Viktor Orbán prime minister and the leaders of self-governments of the 19 counties have made an agreement on future tasks and responsibilities.
According to the agreement, the county leaders’ task for the next months is to make out a strategy for regional development in line with the part that they will fill in the renewed local government system. The prime minister and the county leadres all agreed that the innovation of Hungary is not possible without the total reorganization of regional development policy. This is unavoidable because of the preparation for the next period of the EU budget. That is why it is so important to prepare the conceptions, strategies and plans, and to establish institutions that will guarantee the useful and economical utilization of development expenditures. This task has been undertaken by the county governments, helping the renewal of Hungary.