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Respondents
0
Know the EU strategy
very well (100%)
0%
Support alignment national – EU strategy
0%
Want national strategy
N/A
Favour wider dissemination
0%
* The contact person personally gathered feedback from colleagues in order to complete the survey. Almost all responses are aggregate and cannot be compared in percentage terms.
Responding stakeholders
Awareness of the EU Global Health Strategy
Is your institution aware of the existence of the EU Global Health Strategy and of its content?
Yes, well aware 100%
How respondents became aware of the EU strategy
How did your institution become aware of it?
National global health strategy in Hungary
Are you aware of whether your country has a National Strategy for Global Health?
Yes, but embedded in another strategy/policy 100%
Awareness of Hungary's Global Health Ambassador
Are you aware if your country has a Global Health Ambassador?
Don't know 100%
Target audiences for EU strategy communication
To which stakeholders should the communication on the EU Global Health Strategy be addressed?
Recommended communication channels
Which communication channels should be used to further disseminate information about the EU Global Health Strategy and its contents?
Coordination among key actors
Is there a formal or informal coordination mechanism among the actors holding major responsibilities for launching, financing, implementing Global Health initiatives/projects?
Yes, formal 100%
Key messages
This is a summary of the key messages emerging from the open-ended responses of the Hungarian stakeholders surveyed, organized by theme.
01
Need for alignment
National strategy ↔ EU strategy
- The Hungarian respondent supports alignment between national and EU Global Health strategies. Awareness of the EU GH Strategy is well established at institutional level (NNGYK, National Public Health Centre), with knowledge acquired through EU institutional communication channels.
- Hungary's Global Health commitments are embedded in its Cooperation/Development Plan rather than in a standalone national strategy, which makes direct alignment with the EU GH Strategy more complex to assess and operationalise.
- Developing a clearer, dedicated GH framework — or at least a formal GH chapter within existing national policies — could strengthen Hungary's positioning and coherence in EU-level GH governance.
02
Communication and implementation
Targeted, direct, institutional
- The respondent supports wider dissemination of the EU GH Strategy and recommends targeting communications to Government/Ministries, specifically to the State Secretary of Health.
- The preferred channels are e-mails and press releases — a preference for direct, institutional communication tools that reflects Hungary's centralised governance structure in Global Health.
- This approach highlights the importance of reaching key decision-makers directly, rather than relying on broad public communication, to ensure that EU GH priorities translate into national policy action.
03
National strategy
A definition that is still unclear
- Hungary does not have a dedicated national Global Health Strategy. While the respondent reports GH commitments as embedded in the Cooperation/Development Plan, it does not constitute a proper national GH strategy — reflecting the broader confusion, observed across the survey, between general health plans or sectoral policies and a dedicated GH strategy.
- Greater visibility and definition of Hungary's GH commitments within existing policy frameworks would be a first step towards stronger alignment and accountability at both national and EU level.
04
National coordination and key actors
Key actors, formal mechanisms
- A formal coordination mechanism exists among Hungary's key GH actors. However, the respondent could not describe its functioning in detail, indicating limited transparency or familiarity with the mechanism's operations.
- Key institutions identified include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Secretary of Health — a concentrated institutional landscape reflecting Hungary's centralised approach to GH governance.
- Greater transparency around existing coordination mechanisms would be essential to ensure effective alignment with EU GH priorities and to support reporting and accountability at European level.
