Through the Best Practice Programme (BPP) of the Centre of Expertise for Good Governance, Hungary will help strengthen the response to the Covid-19 emergency by municipalities. The Steering Committee of the BPP, which includes a wide range of stakeholders including the Hungarian National Association of Local Authorities and the Ministry of the Interior, has decided that in 2020 the programme will be on "Recovery and reconstruction to mitigate damage caused by the pandemic: innovations in local government”.

Municipalities can submit applications to share best practices in areas such as local economic recovery and attraction of municipal investments; social inclusion - effective local methods to combating poverty; public security; elderly care; innovative solutions in municipal government. During the stage of the evaluation of the applications, several conferences and trainings will be organised online. The winners of the best practice contest will be announced between the end of November 2020 and March 2021.

The deadline for submitting applications is 1 June 2020.