COST shall suspend cooperation with the Hungarian legal entities implied by the Council Decision 2022/2056.

Please note that, as of 4 July 2023 and until further notice:

  • Participation and eligibility of COST Action participants affiliated to Hungarian legal entities implied by the Council Decision shall be suspended for all COST Actions and COST activities. Therefore, these COST Action participants shall not be invited to participate in any type of Action activities;
  • Management Committee and Working Group participants affiliated to Hungarian legal entities implied by the Council Decision are suspended from this role ( the CNC and the COST Administration is in charge of denominating). In case Actions receive new MC or WG membership applications from the affected Hungarian legal entities, please note that the request(s) cannot be approved;
  • No Action activity is allowed to take place in any of these concerned Hungarian institutions;
  • These participants shall not be invited or reimbursed for attending any Action activity.  Any such reimbursement will be removed from e-COST.

In this regard the Annex I of Level A Country and Organisations table has been updated to include these measures.

List of institutions affected by Council Implementing Decision 2022/2056

We understand the concern that this situation is creating amongst our community. The COST Association is dissatisfied with this development.

Dr Anusha Panjwani,
Head of the Science Department at the COST Association