In the preparation of the renewed NSDS many research institute and university department submitted opinions.

• NGOs are primarily engaged in SD policy through NFTT, which has been a highly active player for a decade.
• Coalition of Humanitarian and Environmental NGOs published 'Agenda 2030: Proposals for Successful Implementation in Hungary' in 09/2015. This report recommends the government to:
  • Ensure strategic coordination at governmental level, including for more efficient cooperation with social partners
  • Assess to what extent National Framework Strategy for SD already encompasses SDGs; 
  • Government must emphasise policy coherence for development
  • Appropriate indicators and methodologies must be adopted
  • Further awareness raising is required to engage stakeholders, especially in the fields of SD and development cooperation
• Civil Roundtable for Sustainable Development Goals
• HAND Association of NGOs for Development and Humanitarian Aid.
  • Participation to project: Coherent Europe for Sustainable Development: Action for Policies that Will Make a Difference
• National Society of Conservationists – Friends of the Earth Hungary.

V4SDG is a youth-led non-profit initiative aiming to promote action on the UN SDGs and consists of four states: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. V4SDG organized its first conference in Budapest on 23-24 May 2018.

Opinions were submitted via the homepage of the National Council for Sustainable Development or by e-mail.