This report was carried out under the overall responsibility of Shardul Agrawala, Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division of the OECD Environment Directorate. Eva Barteková, Norbert Monti, Néstor Pelechà Aigües and Katarína Svatíková prepared the report and carried out the underlying policy analysis under the guidance of Peter Börkey, Principal Administrator and Circular Economy Lead (all OECD Environment Directorate) and Maarten Dubois, Project Lead Circular Economy and Plastics (former OECD Environment Directorate).
Ruben Bibas and Eleonora Mavroeidi (both OECD Environment Directorate) provided the modelling analysis. Giulia Galli (OECD Environment Directorate) provided support in drafting parts of the report. Csinszka Bene, Pavla Cihlarova, Peter Janoska, Josefine Koehler, Koen Rademaekers, Stella Slučiaková, Tycho Smit, Laurent Zibell and Linde Zuidema (all Trinomics) and Péter Chrabák, László Erdei, Esztella Fazekas, Bálint Galgózci, Nóra Hatvani, Ákos Koós, Katalin Leskovics, Kornél Mátéffy, Tímea Somlai-Gilányi and Ádám Vida (all BAY Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd.) developed the analyses for the biomass and food, construction and plastics chapters. Zoltán Barna-Lázár, Zsanett Brunner, Bendegúz Csányi and Fruzsina Kardoss (all Ex Ante Ltd), Péter Lenkey and Viktor Varga (both Exact Ltd), as well as Ákos Malatinszky, Bálint Horváth, Viktória Labancz and Ágnes Nádházi (all subcontracted experts of Ex Ante Ltd and Exact Ltd) were responsible for carrying out the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the policy recommendations put forward in this report. Ivan Babiy, Ijeoma Inyama-Dalles and Aziza Perriere (all OECD Environment Directorate) and Katjusha Boffa and Emily Seftel (former OECD Environment Directorate) provided administrative support. The report received copyediting support from Cathleen Lee (independent editor). Illias Mousse Iye (OECD Environment Directorate) and Meral Gedik (independent editor) formatted the report for publication, and Lea Stapper (OECD Environment Directorate) supported the creation of communication materials for the report’s publishing. The graphic design of communication materials for the report was developed by Andrew Esson (independent graphic designer).
The report also benefited from expert input and feedback by Noémi Dálnoky and Noémi Döbrőssy (both Prime Minister’s Office), Éva Gordos (former Ministry for Innovation and Technology), Dániel Kovács, Ámon Szőcs and other colleagues from the Ministry of Energy, Barna Kovács (Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU), László Szarka (Hungarian Building Materials and Construction Products Association), Rita Soós (Ministry of Agriculture) and Klára Tóthné Szita (ÉMI Non-Profit Limited Liability Company for Quality Control and Innovation in Building). Additionally, Veronika Odett Tóth, Béla Rományi and Rita Soós (all Ministry of Agriculture), Károly Belina (Kecskemét College), Zoltán Demjén (Hungarian Plastic Industry Association), Gergely Hankó and Csaba Markó (all Hungarian Association of Environmental Entreprises) and Klára Tóthné Szita (ÉMI Non-Profit Limited Liability Company for Quality Control and Innovation in Building) contributed to the scope refinement for the priority areas research.
Gaetano Civello, Christoph Klockenbring and Markos Sofroniou of the DG REFORM of the European Commission also provided inputs in the process of developing this report. The stakeholder group set up by the Prime Minister’s Office reviewed the earlier drafts of the report, and was consulted on the priority areas selection, sectorial opportunities identification, prioritisation of policy recommendations and the content of the different chapters of the report. The stakeholder working group consisted of over 180 participants from Hungarian ministries, agencies and other public bodies, industry as well as representatives of NGOs and academia.