Balázs Hankó, the culture and innovation minister, has announced that the Night of Researchers will offer some 2,600 programs in 250 institutions in 52 localities nationwide on Friday and Saturday.
The number of employees working in R and D at companies in Hungary has grown to around 6,500 from 3,000 per million residents within the last decade, and the government is working to increase that ratio to 9,000 by 2030, Minister Hankó said.
"Together with young Hungarians, innovators and researchers, we have set the goal to become one of the ten best innovators in Europe," he said.
Hanko said Europe needed a "sea-change" in competitiveness, as it was lagging behind in the fields of innovation and science. "Hungary must show that the Hungarian mind and creativity are world-class," he said.