FMA is a small economic think tank which aims to contribute to the emergence of an enterprise-friendly legal and economic environment through research, the adaptation of international experience, and the creation of awareness of the social and economic importance of small- and medium-sized companies.
The foundation’s primary task is the research of problems resulting from the spread of market economy. It aims to use research results in the preparation of legislature, economic and training policies and public relations.
Special emphasis is laid on the following strategic issues of the transition to and development of market economy:
- ownership structures, privatization, the condition of the private sector, the state’s economic role, and direct foreign investments
- research aimed at contributing to a well-thought-out economic policy: industrial policy, regional development, and strategic and tactical questions of specific foreign trade tasks (competition policy and market protection, conditions of EU membership)
- research aiming to promote the formation and growth of enterprises in general and SMEs in particular
The research involves the assessment of organizations’ condition and social- economic environment, as well as the factors affecting their operation and development, including regional aspects. Furthermore, recommendations are made as to the necessary changes. The results aim to contribute to a sound economic policy by promoting the development and efficiency of market economy.
Furthermore, the foundation aims to contribute to shaping public opinion on market economy. To this end, workshops are organized, lectures are delivered at international conferences and articles are published.
The foundations’s website is in both English and Hungarian, it contains a list of publications, some downloadable and some with abstracts, details of forthcoming workshops and summaries of previous events.