Under the direction and oversight of Elsa Pilichowski, OECD Director for Public Governance, János Bertók, OECD Deputy Director for Public Governance, and Paulo Magina, Acting Head of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement (IPP) Division, this review was co-ordinated and drafted by Kenza Khachani, Policy Analyst of IPP, with the support of Erika Bozzay, Acting Deputy Head in the same division. Sanda Jugo also from IPP provided valuable input to the report.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to the Hungarian Government for its commitment to this work and to all those who made this report possible. In particular, the OECD thanks Ms Diána Kretter, Deputy State Secretary for Public Procurement Supervision, Prime Minister’s Office, Ms Márta Várhomoki-Molnár, Head of the Public Procurement Regulation Department, Deputy State Secretariat for Public Procurement Supervision, within the Prime Minister’s Office and coordinator of the project, Mr Gábor Soós, senior official within the same department, Mr László Cseh, legal expert within the same division, Mr András Deli, legal expert of the Public Procurement Coordination Department and, Mr Ákos Zámbó, Head of the Public Procurement Monitoring Department, Deputy State Secretariat for Public Procurement Supervision, within the Prime Minister’s Office. Since the 1st of January 2024, the State Secretariat for Public Procurement Supervision moved from Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to the Ministry of Public Administration and Spatial Development.
The engagement and consultation with key stakeholders of the public procurement system in Hungary were critical for the successful completion of this review.