AI Initiative to Ensure Integrity in EU Fund Use

The Hungarian Integrity Authority plans to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to detect risks in the allocation of EU funds and public procurement, the organization revealed on Tuesday.

The goal of the two-year digital project, launched this week, is not only to develop data-driven analytical tools but also to formulate a comprehensive digital strategy that supports the transparency, integrity, and accountability in the use of EU funds. They added that the initiative could have an impact within public administration as well, but its effective operation and corruption prevention depend on direct access to public data.

The organization reported that the international hybrid conference launching the project highlighted the fraud and corruption risks involved in the use of EU funds, especially in public procurement. To address these, the Integrity Authority — as an autonomous administrative body overseeing the use of EU funds in Hungary — is developing

a risk analysis system that enables its staff to identify potential corruption risks using the latest technologies supported by AI.

The statement quotes Ferenc Pál Biró, President of the Integrity Authority, who said at the conference that the project truly creates value for Hungary. “For us, it is clear: preventing corruption is always cheaper, cleaner, and more effective than uncovering and remedying it afterward,” the president emphasized. He added that “corruption is like a slowly spreading infection: if we recognize and divert it in time, it requires far fewer victims and resources than when the entire body needs healing.”

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According to Ferenc Pál Biró,

they are developing a system that will become a public asset for the country, and the integrated data and information platform being created will strengthen the entire public sector.

At the conference, it was said that effective prevention requires in-depth, real-time, and tangible information, as well as broad access to data, which also requires meaningful cooperation from partner institutions.

The Authority stated that the initiative is being implemented in cooperation with the European Commission, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The project has a support value of 600,000 euros, but the Authority is not receiving direct funding — instead, it benefits from the technical expertise of the European Commission and the OECD.

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