The Presidents of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) and the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) in their joint letter encourage institutions and businesses implementing research and development projects to provide statistical data in compliance with professional standards and in a credible manner.

Institutions and businesses are required to comply with their data provision obligations until 16 March this year to enable the CSO to compile data relating to research and development expenditure.

Organisations obliged to provide data have a key role in compiling data relating to R&D expenditure in Hungary in an accurate and professional manner. R&D expenditure means the actual use of funding available for purposes of research, development and innovation (RDI). The HCSO generates national RDI-related data by summarising data collected in the questionnaires filled in by businesses, universities, research institutes and other organisations within the framework of the National Data Collection Programme (OSAP). The validity of R&D expenditure data collected by the HCSO highly depends on the quality of data provided by organisations concerned.

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