A költségvetési fenntarthatóság az elmúlt két-három évtizedben a költségvetési politika egyik legfontosabb követelményévé vált. Az Alaptörvény is rögzíti, hogy Magyarország a fenntartható költségvetési gazdálkodás elvét érvényesíti. A nemzetközi gyakorlatban a...

A profitorientált üzleti szektor és a közpénzekből gazdálkodó költségvetési intézmények sok tényező tekintetében különböznek egymástól, de az mindkettőben közös pont, hogy a teljesítmény- és minőségorientált vezetés felelősségének fő szempontként kell,...

Fiscal sustainability has become one of the most important requirements of fiscal policy over the past two to three decades. Hungary’s Fundamental Law stipulates that Hungary enforces the principle of sustainable budget management. In international practice, fiscal sustainability is often...

Profit-oriented business sector and public-sector budgetary institutions using public funds differ in many aspects, but their common feature is that the responsibility for performance- and quality-oriented management shall prevail. One element of this is that the management identifies and...

The regulatory framework serving the renewal of domestic public finances comprises the Fundamental Law and cardinal acts entering into effect following its adoption. Among cardinal acts, the first one to be adopted was the new SAO Act. In addition to its full consistency with international...

One of the key areas of public management is the corporate management of state- and local government-owned enterprises, in brief state-owned enterprises. By reviewing the relevant international literature we identified the key factors of well-managed state-owned enterprises. A legal analysis of...

The State Audit Office of Hungary is the supreme financial and economic audit institution of the National Assembly. Due to its legal status and duties, the State Audit Office is the only non-governmental body that has an overview of the budget from January to December. The two main pillars of...

The significance of organisational risk management has grown ostensibly during recent decades, and this is true regarding for-profit organisations and public entities alike. There are, however, unique traits that characterise risk analysis and risk management as applied in the public sector,...

In 2011, the State Audit Office started the system-level audit of local governments. Based on risk analysis, the first round of audits covered the 19 counties, the 23 towns with county rank as well as the capital; of the 304 towns auditors checked 63 through on-the-spot checks of local...

This paper presents the three most important institutional steps that Hungary took in 2010 and 2011 to promote the responsible management of public funds. It provides a detailed analysis of the strict provisions of the new Constitution regarding public finances, the strengthened mandates of the...