From the 2026 budget audit
605 million Ft to organisations chosen by the ministry that oversees them.
A discretionary support line for organisations under the foreign ministry's supervision — no defined function, no market discipline, no contractual entitlement on the recipient side.
Roughly 151 Ft per taxpayer per year — 605 million Ft allocated by the supervising authority to the organisations it supervises.
What you see — and what you don't
The seen: the professional organisations receiving operating support from their supervising ministry. The unseen: every taxpayer funding a transfer whose allocation rests entirely on the ministry's own judgement about which of its supervised organisations deserves support this year.
Objection
"Professional bodies and expert networks need support — they provide expertise the ministry relies on."
Answer
Genuine ministry functions are already covered in the central-administration title. A separate discretionary line for supervised organisations means the supervising authority decides which of its own organisations are adequately supported — with no external price signal and no accountability to the taxpayer who funds the transfer. If the expertise is needed, it should be commissioned at a transparent rate, not subsidised through an open-ended support line.
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The analyst's verdict
Support for Organisations and Professional Programmes Supervised by the Ministry
Rationale
A discretionary support line for organisations and professional programmes under the ministry's supervision. Where the line funds genuine ministry functions those are already provided for in the central-administration title; a separate discretionary support line for supervised organisations is a transfer whose allocation rests on the ministry's judgement, with no market discipline and no contractual entitlement on the recipient side. The amount is small; the line can be closed in a single cycle.
Transition mechanism
Eliminate in the 2026 cycle.
Affected groups
The supervised organisations receiving the support.
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