​​​​​Hungary has been organizing the annual meeting of EGTC approval authorities since 2012, and last year the same meeting was organised in cooperation with the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels.

This time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade hosted a smaller-scale meeting with the participation of Approval Authorities of the Central-European region and had the honour of welcoming experts from the European Commission, the European Committee of the Regions and other high-ranked diplomats and representatives of neighbouring countries.

​​The main topic of the meeting focused on the simplification and clarification of EU and national legislation and the agenda included the approximation of national approval procedures, and the discussion on the new draft EU legislation aiming at ​overcoming legal and administrative obstacles at the Union's internal borders.

This year the Hungarian Government organised the seventh István Pálfi award ceremony in remembrance of the late Hungarian Member of the European Parliament. The award was presented by Deputy Minister of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Levente Magyar, to Ms Eszter Csókási, executive director of Euroregion Duna-Kőrös-Maros-Tisza, and to Mr Silvester Holop, deputy head of Joint Secretariat of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme acknowledging their work in contributing to territorial and spatial development in border regions.