A 2026-os költségvetés-elemzésből
574 millió Ft for technology development — who chose the technology?
A discretionary ministerial allocation for technology development: no named programme, no market signal, and no mechanism to reveal which technology investments are worth the public's money.
Roughly 144 Ft per taxpayer per year — 574 millió Ft total, allocated at ministerial discretion to technology projects or firms of the ministry's choosing.
Amit látsz — és amit nem
The seen: technology firms or projects receiving grant support from the ministry. The unseen: the private investors and entrepreneurs who would have directed capital to technology on their own risk assessment — and whose return is now diluted by a state competitor allocating without that discipline.
Ellenvetés
"Technology needs public funding because private markets under-invest in early-stage innovation."
Válasz
Where a specific externality — published research, shared infrastructure, basic science — prevents private investors from capturing the return, there is a case for public support with a narrow, published mandate. A general ministerial 'technology development' line without a named market failure and without a competitive selection process is a discretionary grant, not a response to under-investment. The private-capital ecosystem available to Hungarian technology firms is the better mechanism.
Share if you think technology investment should follow private risk judgement, not ministerial preference.
Az elemző értékelése
Technológia fejlesztési feladatok
Az elemző indoklása jelenleg angol nyelven elérhető; magyar fordítás folyamatban.
Indoklás
Classified on the same basis as Egyéb vállalkozásfejlesztési feladatok above: a discretionary ministerial allocation with no market-price signal, no statutory mandate, and no protected counterparties. Immediate cut.
Átállási mechanizmus
Eliminate in the 2026 budget cycle.
Érintett csoportok
Recipient firms or projects — a discretionary benefit.
Szabad Társadalom Intézet
Támogasd a független elemzéseket
Kutatásunk ingyenes, nyílt és nem szponzorált. Ha hasznosnak találod, segíts fenntartani.