OPEN DAYS 2012 LOCAL EVENTS COUNTRY LEAFLET HUNGARY City of Budapest Central Hungary Region Észak-Alföld South Transdanubia
INDEX I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2012 City of Budapest 3 Central Hungary Region 4 Észak-Alföld 6 South Transdanubia 7 II. Independent partner other organisation/association organising a local event CBC SI/HU Slovenia Hungary 7 events 8 CBC SI/AT Slovenia Austria 9-15 CBC HU/RO Hungary Romania 16 Transnational Programme South East Europe 17 CBC HU/SK Hungary - Slovak Republic 18 ENPI CBC Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine 3 events 19-21 CBC AT/HU Austria Hungary 22 2
I. Regional Partnerships Official Partners of the OPEN DAYS 2012 City of Budapest (Capital Cities and Regions Network (CCRN)) «Europe in Budapest: delivering Europe 2020 goals with special focus on Roma inclusion» Budapest 22 November 2012 Theme Type: Seminar Organisers: Municipality of Budapest, the Mayor s Office, Project Management Department Representation of Budapest, Brussels Chair: Speakers: Ms. Ivett Tatárné Varga, Municipality of Budapest, Office of the Deputy Mayor in charge of city development Attila Molnár, strategic coordinator-equal opportunity officer, cabinet of the Mayor Dávid Hargitai, Budapest Chance Non-Profit Co. Ltd. Budapest has recently prepared its EU strategy with the aim to help to achieve EU 2020 goals with coordinated actions and to enhance the effective and efficient use of EU support. A main element of Europe 2020 and the strategy itself is inclusive growth to ensure among other objectives economic, social and territorial cohesion. Among other activities and projects the City has been working on inclusion of Roma population in the frame of the URBACT II Roma-Net project and a Local Action Plan has been produced. The seminar will present the EU strategy of the City and the Local Action Plan. Representatives from the city s universities, voluntary and community sector, local authorities, local government, of Budapest and other Hungarian towns. 3
Central Hungary Region (Towards EU 28) "Danube Strategy - Which Connects us" Territorial cooperation Vác October 2012 Type: Presentations round table discussion Organisers: Hunineu (European Representation of Hungarian Communities) ProRegio - Central Hungarian Region City Council of the City of Vác Apor Vilmos Catholic University College Chair: Mr Botond ZÁKONYI, the Director of Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (former Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Hungary to the European Union) Speakers: Botond ZÁKONYI, the Director of Hungarian Institute of International Affairs Attila FÖRDŐS, the mayor of the City of Vác, Antal KISS, Head of HUNINEU Brussels office Dr. Maria FÜLÖPNÉ ERDŐS, the rector of the Apor Vilmos Catholic University College, Vác The role, the implicit and explicit possibilities and the significance of the European Danube Region Strategy in developing and connecting European countries and nations outside and inside the EU will be in the focus of the HUNINEU s local event. This local event will be closely related to one of our consortium s topics entitled: Regional Strategies and Inter-regional cooperation in the West Balkan region. The event will showcase the possible advantages and benefits of the different aspects of the Strategy, accepted during the Hungarian EU Presidency. Our event aims to raise awareness of the available possibilities by this action plan for boosting the development in the region. As the Central Hungarian Region is located at the Hungarian-Slovakian border and has many living cross border relations, this aspect of cooperation plays a particularly important role there. Our local events will be aimed at local elected politicians, practitioners from local authorities, nongovernmental organisations, local entrepreneurs but also university students and active local people interested in public affairs. Local government representatives, local authorities, non-governmental organisations, local entrepreneurs, representatives of the AVCC university, local people interested in public affairs. 4
http://www.proregio.hu/en/central-region/introduction-central-regio http://www.avkf.hu/eng/ http://www.vac.hu/nyelv/eng/index.php http://www.hunineu.eu/index.php?mdl=home 5
Észak-Alföld (Partnership of European Regional Innovation Agencies) "Europe in my region opportunities in the next programming period" Debrecen 12 November 2012 Territorial cooperation Type: Conference presentation Organisers: Észak-Alföld region INNOVA Észak-Alföld Regional Innovation Agency Chair: Fruzsina Ökrös junior manager at INNOVA Észak-Alföld Regional Innovation Agency Speakers: TBC At the event of 12 th November (on the day of the Hungarian Sciences) a conference will be organised in Debrecen. Part of this event will be the Regional Innovation Award Ceremony, and also a presentation from the Commission side in the topic of Europe in my region opportunities in the next programming period. Actors from regional innovation and development, professors, innovative companies. 6
South Transdanubia (Regions promoting sustainable tourism infrastructure development in rural regions) "Eco-conscious tourism accommodation development in rural areas" Territorial cooperation Pécs 30 October 2012 Type: Conference Organisers: South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency Chair: Mr PÁMER Zoltán, head of unit, South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency Speakers: FARKAS Tibor dr., managing director, South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency PÁMER Zoltán, head of unit, South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency BOJCSEV András, planning manager for tourism, South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency SZABÓ Géza, president, Baranya County Rural Tourism Association DEZSŐ Gabriella, MIOK Foundation Pécs Franc GÖNC, Regional Development Agency Mura The event gives an informative outline of good practices in eco-friendly development of tourism infrastructure in the Region of South Transdanubia. The single speakers represent various institutions (public or private) that have practices in the region that were considered as good practice in the framework of the ICER project (INTERREG IVC) where South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency participated as project partner. Besides highlighting good practices the event also gives an outline on the recommendation handbook s main findings on tourism infrastructure development policy. Target groups are decision makers in tourism, SME and environmental development policy. Other target groups are development and EU policy professionals, opinion leaders and SMEs being potential developers of tourism infrastructure. Detailed content of good practices to be presented: http://www.icerproject.eu/pages/index.jsf?p=2&id=7097 General information on the project: www.icerproject.eu 7
II. Independent partner other organisation/association organising a local event CBC SI/HU Slovenia Hungary "Orchard Workshop for Children" Felsőszölnök 21 September 2012 Organisers: Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 Children will get to know the meadow orchards and their ongoing work. The border region's children. www.si-hu.eu 8
CBC SI/HU Slovenia Hungary "Rába- region hiking tour, which includes the places representing the cultural heritage" Kétvölgy 21 September 2012 Organisers: Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 The tour participants will visit the Pottery Museum and watch a film about pottery in Kétvölgy, then they will go to the Border Guard Museum in Apátistvánfalva,and finally the Arts and Crafts House in Orfalu.. The border region's population. www.si-hu.eu 9
CBC SI/HU Slovenia Hungary "Arts and crafts workshop" Orfalu 20 September 2012 Organisers: Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 The participants will learn to weave basket, make string bags from corn husks and to work with clay. The border region's population. www.si-hu.eu 10
CBC SI/HU Slovenia Hungary "Project introduction - Cooperation over the Hungarian-Slovenian Border" Lenti 19 September 2012 Organisers: Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 Introduction of the Hungarian-Slovenian Borderline as the scene of the project Review of the common history Presentation of completed programmes and materials The youth and the educators living along the Hungarian Slovenian Border. www.si-hu.eu 11
CBC SI/HU Slovenia Hungary "Landscape in harmony" - Study-tour" Őriszentpéter 22 September 2012 Organisers: Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 Study-tour Visiting farmers, looking at information boards created in the project, cheese factory in Ratkovci. Inhabitants, experts on sustainable development, land-use and environmental protection, representatives of local media, local farmers. http://landscapeinharmony.eu 12
CBC SI/HU Slovenia Hungary ""Landscape in harmony" - Project-closing conference" Őriszentpéter 21 September 2012 Organisers: Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 Conference Introducing the results of habitat mapping, butterfly mapping, the sustainable land use strategy, publications and film created in the project. Inhabitants, experts on sustainable development, land-use and environmental protection, representatives of local media, local farmers. http://landscapeinharmony.eu 13
CBC SI/HU Slovenia Hungary ""5 mail coach" Active Tourism Day in Nagyrécse" Nagyrécse 18 September 2012 Organisers: Operational Programme Slovenia-Hungary 2007-2013 Active tourism day with a conference and inauguration of an innovation and product development centre. Slovenian-Hungarian border villages' tourists and tourism services, representatives of local government in border region. www.si-hu.eu 14
CBC SI/AT Slovenia - Austria "5 mail coach" Tourism rest place and viewpoint opening, GPS treasure hunting in Magyraszerdahely Magyarszerdahely 20 September 2012 Organisers: Operational Programme Slovenia-Austria 2007-2013 Tourists rest place and viewpoint inauguration, GPS treasurer hunting.. Slovenian-Hungarian border villages's tourists and tourism services, representatives of local government in border region. www.si-at.eu 15
CBC HU/RO Hungary - Romania "Scientific and Entrepreneurial Picnic in Szeged" Szeged 21 September 2012 Organisers: Hungary-Romania Cross-Border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013 SCIENTSTU project financed in the frame of the Hungary-Romania Cross-border Co-operation Programme is organising a cross-border dissemination event entitled "Scientific and Entrepreneurial picnic" in Szeged on 21 September 2012. The event will be organised outdoor in order to reach a large number of people and students from both sides of the border, inviting them to find out more about scientific challenges and achievements in the cross-border region. During the Picnic project partners will demonstrate chemistry and photonics experiments, meanwhile participants will have the opportunity to try out "magical" experiments as well. In addition, an Innovative- IT corner" will be set up, where talented IT experts and innovators will present ICT tools and applications during a series of discussions related to the development of new businesses ideas in the cross-border area between Hungary and Romania. Of course, all of these activities will be combined with a real picnic, livened by the performances of music bands from the border area. The involvement of local media will make the event arrive to a broader audience than the stakeholders and project partners,aiming to bring the Hungary-Romania Cross-Border Cooperation Programme results to the attention of local communities. Local media, Students from the border area, Citizens from Csongrád and Timiş counties. www.huro-cbc.eu 16
Transnational Programme South East Europe "Boat on the Danube to promote Territorial Cooperation" Budapest 21 September 2012 Organisers: South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme A boat on the Danube River in Budapest is to be rented to hold in the boat a symbolic event focused on European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) and the South East Europe Programme (SEE). This event will be open to general public, joining at the same time the recreational aspect to the informative one, and it will include an exhibition of Danube-related SEE projects and a press conference addressed to local media. The idea of renting a boat in the Danube River comes from the fact that Danube is one of the best symbols of the SEE programme as an example of something uniting countries across the borders in one of the most diverse and complex transnational areas of the EU. Moreover, the European Commission has launched the Danube Strategy (www.danube-region.eu) as an opportunity to boost the development of the Danube Region. On the other hand, the involvement of media will make the event arrive to a broader audience than the stakeholders and project partners, trying in this way to make aware to citizens of Territorial Cooperation in general and the South East Europe Programme in particular. People on the street (Budapest citizens and tourists), Local, regional and national media (to reach out to a broader public), Local authorities, Programme stakeholders, SEE Danube-related projects representatives. www.southeast-europe.net 17
CBC HU/SK Hungary Slovak Republic "Classical music concert in the Aggtelek Cave" Aggtelek 21 September 2012 Organisers: Cross-Border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013 Hungary- Slovak Republic The Aggtelek National Park is an area rich in unique natural and cultural assets. One of the most endearing treasures of the park is the Baradla Cave, which is the biggest and the most magnificent cave in Hungary, and also reaches over the Slovak border. The cave offers the unique experience of philharmonic and chamber music in its enormous concert hall for over 700 guests at a time. This hall is the place where the Hungary- Slovakia Cross-border Cooperation Programme within the frames of the European Cooperation Day is organizing its classical music concert. Slovak and Hungarian composers philharmonic work will be performed by the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra. Before the concert we kindly invite our guests for a guided tour in the Cave (starts at 15.45). After a short reception the concert starts at 6 pm on 21st September 2012. Open for everyone. www.husk-cbc.eu 18
ENPI CBC Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine "Introducing Traditional Crafts in frame of a Slovak-Hungarian-Ukrainian cross-border cooperation" Sátoraljaújhely 14 September 2012 Organisers: Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 The Hungarian-Slovak Bilingual Minority Primary School and Boarding School (Magyar-Szlovák Két Tanítási Nyelvű Nemzetiségi Általános Iskola és Kollégium) is going to organise an event "Introducing Traditional Crafts" in the frame of project titled Friendship - connect the nations HUSKROUA/1001/149 financed from the ENPI CBC Programme Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine 2007-2013. 15-15-15 pupils from Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine take part Introducing Traditional Crafts activity that is the third event in project titled above. The event will take place at the partner school in Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary. The second day (14 September 2012) is opened to the public when participants can meet the local craftsmen and their products: Cooking activity: making plum jam in the copper pot, baking bread in the traditional oven built outside Workshop activity: painting bottles, working with leather, cutting wood After lunch planting a memorable tree together. Sport event Presentations of each other s school, folk dance performance of the local folk dance groups, slide show on previous activities (Non-traditional sports, Bicycle Camp). Products (wood art, leather products, glass paintings) made by pupils will be exhibited on the following day, 15 September 2012. Students, children, families. http://www.huskroua-cbc.net/ 19
ENPI CBC Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine "General Environment Protection - Role of environmental issues in health protection, as part of the 11th Apple Festival in Csenger" Csenger 21 September 2012 Organisers: Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 E-misszio Association takes part in organizing environmental education programmes under the aegis of a local festival. We go there with our publications and awareness raising materials focused on our ENPI composting programme (Waste reduction by composting - popularizing composting in Transcarpathia and Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county), to increase interest in environment protection and to introduce our activity based on international cooperation and ENPI programme, as well. 700 primary school student, 400 high school student and their teachers. http://www.huskroua-cbc.net/ 20
ENPI CBC Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine "Good practices in cooperation, integration and experience learning Cooperation to celebrate ECD in Nyíregyháza with AlterEgo Association, Down Association and TO TEACH Foundation of Rutinsoft Kft for high level educationintroducing Traditional Crafts in frame of a Slovak-Hungarian-Ukrainian cross-border cooperation" Nyíregyháza 19 September 2012 Organisers: Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 10 projection about events and activities until now in The bell rings for everyone programme (pictures and videos about Ungvar and Nyíregyháza) - organised by Down Association 10:00-10:10 and 11:00-11:10 10' projection about "Healthy Communities without borders" (2011) and "Network of SD supported schools" (2012-2013) projects - presented by AlterEgo Association Time frame: 10:10-10:20 and 11:10-11:20 OKO Playing room - as a part of "Network of SD Committed Schools" project will be presented in working. Leading by teacher we present how can use children this place to increase their knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes regarding to the health and sustainable development. Participants of the presentation lectures are healthy and mentally disabled children together. This programme would be a good mode for presenting integrated, practise and experience based, interactive teaching-learning methods. 10:20-11:00 ad 11:20-12:00 Know yourself! You could get information about your English and IT knowledge, how much learning time you need to reach your goals! The Teaching Foundation and its web-based distance education software will help you! The children use the software in their IT classroom to discover their English and IT knowledge level. Members of Foundation help them. 12:00-14:00 Healthy and disabled school children (6-14 years old), teachers and other representatives of schools, education, organisation for primary prevention, environment protection, support sustainable development and desicion makers. http://www.huskroua-cbc.net/ 21
CBC AT/HU Austria - Hungary "Information seminar in the Lukács Sándor Vocational School" Nyíregyháza 19 September 2012 Organisers: Cross-border Cooperation Programme Austria - Hungary Information seminar in Lukács Sándor Vocational School about the Automotive Academy, which was established as part of the AC Centrope II project.educational programs within the Automotive Academy will be introduced, and the participants will be surveyed about the training needs regarding e-mobility. Students and teachers of the vocational school and indirectly also the students' parents. http://www.at-hu.net 22