On the basis of its decision No. 86/2026 (II.24.), the Urban Operations Committee of the Council of the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest announces a call to support the greening of district residential communities and local government institutions, in accordance with Local Government Decree 28/2013 (V.31.) on greening support for residential communities and local government institutions.
Grantor: Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest
Managing the application procedure:Erzsébetváros Mayor’s Office, District VII, Budapest
Mayor’s Office, Urban Development and Operations Division, Urban Operations Department
Submission deadline: Applications can be submitted until the funds are exhausted, but no later than 2026. September 15 at 24:00. Applications submitted after the deadline will be rejected.
Planned deadline for assessing applications: on a rolling basis, but no later than December 15, 2026
Available funds
At the time of this call, the budget of the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest provides HUF 6,000,000(six million forints) for the winning applicants of this call.
Eligible applicants
Eligible to apply are in the administrative area of District VII:
– a) condominiums
– b) housing cooperatives (Section 2 (1) of Act CXV of 2004 on housing cooperatives)
– c) managers of local government residential buildings (a), b), c) hereinafter together: residential communities)
– d) institutions under the control of the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest .
Purpose of the call
Increasing the size of green areas and improving the condition of existing green areas on properties.
Eligible activities:
1. Planting shrubs and perennials in existing green areas.
2. Improving the fertility of existing green areas by mixing in compost or organic manure or adding topsoil.
3. Professional tree care, except for saplings:
a) rejuvenation, pruning, root pruning, cavity treatment, cabling, with treatment of resulting wounds,
b) protecting horse chestnut trees against the horse chestnut leaf miner by injecting the active ingredient at the root collar,
c) felling a dead tree and replacing it by planting an ornamental tree with a trunk circumference of at least 14/16 cm, or, where planting conditions are unsuitable, an ornamental tree with a trunk circumference of 10/12 cm in a planter.
4. In paved courtyards, placing large planters, preferably at least 60x60x80 cm, filling them with topsoil and planting trees, shrubs and perennials.
5. Transport costs related to greening.
6. Decorating the railings of open galleries (függőfolyosó) by placing uniform balcony boxes of the same color and material, planting them with annuals and/or biennials and/or perennials, and installing a drip irrigation system.
7. Purchasing tools for greening (e.g. rake, pruning shears, hoe, trowel, cultivator, spade, planting scoop, hedge trimmer, etc.).
8. Greening at least half of the windows and balconies on the building’s street facade by placing uniform balcony boxes of the same color and material and planting them with annuals and/or biennials and/or perennials.
9. Planting trees in existing green areas.
10. Renovating an old, hazardous flower bed.
11. Creating a new green area in the following cases:
a) breaking up and removing paving, replacing the soil to a depth of 50-100 cm or mixing in compost/organic manure to a similar depth, creating a flower bed and planting it with shrubs and/or perennials
b) building a raised bed while keeping the paving, with a suitable edging, filling the bed with topsoil mixed with compost and/or organic manure to a depth of at least 40 cm, and planting it with shrubs and/or perennials
c) creating a green roof in the courtyard of the building on a suitable roof.
12. Removing an old, hazardous flower bed and creating a new green area instead in the following cases:
a) breaking up and removing paving, replacing the soil to a depth of 50-100 cm or mixing in compost/organic manure to a similar depth, creating a flower bed and planting it with shrubs and/or perennials
b) building a raised bed while keeping the paving, with a suitable edging, filling the bed with topsoil mixed with compost and/or organic manure to a depth of at least 40 cm, and planting it with shrubs and/or perennials
The after completion, care and maintenance must be ensured by the applicant.
The location may not differ from the address given in the application and may not extend beyond the boundaries of public space.
Form and amount of support:
The Form of support: non-repayable support.
Amount: based on the application budget recorded on the application form submitted by the applicant and accepted by the decision-maker.
Maximum amount of support: HUF 400,000.
Support intensity: 50 %.
Disbursement of support: retrospective financing, in a single installment.
Own funds are required for the application, amounting to 50%.
Documents required to apply:
– A completed “Application Form” (Annex 2)
– Resolution of the condominium general meeting on the election of the common representative.
– Resolution of the general meeting of the applicant condominium or housing cooperative on taking part in the call and on caring for the plants.
– Budget
Method and place of submission:
The call and its annexes can be obtained as follows:
can be downloaded from the Local Government’s website (www.erzsebetvaros.hu, or, following a request by phone (06-1-462-3289) or by email (varosuzemeltetes@erzsebetvaros.hu), they are sent electronically to the applicant.
– Applications can be submitted immediately after the call is announced, and decisions are prepared on a rolling basis.
– Method of submission: by post by registered post to the Local Government’s address (1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6.), in one copy on paper and one copy on an electronic storage medium (CD, DVD) in PDF format. Please write on the envelope: “2026. évi növényesítési pályázat” (2026 greening application), or
– electronically, i.e. via Ügyfélkapu/Cégkapu (Hivatali kapu address: short name: BPVIIPH, KRID code:500127390).
– For postal submission, the date of the postmark on the envelope counts as the submission date. For electronic submission via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu (Hivatali kapu address: short name: BPVIIPH, KRID code:500127390), the time of sending counts as the submission date.
– Decisions are prepared by the Mayor’s Office.
– Applications are assessed by the Urban Operations Committee of the Local Government’s Council.
– Applications are assessed on both content and form. The Mayor’s Office opens the envelopes. The opening minutes must record the valid and invalid applications and those that can be made valid by supplying missing items. If the applicant submitted an incomplete or incorrect application and the errors or omissions can be remedied, a request to supply missing items is sent to the applicant.
– Missing items may be supplied onceduring the procedure. The request to supply missing items is sent electronically, i.e. via Cégkapu/Ügyfélkapu, or by registered post with acknowledgment of receipt. For electronically sent requests, the day of receipt is the day the applicant downloads the document. If the delivery system confirms that the applicant did not collect the electronically sent document despite notification, the document is deemed delivered on the 5th working day after the time shown in the notification certificate (presumption of delivery).
– Missing items must be supplied within 10 working days of receiving the request.
How to supply missing items:
– by post by registered post to the Local Government’s address (1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6.) in one copy and in one copy on an electronic storage medium (CD, DVD) in PDF format. Please write on the envelope: “2026. évi növényesítési pályázat hiánypótlás” (2026 greening application – missing items), or
– electronically, i.e. via Ügyfélkapu/Cégkapu (Hivatali kapu address: short name: BPVIIPH, KRID code:500127390).
– For postal submission, the time of the postmark on the envelope counts as the submission date. For electronic submission (via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu), the time of sending counts as the submission date.
If the applicant again supplies missing items incorrectly or incompletely, or does not remedy the deficiencies within the deadline set in the request, the incorrect or incomplete application may be rejected without further examination.
How the call is managed:
The result of the call is published on the Local Government’s website, and applicants are notified electronically, i.e. via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu, or by post.
The Local Government concludes support contracts with the winning applicants.
After being notified of the result, the applicant has 30 days to send the authorization letter. The support contract is prepared and signed after a bank authorization letter, correct in form and content and bearing the bank’s registration number, has been submitted. The applicant has 30 days from notification that the contract is ready to sign it; if this period expires without signature, the application becomes invalid.
The deadline for accountingfor the grant and submitting invoices is the 150th day after the support contract is signed.
If the winning applicant cannot submit the accounts by the deadline set in the support contract, it may, by the 45th day before the deadline , request the Local Government to extend the deadline (by up to three months) . The Urban Operations Committee decides on the request. If the winning applicant does not meet the accounting deadline set in the support contract, its entitlement to support ends due to breach of contract.
The grant is paid after the accounts have been submitted.
Legal remedy
The applicant may appeal against the decision within 10 working days of receiving the decision.
How to submit an appeal:
– by post by registered post to the Local Government’s address (1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 6.) in one copy. Please write on the envelope: “2026. évi növényesítési pályázat jogorvoslati kérelem” (2026 greening application – appeal).
For postal submission, the time of the postmark on the envelope counts as the submission date.
– electronically, i.e. via Ügyfélkapu/Cégkapu (Hivatali kapu address: short name: BPVIIPH, KRID code:500127390).
For electronic submission via Ügyfélkapu or Cégkapu, the time of sending counts as the submission date.
– The decision on the appeal is prepared by the Urban Operations Department of the Mayor’s Office.
– The Council of the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest decides on the appeal.
Transparency
By submitting an application, participants also consent to the data recorded during the procedure being processed in connection with the application, the procedure and the support decision by the Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest as issuer of the call and by the bodies preparing and making the support decision, in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (GDPR) and Act CXII of 2011 on the right to informational self-determination and freedom of information (hereinafter: Info Act).
The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the data of natural persons in the materials it submits during the procedure have been processed lawfully and that the data subjects have received the necessary information.
The applicant acknowledges that, under Annex 1 of the Info Act, applicants’ data and the results of the call are published on the Local Government’s official website (www.erzsebetvaros.hu) are made public.
The winning applicant acknowledges the provision of the Info Act under which any natural person, legal person or organization without legal personality that enters into a financial or business relationship with a person belonging to a subsystem of public finances must, on request, provide anyone with information on public interest data related to that relationship.
For matters not regulated in this call, the relevant provisions of Act V of 2013 on the Civil Code and other related legislation apply.
On the call, further information is available during office hours from Ágnes Bordás of the Urban Operations Department of the Mayor’s Office at 06-1-462-3289.
Budapest, February 10, 2026
Kertész Tamás
Committee Chair
Annexes to the draft resolution:
– Call for applications
1. Annex: INFORMATION on the 2026 non-repayable greening support for residential communities and local government institutions
2. Annex: Application form
3. Annex: Authorization letter template
4. Annex: Woody plants tolerant of polluted urban air
5. Annex: Support contract template
6. Annex: Guide