAM) have set up a new data base to help companies employing differently abled persons and customers of socially responsible public procurement tenders. Market access and establishing contact to customers are facilitated by a free, user friendly web surface accessible on the website of HNAM, Deputy State Secretary for Public Procurement Andrea Jánosi announced in Budapest on 9 January, 2014.
“Energy awareness raising and dissemination are high priority aspirations of the government”, Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh said at an event announcing the tender ‘For the energy awareness of enterprises’, held in Budapest on 7 January, 2014.
In compliance with the original plans, the National Asset Management Ltd. helped settle the housing problem of a total of 15 thousand families, i.e. 60-70 thousand individuals, until the end of last year, Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh announced at a press conference evaluating the performance of the company so far, held in Budapest on 3 January, 2014.
Project owner Magyar Közút Nonprofit Ltd. built a new roundabout intersection on Main Road No. 5 using only national budget funds. The project was completed less than two months after the building area was taken over. The roundabout will eliminate congestions on the main road section which leads to the pedestrian entrance of the Mercedes-Benz Factory.
MÁV Symphony Orchestra gave an Advent charity concert under the title Christmas! in honour of the elderly at Liszt Ferenc Music Academy on 17 December, 2013. The main patron of the event was Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh; Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs of MND János Fónagy delivered an address at the concert.
The reduction in overhead costs has materially benefitted the financial situation of the population, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs of the Ministry of National Development János Fónagy stated at a press conference evaluating the achievements of the first year of the overhead cost reduction policy, held in Budapest on 15 December 2013.
In an investment supported from the New Széchenyi Plan, Forest-Papír Ltd. has set up a household hygienic paper processing plant in Lábatlan, from a budget of HUF 2.5 billion. The establishment was inaugurated by Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner on 13 December 2013.