Policy Monitor – European Heritage Hub

2016. évi LXXIV. törvény a településkép védelméről

12 May 2024

A law laying the national framework for the system of individual policy documents of the settlements. It defines the framework for “settlement preservation statutes” and “settlement preservation handbooks”, which serve as the local tools for the protection and regulation of settlements. There is a strong emphasis on the regulation of advertisements. In Hungary the building authorities are the county offices of the state government, while the settlements can control the building activities through so-called settlement preservation appraisals, which follow the local regulation. The local statutes also include the listed buildings

2023. évi C. törvény a magyar építészetről / A magyar építészetről szóló törvény (Law on Hungarian architecture)

22 December 2023

A new law on the complex field of building, principles, criteria, planning processes. The main sections: I. II. Principles and concepts III. Roles of the state and municipalities in planning and preservation IV. Professional chambers V. Roles of chief architects VI. Boards VII. Participants of the building process VIII. Settlement planning IX. Saveguarding the historic environment X. Monument preservation XI. Saveguarding of historic sites XII. Planning processes and maintenance of structures XIII. Requirements for buildings, planning and construction XIV. Building economical measures XV. Education XVI. Online digital functions, databases Several

Cultural Heritage Management and Protection in V4 Countries

1 January 2021

The report on the management and protection of cultural heritage, prepared by the Expert Working Group on Cultural Heritage of the Visegrad Countries brings together 30 years’ experience in historic preservation and the expertise of specialists from across the region. It helps to understand the long journey from the underfunded and centralised monument protection systems in several post-communist states to the modern forms of heritage preservation – integrated into the activities of local authorities and open to the participation of civil societies. The purpose of this report is to observe

2012. évi XXX. törvény a magyar nemzeti értékekről és a hungarikumokról

7 December 2020

A law on a complex system of local, regional and national values, called Hungarica. The law defines a system of local, regional and national heritage, which includes natural and cultural, tangible and intangible heritage values. Local and regional councils for the values must make lists and propose items to be regarded as a higher level values thus creating a hierarchy of Hungarian values. The national list is entitled Hungarica, the individual items called Hungaricum. Apart from the councils being responsible for the contents of the list and for the acknowledgement

68/2018. (IV. 9.) Kormányrendelet a kulturális örökség védelmével kapcsolatos szabályokról Government Statute on the rules on the protection of cultural heritage

9 April 2018

The main comprehensive government decree regulating the practice in the field of cultural heritage: listing and inventory, detailed rules for processes, roles of specialists, management of monuments, archaeological sites, parks and gardens, and protected works of art.

Budapest 2030. Long-Term Urban Development Concept

1 April 2013

The Budapest 2030 Long-Term Urban Development Concept (adopted by the General Assembly in April 2013) is a comprehensive planning document that envisages the capital city’s long-term development, taking into account its urban characteristics. The Urban Development Concept consists of three main parts. Firstly, it summarises the results of comprehensive reviews and studies made about the capital in recent years categorised according to particular fields, which presents a kind of status report of the City. These provide the framework for the Concept. Secondly, it defines the general principles which must be

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