The manufacturers, consumers and users established jointly in 1997 the Hungarian Smart Card Forum (NJSZT IKF) under the auspices of the John von Neumann Computer Society (NJSZT) with the intention of stimulating the development of the Hungarian smart card market and for promoting professional interest conciliation. The primary objectives of our forum are identical with the objectives of NJSZT, our umbrella organisation. We wish to achieve that our opinion be regarded as standard guidance by the Hungarian professional organisations, the government and the public opinion, and we wish to represent our organisation at the relevant professional forums as often as possible.

During its 10 years of existence, through its workshops, recommendations and publications, NJSZT IKF has done its best to widely introduce the usefulness and the practical application possibilities of smart cards to potential users in the area of public administration, and within the non profit and business sectors. NJSZT IKF, as a politically and economically independent organisation, acts with professional commitment in the areas of standardisation and lawmaking as well.

The mission of our forum covers not only the promotion of the spreading of the smart card technology. Our forum does also actively contribute to the improvement of the operation capability of the planned national level projects by encouraging the program hosts to take into consideration the principles of standardisation and interoperability. NJSZT IKF has the professional know-how that is required for clearly defining the requirements of the planned systems with keeping in mind the EU trends and directives, and it does its utmost to transfer this know-how to the parties involved.