The Hungarian government does not give up its national strategic goals even in this difficult economic situation caused by the war, so it continues its work on national unification, strengthening Hungarian communities outside Hungary’s borders and taking care of these communities, said Árpád János Potápi, State Secretary on issues of national policy in the office of the Prime Minister of Hungary.

At a three-day conference called “Diaspora 2023 – Communities Without Borders” organized by the University of Pecs (PTE) on Thursday, Árpád János Potápi emphasized that the Cabinet’s concern for parts of the nation, national communities and Hungarians living outside Hungary is fundamental, clear and continuous.

The Hungarian politician, who is the main patron of the conference, said: all this has been happening since 2010, because thirteen years ago the parliament decided to introduce the institution of dual citizenship, which represents the unifying force of the nation, and this milestone has defined the national policy of the Orbán governments.

Árpád János Potápi noted that the Government supports almost a hundred institutions and programs of national importance, including the National Reset Program, the National Defense Program and the Support Program for Hungarian-Language Education at Homeland, and within the framework of the latter, the annual amount of support for pupils and students has been increased to 100,000 forints (268 euros) for each region.

The State Secretary also mentioned the launch of the Carpathian Basin Kindergarten Development Program, which has supported the construction or renovation of approximately 900 kindergartens and crèches to promote the survival and consolidation of Hungarian communities outside Hungary, noting that development work has already been completed in 800 locations .

Also, under the “Without Borders” program, half a million students from Hungary were able to visit or may visit one of the regions of the Carpathian Basin. Seventh-graders can continue to study the former Hungarian territories with state funding.

The Secretary of State of Hungary drew attention to the fact that the Government of Budapest primarily supports cultural programs and events outside Hungary, and scholarship holders can also reach Hungarian communities in the diaspora. The Hungarian government has established sports academies and supports sports events outside Hungary’s borders.

It also supported 80 riding clubs with 220 million forints (€589.5 thousand) as part of a riding program launched in Transylvania, and this year the program will be extended to the entire Carpathian Basin.

As the Hungarian government official also noted, the Carpathian Basin has always been an economic space, therefore, since 2014, the Government has been supporting Hungarian enterprises abroad, including those that employ Hungarian workers. Over the past ten years, 1,000 twinning ties have been established or consolidated in the Carpathian basin at the local level, and from 2022 the state will also support economic cooperation.

For her part, Katalin Seely, a member of the Board of Directors of the foundation that manages the University of Pecs and a senior advisor to the Prime Minister, emphasized in her welcome speech: The Hungarian government has achieved tremendous results in national politics over the past thirteen years. years, and it can be argued that the Hungarian people are a world nation and that all Hungarians are important, wherever they live in the world. For this reason, every Hungarian should be guaranteed the opportunity to flourish in his native land and easily maintain relations with other Hungarians.

Attila Mizeta, Rector of the University, expressed confidence that the cooperation relations between Hungarians outside Hungary and those living and working in their homeland, as well as between their educational institutions, will be better and more organic as a result of the conference.

The article was created with the support of the Rador agency