institutional framework for relations with the kin-state (motherland)
Decisions of kin-state policy are made in the Hungarian Parliament on the one hand, and at Hungarian–Hungarian consultative and decision-making forums on the other. As a consequence of its constitutional obligation, the Hungarian state, the kin-state has established institutional forums for maintaining relations, the most important of which are the Hungarian Standing Conference, the Hungarian Diaspora Council and the Forum of Hungarian Representatives in the Carpathian Basin, and their specialized committees. The Committee on National Cohesion of the Hungarian Parliament can also be seen as an institutional framework for maintaining contact. In addition to institutional frameworks, there are a number of cooperation and contact forums (professional, sectoral, cultural and municipal).