Projects

Project Title: “Football across border”

Acronym: FAB

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/34/0020

Total Project budget: 117 980,00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 100 283,00 EUR

Start Date: 1 Nov 2020

End Date: 30 Jun 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Bordány Sportkör (Bordány Sport Club)

Beneficiary 1: Fudbalski klub Vinogradar Hajdukovo (Football club "Vinogradar" Hajdukovo)

Contact information:

Bordány Sportkör (Bordány Sport Club)

Address: Szent István tér 1, 6795 Bordány, Hungary.

Contact person: Mr. Péter Kiss-Patik

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36307472068, +36306765910

 

Project summary:

Remote settlements from the economic and social centers are more difficult to include in bloodstream of events. Therefore, social inclusion opportunities for inhabitants of these settlements are limited. Amateur sport clubs, playing important role in communal lives of villages, are the bases of physical exercises, leisure activities and good health of youth. Therefore, project is intended to create framework conditions for sports preparation and competition of masses, over which target group will revive traditional values and promote CBR. Project's Main Objective is to foster cooperation between young population of the border region by organizing joint sport activities and events in order to develop inter-regional relations and partnership. The main target group of the project are the adolescent and junior players, including members of girl teams from both countries, who will directly participate in all activities and events. The additional direct target group consists of adult sport experts who will attend professional trainings.

Project's Main Activities are:

- Joint training camp for ADOLESCENTS will be organized in Serbia,

- Joint training camp for JUNIORS will be organized in Hungary,

- Joint training camp for ADOLESCENTS and JUNIORS at SRB.

- Health condition assessment of children participate at joint training camp at SRB.

- Training of trainers in both countries.

- Organized CB league for ADOLESCENTS in both countries, two occasions,

- CB league JUNIORS in both countries, twice,

- Family football open days at both settlements.

As the most significant benefit of the project will be the sustainable cooperation base interaction between people form CB areas which will embodied in joint organization, preparation and implementation of sport related activities.

Project Title: Incredible Destinations Events (IDE)

Acronym: IDE

Project ID: HUSRB 1903/31/0083

Total Project budget: 377.568,80 EUR  

EU contribution (IPA): 320.933,48 EUR

Start Date: 1 Februar 2021

End Date: 31 May 2022

Lead Beneficiary: EXIT Foundation

Beneficiary 1: ÓNTE National Heritage Park, Szoborkert 68, 6767 Ópusztaszer, Hungary

Contact information: EXIT Foundation

Address: Kisačka 5, 21000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Ida Siljanović 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 64 9367 524

 

Project summary:

The aim of this project is to develop an innovative platform that will promote tourist destinations and cultural heritage of the border region - Hungary and Serbia, with the participation of popular internationally recognised music and DJ stars and with the help of creative industry and innovative digital and video tools attractive to young people and tourists.

The first phase of the project will be realised at two destinations, at the Bač Fortress in Serbia and at the Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park in Hungary. On that occasion, two innovative tourist events will be held at the mentioned locations, with the aim of attracting a wider audience via the Internet than it is the case with the use of traditional online platforms. The idea behind this type of event is branding and promoting destinations through performances by popular and internationally recognised music stars.

Footage of the performers' shows will be presented through attractive video material, including drone footage that will provide amazing video recordings from different angles of the location itself, with the event being broadcast via EXIT festival and ONTE networks, partner media and popular YouTubers and influencers. Video footage of the entire event will also be available on the YouTube platform, while abridged versions will be used for promotions  via social media. In addition, a 5 + 5 day tour of artists will be realised through the border region of Hungary and Serbia in order to upgrade the results of the project.

All activities within this project will strive to establish a new type of tourist promotion of the region in order to increase the number of visitors, as well as economic and social sustainability. The project is primarily aimed at the younger and local populations, tourists, and representatives of the tourism and creative industries.

Project Title: Famous women in science and culture: experience design through joint cultural tourism route and product development in Serbia-Hungary cross-border region

Acronym: WSCRoute

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/31/0019

Total Project budget: 463 064 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 393 604,4 EUR

Start Date: 1 March 2021

End Date: 30 June 2023

Lead Beneficiary: Muzej grada Novog Sada (City Museum of Novi Sad)

Beneficiary 1: Szegedi Szabadtéri Játékok és Fesztivál Szervező Nonprofit Kft. (Open-Air Theater of Szeged and REOK Public Benefit Corporation)

Beneficiary 2: Dél-Alföldi Eurotender, Ifjúsági, Kulturális, Oktatási és Környezetvédelmi Egyesület (Eurotender Association)

Contact information:

Muzej grada Novog Sada (City Museum of Novi Sad)

Address: Tvrđava 4 21131 Petrovaradin Serbia

Contact person: Ms Vesna Iković 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381216432055, +381691351983

 

Project summary:

The project tackles the problem of insufficient promotion and recognition of cultural heritage related to important women in cross-border region of Hungary and Serbia. Thus, the main objective of the project is strengthening and diversifying cross-border tourist offer through creation of joint tourism route related to important women in science and culture.

This route will 1) increase number of visitors, 2) enhance tourism experience and 3) promote cultural heritage related to the important women of the Serbia-Hungary cross-border region. In this way, the project will contribute to strengthening relationships between two countries in the context of promotion of cultural values and heritage related to famous women, multiculturalism and tourism development in total. The tourism route will start in Novi Sad and end in Szeged, connecting important places, museums and galleries along that way, which are related to the life and work of famous women.

The route will have two major multimedia permanent exhibitions: Mileva Marić Ajnštajn in Novi Sad and exhibition dedicated to three important female figures (photographer Manci Bäck, painter Nana Kukovetz and librarian Ágota Fischhof) in Szeged. The museum experience will be co-created through modern digital tools such as 3D projections and augmented reality. The project will produce a strategic document of the tourism route, but also some digital tools for joint implementation and promotion of the project. The mobile application of the route will provide interesting information about important women and related places on the route, with stories about their life and achievements (the stories will be connected with geolocation of the sites). The promotion and sustainability of the route will be also enabled by joint Branding Platform. The added value of the project is raising awareness of the role of women in culture and science in cross-border region through guided tours in museums adjusted to different type of audiences.

Project Title: Nature for the Future without Borders

Acronym: NAFUTURE

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/34/0034

Total Project budget: 212.314,33 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 180.467,17 EUR

Start Date: 01. October 2020

End Date: 31. December 2021.

Lead Beneficiary: Crveni krst Srbije - Crveni krst Vojvodine (Red Cross of Serbia - Red Cross of Vojvodina)

Beneficiary 1: Magyar Vöröskereszt Csongrád Megyei Szervezet (Hungarian Red Cross Csongrad County Branch)

Contact information:

Crveni krst Srbije - Crveni krst Vojvodine (Red Cross of Serbia – Red Cross of Vojvodina)

Address: Pionirska 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Boško Mitrašinović

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +38163321052, +38163321052

 

Project summary:

The project “Nature for the Future without Borders” started as an idea and a joint initiative of two partners. The project primarily tackles children from the age of 7 to 18 and tends to increase their mobility through involvement in sports, leisure, and nature protection activities, to build capacities of youth organizations and public institutions, and to establish modern online promotional tools for communication between youth in the cross-border region.

The partners have agreed that one of the main issues to be addressed in this project is the lack of youth mobility and communication in the cross-border region. All the activities to be taken within this project (fun events, nature protection actions, and sport-recreational events – 8 events, 4 in Serbia and 4 in Hungary with a total of 240 young people) will take place outdoors with a minimum of the presence of modern technologies and with strong emphasize of equal opportunities to all.

The partners also noticed the lack of direct communication between School-Age children with their closest friends and with the youth from across the border. Most of the communication they have is through social networks. Therefore, the idea of both partners is to increase mobility among youth and to raise environmental awareness.

For promoting all the activities in nature and to establish a sustainable cross-border cooperation network one of the project activities will be to form an online promotional tool for communication among youth in the cross-border region.

Project Title: Film art connects cross-border region

Acronym: FILMYing

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0102

Total Project budget: 139,155.66 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 118,282.31 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2021

End Date: 30 September 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Otvoreni univerzitet Subotica Doo (Open university Subotica Ltd.)

Beneficiary 1: Szegedi Rendezvény- és Médiaközpont Nonprofit Kft. (Szeged Event and Media Centre Non-profit LTD.)

Contact information:

Otvoreni univerzitet Subotica Doo (Open university Subotica Ltd.)

Address: Trg cara Jovana Nenada 15, 24 000 Subotica, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Vladimir Perović 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 63597245; +381 24554600

 

Project summary:

CB region is missing strategic and developing cooperation between stakeholders operating in the field of film art. Beside the lack of cooperation, which results in missing information about film programs, events and cinematography from abroad, important problem is lack of creative and networking activities in film art which would connect a regions population. Lack of knowledge about historical ties in the field of film art is contributing to the apsence of cooperation between film workers in the CB region. Lack of adequate offer of nonformal film education in CB region, leaves the target group the modest opportunities for the development of artistic spirit and skills regardless of their talent and interest. Young people from CB region, as constant users of modern technical devices such as mobile phones should be motivated and educated how to use this type of tool for creative work and development of filmmaking skills. Cooperation between film festivals will not just improve festivals programs, activities and promotion, but it is going to be the only possibility for EU support in the future, since MEDIA programme will focus on funding of networks of festivals rather than festivals individually.

Recognizing all these problems two partner institutions from Subotica and Szeged have prepared a set of interconected activities which will animate and connect a wide target group, especially young persons and create new cultural events resulting in concrete development of the film art in CB region. Project is based on the 4 cooperation pillars – cooperation and networking of film festivals from region, promotion of partner's country cinematografy, organization of innovative education in the filmmaking proces and research and promotion of historical ties of the region in the field of film art. Target groups will receive opportunity to enjoy in film art and develop their talents through education, practical work, experience exchange and cooperation with colleagues from abroad.

Project Title: Future from the Past - Development of Cross-border Heritage Tourism Based on Handicrafts

Acronym: HandCraft

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/31/0089

Total Project budget: 412 227 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 352 942,95 EUR

Start Date: 01.07.2021

End Date: 31.12.2022

Lead Beneficiary: BÁNÁT Serbian Cultural Association

Beneficiary 1: ’TALENTUM’ Art Association

Contact information:

Address: Deszk H6772, Széchenyi u.41.

Contact person: Mr. Krisztifor Brczán, president

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36206208956

 

Project summary:

The project aims to expand the range of folk culture touristic programs, develop and offer handicraft programs based on traditional folk crafts and material culture, to those interested in cross-border heritage tourism. As there is a permanent interest in folk art and folk culture, their elements and varieties are valuable and interesting regarding tourism: practicing, cultivating and teaching handicrafts, preserving techniques/motifs and introducing them to a wider audience on both sides of the border.

The project will provide thematic handicraft workshops, regular and online photo exhibitions, to introduce and archive folk handcraft activities. Furthermore, animated films with tourism marketing purposes in folk art will be created, as well as courses in the field of handicrafts. A total of 18 workshops, 3 camps in Deszk and Horgos, 3 exhibitions will be organized, as well as festivals (Ajvár Fests, Palicsi Magyar Sokadalom, Banatski Sabort, Children's Solo Dance Competitions).

The project includes the construction of handcraft workshop building of about 200m2 by the Lead Beneficiary in Deszk to hold open workshops.  Project partners will purchase tools, costumes and various materials and offer knowledge-transfer of certain techniques and motifs to representatives of other associations by joint workshops.

Project Title: Horgos-Röszke-Szeged - The good way connects everyone

Acronym: CBC-BIKE

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/21/0063

Total Project budget: 399.900,00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 339.915,00 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2020

End Date: 31 January 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Municipality of Kanjiža, Serbia

Beneficiary 1: , Local government of Röszke

Beneficiary 2: Szeged City with county rights

Contact information:

Municipality of Kanjiža, Serbia

Address: Glavni trg 1., 24420 Kanjiža, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: József Dávid

Email: cbcbike.husrb@gmailcom

Telephone: +381 3315569

 

Project summary:

Horgoš, Röszke, and Szeged are places strongly directed towards one another due to the living and working conditions. These local self-governments and their residents and economy, but also the environment, together face the consequences of the lack of uninterrupted cycle lanes.

The project envisages the construction of a section of the bicycle path, as well as the development of documentation, which will enable the bicycle path to be completed on the Horgoš- Röszke-Szeged route, and it will continue further to other places in the future. In the whole project, perhaps the most important part is the Horgoš II - Röszke II border crossing which will bring many benefits once it gets connected via a cycle lane.

The accompanying infrastructure in the form of bicycle rest areas and bicycle service stations will only increase the importance and effect of the path, especially regarding tourism. In this particular case by connecting these settlements with the most popular tourist destination in the area: Mórahalom.

Considering the importance of the project and its results and effect, promotional activities are also planned. These will make the public informed about the project and also about the importance of cycling, bicycle paths, safety and the accompanying infrastructure.

 

Main project activities:

-              Construction of 1830,39 m bicycle path in the settlement Horgoš

-              Preparation of the complete licensing plan accompanied by sectoral plans for the bicycle path between Röszke II border crossing and the Röszke Szent Antal square, as well as preparation of the execution plan necessary for the implementation.

-              Building of bicycle rest area on the route Röszke - Morahalom. The rest area includes an indoor rainfall, with tables, benches, and information board, a drinking fountain, a playground. Part of this rest area will be a mobile bicycle service station.

-              Setting up of mobile bicycle service stations which contain fixed equipment (wrench, pump, etc.) for maintenance and repair of bicycles, so anyone can have their bicycles fixed. One will be placed within the bicycle rest area and the other directly at the border crossing

-              Design and construction of 2 bicycle stations along the Szeged section of the EUROVELO 11 cycle path

-              Organization of project opening and closing events, promotional cycling events, press conferences and a promotional children's competitions

Project Title: Regional Innovation Laboratory for Industrial Automation and Mechatronics - Industry 4.0

Acronym: RILIAM I-4.0

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/43/0051

Total Project budget: 398.978,75 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 339.131,93 EUR

Start Date: 01/02/2021

End Date:   31/07/2022

Lead Beneficiary: VISOKA TEHNIČKA ŠKOLA STRUKOVNIH STUDIJA SUBOTICA (Subotica Tech – College of Applied Sciences)

Beneficiary 1: Szegedi Tudományegyetem (University of Szeged) 

Beneficiary 2: Csongrád Megyei Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara (Chamber of Commerce and Industry Csongrád County)

Beneficiary 3: Poslovni Inkubator Subotica (BUSINESS INCUBATOR SUBOTICA)

Contact information:

VISOKA TEHNIČKA ŠKOLA STRUKOVNIH STUDIJA SUBOTICA (Subotica Tech – College of Applied Sciences)

Address: Marka Oreškovića 16, 24000 Subotica, Serbia.

Contact person: dr. Mr. Laslo Gogolak

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +38124655235; +381692822558

 

Project summary:

The project RILIAM I-4.0 builds on results achieved with the previously implemented project RILIAM. It intends to strengthen and broaden cooperation and networking which have been established during RILIAM project between higher education institutions (VTS and SZTE), and the other consortium partners, companies, SMEs, young entrepreneurs, students and other who were involved in RILIAM project activities.

The overall objective is to foster the competitiveness of SMEs through cross-border traineeship program. Knowledge-sharing, networking and professional experience building will be carried through CB mobility in the frame of traineeships, study visits, workshops and students’ and SMEs’ conference.

Through theoretical and practical trainings in neighbor institution and companies, students, young professionals and entrepreneurs will gain practical knowledge and insight into a successful enterprise in the partner-country.

Within the project, several business facilitating and cooperating events will be organized, such as conference linking R&D needs and young researchers, Innovation, Industry and IT meet-ups.

In the field of automation, the improved Laboratories for Industrial Automation and Mechatronics will focus on the innovative and unique approach by strengthening the specific skills of young SMEs.

The project will have a positive impact on development of professional skills and competences of the labor force and directly effects the employment without borders.

 

Project Title: Enhancing cross-border co-operation in promotion of chess sport and in youth chess education

Acronym: CBC Chess

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/34/0005

Total Project budget: 110 989,05 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 94 340,69 EUR

Start Date: 2021.01.01.

End Date: 2022.06.30.

Lead Beneficiary: Maróczy Géza Sportegyesület

Beneficiary 1: Šahovski Klub „Senta”

 

Contact information:

Address: 6728 Szeged, Baktói u. 95.

Contact person: Róbert Kopasz

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36 20 999 5109

 

Project summary:

Sport Association Maróczy Géza (Maróczy SE) and Chess Club "Senta" (ŠK Senta) intend to carry out a 18 month complex project in order to promote chess sport involving chess players from both sides of the border. The collaboration to be established will include primary school children, advanced young players, amateurs and professional chess players, as well. The co-operation takes place through the organization of a number of joint chess events and programs, including chess education in primary schools, organization of chess camps, implementation of chess competitions, training of advanced players, and organization of chess days with chess promotion programs.

Project Title: Improvement of the public transport services in the CBC
region through the integration of public transport modes, development of railway infrastructure and harmonization of transport procedures

Acronym: INPUTRANS

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/22/0121

Total Project budget: 1.389.567,21 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 1.181.132,12 EUR

Start Date: 01/01/2021

End Date: 30/06/2022

Lead Beneficiary: Local Government of Kiskunhalas

Beneficiary 1: Joint Stock Company for Public Railway Infrastructure  "Infrastructure of  Serbian Railway" Belgrade

Beneficiary 2: KTI Institute for Transport Sciences Non Profit Ltd.

Beneficiary 3: City of Subotica

Beneficiary 4: Regional Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Size Enterprises, Alma Mons Ltd. Novi Sad

Contact information: Local Government of Kiskunhalas

Address: 6400 Kiskunhalas, Hősök tere 1. Hungary

Contact person: Valéria Tóth-Godó project manager

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36203578806

 

Project summary:

Project aims at developing railway infrastructure and services in order to improve public passenger transport in CBC area. This will be achieved through enhancement of sustainable integrated public transport system, intermodal rail transport system and by reducing bottlenecks in border transport operations.

The project will contribute to the increased frequency and capacity of the environment friendly railway transport lines for cross-border public passenger and freight transport. By developing integrated public transportation system, preparing the documentation for intermodal transport solutions and designing feasibility studies, technical plans, project conceptual solutions and ideas in three logistic centres Kiskunhalas, Subotica and Novi Sad, the project creates conditions for the decrease of bottlenecks. It contributes to simplification of procedures on border crossing and introduction of smart solutions in logistics and transport.

Project is in line with the strategic project on the reconstruction of 350 km Budapest-Belgrade railway line. It will bring benefits primarily to the public passenger transport and economic sector – companies and logistic operators, local governments and districts Bacs Kiskun, Bačka and Srem, as well as the whole CBC area. An innovative character relies on introduction of smart information technologies in transport, system of two-layer networks and value added logistic services. The possibility of integrated public transport, decrease  of  passengers’ travel time and better utilisation of the track availability will  enable the high-speed transportation capacities and growth of freight traffic. This will ensure sustainability and open possibilities for replication of project activities. Capitalization of the project will be assured through integration of the project outputs into future project investments in construction and further improvement of public passenger transport system and planned logistic centers..

Project Title: Increasing the Economic Competitiveness and Innovative Development of SMEs through Young People's Scholarships in the Mórahalom-Zrenjanin Program

Acronym: SCHOLAR-SME

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/43/0008

Total Project budget: 862 362,94 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 733 008,48 EUR

Start Date: 1 November 2020

End Date: 30 April 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Local Government of Mórahalom

Beneficiary 1: City of Zrenjanin

Contact information:

Local Government of Mórahalom

Address: Szentháromság square 1., 6782 Mórahalom

Contact person: dr. Tóthné Gróf Ágnes

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +3662/281-219, +3620/4069121

 

Project summary:

 

The joint project between the two beneficiaries, the Local Government of Mórahalom and the City of Zrenjanin, aims to encourage cooperation and networking between researchers, students and businesses to promote knowledge sharing and cross-border commercial activities. The project will support knowledge sharing and networking to promote R&D&I activities and professional experience building through the implementation of a scholarship programme across the border.

During the scholarship programme in the neighbouring country, students will get practical experience in the relevant business sector such as (industry, manufacturing, R&D and agri-food processing). They will gain insights into a successful enterprise in a partner country, which will help them learn about new technologies and new research results; products and services produced by SMEs, clean and green technologies and processes that promote environmental protection.

The project will provide scholarship opportunities for 17 students from Serbia to study in Hungary and 17 students from Hungary to study in Serbia. In order to provide accommodation for the students participating in the scholarship programme, a student accommodation will be built in Mórahalom. The existing accommodation in Zrenjanin will be renovated in order to accommodate the scholarship students from Hungary.

 

The program will implement a scholarship program for a total of 34 students, for a period of 6 months per student, with the involvement of mentors, in order to gain sufficient experience in the field during their time with a company with R & D & I experience in the partner country.

Project Title: Programs of physical education and healthy eating

Acronym: POPEYE

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0004

Total Project budget: 198,787.55 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 168,969.41 EUR

Start Date: 1 November 2020

End Date: 30 April 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Institute of Food Technology in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad

Beneficiary 1: Gál Ferenc University

Beneficiary 2: Municipality of Novi Kneževac

Contact information:

Institute of Food Technology in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad

Address: 1 Bulevar cara Lazara 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: dr Pavle Jovanov 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 62520259; +381 214853790

 

Project summary:

Lack of social activities, insufficient physical activity and poor nutrition can cause many health problems in children such as obesity, high blood pressure, and loneliness leading to social isolation. An additional challenge for adolescents presents the lack of tourism offer in the rural parts of the cross-border region. In this regard, young adolescents have been recognized as the target group of this project, together with their parents and the entire local community. Raising awareness and knowledge of children in early adolescence about physical education and healthy eating through educational seminars will be one of the main goals of the Project. These seminars will be created through joint cooperative activities and synergistic expertise of research Project participants from both neighbouring countries. The gained awareness and knowledge about physical education and healthy nutrition will be utilized in organizing the children's POPEYE fair as a new tourism event which will contribute to educational tourism offer in the rural part of the CB region. The establishment of the POPEYE fair as a novel tourism destination can serve as a model with a multiplier effect for children’s educational tourism, while the educational program of physical education and healthy eating can be implemented into the school curriculum in a whole Europe. The Project is designed to make children's inclusion in social life more comfortable and provide the possibility for peers from the neighbouring countries to make friendships thus laying the foundations for future cross-border cooperation. It is also created to ensure the involvement of vulnerable groups with consideration of environmental protection.

 

Project title: Strengthening the cooperation in sailing sport in the crossborder region

Project Acronym: SAILING

Registry number: HUSRB/1903/34/0029

Lead Beneficiary: Jedriličarski Klub Palić

Beneficary 1: Közép-Kelet-Európai Rekreációs Társaság (KERT)

Start of project: 01/09/2021

End of project: 30/11/2022

Own contribution: 11.160,94 EUR

EU contribution: 92.060,31 EUR

National contribution (Hungary): 5.085,00 EUR

TOTAL budget: 108.306,25 EUR

 

The aim of the project is to implement a joint sailing sport development project in the cross-border region by the cooperation of Palić and Szeged, taking advantage of the comparative vantages of their physical geography and their many years of experience, to meet existing needs. Thanks to Lake Palić, Palić has more than a 100 years of sailing history, while Szeged does not have the necessary conditions for practicing this beautiful sport, but there would be a demand for it. The KERT has decades of experience in the field of sports science, which, in turn, is a major demand for coaching in Palić. The partners have recognized these needs and opportunities to develop sailing sport in the region within the frames of the project, especially regarding the child and youth target group. The aim of the project is to train young people of different cultures on both sides of the border who have been in contact for several years. For this activity a multi-phase system has been developed, based primarily on trainers’ trainings, the organization of winter fitness training and joint training camps. In addition, a sailing school for children from Szeged and Subotica /Palić will be organized in Palić, and at the end of the season, participants of the project will be able to show off their skills on a big open competition. Furthermore, workshops will be organized regarding sailing rules and the sport itself will be promoted through publicity activities. Sailing Club Palić will purchase some of the equipment necessary for organizing the joint training camps and competitions during the project (lifeboat and sailing boat). As an effect of the project, more than 100 people will be in permanent contact during the joint activities, creating a community that is less than 40 kilometers away, reducing the role of the border as a goal to enable collaboration on joint training and racing after the project is over.

Project Title: Fair play in the fields of sport and society

Project Acronym: FPFSS

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/34/0007

Total Project budget: 99.196,00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 84.316,60 EUR

Start Date: 27.09.2020

End Date: 26.03.2022

Lead Beneficiary: Soltvadkerti Testedző Egyesület STE

Beneficiary 1: STK Banat Zrenjanin (Table tennis club Banat Zrenjanin)

Contact information:

Address: 6230 Soltvadkert, Kiskőrösi út 1. Hungary

Contact person: Ms. Tímea Ambrus

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36204233236

 

Project summary:

This project represents a great opportunity to popularize table tennis among young people and other vulnerable groups. Via a range of fun table tennis events and activities, the project supports development of sport activities and promotes active use of leisure time in order to increase well-being of population. It also promotes integration of groups that are at risk of social exclusion.

It is generally known that physical activity alleviates the symptoms of depression and anxiety and improves disposition and psychological well-being. Taking this into consideration, the project strives to promote a healthy lifestyle among the population in the cross-border region. The project will promote table-tennis in rural areas and underdeveloped places. The target groups of this project are primarily young people, women and people with disabilities and various project events will be tailored to suit their needs.

During the project, a total of 18 events will be organized: 9 tournaments, 7 training camps, school of table tennis in primary schools in Vojvodina and 2 seminars. Among 9 tournaments, partners will organize special tournaments for people with disabilities and women in both countries. Players from both sides of the border will jointly cooperate to achieve a record by playing table-tennis during 24 hours without pause. Another symbolic event will be setting up so called "Battle of legends" between famous ex table-tennis players. Playing with live legends from the table-tennis world will be an inspiration to young players and set courses for future sport carriers of successful players. Expected project results are: increased participation of school children in sport activities, increased participation of people with disabilities and women in sport events and established communication channels between schools, clubs, and associations. Based on the analyis of needs of target groups, the project will develop a methodology on inclusion of youth and vulnerable groups through sports activities. As an added value, the project participants will benefit from the cross-cultural experience gained during the project lifetime.

Project Title: NATURAL HEALTH - for health through the protection of natural heritage

Acronym: NATURAL HEALTH

Project ID:  HUSRB/1903/34/0120

Total Project budget:  130 872 EUR

EU contribution (IPA):  111 241,2 EUR

Start Date:  01.01.2021

End Date: 31.10.2021

Lead Beneficiary: Ecocenter Alapítvány

Beneficiary 1: Društvo Intelektualaca Braća Tan

Contact information: Ecocenter Alapítvány

Address: Hungary, 1118 Budapest, Köbölkút utca 12

Contact person: Viktória Varga

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36703884953

 

Project summary:

Traditional european medicine for maintaining health in a holistic way is based on natural heritage. The area covered by the project is rich in natural and cultural values, with traditional lifestyle and products harmonized with the nature. However, the lifestyle of the population lacks the awareness of health aspects of the nature and the knowledge on the importance of the protection of natural values.

The overall objective of the project is developing and sharing attitudes on health through the use of nature-based interactive methods for health preservation and cross-border awareness-raising communication campaign.

The project focuses on the protection of natural values, the conscious utilization of landscape values for health promotion and the development and dissemination of area-specific holistic health-preserving methods (healing power of water, herbs, healthy nutrition, render therapy, sport and activity). Key project activities include workshops, interactive exhibitions, thematic monitoring and development concepts, Natural Health thematic weekends and children programs, knowledge center and networking and online community building.

Participants include elementary students and young adults, experts, local opinion leaders, relevant NGOs and interested parties from Hungary and Serbia.

Project Title: Improving Floodplain Forest Management along the Danube in the HU-SRB CBC area

Acronym: SafeForest

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/11/0070

Total Project budget: 354 121,61EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 301 003,36EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2020

End Date: 31 March 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Public Enterprise „Vojvodinašume” Petrovaradin

Beneficiary 1: University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment

Beneficiary 2: Lower Danube Valley Water Directorate

Contact information:

Public Enterprise „Vojvodinašume” Petrovaradin

Address: Preradovi?eva 2 21 131 Petrovaradin, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Bojan Tubi? 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 628005255; +381 21431144

 

Project summary:

Flood risk of the region is one of the highest in Europe. Due to climate change, the frequency and magnitude of floods is expected to increase in the future. Number of forest management activities within forests and water habitats of the floodplain areas along Danube are significantly affected by water level and flooding events. Planning of business operations in the flood-prone areas (reforestation, logging, game management) and activities of public interest (nature-based tourism, such as hunting and fishing) in those circumstances depends on understanding both the water dynamics and local constrains or opportunities associated with the water events.

The project’s main objective is to achieve a significant increase of disaster response capability related to the risk of disasters from floods in the HU SRB CBR and to provide a solution which makes possible to develop and maintain a system for efficient forecasts and warnings related to the inundation forests. The project will be conducted across two floodplain areas in HU (between the rkm 1433-1560) and SRB (Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski Rit) situated along the Danube, within UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. A total forest area of 2614(HU)+1079(SRB)=3693 ha will be covered. Based on digital terrain model obtained through LiDAR survey, and periodical records of water level and its dynamic, flooding model will be developed in the form of web platform. The platform is intended for the end users for timely planning of activities within forests of the studied areas, such as reforestation, silviculture, logging, game protection, etc. Establishing of the web platform based on early warning system on flooding and water dynamics will enable timely activities such as timber storage fixation, evacuation, forest utilization, wild game evacuation, habitat management planning etc. Additionally, a Study on possibilities for the development of a forecast and alert system will be conducted in order to improve forest management activities in pilot area.

Project Title: Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystem – Student entrepreneurship beyond borders

Acronym: BEE-Student

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/43/0012

Total Project budget: 237,526.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 201,897.10 EUR

Start Date: 01.11.2020.

End Date: 30.04.2022.

Lead Beneficiary: Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Beneficiary 1: Chamber of Commerce and Industry Csongrad County, Szeged, Hungary

Contact information: Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, Serbia

Address: Bul. cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Contact person: prof. Dr Zita Šereš

Email:  [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected]

Telephone: +381 63 454410; +36 30 8946995

 

Project summary:

The innovative and research potential in the Serbia-Hungary border region, to which the project gravitates, is underutilized, with the fact that majority of companies (especially small and medium-sized enterprises) currently having no connection with any scientific research institution. On the other hand, both research institutions and young scientists and innovators are struggling to find a suitable partner to apply new ideas and concepts, resulting in only about 5% of new ideas finalizing their path as a specific product or service in the market. This situation must be improved in order to ensure the sustainable development of a border region that is well known for food production. This is exactly the basic idea of the project under title "Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystem – Student entrepreneurship beyond borders", which is implemented within the Interreg IPA CBC cross-border cooperation between Hungary and Serbia, and it is being realized in cooperation between the Faculty of Technology from Novi Sad and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Csongrad County  based in Szeged. The basic idea of the project is the establishment of the Student Center for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship in the field of food engineering - SCITE-FOOD. The goal is to prepare students, young researchers and professionals to be a part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, through a series of trainings and workshops, as well as through product development mentored by experts in the field of food engineering.

Through workshops and trainings, students will have the opportunity to get acquainted with EU legislation in the food industry, food labeling standards, sustainable development and environmental guidelines, and good examples of business start-ups and business planning in the food industry. Within the project, successful entrepreneurs in Serbia will share their experiences with students. The events will promote and support women's entrepreneurship. The acronym BEE-Student itself refers to the English title of the project (Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystem), but at the same time indicates that students and young people are actually "hardworking and clever bees" with many good ideas that deserve support.

Project Title: Young People and Heritage - Tradition and Future in CBC region

Acronym: HERINFUTUR

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0110

Total Project budget: 130,156.14 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 110,632.71 EUR

Start Date: 1 November 2020

End Date: 30 April 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Pokrajinski sekretarijat za kulturu, javno informisanje i odnose s verskim zajednicama (Provincial Secretariat for Culture, Public Information and Relations with Religious Communities)

Beneficiary 1: Csongrád-Csanád Megyei Önkormányzat (County Government of Csongrad-Csanád)

Beneficiary 2: Fond „Evropski poslovi” Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine (European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina)

Contact information: Pokrajinski sekretarijat za kulturu, javno informisanje i odnose s verskim zajednicama (Provincial Secretariat for Culture, Public Information and Relations with Religious Communities)

Address: 16 Mihajlo Pupin Bvd. 21101 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Filip Jovanović 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381214874739

 

Project summary:

Cultural diversity and a long tradition of reflecting authentic cultural heritage have given rise to the specific cultural heritage that Serbia and Hungary have today. Starting from the fact that cultural heritage in multiethnic communities is recognised as a means of communication and mutual respect, as well as passed down from generation to generation, the project titled "Young People and Heritage - Tradition and Future in CBC Region" - HERINFUTURE is designed to make the cultural heritage of the cross-border region more accessible to younger population of the South Bačka District and Csongrád-Csanád County, as the target group of the Project.

There are numerous problems regarding the preservation of cultural heritage: negligence, lack of national strategy in this area, lack of financial resources and lack of an appropriate number of professionals. Therefore, the Project activities are aimed at bringing the cultural heritage closer to young people in their daily lives, as well as their more intensive involvement in the processes of protection and long-term preservation.

The Project aims to increase the level of knowledge of younger generations in the field of cultural heritage protection, with a focus on preservation and restoration, which will be achieved by creating educational material adapted to young people and by implementing workshops where the tangible cultural heritage of the South Bačka District and Csongrád-Csanád County will be presented, as well as the intangible cultural heritage of the Csongrád-Csanád County, including a study trip where they will have the opportunity to see examples of successful methods of preservation and restoration.

The Project will promote intercultural exchange and interaction, it will encourage young people to explore and share, as well as to learn about the cultural heritage of another country.

Since cultural heritage is a resource for the future that needs to be preserved, improved and promoted, the awareness- raising process among younger generations needs to be approached in a modern way that will include the introduction of digital technologies they are familiar with.

Project Title: Developing ’Flavours, adventures and cultural values of Backa’

gastro- and handycraft cross-border tourism route

Acronym: BACROUTE

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/31/0066

Total Project budget: 424 933,96 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 361 193,86 EUR

Start Date: 1 February 2021

End Date: 31 July 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Szank Local Government

Beneficiary 1: Local Government of Mali Idjos

Contact information:

Szank Local Government

Address: 6131 Szank, Béke utca 33., Hungary

Contact person: Klára Nagy 

Email: [email protected] 

Telephone: +36-77-495-087; +36-70-332-8436

 

Project summary:

The project is about to develop a new thematic gastronomic, handicraft route under a joint brand name that will be implemented in a commonly coordinated cross-border tourism destination, formed by Local Municipality of Mali Idjos (including 3 settlements: Mali Iđoš, Feketić and Lovćenac) from Serbia, and 6 Local Governments from Hungary (Szank, Kiskunmajsa, Csólyospálos, Móricgát, Jászszentlászló and Kömpöc). The goal is to create an innovative tourism product based on shared cultural and natural heritage, thereby facilitating the exploitation of sustainable and valueadded eco resources. Activities in the project are aiming at promoting sustainable utilization and development of natural and cultural heritage, while capitalization and durability of results are also emphasized. The route connects the master craftsmen of project area, who manufacture their products using natural materials, resources of the region.

Main features of the project are as follows: an existing partnership will be developed to a higher level; Joint appearance and close cooperation is essential in making common initiatives successful; All the activities are implemented in cross-border cooperation, with Cross Border impact; Activities will be carried out by partners in synergy, with several innovative elements.

The main activities are: common design and common publications on the common destination, joint appearance at Hungarian-Serbian tourism festivals, organized study tours to ‘catalysts’ from outside the target region, development of a new off- and online thematic tour map, development of an audioguide system (QR code usage and AR content), organizing cooking workshops, creating digital cook book, organizing guided bicycle tours for eco friendly reasons, organizing handicraft camps for disadvantaged people, organizing trainings for the local producers to be able to sell their touristic products on a more efficient level, establishing info points at the local producers’ places, etc.

Project Title: Development of CB Wine Learning Area

Acronym: EduWine

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/43/0073

Total Project budget: 434.455,90 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 369.287,51 EUR

Start Date: 01/12/2020

End Date: 31/05/2022

Lead Beneficiary: EDUCONS University

Beneficiary 1: DKMT Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa Euroregional Development Agency - Nonprofit Public Benefit Limited

Beneficiary 2: Secondary vocational school "Borislav Mihajlovic – Mihiz" Irig

 

Contact information:

Address: Vojvode Putnika 87, 21208 Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Contact person: Vladica Vojinovic

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +381643513154

 

Project summary:

The cross border (CB) area of Hungary - Serbia is widely recognized for its long tradition in wine producing. However, the overall economic situation, impede wine sector stakeholders to raise the level and quality of wine production. Although rich in potentials, this CB wine sector faces the problem of standardizing quality of wines. Winegrowers and vintners are faced with lack of equipment, appliances of up-to-date techniques, necessary knowledge and promotion for their products, to be able to adapt demanding market requirements. Encouraging their networking and cooperation, supporting their initiatives and providing them expert consultations, would enable them to create larger processing facilities with improved quality and therefore become more competitive. Thus the „Development of CB Wine Learning Area” project will strengthen the economy based on enhancing competitiveness and employment potential of individual producers, young professionals and SMEs, through the development and adaptation of new technologies, processes, products and services in the wine producing sector of CB region. The population in this region consumes approximately 40 liters of wine per person yearly, which is considered to be high level of consumption. Wine producers often have difficulties in providing those consumers with constant high level of quality of wines, which is taken into account in this project. Functional sectoral and strategic plan and management system for wine sector is not developed yet in the region. Regarding to that, “Wine Learning Area” Strategy to be developed, which will represent innovative concept of a multi-stakeholder, inter-sectoral, problem solving approach, aimed at improving SME performance and human potential in the wine sector in the long run.  Furthermore, wine products have significantly important element of tourism. This is supported by the fact that this CB region is widely recognized by its wine tourism, therefore seeking for standardized and high quality wine products.

 

 

Project title: LIVING ARCHIVES – Remembering our past for our future

Project Acronym: LIVES 2

Registry number: HUSRB/1903/33/0003

Sources of funding: 202.163,00 euro

Requested EU contribution (IPA):171.838,55 euro

Start of project: 1 August 2021.

End of project: 30. November 2022.

Lead Beneficiary: Historical Archives Senta

Beneficiaries: Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park public non profit ltd.

Contact information:

Istorijski arhiv, Senta

Address: 1/II Glavni trg, 24400 Senta, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Istvan Fodor

E-mail: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 24 811 037

The Project's website: http://ipalives.com/

The project main task to present the near-natural way of life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, with floodplain management, conventional fishing, logging and shipbuilding. In the project the exhibitions will be renewed in the Ópusztaszer Heritage Park, and the research in the archives will be continued by the Historical Archives Senta. The results of the research are processed by representatives of the social sciences (archivists, ethnographers and historians), and after that it could be presented for the public on events, on the camps, in publications with promotion materials. This unpublished informations and documents provide an opportunity to understand the economic, industrial and social situation of the region. In the cooperation we could preserve and understand our common cultural heritage with relationship between partner institutions.

The cooperation include the following activities:

•             research in the archives,

•             database expansion with the research results,

•             publishing 3 book, presentations of the book and open days,

•             organization of the youth camp,

•             traveling exhibition,

•             organization of professional conference,

•             exhibition about fishing and hook management on the flood plain

•             exhibition about wood processing and transport,

•             exhibition about shipbuilding on the river Tisza

•             landscapeing int the exhibition area (lake, vegetation).

Project Title: Optimising traffic in the border zone by construction of bicycle paths

Acronym: OPTI-BIKE 2

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/21/0098

Total Project budget: 456.203,71 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 387.775,69 EUR

Start Date: 01/11/2020

End Date: 30/04/2022

Lead Beneficiary: City of Subotica, Subotica, Serbia

Beneficiary: Local municipality of Tompa, Tompa, Hungary

Contact information: Grad Subotica, Local government, Subotica, Serbia

Address: Trg slobode 1, 24000 Subotica

Contact person: Ms. Andrea Kikić

E-mail: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 24 626745

 

Project summary:

The objective with OPTI BIKE 2 project is primarily to relieve the Kelebija - Tompa, Bački Vinogradi - Ásotthalom and Horgoš – Röszke crossing of these burdens, offering an alternative for people travelling in the region to cross by bicycle. On the basis of the already developed plans, Subotica will construct 1.5 km, while Tompa will construct roughly 494 m of bicycle path. With its implementation, the project will broaden mutual cooperation between Hungary and Serbia, together with the development of economic and human relationships resulting from that cooperation. This project is of pivotal importance for the economy of the microregion, mainly for tourism, but also for infrastructural development and environmental protection, too.

Among the important target groups gaining benefit from the project are people using the bicycle paths, cca 700.000 inhabitants of Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád county, and cca 350.000 inhabitants of Northern Bačka. Also, improved transport infrastructure is aimed at creating better conditions for foreign investments, which means that investors should also benefit. Easier accessibility and more favourable conditions of transportation will bring greater opportunities for employment, which means that the unemployed will also have their stake. Furthermore, the improved infrastructure will greatly awake interest for the region to visit, meaning that both domestic and foreign tourists will find it easier to access regional amenities. Finally, agricultural producers will be able to market their products on more accessible markets in the region under vastly improved conditions.

The project counts with a number of planned events for the general public to attend, and these are conferences with promo materials and media coverage.

Project Title: Development of barrier-free tourism in the Baja-Sombor cross-border area

Acronym: Baja-Sombor Tourism4All

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/31/0075

Total Project budget: 705 840,57 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 599 964,47 EUR

Start Date: 1 January 2021

End Date: 30 June 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Municipality of Baja

Beneficiary 1: City of Sombor

Contact information:

Municipality of Baja

Address: Szentháromság square 1., 6500 Baja, Hungary

Contact person: dr. Kapitány Vivien 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 79 886 200; +36 79 527 144

 

Project summary:

Tourism is an important economic sector, because it greatly contributes to the development of local economy, the creation of international relations, and to knowing and understanding different cultures. However, access to touristic services and products is not always realized along the principle of equal opportunities: people living with different disabilities often have limited or no access to these services. The aim of the so called „Tourism4All” movement is to make the touristic destinations accessible for all people in order to ensure equal opportunity. The goal of barrier-free tourism is to reduce or totally abolish the barriers that disabled face when traveling, so that the touristic adventures may be accessible equally for everyone.

The primary target group of the project is the disabled people: including the mobility-impaired, the visual- and hearing-impaired for whom we aim to open up the touristic offers and adventures of the Baja-Sombor area. Besides the disabled  as the main target group, the secondary target group of the project is made up of the elderly people (65+) and people with a baby carriage. According to estimations, the number of people who are limited in activity can – in a broad sense – reach 30% of the population.

Therefore, the project aims to develop the barrier-free tourism in the Baja-Sombor cross-border area, to ensure equal access.

To this end, on the one side of the area, in Baja special vehicles (barrier-free minibus, special bikes) will be procured,  the holiday building of the municipality on the Petőfi-island – which is going to be the scene of touristic programs and thematic routes - will be reconstructed and made barrier-free, furthermore guided tours, events for the diasabled and workshops, trainings for the service providers will be organised. In the meantime, on the serbian side of the cross-border project, in Sombor an additional opportunity is given to develop further the kayak centre which was built in the course of an earlier Interreg project: this time special vehicles will be purchased (also barrier-free minibus, motorboat, catamaran, kayak trailer). Also, a mobile application will be created to present the barrier-free touristic offers of the area.

Project Title: Joint development of cross-border bicycle network accessing nature 

Acronym: EcoBikeNet

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/21/0113

Total Project budget: 353 735,70 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 300 675,34 EUR

Start Date: 01. December 2020.

End Date: 31. May 2022.

Lead Beneficiary: Provincial Secretariat for Economy and Tourism

Beneficiary 1: Provincial Secretariat for Urban Planning and Environmental Protection

Beneficiary 2:  NIF National Infrastructure Development Private Company Limited (NIF. Ltd.)

 

Contact information:

Address: Mihajla Pupina boulevard 16

Contact person: Milan Iličić

Email: [email protected] 

Telephone: +38 1 21 487 4315

 

Project summary:

 

The aim of the project is the development of the international cycling corridor "Eurovelo 11", EV11. This corridor is defined by the European Cyclists' Federation with the aim of linking the north and south of the European continent. "Eurovelo 11" is called the "Best on the East" by the cyclists, due to the fact that it runs from the top of the cold north-eastern Norway, across Europe to sunny Greece, with a length of about 6,000 km. In Serbia, this route leads mainly through the central parts. Route enters Serbia at Horgos and runs along the Tisa river to Zrenjanin and then to Belgrade. In central Serbia it goes along the river Morava then enters Preševo valley from where it crosses to Macedonia. The route length is 213.2 kilometres. More than half of the route is provided by the embankments along the Tisza and Danube rivers. In this way, the cyclist is the closest to rivers and nature, avoiding overloaded roads. The biggest drawback of this route is a bad dirt track on embankments that requires the construction of asphalt bicycle paths on them. To achieve this, technical documentation is needed first. In order to adequately establish cycling routes, and bike paths within the route, it is necessary to harmonize the study on routing, and later the project - technical documentation for the construction of bicycle paths. For EV11 cycling route a feasibility study was carried out and cycling signalization is implemented. Further development of corridor will be possible only by building bike paths, which will allow cyclists to use corridor in all weather conditions and seasons.  Furthermore, the safety of cyclists is going to be improved because they are not going to use motor roads anymore.  As a prerequisite for the construction of bicycle paths, it is necessary to develop an appropriate project technical documentation and obtain the necessary permits for construction. The aim of the project is the development of technical documentation for the construction of bicycle paths.

Project Title: Capturing natural and cultural values in the region of Kanjiza and Szeged

Acronym: CULTCAP

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0013

Total Project budget: 197,600.80 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 167,960.68 EUR

Start Date: 1 January 2021

End Date: 30 April 2022

Lead Beneficiary: AGORA Foundation

Beneficiary 1: Municipality of Kanjiza

Contact information:

AGORA Foundation

Address: 2  Dózsa str., 6720 Szeged

Contact person: Mrs Gyöngyike Mikola 

Email: agoracultcap@gmail.com

Telephone: +36305027143

 

The CULTCAP – “Capturing natural and cultural values in the region of Kanjiza and Szeged” is a continuation of the CULTSTREAM and CULTRAIL projects.  The aim of the new project is to sustain and carry on the results of the previous projects and to implement a brand new series of cultural and multimedia events and several multimedia productions. The programs are also building upon the common historical, cultural and economical traditions of the region. This project will be implemented in cooperation of LB Agora Foundation, Szeged, and PP Municipality of Kanjiza. The central topic will be the Tisa river, and the natural and cultural heritage of the border-region of Kanjiza and Szeged, but the focus will be on the discovery and introduction of the cinema heritage of the region, the development of regional filmmaking and adaptation of the latest multimedia and AR (Augmented Reality) technologies in cultural reinterpretation.

Project Title: Rivers2Communities – Reviving idnetity of river communities

Acronym: R2C

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0060

Total Project budget: 201,387.90 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 171,179.70 EUR

Start Date: 1 August 2021.

End Date: 31 Januray 2023.

Lead Beneficiary: Udruženje CINEMA CITY (Association “CINEMA CITY”)

Beneficiary 1: Asocijacija Kulturanova (Association Kulturanova)

Beneficiary 2: KÉP-SZÍN-HÁZ Alapítvány (Cinéma-TheARTre Foundation)

Beneficiary 3: DDTG Duna Fejleszt? Transznacionális Csoport Nonprofit Kft (Danube Development Transnational Group nonprofit limited liability)

Beneficiary 4: Pro Progressione Non-profit Kft. (Pro Progressione Non-profit Ltd.)

Contact information:

Udruženje CINEMA CITY (Association “CINEMA CITY”)

Address: Bogoboja Atanackovi?a 8, 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Hana Ljiljak 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 648236495

 

Project summary:

The project’s main objective is to further strengthen cooperation between contemporary cultural and creative scenes of Hungary and Serbia and among the societies, citizens in the bordering region by focusing on our mutual cultural identity represented in the rivers. Historically, rivers are not only a main sources and center of life, but carriers of meaning for human interaction. This project will bring the rivers and their use in the focus, creating cultural events on the banks of the rivers in Hungary and Serbia, as a tool to attract people to the rivers. The focus of our work is the identity of Tisza and Danube.

The focus of the project is the strengthen cooperation between Hungarian and Serbian contemporary cultural and creative scenes by enhancing professional competencies, artistic production and transfer of knowledge between young cultural managers and artists through a series of educational, networking and cultural promo events.

The project will encourage effective and substantial cultural cross-border cooperation thanks to the implementation of altogether 26 jointly organized cultural and professional activities such as educational and networking event, presentations and productions the projects. 

 

Project Title: Local Tastes – Local Values – Local Foods

Acronym: LT-LV-LF

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/42/0105

Total Project budget:  235 188,3 EUR 

EU contribution (IPA): 199 910,05 EUR

Start Date: 1 February 2021

End Date: 31 May 2022

 

(DDTG Danube Development Transnational Group nonprofit limited liability company)

Lead Beneficiary: Bácsalmási Önkormányzati Közszolgáltatási Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. (Bácsalmás Municipality Public Benefit Nonprofit Ltd.)

Beneficiary 1: DDTG Duna Fejlesztő Transznacionális Csoport Nonprofit Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság

(DDTG Danube Development Transnational Group nonprofit limited liability company)

Beneficiary 2: UDRUŽENJE POLJOPRIVREDNIH PROIZVOĐAČA PAČIR (Association of agricultural producers "Pacir")

Beneficiary 3: «Асоцијација за развој општине Бачка Топола – Topolya Község Fejlesztési Társulása – Асоцияция за развой општини Бачка Тополя – Asociácia pre rozvoj obce Báčska Topoa» (Community Development Associatioin of Backa Topola)

Contact information:

DDTG Duna Fejlesztő Transznacionális Csoport Nonprofit Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság

(DDTG Danube Development Transnational Group nonprofit limited liability company)

Address: 19. (fsz1) street Anna, Pécs – 7621, Hungary

Contact person: Emőke Hölbling 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +3670367-5212

 

Project summary:

The project builds on the results of Local Tastes-Local Values, the cross-border project that was aimed at broadening the knowledge base, strengthening the actors' significance via cooperation and setting the foundations of a social economic network. This current project continues the endeavours of LT-LV while focusing more on the development and the marketing of local products at national and cross-border levels. The project is based on three pillars.

The first pillar of the project is the creation of a knowledge platform. After assessing the needs of local economic actors, the project partners will update the existing databases from LT-LV project and implement four Creative Workshops in order to enhance the economic effectiveness of social cooperatives and local producers.

The second pillar is the service development of local product marketing, including the preparation of a Visual guideline, a marketing strategy and a Handbook for local producers that guides them through the processes and services offered by the Local Product Centres (LPCs). The project will also enable participation of local producers in fairs in Hungary and Serbia, where they will have opportunity to promote and sell their products.

The third pillar aims to improve the Local Product Centres established in the previous project by developing a separate room for packaging and storage.  In order to increase the marketing value of the products, special attention will be paid to eco-friendly product and packaging design. In addition, producers from both countries will be offered the opportunity to promote and sell their handicraft products in the LPCs. The operation of the LPCs will be extended with services related to fairs. Stand equipment and a 9-seat van will be purchased. Local producers can use the van for traveling and also for transporting products cross-border between the LPCs and abroad.

Project opening and closing events, festivals, screenings of project video and a cookbook based on local ingredients will ensure the promotion of the social cooperatives and local products.

Project Title: Cultural cooperation on "Historicism in Backa" and promotion of tourism in the region

Acronym: TIMSUM

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0040

Total Project budget: 232 264,37 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 197 424,71 EUR

Start Date: 01.09.2020

End Date: 28.02.2022

Lead Beneficiary: Türr István Museum

Beneficiary 1: Municipial Musum in Subotica

Contact information:

Address: Deák F. street 1, 6500 Baja

Contact person: Emilia Pasztor

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 300 207 0057

 

Project summary:

The historicism style determines the architectural profile of Subotica and Baja, and there are many artefacts in the museum collections, which has not yet been professionally processed and presented to the professional and general public. This era was the process of development and urbanization in both cities (Baja and Subotica) during the period following the Compromise (May 29, 1867) in the second half of the 19th century, at the turn of the century and partly between the second World Wars. Relations between Baja and Subotica flourished in several areas. This project offers an opportunity for presenting these common points to the inhabitants and the tourists coming here.

This cooperation between Türr István Museum of Baja and Town Museum of Subotica is another station in the long-term relationship between the two institutions. During the implementation of the project they serve the rise of tourist visits and increase of public awareness toward the common cultural heritage. They renovate two new exhibition halls in order to increase the visibility of built cultural heritage and to jointly organize exhibitions on „Historicism in Baja and Subotica”. They jointly publish exhibition catalogue, organize international conference on „Historicism in Baja and Subotica” and conference book, a summer camp for high school students where they restore decorative frames, listen to lectures and go on city walks. They also offer guided tours with contemporary music and fashion shows from contemporary clothes with roll-ups depicting old photographs of the towns as unique tourist attractions.

To grab the attention of young generation and foreign tourists they offer regular promotion of the project and its activities, programmes, news by mobile application, online museum guide, short films on historical buildings and museum artefacts of Subotica and Baja. The elementary school children will enjoy the programme through museum creativity lessons.

Project Title: Balástya and Torontáltorda Government hold range of cultural events to transmit traditions and traditional values to young people

Acronym: CETTVYP

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0001

Total Project budget: 100,000 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 85,000 EUR

Start Date: 1 August 2018

End Date: 30 September 2019  2019.09.30

Lead Beneficiary: Local government of Balástya

Beneficiary 1: Local Community of Torda

Contact information: Local government of Balástya

Address: Rákoczi Street 5, 6764 Balástya, Hungary

Contact person: Ms. Éva Fehér

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36 62 444 188

 

Project summary:

Despite the fact that globalisation can be beneficial it could be stated that it can supress traditional values and unique customs resulting in decline of cultural values.

The two partners on this project – the Municipality of Balástya in Hungary and the Local Community of Torda in Serbia are both settlements with less than 5,000 inhabitants. Through this project, they plan to stimulate the exchange of knowledge, the unique local customs and culture among the habitants of the border region, as well as to integrate nature protection into their recreational events.  

The project activities will include various events strengthening connections between people from both of the countries, especially among young people. The events will be organised in a way that enables the youth in the settlements from both sides of the border to visit the other side of the border, participate in the events in order to gain useful knowledge about its culture, nature protection, and traditions.

The project will include 12 events Balástya, and five events in Torda.

Events that will take place in Balástya:

• Healthier Traditional Culinary Local Values and Manufacturing Processes Family Festival;
• Pumpkin as a leisure activity,  and pumpkin as the ultimate food and commodity;
• The power of co-working and St. Anthony, or community and family on a higher level and decreasing vulnerability;

• Young and wild – creativity and sport day with local natural values;
• Folk-life festival cultural and riding days with skill competition from young to elderly;
• Cross-border friendly family outdoor football games in both countries;
• Health days – healthy people, healthy society;
• Cross-border friendly family outdoor football games on New Year’s Eve;
• Winter Farewell costume stage productions among youngsters with evaluating jury and friendship evening with raffle;
• Animals near the body;
• Children's day;
• Youth and arts day.

Events that will take place in Torda:

• Teen Star Music Competition;
• Traditional Corn Festival;
• Traditional Village Day and Pilgrimage Event;
• Cultural Days of Torda;
• Cross-border friendly family football games in both countries.

Project Title: Protect Wild Birds = Protect Habitats = Protect Humans

Acronym: BirdPROTECT

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/12/0049

Total Project budget:  358 228,89 EUR

EU contribution (IPA):  304 494,55 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2020

End Date: 31 March 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Scientific veterinary institute „Novi Sad”, Novi Sad, Serbia

Beneficiary 1: State Forestry “GEMENC CPLC.”, Baja, Hungary

Beneficiary 2: Public Enterprise “VOJVODINAŠUME” Petrovaradin, Novi Sad, Serbia

Contact information: Scientific veterinary institute „Novi Sad”,

Address: Rumenački put 20, 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: dr Diana Lupulović

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 612124133; +381 214895322

 

Project summary

Climate change and vulnerability of ecosystems have led to the emergency of different pathogenic agents that have major impact on wild birds and human health. Wild birds play an important role as reservoir hosts and vectors for zoonotic emergency viruses to Central Europe, including the cross-border regions of Serbia and Hungary.

The overall objective of this project is to ensure the conservation and sustainability of wild birds populations by monitoring the presence of Avian influenza virus (AIV) and West Nile virus (WNV) in protected water habitats of Vojvodina Province in Serbia and Bacs-Kiskun county in Hungary. As a benefit of the project, monitoring of presence and type of present viruses among wild birds provides information on possible threat of new epidemics. It also raises awareness, strengthens the capacities for control of emerging zoonotic viruses and improves the scientific knowledge base. Outcomes include cross-border monitoring of wild birds and analysis resulting in a Risk assessment and feasibility study providing future risk management directions, as well as a GIS database to serve as bases for nature conservation policy initiatives and further scientific development. The project will also contribute to strengthening technical capacities for monitoring of emergency zoonotic diseases of partner institutions.

The territory covered by the project includes special nature reserves with water based habitats: Deliblatska peščara, Gornje Podunavlje, Obedska bara and Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski rit on the Serbian side and the border area in Hungary that covers special nature reserves and hunting grounds. With its aquatic biotopes these areas provide suitable habitats for rare and protected resident and migratory wild birds (waterfowl birds and birds of prey/song birds). Many of these birds serve as reservoirs for zoonotic infection diseases, including AIV and WNV.

Cross-border impact: The cross border territory covered by this cooperation provide suitable habitats for rare and protected resident and migratory wild birds. Many of these birds serve as reservoirs for zoonotic infection diseases that can be transferred from birds to humans. Since this problem does not know state borders, the negative consequences influence the health of wild birds (and consequently humans) on both side of border. As the health risk exists in both countries, it is evident that cross-border impact is of enormous importance.

Project Title: Development of Hercegszántó-Backi Breg cross-border crossing with the necessary duties for freight transport facilities

Acronym: Free crossing Backa

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/21/0092

Total Project budget: 469.925,50 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 399.436,67 EUR

Start Date: 01/02/2021

End Date: 31/07/2022

Lead Beneficiary: NIF Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Zártkörűen működő Részvénytársaság

Beneficiary 1: Javno preduzece „Putevi Srbije”

Beneficiary 2: Zavod Za Urbanizam Vojvodine, Novi Sad

 

Contact information:

Address: Váci út 45, Budapest, HU-1134

Contact person: Mariann Bacsa-Fodor

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36-20-277-6873

 

Project summary:

 

The project aims to develop Hercegszántó-Backi Breg border crossing to make it possible to use this border crossing point for freight traffic. This border crossing is currently operational only for cars and vehicles below 3.5 tons. In order for the existing border crossing point to accept unrestricted freight traffic, an extensive documentation is needed.

 

As part of the project, project partners in both countries will prepare the documentation necessary for cross-border freight traffic. Documentation which includes various plans, designs and studies is a necessary precondition for the expansion of the Hercegszántó-Backi Breg border crossing for freight traffic. Expanded services of the border crossing will provide easier access to settlements and meet the agricultural needs for both Hungarian and Serbian users. It will also contribute to the reduction of the road traffic congestion. A significant part of those who contribute to the creation of heavy traffic will have the opportunity to use the part of the road that is connected to this border crossing and will therefore experience more comfortable travel and trade between the two countries. Moreover, the project will provide preconditions for further construction of roads and development of border area.

Project Title: More than worth it: Recycling of the cultural heritage of Backa

Acronym: SALVAGE

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0103

Total Project budget: 220 475,5 euro

EU contribution (IPA): 187 404,17 euro

Start Date: 01.12.2020

End Date: 31.05.2022

Lead Beneficiary: Türr István Museum

Beneficiary 1: University of Novi Sad Hungarian Language Teacher Training Faculty

Beneficiary 2: Institute for Hungarian Culture in Vojvodina

 

Contact information:

Address: Deák Ferenc street 1, 6500 Baja

Contact person: Emilia Pasztor

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 30 207 0057

 

Project summary:

Traditional folk knowledge is a treasure trove for sustainable development. We want to open this treasure chest and offer a new, endless source of opportunities for tourism and education that serves sustainable development. Through the implementation of the project, we want to strengthen cooperation in cultural heritage among three professional institutes.

We believe that the rural heritage we share is a resource that offers a number of potential, yet unexplored solutions to the crises of our modern world. We can draw ideas from our past, from the experiences and practical thinking of our predecessors. From time to time, nature and traditions bring about respect, originality and thrift. With this project, we want to show the values of traditional communities that have been forgotten over the past centuries. Those are hidden treasures of ethno-lore, professional knowledge-traditions and regeneration retained in the rural world, which can be revived with patience and humility.

The project will achieve expected results through three main activity groups: ETHNO LORE and TOURISM, RESEARCH of ETHNO LORE and ETHNO LORE and EDUCATION.

In the ETHNO LORE and TOURISM group, we create a unique exhibition, titled ‘Recycling through millennia’.  Through organization of a competition of recycled clothes for a fashion show and a fair for recycled products, the project will provide opportunity to buy these revived treasures. We attract visitors with special craft performances at town festivals and warmly welcome families to enjoy our Family Days. People will be able to get timely information on our programs through our new mobile application.

Within the RESEARCH of ETHNO LORE group, we carry out research not only in libraries but by conducting interviews with people who still keep this treasured knowledge in their memories. From all this, we aim to build a database that would serve as an inventory of our shared, multicultural, intangible heritage.  We will also create an online museum guide and a book to share this treasure with everybody.

Within the ETHNO LORE and EDUCATION activity group, we organise recycling-themed craft workshops and recycling-themed youth camp to educate a heritage-conscious generation. We also organise trainings for teachers to help us in our mission and we include heritage professionals. We organise an international conference on recycling to offer factual, science-based information for sustainable development.

 

Project Title Enhancing the entrepreneurship and employment potential in cross-border region through innovation driven agricultural practices

Acronym: AGRINNO 2

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/42/0059

Total Project budget: 226,318.27 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 192,370.51 EUR

Start Date: 1 January 2021

End Date: 30 June 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Institut za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo „Institut od nacionalnog značaja za Republiku Srbiju”  (Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops „National Institute of the Republic of Serbia”)

Beneficiary 1: Pokrajinski sekretarijat za poljoprivredu, vodoprivredu i šumarstvo (Provincial Secretariat for Agriculture, Water Management and  Forestry)

Beneficiary 2: Fond „Evropski poslovi” Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine (European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina)

Beneficiary 3: Csongrád Megye Fejlesztéséért Nonprofit Kft. („For Development of Csongrád County“ Non-profit Ltd.)

 

Contact information:

Institut za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo "Institut od nacionalnog značaja za Republiku Srbiju" (Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops "National Institute of the Republic of Serbia")

Address: 30 Maksima Gorkog, 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Dr Tijana Zeremski

Email: [email protected]  

Telephone: +381 648706035; +381 214898453

 

Project summary:

The project has an aim to improve innovative agriculture approach in order to help unemployed people living in houses with backyards in rural settlements in the cross-border area. The project will help unemployed people to establish or upgrade their backyard farms to be more productive and cost-effective.

The idea of the project is to provide knowledge and innovative technology of cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants and spices (MAPS) in order to produce high-quality final products. Adequately processed MAPS represents value-added product which is highly regarded at the market. This aim will be achieved through establishing demo plots with equipment for MAPS growing and drying at five different locations in Vojvodina. Plots will be located in relevant institutions such as agricultural schools and associations focused on economic empowerment of unemployed woman in rural areas. Schools will be the base of three incubators which will gather and unite unemployed people and other vulnerable groups. Target groups of the project include agricultural schools, associations, vulnerable groups, producers and SMEs. The project provides target groups with knowledge of growing and processing of medicinal plants, as well as Hungarian know-how on processing and placing in the market. The project supports target groups to envision their future in agricultural practice and to employ their available resources in the best possible way.

Additionally, project will raise awareness of the general public and other stakeholders on the importance of giving support to vulnerable groups in rural areas. Special emphasis will be on the importance for unemployed persons to self-employ, organize their resources properly and manage resources efficiently and in line with the common agricultural policy (CAP) beyond 2020 (more canopy cover, biodiversity, vibrant rural areas, etc.). Setting demonstration plots is the core of project sustainability because in the long term it enables involved incubators to target more individuals interested in obtaining knowledge about new farming models, food production and branding.

Project Title: Integrated Development of Natural and Cultural Tourism in Tisa River Region

Acronym: IDENTIS

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0048

Total Project budget: 242,709.70 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 206,303.24 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 30 April 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Tourism organisation of Vojvodina / Turisti?ka organizacija Vojvodine (TOV)

Beneficiary 1: County Government of Csongrad / Csongrád Megyei Önkormányzat (CSMÖ)

Contact information:

Tourism organisation of Vojvodina / Turisti?ka organizacija Vojvodine (TOV)

Address: Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 6/IV, 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Nataša Pavlovi? 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 21 420 758

 

Project summary:

The river Tisa has aboundant natural beauty and an extraordinary potential for tourism development, which would enable the overall socio-economic development of the region. This project has a goal to increase the number of visits of the cultural heritage attractions in this region, as well as the number of overnight stays and thus increase the revenue in the tourism sector in the border region.

The target groups that the project will be addressing are: representatives of tourist companies from the tourism industry, representatives of media, households and accommodation units, local citizens and a wider public.

Having in mind that the region of Vojvodina in Serbia and Csongrad County in Hungary have not had a commonly defined product and services that were jointly branded and promoted, this project aims to create a new and innovative basis for the future joint tourism development and promotion. The activities it plans to implement include:

• creating a joint tourism strategy development document;
• creating digital databases;
• developing mobile applications and guides;
• developing a multilingual web portal;
• organizing thematic seminars and workshops for relevant stakeholders on promotion, branding and use of EU funds;
• creating a cross-border tourism network IDENTIS;
• promoting defined thematic tour and routes at tourism fairs and in media.

The primary activity will be creating a strategic document to further define the steps in the joint action. The project intends to involve various stakeholders in the marketing activities related to the products and routes.

The project intends to ensure sustainable development of project area.This will be achieved by including unique tourist offers and promoting them. Some of these offers include: seeing the Tisa mayfly; thematic routes, such as cycling, running, or walking to get more familiar with natural values, seeing special flora and fauna at the zoos in Pali? and Szeged, and the Buffalo Farm by the lake of Nagyszéksós; visiting the cultural heritage sites, such as cathedrals and  museums.

The project marketing activities will includes digital and non-digital promotion as well as usage of android and iOS platforms.

Project Title: Inside the circle – diversity and integration

Acronym: INCIRCLE

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/42/0053

Total Project budget: 148.700,00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 126.395,00 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2020

End Date: 31 January 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Centre for provision of social protection services of the municipality of Kanjiža, Serbia

Beneficiary 1: Szivárvány Autism Nonprofit Association, Hungary

Contact information:

Centre for provision of social protection services of the municipality of Kanjiža, Serbia

Address: ul. Petefi Šandora br.44, 24 420 Kanjiža, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Ibolya Szakács 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 691878870; +381 244878870

Project summary:

The basic goal of the project is to assist the integration of marginalized people and persons with reduced work abilities (PRWA) into the labour market.

The main objective of the project is to help the successful and long-term participation of PRWA in the labour market, as well as to improve the existing conditions in the cross-border region by connecting the interested parties. 

In order to improve employment indicators, precise and firm guidelines are needed, as well as provision of information. The project will achieve that through trainings, business conferences, study visits, forums, preparation and realization of preconditions, establishment of a web shop, as well as use of various means of communication.  Numerous measures have been implemented so far, but there is no overall and comprehensive network that provides information. The project strives to change it.  

The project contributes to: 

• Successful participation of PRWA on the open labour market with the involvement of their families and pedagogues who work with them.
• Promotion of the capacities of social enterprises and organizations that deal with other business activities in this field.
• Rising of interest in PRWA, enabling mutual understanding of the target groups, as well as creating opportunities for a higher level of acceptance.

Main project activities:

• Support for PRWA and their families, exploring their potentials, trainings by experts.
• Additional improvement of knowledge and competences of teachers working in schools with the aim of successful employment of PRWA.
• Provision of assistance to various social enterprises which operate in the cross-border region in reaching the labour market, in achievement of adequate professional capacities, development of skills and competences, support for infrastructure in the field of improved cooperation.
• Connecting other business units with the social enterprises, provision of information with the aim to better understand / accept PRWA in connection to their needs regarding their jobs and the importance of their employment.
• Informing the cross-border public concerning the life circumstances of PRWA with the aim to accept and support social enterprises.

Within this project, 20 PRWA will have the opportunity to take part in trainings, participate in various forums, and that will facilitate their successful performance in the open labour market. Four safe working environments / workshops will be established – a green house, pottery workshop sewing workshop and mushroom farming facility, all with the aim of successful employment of PRWA.

Project Title: Creation and Positioning of Danube Wine Route as a Touristic and Cultural Brand In the Cross-Border Region

Acronym: Danube Wine Route

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0209

Total Project budget: 377,040 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 320,484 EUR

Start Date: 1 July 2018 

End Date: 30 June 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Bács-Kiskun Megyei Önkormányzat (Bács-Kiskun County Council)

Beneficiary 1: Provincial Secretariat for Culture, Public Information and Relations with Religious Communities (Pokrajinski sekretarijat za kulturu, javno informisanje I odnose sa verskim zajednicama)

Beneficiary 2: Municipality of Sremski Karlovci (Opština Sremski Karlovci)

Beneficiary 3: Association "Fruška gora cluster of viticulturists and wine producers Alma Mons" Sremski Karlovci (Udruženje Fruškogorski klaster vinogradara i vinara "Alma Mons", Sremski Karlovci )

Beneficiary 4: Duna Wineregion Wine-route Organization (Duna Borrégió Borút Egyesület)

Contact information:

Bács-Kiskun County Council (Bács-Kiskun Megyei Önkormányzat)

Address: Deák Ferenc Sq. 3. H-6000 Kecskemét, Hungary

Contact person: Mr László Feledi

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 76 513 873

Project summary:

The main goal of the Danube Wine Route project is to create a sustainable thematic wine route along the Danube river. The initiative comes from two regional governments – Bács-Kiskun county in Hungary and AP Vojvodina in Serbia, as well as two professional associations and one municipality in order to unite and involve wine producers in the Hungary-Serbia border region. Both regions have a long tradition in wine production, however, wineries in the region are in a disadvantaged position compared to western competitors.

The project partners will create a new brand for rebuilding the identity of the Danube Wine Region in order to raise awareness about high-quality wines in the region. Danube Wine Region has a great potential on the international wine market as world wine consumption is shifting towards light and fruity wines, which this wine region is suitable for due to its sandy and clayey soils.

The project will involve the following activities:

• Joint development and marketing strategy;
• Exhibition History of Wine about wine producing heritage and the regional winemakers;
• International study tour in Bács-Kiskun and Vojvodina regions;
• Wine marketing trainings;
• Wine tastings and competitions;
• Cultural and historic events;
• Appearances in wine festivals;
• Wine marathon.

The product development within the project will include the following:

• New joint wine publication and map;
• Promotional movie about regional winemakers;
• Web page;
• Boat construction as a mobile wine tourism platform.

Project Title: Cross-Border Sound, Dance and Paint for Children with Disabilities

Acronym: SoundDancePaint

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0024

Total Project budget: 120.671,00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 102.570,35 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2020

End Date: 31 January 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Egyesült Út Alapítvány (United Way Foundation)

Beneficiary 1: Škola za osnovno i srednje obrazovanje „Milan Petrovic“ sa domom učenika (Elementary and Secondary Boarding School „Milan Petrovic“)

Contact information:

Egyesült Út Alapítvány

Address: 6500 Baja, Barátság tér 18, Hungary

Contact person: Metzinger Péter Andrásné

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36703336375

 

Project summary:

The lead beneficiary of the project is the United Way Foundation, in partnership with the Serbian institution Elementary and Secondary Boarding School „Milan Petrovic“. The two institutions implemented a successful project in 2018/2019 by getting to know and trying out the Soundbeam instrument, mastering its method and technique with the support of the Serbian partner.

The basic objective of the project is the musical education of disabled and disadvantaged children and young people. The project uses a new technology and method that creates opportunities for Hungarian and Serbian educational institutions to work together, get to know each other's culture and community life in border areas.

With the purchase and use of a new SOUNDBEAM instrument, in addition to the techniques already known, a new method will be tested. The new method will examine the effect of different sounds, effects, musical details, movement, crafts, and depiction activities in the form of therapeutic, developmental sessions. Sessions will be organised 1-2 times weekly and they will be implemented in small groups under the guidance of a special education teacher.

Within the framework of the project, we will analyse the achieved results. We will assess the impact of activities at the beginning and the end of the project. The assessment will involve about 150 children and young people, from kindergarten to vocational training, in Hungarian and Serbian educational institutions.

The project's events - conferences, concerts, consultations, visits, summer camp - help and support horizontal learning between the two countries, learning about and adopting good practices, and expanding professional cooperation at home and abroad.

The implementation of the project creates a chance for the social integration of people with disabilities while planned public music events serve to sensitize the immediate environment and strengthen the inclusive attitude.

 

 

Project Title: Culture on the Palm - Palm Culture

Acronym: PALMCULTURE

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0026

Total Project budget: 124,035 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 105,429.75 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 30 April 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Eurotender Association (Dél-Alföldi Eurotender, Ifjúsági, Kulturális, Oktatási és Környezetvédelmi Egyesület)

Beneficiary 1: Faculty of Sciences (Prirodno-matematički fakultet)

Contact information:

Dél-Alföldi Eurotender, Ifjúsági, Kulturális, Oktatási és Környezetvédelmi Egyesület

Address: Kossuth Lajos sgt. 97. H-6724, Szeged

Contactperson: Zsolt Péter Függ 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 30 236 6396

 

Project summary:

The project aims at gathering the historic cultural heritage of Novi Sad and Szeged, via a thorough study (field work and research) in order to establish an integral, systematically categorized database (containing photographic documentation) on cultural heritage and amenities on the territory of the cities of Novi Sad and Szeged. Based on the database, an interactive Internet portal with the aforementioned cultural heritage will be developed.

The project also gathers actual, contemporary cultural up-to-date offer (festivals, concerts, theatre performances, exhibitions, other events) of the two cities, and share them in an appealing form. A list of local clubs and artistic groups will also be listed, indicating whether they are open to accept citizens who would like to join them or see how they work.

The portal will be promoted in several ways: via brochures, leaflets, newspaper articles, and the social media campaign.

Project Title: Cross-border Senior Entrepreneusrhip Incubator

Acronym: Senior-In

Project ID:HUSRB/1903/42/0078

Total Project budget: 213,638.70 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 181,592.89 EUR

Start Date: 1 September 2020

End Date: 28 February 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Gerontology Centre: Social and Health Institution for  Providing Care to Adult Persons

Beneficiary 1: Szentes Social Care Centre

Contact information:

Gerontology Centre Subotica

Address: Aleja Maršala Tita 31, 24 000 Subotica, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Aleksandar T. Lovčanski

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 62788903

 

Project summary:

In response to the growing demographic challenges affecting local economies in the cross-border region, the Project aims to contribute to the development of social entrepreneurship by offering a model of the so-called inclusive entrepreneurship as one of the ways to overcome the consequences of an aging population.

By implementing the present Project,  the Gerontology Center in Subotica and the Social Care Centre in Sentes will become the first social welfare institutions in the region to establish a cross-border mechanism to support people aged over 50 in their entrepreneurial initiatives. To this end, the partner institutions have envisaged several key project activities.

The most important project activity  is the establishment of the first regional Incubator for Entrepreneurship of the Elderly, i.e. its branches in Subotica and Sentes, fully equipped and made available to the elderly and persons with disabilities for the development of their entrepreneurial ideas. In addition to this resource, the Project will also develop a completely new multilingual Internet portal through which elderly entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to place their products and services on a wider market and thus ensure the sustainability of their businesses.

Other project activities include:

• Assessment and research of entrepreneurial potential of this social group, including their knowledge and competencies;
• Training of persons interested in entrepreneurship;
• Educational and promotional campaign; etc.

Project Title: GRINDING MILLS, BINDING ROADS- HU-SRB cross-border thematic route under the sign of mills and windmill

Acronym: MILLS’ ROUTE

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0252

Total Project budget: 514,852.14 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 437,624.31 EUR

Start Date: 1 March 2018

End Date: 29 February 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Kiskun Museum  (Kiskunfélegyháza Város Önkormányzatának Kiskun Múzeuma)

Beneficiary 1: Ópusztaszeri Nemzeti Történeti Emlékpark Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. (ONTE)

Beneficiary 2: National Museum of Kikinda  (Narodni muzej Kikinda)

Beneficiary 3:  Local Community Orom (Mesna Zajednica Orom)

Beneficiary 4: Municipality of Hódmez?vásárhely (Hódmez?vásárhely Megyei Jogú Város Önkormányzata)

Contact information:

Kiskunfélegyháza Város Önkormányzatának Kiskun Múzeuma (Kiskun Museum)

Address: 6100 Kiskunfélegyháza, Dr. Holló Lajos u. 9. Hungary

Contact person: Márta Mészáros, director of Kiskun Museum 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 76 461 468

Project summary:

Protection of and familiarization with our architectural heritage is an important task as preserved buildings represent the values of our past and the knowledge of our forefathers.

The main goal of this project is to preserve a specific area of the architectural heritage for the future generations – mills, windmills, and horse-powered grain mills that were once typically used for grinding of bread crops in Vojvodina, Serbia. Such crops still represent the basis of human nutrition, thus knowing their origin and processing is very important. A number of different types of mills have been preserved in the Hungary-Serbia border region, and the project MILLS’ ROUTE will present them within a joint touristic programme. Presentation of their variety, technical differences and the resourcefulness of our ancestors is the basis of this project.

The project offers the opportunity to get acquainted with different types of mills, wind mills, pepper mills, as well as the reconstruction and renovation of the buildings which offer insight into their economic action, growing and producing crops, and different types of trade, nutrition-related habits and traditions.

The visitors will also be able to get acquainted with traditions related to the architectural heritage of different locations in Hungary – Kiskunfélegyháza, Ópusztaszer, Hódmez?vásárhely and in Serbia – Kikinda and Orom. Additionally, they will be able to learn about the traditions related to these special architectural heritages at science conferences, family programs, thematic days and festivals.

Besides these events, MILLS’ ROUTE will also be available via online platforms, presenting many preserved buildings in the region.

Project Title: Kaleidoscope of Contemporary Culture and Creative Industries

Acronym: K3CI

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0063

Total Project budget: 207,470.26 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 176,349.72 EUR

Start Date: 1 November 2017

End Date: 31 December 2019 

Lead Beneficiary: Association Cinema City

Beneficiary 1: Kulturanova

Beneficiary 2: KÉP-SZÍN-HÁZ

Beneficiary 3: MASZK Egyesület

Contact information:

Association Cinema City

Address: Bogoboja Atanackovića 8, 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Ms Hana Ljiljak

Email:  [email protected]  

Telephone: +381 21 633 62 36

The Project's website: https://k3ci.net/en/

Project summary:

The main objective of the project is to strengthen cooperation between contemporary cultural and creative scenes of Hungary and Serbia by enhancing professional competencies, artistic production and transfer of knowledge between 70 young cultural managers and artists.

Through a series of eight educational, networking and promotional events, such as: as Producers’ Forums (two), Artistic Residencies (two), concerts and screenings (four), the projects intends to strengthen the knowledge within the creative sector, spark artistic collaboration between the local scenes, emphasize the role of young women artists and enable greater visibility of cultural products among audiences in the border region, by intensifying the feeling of the belonging to a common area.

Additionally, improved quality of the cultural production is expected to lead to multiple positive effects on the local touristic offer – contemporary exhibitions and festivals, presentations of  attractive blend of the local culture, global trends, identity and hospitality.

The project will primarily focus on networking and capacity-building of cultural workers from Serbia and Hungary, and enabling their encounters, exchange of practices, and know-how through workshops and lectures and meetings (Producers Forum 1.0 in Novi Sad and Producers Forum 2.0 in Szeged). Professionals will be able to get together in a casual yet working atmosphere, discuss current projects and develop new ones, learn about new tendencies in audience development, usage of state-of-the-art technologies in preparing cultural events, and  innovative ways of event funding.

The second level of the project involves creating a platform for promotion and co-creation of young artists. Through four public events, the project will present fresh films, music, visual works and performances which communicate with a universal language and represent popular and effective mediums for expression of human ingenuity.  Additionally, the project will offer two artistic residencies as a place for exchange of experiences and joint production of artistic works.

Project Title: Local tastes-Local values

Acronym: LT-LV

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/42/0112

Total Project budget: 234,584.84 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 199,397.11 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2018

End Date: 31 January 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Bácsalmás Municipality Public Benefit Non-profit Ltd. (HU)

Beneficiary 1: Association of Agricultural Producers of Pacir (SRB)

Contact information:

Bácsalmás Municipality Public Benefit Non-profit Ltd.

Address: Bezdán street 10. , 6430 Bácsalmás, Hungary

Contact person: Ms. Ágnes Gáll Barta Tiborné

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: + 36 30 646 9387

Project summary:

The main objective of the project is to broaden the knowledge base of actors of the entrepreneurship operating in the border region. The project also aims to strengthen the cross-border cooperation between social enterprises by building a network that fosters the members’ effective capacity building and the establishment of solid market positions. By implementing workshops, a “knowledge transfer day” and study tours, the project partners strive to increase the motivation of the current and potential socio-economic stakeholders and teach them to assert their interests efficiently.

Another important part of the project is developing a study on both sides of the border regarding old crafts in the border region intended for learning more about these crafts. Its aim will be raising awareness of craftsmanship typical in the region and defining its potential in tourism and in the local labour market. By evaluating the studies, mapping the possibilities of social economy in the region, and the operation of social networks, the project partners will elaborate the strategies and share them with relevant governmental bodies and make recommendations for promotion the importance of social entrepreneurship actors in boosting the market of local foods and handicraft products.

To promote local products, the project partners will organize events, fairs and food tasting opportunities that enable participants to get to know one another’s traditional foods, tastes and products. Besides the awareness-raising short films and brochures, the project partners will use social media present the social entrepreneurship actors, the local products and handicraft traditions from both countries.

 

Project Title: Prediction of the children success in the sport without borders

Acronym: PREDIHUSRB

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0064

Total Project budget: 90,235.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 76,699.75 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 31 August 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Association SUTEAM (Udruženje SUTEAM)

Beneficiary 1: Üllés Youth Sports Organization (Üllési Ifjúsági Sportegyesület)

Contact information:

Udruženje SUTEAM (Association SUTEAM)

Address: Pavla Štosa 2/28, 24000 Subotica, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Dakić Srđan

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 65 652 8501

Project summary:

This project aims to predict, support and develop young sports talents in the cross-border region, as well as to support the process of developing people’s sports identity and their attitude towards sport.

Project’s objectives are:

• Developing a sustainable, innovative and joint sport strategy product based on special tests of young athletes that will contribute to the common branding of the programme area as an sport friendly destination and consequently to an increased number of young athletes.
• Raising cross-border sports co-operation among children and sports professionals to a higher level.
• Introducing sports professionals to modern technologies in the development of athletes.

Project’s target groups are:

• Direct target group – mainly recruits 70-100 players/club, or the young sports players (4-12 age group);
• Indirect target group – audience, sports fans, families of the athletes/professionals, other sport clubs and their members, as well as the media.

Project’s activities include:

• Opening conference with children’s sport festival (competition);
• Street football event;
• Joint training camp for children;
• Professional seminars for coaches;
• Euro Cup with the closing event;
• Su Team Olympic games for children;
• Professional training session for young athletes;

The results the project intends to achieve are the following:

• Better recognition of the programme area as an general sport area (locally and internationally);
• Creation of a unified sport strategy for the development of the young athletes;
• Sport coaches and young athletes gaining new skills and knowledge and increasing their professional;
• Upgrade of equipment and big scale professional education needed for sport development.

Project Title: Social entrepreneurship and community agriculture for combating long-term unemployment

Acronym: SocioAgro

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/42/0152

Total Project budget: 222,514.22 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 189,137.08 EUR

Start Date: 2 January 2018

End Date: 1 January 2020

Lead Beneficiary:  Kathaz Public Benefit Nonprofit Ltd.

Beneficiary 1: Poverello Foundation

Contact information:

Katház Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. (Kathaz Public Benefit Nonprofit Ltd.)

Address: 12 Dugonics tér, 6720 Szeged, Hungary

Contact person: Barnabas Gergely

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36 30 575 3935

 

Project summary:

The project aims to help families struggling with financial problems (such as unemployed parents), as well as the children with unemployed parents who are in need of some assistance in education. This project’s goal is to improve social conditions of the target groups through a complex model of a social enterprise in Drljan in Serbia, job opportunities, trainings and children’s education.

The project activities have two main methodological pillars: education and the power of the community.

The most important part of the project is education and it that determines the efficiency and the sustainability of the project to a large extent. The project will employ various educational methods, such as lexical courses, soft skills trainings, awareness-raising events and study trips. In line with the agricultural lexical courses there will be a practice in the builted foil tents in Drljan. The lexical courses will be held by professionals specialised in the field of agriculture. The project partners will use a non-formal educational method allowing the participants to practice growing vegetables in the builted foil tents (“learning by doing“ method).

In addition to these courses, the project partners will hold soft skills trainings in the following topics: time management, entrepreneurship development skills, work ethic routine and self-knowledge. With the development of these basic skills the participants can become successful in their jobs, even after a long-term unemployment. The entrepreneurship development skills help the participants become economic entrepreneurs and to freely overtake businesses after the aforementioned project (risk assessment, investments and savings etc.).

The second methodological pillar of the project is the power of the community. With a complex approach the project will provide a ground for the initiation of agricultural activities. Its effect and dissemination of its results and positive examples within the community will ensure the project’s sustainability.

Project Title: Digital Meets Culture: Promotion of the Cross-Border Heritage through Digital Prism                                                                            

Acronym: Digital Meets Culture

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0094

Total Project budget: 181 988.15 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 154 689.92 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2020

End Date: 30 November 2021

Lead Beneficiary: Udruženje Digitalna regija (Digital Region Association)

Beneficiary 1: SZÓ-TÉR Egyesület (SZÓ-TÉR Association)

Contact information:

Udruženje Digitalna regija (Digital Region Association)

Address: Kizur Ištvana 64, 24 000 Subotica, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Tomislav Dedović Tomić 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 63503022

 

Project summary:

The Project named “Digital Meets Culture: Promotion of the Cross-Border Heritage through Digital Prism” is implemented within the IPA Interreg Cross-border Programme Hungary-Serbia. The partner organizations implementing the Project are the Digital Region Association from Subotica, as the lead beneficiary, and the SZÓ-TÉR Association from Szeged as the beneficiary organization.

The basic idea of the partner organizations during the development of the project idea was to contribute to further strengthening the already established communication bridge in the cross-border region, which would promote the preservation of cultural heritage by providing knowledge and skills of craftsmanship to the young generations and create digital tools that make the results of the project accessible to the local communities in the cross border region. The project can, indirectly, activate the openness within the population, fosters the exploration of cultural similarities and create the possibility to accept differences and unique values.

The project is designed to provide an in-depth media promotion of the common cultural heritage of the cross-border region through the production, distribution, and broadcasting of a joint television series on handcrafting traditions. In order to preserve the common cultural heritage in a new digital age, a website ‘E-Handcraft’ will be developed which will serve as an educational platform, hosting tutorials in handcrafting, but will also, promote their tourist potential.

 

 

Project Title: Ecotourism destination development of the Baja-Sombor crossborder region by the development of thematic greenways and tourism packages

Acronym: Baja-Sombor Greenways

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0227

Total Project budget: 403,971.55 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 343,375.81 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 30 April 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Municiplaity of Baja

Beneficiary 1: City of Sombor

Beneficiary 2: Baja TDM

Contact information:
Municiplaity of Baja
Address: 6500 Baja, Szentháromság Square 1.
Contact person: Wolfárt Orsolya
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +36 79 527 185
 
Project summary:
The main objective of the project is the development of the Baja-Sombor tourist destination by building on its unique greenways network via small-scale infrastructure development and soft measures, such as: development strategy, mobile application, training, sports and tourism events.

The project aims to create commonly coordinated cross-border tourism destinations based on the complementary local assets in order to ensure sustainable development of tourism potentials promoting co-operation activities in the field of culture, leisure, sports, and nature protection. The cooperation and joint events will promote acceptance of cultural differences.

The project focuses on environmentally friendly activities and it will articulate environmental responsibility of tourists and tourism service providers through communication activities, events and trainings. It will also raise awareness about the natural reserves and cultural heritage of the area, as well as the benefits of nature-friendly activities. By strategic planning and knowledge-sharing, the project partners will be able to sustain joint development of this cross-border destination. 

The following activities are planned within the project: 

• Accessibility development measures are planned at Sugovica beach in Baja, Hungary; 
• Construction of a multifunctional cycling and water tourism service point in Baja, Hungary;
• Construction of a Kayak Centre in Sombor, Serbia;
• Opening of two bicycle service points, which will be installed along the Sombor section of Eurovelo 6.
• “Visit to neighbours” two-way cycling race;  
• Baja- Sombor Ultramarathon;
• Kayak Adventures event.

Additionally, the project will include a detailed tourism survey, an action plan, and a presentation of active tourism destination at a regional tourism fair. 

Project Title: MultiSport across the border

Acronym: MultiSport HUSRB

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/34/0062

Total Project budget: 119 130,00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 101 260,50 EUR

Start Date: 01/11/2020

End Date:   28/02/2022

Lead Beneficiary: Sports Association Academy Njers Istvan

Beneficiary 1: Sports Association of Tompa

Contact information:

Sports Association Academy Njers Istvan

Address: Košutova 4, 24427 Totovo Selo, Serbia 

Contact person: Mr. Róbert Kis

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381631661738

 

Project summary:

Rural areas on the both side of the border addresses/tackling with common challenges in terms of lagging behind in development processes in the field of economy, social issues and cultural sphere too. Sport cooperations are mainly focusing on only one branch, thereby limiting opportunities for wider structure. However, Multisport project is intended to gather three sport branches, thereby creating wider frame for target group to build good neighborly relations by organizing joint sport and leisure events in the CBR.

Football, judo and handball teams participating in common activities are the main target of this project. Kids between 10 and 18 years of age are the direct participants. During the project, in three sport section and three activities approximately 370 young players will be directly involved from both countries. At the last grand event, mass sport festival we intend to include about 200 persons.

By organizing FOOTBALL mini cups, advance training for sport teachers, joint training camps; JUDO competitions, camps, seminars; HANDBALL tournaments, joint training camps and advance workshops for trainers and other joint mass sport and leisure events (FESTIVAL) on both side of the border, we bring together the potential participants and the inhabitants from the border area and provide more publicity to the region, by the way promoting sport and societal issues.

 

Project Title:  Conservation of key animal species of Pannonian Steppes in a border region between Hungary and Serbia

Acronym:  PANNONSTEPPES

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/12/0065

Total Project budget:  287,039.93 EUR

EU contribution (IPA):  243,983.93 EUR

Start Date: 15 January 2017

End Date: 31 December 2019

Lead Beneficiary:  Institute for Nature Conservation of Vojvodina Province (Pokrajinski zavod za zaštitu prirode)

Beneficiary 1:  Kiskunsági National Park Directorate (Kiskunsági Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság)

Beneficiary 2:  Provincial Secretariat for Urban Planning and Environmental Protection (Pokrajinski sekretarijat za urbanizam i zaštitu životne sredine)

Beneficiary 3:  Perjanica Hunting Association (Lova?ko udruženje Perjanica)

Contact information:

Institute for Nature Conservation of Vojvodina Province (Pokrajinski zavod za zaštitu prirode)

Address: Radni?ka 20a, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia

Contact person: Ms Biljana Ilija Panjkovi?

Email: [email protected]

 

Project summary:

This project aims at the conservation of two key species of Pannonian Steppes and, via them, conservation of their habitats, which will give substantial contribution to achieving better conservation status to the remnants of Pannonian Steppers in both countries.

Habitats of Hungarian Meadow Viper (Vipera ursini rakosiensis) will be again reconnected by removing a barrier on 22 ha made by unfavorable dense vegetation (bush and woods). Therefore, communication within the population and interchanges will be easy and this species will have a better chance for long-term survival in its the most important habitat in Pannonian Lowland.

Great Bustard (Otis tarda) in Serbia is large bird endangered primarily by terrestrial predators and intruders into its habitats. Therefore, protective fence will be erected around its 115 breeding sites in Great Bustard Pastures Nature Reserve. This fence will sustain safe breeding, and therefore population growth on the only Great Bustard habitat in Serbia.

Project Title: Film art connects young people

Acronym: FILMY

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0098

Total Project budget: 127,996.80 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 108,797.28 EUR

Start Date: 1 January 2018

End Date: 31 August 2019

Lead Beneficiary:  Open University Subotica Ltd. (Otvoreni univerzitet Subotica Doo)

Beneficiary 1: Szeged Event and Media Centre Non-profit LTD. (Szegedi Rendezvény- és Médiaközpont Nonprofit Kft.)

Contact information:

Otvoreni univerzitet Subotica Doo

Address: Trg cara Jovana Nenada 15, 24 000 Subotica, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Vladimir Perović 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 63 597 245; +381 24 554 600

Project summary:

The Hungary-Serbia border region is missing strategic, sustainable and developing cooperation between cultural organizations in the field of the film art. Besides the lack of cooperation between cultural organizations and cinemas, which results in the lack of information about film programs, film events and cinematography from abroad, an important problem is a lack of creative, networking and innovative activities in the film art which would connect the region and its population. The lack of adequate offer of informal education in the field of the film art in border region leaves the target groups with modest opportunities for the development of artistic spirit and skills, regardless of their talent and interest. Young people, middle-aged and older fans of the film art are lacking the centres for education and fostering the culture of film screening, exchange of opinions and critical observations of the life and its elements from the perspective of the film art.

Recognizing these problems, two cultural organizations from the neighbouring cities Subotica and Szeged, as managers of two important cinemas and organizers of two international film festivals, prepared a set of interconnected activities which will animate and connect a wide target group, especially young persons and create new cultural events which will result in concrete development of the border region in the field of the film art. The Open University Subotica and the Event and Media Centre Szeged Non-profit LTD. plan to establish a close and continual cooperation based on the three cooperation pillars – film festivals cooperation, establishment of Film clubs, and establishment of Film schools in border region. Through the cooperation of the festivals and the cinemas from the two cities, and especially through establishment of film schools and film clubs in these cities and other local communities, the target groups will receive opportunities to consume and enjoy in the film art as well as to develop their talents through education, practical work, experience exchange and cooperation with colleagues from abroad.

Project Title: HandyCraft2 – Social Enterprise to integrate the Craftmen in the Cross Border Region

Acronym: HandyCraft2

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/42/0173

Total Project budget: 175,275 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 148,983.74 EUR

Start Date: 1 March 2018

End Date: 28 February 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Southern Great Plans Region Social Research Association (Dél-Alföldi Regionális Társadalomtudományi Kutatási Egyesület)

Beneficiary 1: Regional Civic Association „Ludaspuszta” (Regionalno Udruženje Građana „Ludašpusta“)

Contact information:Southern Great Plans Region Social Research Association (Dél-Alföldi Regionális Társadalomtudományi Kutatási Egyesület)

Address: 6721, Szeged, Sajka utca 16, Hungary

Contact person: Mr. Janos SANTA 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 20 852 2827

 

Project summary:

Based on previous experiences of promoting entrepreneurship and local agricultural production, this project aims to:

• promote social entrepreneurship locally, by empowering local marketable producers of handcraft items who have disadvantageous socio-economic background; and
• increase employment by involving local workforce with the appropriate skills.

These goals will be achieved through a complete plan strategy and market analysis, along with a legal system analysis and by developing the “Common Image Handbook”. Through this project, the partnering organizations will involve local entrepreneurs in project workshops and networking workshops.

The project consists of three main elements:

1. Handycraft Strategy for Social Entrepreneurship (SSE): this strategy includes market analysis, along with the analysis of legal framework.
2. Common Product Development (CPD):, a franchise brand for local handcraft products will be developed within the project. After identifying, invocating and inviting (by an extensive PR activity) local craftsmen, 20-20 prototypes of local manufacturing products will be developed by the collaboration of product development experts and the locals. Additionally, a mentoring programme will be introduced for craftsmen to lead them through the process.
3. Market Access (MA): Helping people with disadvantageous socio economic background to join the local economy by producing handcraft products and to introduce them on the market.

 

Project Title: COOPERATION FOR PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF COMMON NATURAL VALUES

Acronym: NaturalValues

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/34/0002

Total Project budget: 234 263,65 euro

EU contribution (IPA): 199 124,09 euro

Start Date: 01.09.2020

End Date: 28.02.2022

Lead Beneficiary: Kecskemét Television Nonprofit Ltd

Beneficiary 1: Pannonia Foundation

 

Contact information:

Address: Szabadság tér 2, 6000 Kecskemét

Contact person: Emília Pasztor

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 30 207 0057

 

Project summary:

The main objective of the project is to serve nature protection with continuation of the long-term harmonic and balanced co-operation between the Hungarian KTV and the Serbian PannonFund, which is on the promotion of the preservation of natural heritage as nature-respecting tourist destinations in order to serve the sustainable development in the cross border region.

During the implementation the Beneficiaries have chosen the most difficult mission, to change significantly the attitude of people to common natural values of the cross border region, offer them factual and scientific information on sustainable use of natural heritage and show them good example how to employ the information in practice. They want to reach this purpose with a jointly made bi-lingual television nature magazine series of 20-25 minutes and regularly presented on both TV in every second Saturday evening at 7 pm. Each part consists of 5-6 small film units equally devoted to Serbian and Hungarian topics. Besides the presentation of common natural heritage, the series also offer regular information service on eco-tourism, rural tourism programmes, actions and regional achievements in this field. In order to maximize the impact and activate people especially youths, actions for poster and field competitions (2-2), participation in special cross border nature tourist programmes (2) will be organized.

The calls for “Green Portrait” and “Green Ideas” also serve inclusion and motivation of young people. At the end a poll gives factual measure for the rise of common responsibility for common natural values and the understanding of the necessity of building common future.

All activities correspond to the objectives of the IPA programme as they strengthen good neighbourly relations and encourage their harmonic, balanced and sustainable development. The project fully meet the requirements of the partnership as the project proposal has been jointly prepared and planned to jointly implement.

Project Title: Common efforts for tourism

Acronym: CET

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0081

Total Project budget: 584,349.2 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 496,696.81 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2018

End Date: 31 May 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Local Government of Kiskunmajsa (Kiskunmajsa Város Önkormányzata)

Beneficiary 1:  Municipality of Bačka Topola (Opština Bačka Topola)

Contact information:

Kiskunmajsa Város Önkormányzata

Address: Fő u. 82, 6120 Kiskunmajsa, Hungary

Contact person: Mr György Váraljai

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 77 48 1144

 

Project summary:

The objectives of the project are to develop a tourism network of services, products and goods, based on natural values, as well as to support local producers via inclusion in a database of local values and assets.

The project will include knowledge transfer, leisure programs with natural trails and camps, training sessions, a story book and a mobile application.

The partnership will provide some opportunities for the local producers to introduce their local values and the local handmade products. With these exhibitions and the tasting of the local products, the partnership will promote and support the local heritage and values.

Furthermore, the project will implement marketing activities supporting the project elements. With the visitor centers, the project will foster rural and eco-tourism and through awareness-raising programs and trainings, it will implement knowledge transfer. These activities are aimed at encouraging the visitors to have a longer stay in the area.

The project will create a trilingual mobile application, intended for both adults and young people. Additionally, the project intends to reach children by creating a trilingual story book.

Project Title: Elaboration of Technical Documentation of Subotica-Baja Railway Line

Acronym: Dream Railway

Project ID: HUSRB/1601/22/0002

Total Project budget: 3,585,017.40 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 3,047,264.79 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2017

End Date: 31 May 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Provincial Secretariat for Energy, Construction and Transport (Pokrajinski sekretarijat za energetiku, građevinarstvo i saobraćaj)

Beneficiary 1: DKMT Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa Euroregional Development Agency - Nonprofit Public Benefit Limited (DKMT Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza Eurorégiós Fejlesztési Ügynökség Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.)

Contact information:

Pokrajinski sekretarijat za energetiku, građevinarstvo i saobraćaj

Address: 16 Mihajla Pupina Boulvard, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Telephone: +381 214 874 324; +381 21 487 4324; +381 60 600 6300

Email: [email protected]

Contact person: Endre Šurjan

Description of the Project:

The objective of this Project is to develop the design documentation necessary for construction of the Subotica-Bácsalmás-Baja section of the Szeged-Subotica-Bácsalmás-Baja railway line, relying on the existing feasibility study.

The planning of the Szeged-Subotica-Bácsalmás-Baja railway route started several years ago. Financed by the Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme in 2011, a feasibility study had been created for the railway line by examining several alternative routes. In the past 5 years the Governments and the competent ministries of Serbia and Hungary held several meetings on the development of the railway and they have repeatedly expressed their support for this project.

Currently there is no traffic conducted on the Subotica-Bácsalmás section. The railway line was once in operation but by today only the traces of the former train tracks are visible. The lack of a direct connection for transportation is a significant obstacle for the development of cultural, touristic and social relations in the Hungarian-Serbian border region. The main benefit of the project is to develop a railway connection in order to eliminate the anomalies of crossing the border and enable the reconstruction of the railway line to improve the mobility of persons and goods. As a result, the travelling time required to cover this physical distance shall be optimized, and the towns and villages in the region would become significantly more accessible.

The planned Project activities include:

• Designs for approval (DfA) and the preliminary design for the Subotica-Csikéria-Bácsalmás-Baja railway line section.
• Elaboration of a spatial plan for special purposes of the infrastructure corridor (Subotica-Csikéria, Bácsalmás, Bácsbokod, Bácsszőlős, Baja). 
• Printing of the Project publications – executive summary of technical documentation
• Events, including the meetings with Serbian and Hungarian railway companies, and workshops with representatives of the towns and villages situated alongside the railway line.

Project Title: A New Approach in Rural Ethno- and Ecotourism: Capacity and Competence Development

Acronym: AREeCcDev

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0075

Total Project budget: 499,200.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 424,320.00 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 30 April 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine UNS (Zavod za farmaciju, Medicinski fakultet UNS)

Beneficiary 1: Public enterprise "Pali?-Ludaš" (Javno preduze?e "Pali?-Ludaš")

Beneficiary 2: University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem)

Beneficiary 3: Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment UNS (Institut za nizijsko šumarstvo i životnu sredinu UNS)

Contact information:

Zavod za farmaciju, Medicinski fakultet UNS (Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, UNS)

Address: Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Prof. Biljana Božin

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 60 054 4824; +381 21 422 760

Project summary:

The project aims to develop tourist capacities of the Ludaš Lake and incorporate the local community into tourist sector to make this location more attractive on the eco- and ethno-tourism map and make it suitable for the cross-border cooperation with Hungarian tourist centres (in Mórahalom). Furthermore, the project intends to document the traditional use of plants among the local population and educate the locals on how to implement green technology in production of plant-based souvenirs, as well as how to preserve the environment.

The project’s target groups are: the local community members, small independent entrepreneurs and tourism sector employees operating in the project’s target area. Furthermore, the project will include the underprivileged groups, including orphans, people with disabilities, elderly people, single parents, unemployed, and displaced persons, and train them in the production of certain natural plant-based products, such as "Green cosmetics" and “Green gastronomy”, for which there is a great interest on the EU market. This will provide them with the means to subsidize their incomes and decrease their dependence on others, thus contributing to their general wellbeing.

This project will also contribute the economy of the border region – every aspect of the economy, from the local merchants, tourist agencies to other service providers will benefit from the increased trade.

The first stage of the project will include the 3D mapping of the terrain of the Special nature reserve “Ludaš Lake” and parts of the landscape of “Suboti?ka peš?ara” and the Special nature reserve “Selevenjske pustare”. The project will map out the nature tracks, alongside “anti-stress” gardens and air spas. Additionally, in this stage of the project the capacities of the Ludaš Lake Visitor centre will be upgraded to suit the needs of the later stages of the project.

Along these activities, the project team will create a comprehensive ethno-botanical questionnaire circulate it among the local population. This will provide them with information about the cultural heritage and traditional uses of the local flora. Thanks to the information gathered via this questionnaire and the existing literature about safety testing about the plants for traditional use the project will base workshops on this data about combining the knowledge of modern medicine and the traditional and culturally unique practices of the population in the Programme area. The project’s workshops will be tailored for all members of the local community and give them the necessary skills to use the traditional plants to create unique souvenirs, health and food products.

Through the new health tracks, anti-stress gardens, air spas and the small botanical garden with the most important medical plants used in the border region, and the souvenirs, the project will greatly increase the tourism profile of the area, and allow the local population to exploit the growing trend of health tourism, while working to preserve their cultural heritage.

In order to ensure the sustainability and with respect to the EC open science policies all of the findings of the project will be organized into a comprehensive tri-lingual online monograph.

Project Title: Encouraging Young People to Participate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the SRB-HU Cross Border Region through Knowledge Transfers and Scholarships

Acronym: YoungInnov

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/43/0037

Total Project budget: 429 850 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 365 372,50 EUR

Start Date: 12.03.2021

End Date: 11.09.2022

Lead Beneficiary: Dél-Alföldi Regionális Társadalomtudományi Kutatási Egyesület

Beneficiary 1: Udruženje građana Leader+ Banatski Karlovac

Beneficiary 2: Magyar-Szerb Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara

Contact information: PO box pf.1247

Address: H-6721 Szeged, Sajka utca 16. II/6

Contact person: Gábor Dániel Nagy

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36309061735

 

Project summary:

 

The project is intended to develop a culture of initiative among young people. It encourages young people to be authentic authors and actors and to boost their creativity, audacity and talent in local activism and social cohesion, citizenship and solidarity, sustainable development and entrepreneurialism. The project particularly wants to provide educational, technical and financial support to help the young throughout their own projects, from conception to completion. Through non-formal and informal education and peer learning, the project will develop the autonomy, individual and collective responsibility and involvement of young people in social and public life and help their social and professional integration. It will stimulate core competences and skills such as expressing ideas, defending projects, adaptation in light of constraints, teamwork and individual work. The project will provide methodological resources, training, a website and scientific assistance in monitoring and evaluating the impact of the activities. A cross-sectoral Serbian – Hungarian jury will assesses the project proposals, and a partnership at all levels will help to promote the program and disseminate its results. Scholarship beneficiaries will also be selected by the juries, for the total of 48 scholarship months, 24 spent by 12 Hungarians in Serbia and 24 Spent by 12 Serbians in Hungary.

Project Title: Rehabilitation of common natural and cultural heritage for future development of the region

Acronym: Rehab NatCult Heritage

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0128

Total Project budget: 557,602.2 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 473,961.87 EUR

Start Date: 1 April 2018

End Date: 31 March 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Sándorfalva Local  Government

Beneficiary 1:  Municipality of Novi Bečej

Contact information: Sándorfalva Local  Government

Address: 6762 Sándorfalva, Szabadság tér 1.

Contact person: Zsuzsanna Pataki, Gajdosné

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 6 257 2963

Project summary:

Novi Bečej in Serbia and Sándorfalva in Hungary are of similar economic development, their residents’ living conditions are also similar, and both settlements’ development was directly affected by the closeness of the environmental protection areas. Both of these settlements put great emphasis on development of tourism, especially eco-tourism.  

Having recognized the similar problems and being interested in common development and cooperation opportunities, the municipal organizations started cooperating in 2013.

The main objective of the project is the ecotourism-related utilization of areas with protected natural values, as well as the revitalization of tourism, economy and community life and the strengthening of cross-border relationships.

The project partners plan to implement the following activities within this project:

• the infrastructural development of the natural protection area by elaborating an eco-tourism strategy related to the two areas;
• promotion of the local product sales, and starting a training for the standardization process and establishing  a monitoring body;
• organization of five cultural events presenting the values of Slano Kopovo;
• project appearances of the at tourism fairs;
• rehabilitation of the ex lege natural protection area of Lake Nádas, by allowing a part of the reedy area to be grazed by buffalos from the Kiskunság National Park and by creating an open water surface for the varied water habitats, suitable for bird watching;
• connecting Sándorfalva and Lake Nádas by a natural trail with interactive elements.
• organization of several events aimed at promoting the local natural and cultural values;
• a study on the diversification of wildlife at Lake Nádas;
• marketing and communications activities.

Project Title: Craftsmanship tourism: local values in cross-border perspective

Acronym: CRAMANTOUR

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0087

Total Project budget: 70,541 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 59,959.85 EUR 

Start Date: 1 April 2018

End Date: 31 March 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Lace of Kiskunhalas Public Foundation

Beneficiary 1: Croatian Cultural and Educational Ensemble „Matija Gubec” Tavankut

Beneficiary 2: Lanji Erne Craftsman Cultural Association

Contact information:

Address: Kossuth 37/A, 6400 Kiskunhalas, Hungary

Contact person: Éva Rédei Szécsiné

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 30 935 8499 

Project summary:
The aim of the project is to boost tourism in the Hungary-Serbia border region by introducing the local crafts and their world’s famous products.

The partners on the project are one Hungarian and two Serbian municipalities in the border region which care about preserving the communal heritage and values of unique craft traditions.

In Tavankut, Serbia, straw-image makers create pictures that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, while in Subotica, braided lace is made with a technique that was used in ancient cultures. At the same time, Kiskunhalas, Hungary is the home of the world’s famous Halas Lace, which is officially a part of Hungarian Cultural Heritage. The works from all three different crafts prominently feature religious motifs, which are the dominant theme of this project.

During the project, the partners will organize eight events, such as: religious artistic crafts exhibitions, in which the project partners present their works in Kiskunhalas and Subotica, interactive workshops for adults, and seminars for children in all three municipalities. The exhibitions will be particularly attractive for visitors with religious values. The project will also attract a large number of “pilgrim-tourists” from Hungary and Serbia. At the workshops and seminars, the visitors will be able to learn about the craft techniques and try them out. All of these events will attract a great number of people who like crafts, as well as those who are active craft practitioners.

The collaboration between the participating organizations on this project will be the start of a long-term cooperation.

With the help of the craftsmen and artistic craft products from the three partnering organizations, the project will help tourism development and connect people both within these communities and across the border.

Project Title: Theatre art as a regional hub for children's socialization

Acronym: THEATRO

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0106

Total Project budget: 91,989.05 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 78,190.68 EUR

Start Date: 1 January 2018

End Date: 30 June 2019

Lead Beneficiary:  Open University Subotica Ltd. (Otvoreni univerzitet Subotica Doo)

Beneficiary 1: Kövér Béla Puppet Theatre (Kövér Béla Bábszínház)

Contact information:

Open University Subotica Ltd. (Otvoreni univerzitet Subotica Doo)

Address: Trg cara Jovana Nenada 15, 24 000 Subotica, the Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Vladimir Perović 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 63 597 245; +381 24 554 600

Project summary:

Despite the existing cultural cooperation in the Hungary-Serbia border region, there is an evident lack of knowledge and information about the cultural heritage and cultural offer in the border region related to puppetry/children’s theatre, especially among children and young people. Project aims to develop children’s theatre art in the border region, increase cooperation between stakeholders, increase general theatre and festivals audience and create innovative online tool for the purpose of education, information, promotion and experience exchange in the field of theatre art for children. Project partners are two cultural institutions, organizers of two international theatre festivals for children, which have excellent cooperation and successful experience with cross-border cooperation.

The project is based on the four groups of activities which will be implemented simultaneously:

• Exchange of festival programs will serve for cooperation and networking of the target groups, sharing of experience, expansion of theatre audience and promotion of partner-festivals;
• Creation and promotion of an exhibition, focused on the cultural heritage of the border region in the field of theatre art for children which will enable promotion and raise of interest for this subject;
• Comprehensive education for children consisting of a puppet workshop, a puppetry camp for children, children’s preparation of theatre performances and its presentation on the Festivals will enable involvement and education of children, their socialization through play, idea-sharing and development of creativity, thus increasing the interest for puppetry and children’s theatre art of young generations.
• All the three results are contributing to the achievement and promotion of the key project result – creation of a web platform, which in innovative and interactive way presents the cultural heritage of the border region in the field of puppetry and children theatre art, and provides continual information about current news and events in the field of theatre art for children.

Project Title: Development of water tourism on waterways connecting Hungary and Serbia

Acronym: WATERTOUR

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0204

Total Project budget: 464,553.77 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 394,870.7 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 31 December 2019

Lead Beneficiary: University of Szeged

Beneficiary 1: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences

Beneficiary 2: University of Novi Sad, Serbia, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education

Beneficiary 3: University of Novi Sad, Hungarian Language Teacher Training Faculty Subotica

Contact information:

University of Szeged

Address: Dugonics square 13, Szeged, Hungary

Contact person: Anikó Pados Bucsainé 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 62 546 732

Project summary:

The project aims to stimulate water tourism, as well as popularization of the common traditions and cultural heritage of Hungary and Serbia present at the natural and artificial waterways of the rivers Tisa and Danube. Additionally, the project involves exploration of the natural resources and social values of the region by the River Tisa. It intends to achieve that by elaborating a joint tourism marketing strategy and action plan for the cross-border region and formulating a recommendation for the implementation of marketing activities at the regional level.

The project will consist of a variety of connected attractions of sport-, eco-, and cultural tourism. It will help the stakeholders elaborate packages of joint tourist programs and identify tourism services, all of which are built on the River Tisa, connecting the two nations and cultures. Furthermore, the project will pay attention to connecting the attractions, sites and venues on both sides of the border.

Starting a new tradition, project will organize and implement water tours which also create opportunities for the students of the participating Hungarian and Serbian universities to meet, to get acquainted and network within jointly organized programs in the area of their specialization – culture, sport, recreation and environmental protection. The implemented water tourism programs will serve as model programs.

By popularizing water tourism and strengthening the touristic potential of the riverside settlements, as well as by implementing project outcomes in practice, the project will contribute to enhancing the regionally integrative role of the rivers of the Hungarian Southern Great Plain region and of Vojvodina in Serbia.

The project will strengthen the geostrategic position of these regions and it will also support Serbia’s full integration into the EU. The project intends to achieve this goal through the following improvements:

• A joint strategy for the development of water tourism;
• A water tourism manual  in three languages;
•  A flier in in three languages;,
• A downloadable water tourism mobile application;
• A water tourism website;
• Six workshops in Szeged, Hungary;
• Two workshops;
• A project opening conference in Szeged;
• A forum and a professional conference in Novi Sad, Serbia;
• A project closing conference in Subotica, Serbia;
• Two professional exhibitions;
• A pilot water tourism programme with student participation, 6
• Six Hungarian, Serbian and English languages publications (related professional and scientific publications, writing parts of brochures, guidebooks).

Project Title: Using common cultural heritage as an economic development source

Acronym: Old habits in a new guise

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0115

Total Project budget: 209,309.10 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 177,912.73 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2018

End Date: 30 September 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Municipality of Kalocsa

Beneficiary 1: Municipality of Kula

Contact information:

Municipality of Kalocsa

Address: 35. Szent Isván király krt., 6300 Kalocsa, Hungary

Contact person: Ms. dr. Magóné Tóth Gyöngyi

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 70 362 9560

 

Project summary:

Hungary and Serbia have shared common history and culture for centuries. Although so far there have been numerous common folklore and gastronomy festivals on both sides of the border, the great potential for economic development, which both countries have, is currently not fully exploited.

The project intends to highlight the possibilities of using culture as a service and as an economic development tool. Its main goal is to involve the local communities of the partner organizations to get in touch with the cultural heritage and traditions of the region. The project will pay special attention to the young generations, and appeal to their interests, as they are the ones to preserve the cultural heritage of the region.

Through the transfer of the knowledge of cultural values and tourism potentials, the project can create attractive offers for young people, as well as create job opportunities, which could keep them residing in the region.

With the above-mentioned in mind, the primary target group of the project are young people, of age 15-30, as well as entrepreneurs working in the fields of culture, business, and tourism. Additionally, the project will target the local and regional governments, decision makers, the present and future tourists, as well as the overall population of the Hungary-Serbia border region.

The main activities of the project include: capacity-building workshops, a joint student camp, a canoe tour, cultural and gastronomy festivals, a media campaign, as well as a book.

The project envisions its idea “common region – common future” to result in expansion and strengthening of professional relations across the border region, as well as development of both formal and informal networking.

Project Title: QUAD: Accessible Eco-Tourism Social Entrepreneurship

Acronym: QUAD SE

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/42/0045

Total Project budget: 227,885.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 193,702.25 EUR

Start Date: 1 February 2018

End Date: 31 July 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Citizens’ Association Leader+ Banatski Karlovac, Serbia

Beneficiary 1: Association of Disabled in Csongrád County - MCSME

Contact information:

Citizens’ Association Leader+ Banatski Karlovac, Serbia

Address: Nemanjina 58/1, 26320 Banatski Karlovac, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Ivana Stefanovic

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 63 877 6358

 

Project summary:

"Accessible tourism is about making it easy for everyone to enjoy tourism experiences. Making tourism more accessible is not only a social responsibility – there is also a compelling business case for improving accessibility as it can boost the competitiveness of tourism in Europe." – EC DG Growth.

Accessible tourism is a big market. In the frame of 18 months, this Project will ensure that persons with disabilities and limited mobility have access to two selected Special Nature Reserves in Banat, through establishing QUAD Social Enterprise. Accessible tourism, new service for people with limited mobility, which generates profit by engaging people with disabilities and elderly people as consumers of tourism destinations and products/services, will bring positive effect to cross-border area.

The project partners will establish a social enterprise for providing innovative tourism service - touristic tour rides in Special Nature Reserves thus supporting inclusion of people with limited mobility. The project will use ATV vehicles, powered by renewable energies which are safe for the environment. Additionally, the project will include workshops between SMEs and research institutions for generating innovative solutions for ATVs and other services in nature reserves that will have a positive environmental impact.

This project will have a strong innovative character. For the first time in the history of rural tourism in the border region, a social entrepreneurship which develops and promotes accessible tourism, powered by renewable innovative resources will be introduced. Social innovation is in setting up a service with the so-called "universal design”, suitable for all citizens, including all those who have particular accessibility needs, their families and friends. This way, environmentally friendly, accessible and sustainable social tourism businesses are created.

Project Title: We travel in culture

Acronym: folKulture

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/33/0011

Total Project budget: 189 592,2 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 161 153,37 EUR

Start Date: 01.09.2021.

End Date: 31.12.2022.

Lead Beneficiary: Hungarian cultural center Népkör

Beneficiary 1: Hírös Agóra Cultural and Youth Center Nonprofit Limited Liability Company

Contact information:

Ma?arski kulturni centar Nepker (Népkör Magyar M?vel?dési Központ

Address: Lajoš Košut square 4 24000 Subotica

Contact person: Hajnalka Bodrogi

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +38124557033

 

Project summary:

The project emphasizes the research work of Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, through folk music and folk dance performances. During a series of events (folk dance expository, presentation of Bartók’s and Kodaly’s collection, seminar, world music concert, Hungarian-Serbian dance house, dance and playhouse for children, workshops, family day, etc), the citizens of Subotica and Kecskemét will have the opportunity to get to know each other and their cities, thus establishing mutual respect and understanding. Further aim of these events is to improve cultural tourism in the region by presenting unique local cultural values to visitors.

The project’s main objective is to promote cooperation activities in the field of culture by providing opportunities for children, young generations and ethnical minorities to participate in the preservation of folk music and folk dance.

Project Title: Volunteers and communities without borders

Acronym: Community Footprint

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0247

Total Project budget: 106.398,00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 90.438,30 EUR

Start Date: 2 January 2018

End Date: 1 January 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Kathaz Public Nonprofit Ltd

Beneficiary 1: Pro Porta Foundation

Contact information: Kathaz Public Nonprofit Ltd

Address: Dugonics square 12, 6720 Szeged, Hungary

Contact person: Mr Barnabás Gergely

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 62 311 216/100

Project summary:

The project is implemented by two organizations sharing the same values: youth education, responsibility for local groups and the promotion of volunteering. The two organizations have been organizing communities and involving volunteers for years. The project has two main aims: 1. forming communities from volunteers, 2. educating contributors from simple participants of programs.

The step-by-step approach (involving, mentoring and delegating responsibility) and the combination of learning-by-doing method with experimental learning will help reaching project results.

The project aims to address two, strictly correlated social problems which affect the upraising generations. The first one is the decreasing need and motivation for belonging to a community and acting for the benefit of a community, as well as for being a volunteer. The lack of volunteering and community membership result in further problems, such as the lack of or delayed responsibility assuming which can cause personal and social damages as well. This phenomenon exists on the both sides of the border, and the project partners have already realized the problem and have already started to tackle it during their daily work. Therefore, the project will be an evident continuation of the already started activities and mission.

The problems will be addressed by motivation of youngsters and presenting them with the strength of communities via personal experience and volunteering activities.

The project partners intend to educate youngsters to embrace engagement and thus, the responsibility, as the key factors for being ready to take action. The second problem which the project tackles is the phenomenon of being only a consumer of programs but not taking part in their organization.

Project activities in the field of education and organization of programmes are available to all young people in the border region, especially to disadvantaged persons.  The involvement of young people within communities includes giving and receiving opportunities for connecting to their peers and for exchange of experiences. Additionally, all programs and educational activities will be free-of-charge and promoted via various media channels and social media networks in order to ensure that everyone who is interested can take part in them. Furthermore, for the purpose of discovering and nurturing talent, the project takes into account abilities and skills of each individual and offers help and support, relying on the principle of equal treatment.

Project Title: “Basketball Without Borders” - sport is part of our culture, which helps to get to know each other. Programs from A to Z.

Acronym: CB Basket A to Z

Project ID: HUSRB/1903/34/0061

Total Project budget: 191.269,00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 162.578,65 EUR

Start Date: 1 March 2021

End Date: 31 May 2022

Lead Beneficiary: Hódmezővásárhelyi Kosársuli Sportegyesület (Basketball Association of Hódmezővásárhely)

Beneficiary 1: Omladinski Košarkaški Klub „Spartak“ (Youth Basketball Club "Spartak")

Contact information:

Hódmezővásárhelyi Kosársuli Sportegyesület (Basketball Association of Hódmezővásárhely)

Address: Lenkei Street 2, 6800 Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary.

Contact person: Mr. András Elek 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 62242683; +36 303380569

 

Project summary:

The project “CB Basket A to Z” builds on the results achieved by the recently implemented project “CB Basket”. Through joint sport events, the project “CB Basket” has strengthened the partnership between project partners and developed friendships between project target groups.

In the current project, project partners intend to broaden the cooperation between target groups from both countries. In addition to participation in joint sport events, the project "CB Basket A to Z" will provide opportunities for target groups to learn about local history and culture through visiting many attractions that are typical of the border area.

Project's Main Objective is to foster cooperation between young population of the border region by organizing joint sport and leisure activities and events.  Improved cooperation will further develop inter-regional relations and partnerships to promote the border area.

The primary target group of the project in both countries represents the junior sports players, between 10 and 18 ages, who will directly participate in the project activities and events. In addition to young players, sport experts, coaches, teachers for physical education, trainers, sport managers from the both neighbor countries is a target group that represent the knowledge base.

Project consists of the following main activities:

* Basketball tournaments for children between 10 and 18 ages in Hungary and Serbia

* Seminars (advance training) for trainers and teachers

* Joint training camps for target group in Hungary and Serbia

* Joint summer holiday - vacation for target group in Hungary

* Sports physician, health survey of participants

* Outdoor street ball (B 3x3) events in Hungary and Serbia

* Equal Opportunity Day: Conference and Wheelchair basketball performance and common game.

The main benefit of the project is the strengthening the role of sports in steady and sustainable development of the region.

Stronger relation of the two clubs and people living in Hódmezővásárhely and Subotica region is a significant result that will also have an impact on tourism in the cross border region.

Project Title: Traditional and Standard Quality

Acronym: TASQ

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0146

Total Project budget: 414,754.82 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 352,541.59 EUR

Start Date: 1 July 2018

End Date: 30 June 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Institute of Food Technology in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad

Beneficiary 1: Eurotender Association

Beneficiary 2: Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad 

Beneficiary 3: Cooperative Union of Vojvodina

Beneficiary 4: Association for the Homokhatsag

Contact information:

Address: Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Contact person: Dr Predrag Ikoni?

Email: [email protected]  

Telephone: +381 21 485 3707

Project summary:

Increasing consumer demand for traditionally prepared food products emphasizes the need for a significant boost in use of innovative production technologies that guarantee high standards in food safety and quality, while keeping the original recipes and aromas. Moreover, traditional food producers (TFP), for the most part, have not been able to reach urban markets, while typical barriers included lack of capacity to produce quantities required to supply supermarket chains together with lack of standardization in production, packaging and labelling.

The project will establish a multichannel e-commerce platform, through which the knowledge and experience of research organizations will improve competitiveness of entrepreneurs in this segment, and enable the citizens of Serbia and Hungary to purchase traditional food products with utmost confidence. Further, through this project, the researchers will develop TASQ system for quality assurance of traditionally produced foods that will help standardize the food production and ensure its quality and safety.

With the idea to consolidate a wide range of TFPs and their products within common online marketplace, the outputs of this project will provide customers with much needed tools to find the best fit to their desire of quality, price, taste or the location of the products. The end customers would be able to choose not only by product photos, description and pricelists, but by recommendations from fellow customers and expert critics from relevant research institutions. The credibility of these organizations and their scientific method is what makes this e-commerce approach unique and what is expected to raise customer confidence and thus boost the sales of TFPs delicacies.

TASQ quality assurance system and e-commerce platform approach tackles all mentioned obstacles simultaneously, enforcing SME’s growth capabilities and employment potential through the direct market access and adaptation of new technologies and processes.

Project Title: AgroCraft2 – Common brand building with quality assurance background to promote local agroproducts and farmers in the CrossBorderRegion

Acronym: AgroCraft2

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0121

Total Project budget: 298,115.10 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 253,397.83 EUR

Start Date: 1 March 2018

End Date: 31 August 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Homokkert Micro Region Integration Nonprofit Ltd. (Homokkert Kistérségi Integrációs Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.)

Beneficiary 1: Regional Civic Association „Ludaspuszta” (Regionalno Udruženje Gra?ana „Ludašpusta“)

Contact information:

Homokkert Micro Region Integration Nonprofit Ltd. / Homokkert Kistérségi Integrációs Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.

Address: 6782 Mórahalom, Fesztivál köz 1.

Contact Person: Anikó Matula

Position: project manager

E-mail: [email protected]

Mobile: +36 70 459 7360 

Project summary:

The project aims to strengthen the joint local agricultural production by creating a common franchise with a well-developed quality assurance system for products in the border region by the cooperation of the Hungarian and Serbian partners within the project. This way, the project helps the local food producers to produce good-quality products and through brand usage to place them to the local and regional market and make profit.

This project relies on the results of the previously implemented project AgroCraft.  

The project consists of three elements:

1. Franchise brand building - Following an analysis of the current trends in the agrarian sector of the border region, building on a previously implemented pilot project in the region, as well as the local food products, the project will develop a brand, as well as a common marketing strategy to bring forward the visual elements of the brand. For the effective brand franchise, the project will develop a web shop.
2. Quality Assurance System (QAS) - The main pillar of the brand and the franchise will be the Quality Assurance System, which will be mainly the responsibility of the project partner from Hungary. The project will develop an existing laboratory suitable for a chemical and biological analysis of the local food products. QAS will provide customers with information about the quality and health safety of the products.
3. Involvement - Another crucial element of the project is the involvement of the existing and potential farmers and consumers in the border region as well as communication with consumers. The project will use the local forums and food exhibitions to attract new members for the brand franchise. In terms of communication with consumers, the project will apply a marketing strategy that includes: a complex PR campaign, promotional materials, a TV campaign, and conferences.

Project Title:  Nature Protection from Invasive Plant Species

Acronym:  PROTECT

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/12/0132

Total Project budget:  284,491.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 241,817.34 EUR

Start Date: 31 January 2018

End Date: 29 September 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Provincial Secretariat for Urban Planning and Environmental Protection (Pokrajinski sekretarijat za urbanizam i zaštitu životne sredine)

Beneficiary 1:  John von Neumann University (Neumann János Egyetem)

Contact information:

Provincial Secretariat for Urban Planning and Environmental Protection (Pokrajinski sekretarijat za urbanizam i zaštitu životne sredine)

Address: Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 16, 21108, Novi Sad, Serbia

Contact person: Ms. Tatjana Đurić

Email: [email protected]

The Project's website: http://www.cbcprotect.org/?lang=en

 

Project summary:

In the past 20 years, in terms of climate change, the Pannonian plain has been attacked by many invasive alien plant species. The most frequent and most important invasive plant species in the Hungary-Serbia border region is ambrosia. Since it has no natural enemies, it spreads into the nature protected areas, makes pressure on protected plants and its pollen is singled out as the dominant allergen in the border region.

The project’s main objective is decreasing environmental risks and preventing the negative effects of climate change on the nature-protected areas in the Hungary-Serbia border region by implementing joint actions in monitoring and mapping invasive species and suppressing ambrosia to reduce the spread of invasive species and provide better conservation status, safer environment for the inhabitants and economy. The project areas will include four protected areas in the border region: Selevenjske pustare, Subotička Peščara, the Ludaš Lake and Palić on the territory of Subotica and Kanjiža in Serbia and Kiskunság National Park near Kecskemét, in Hungary.

The expected outcomes of the project are:

1. Monitoring system established as a base for analyzing distribution of invasive plant species, seed bank in the soil in the project areas, monitoring pollen concentration and its interaction with air pollution in border region;
2. Ambrosia treated and suppressed by different kinds of treatments in project areas in CBR;
3. Raised awareness of relevant stakeholders and institutions regarding invasive plant species;
4. Establishment of ECO knowledge and experience network.

The project contributes to the Programme’s overall aim and the specific objective of the Priority Axis 1: Improving cross-border water management and risk prevention systems since the project gathers institutions cooperating on the issue of invasive species, among which is ambrosia. Its eradication and monitoring of invasive species provides for Environmental sustainability and safety in the border region.

Project Title:  Cultural-Contemporary TOURism Route

Acronym: CULHUSRBTOUR

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0205

Total Project budget: 364,572.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 309,886.20 EUR

Start Date:  1 March 2018

End Date: 29 February 2020

Lead Beneficiary:  Foundation EXIT

Beneficiary 1:  ÓNTE Nonprofit Kft.  / ONTE National Heritage Park

Contact information:

Foundation EXIT

Address: Kisačka 5, 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Ms Ida Siljanović 

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Telephone: +381 64 936 7524

Project summary:

The project recognises as general problems in the border region the following: an inadequate management of tourism offer, its insufficient diversification and the quality of services, unutilised potentials for youth tourism development, insufficient stakeholder’s involvement in creation of tourism offer, lack of networking and information exchange, and low-level knowledge of usage of modern marketing tools.

The goal of the project is to use cultural heritage and contemporary art as tools to:

• establish new cross-border links;
• develop a new tourist route that will help in improving tourism offer;
• develop a model of managing the regional offer through creation of a new tourism products based on the cultural and touristic potentials.

Both in Serbia and Hungary, the project partners will organize:

• four tourist events involving music, visual art, painting and photography
• four joint art meetings
• four workshops on “tourism based on cultural heritage”
• four workshops on “event management”
• study tours in both partner-countries

These educational activities will enable capacity building and knowledge exchanges, important for creation of the tourism route, new attractive programs and contents and a model for strategic management and promotion, as well as help the strategy development for the new tourist route and development of virtual touristic tours in Serbia and Hungary.

Project Title: Together for Common Future of Common Cultural Heritage

Acronym: CommonHeritage

Project ID: HUSRB 1602/32/0009

Total Project budget: 234,843.5 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 199,616.97 EUR

Start Date: 1 January 2018

End Date: 31 December 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Türr István Museum, Baja

Beneficiary 1: Inter-municipal Institute for Heritage Protection, Subotica

Beneficiary 2: Municipal Museum in Subotica

Contact information:

Türr István Museum

Address: 6500 Baja, Deák Ferenc utca 1. Hungary

Contact person: dr. Emilia Pasztor

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 30 207 0057

Project summary:

History does not stop at borders. Common cultural heritage along neighbouring countries tells a story of shifting borders, and the impact which the ever-changing countries leave on people living in the border areas. At the same time, the potential of the common cultural heritage is often overlooked by the locals, professionals and tourists.

The aim of this project is not only to preserve this common cultural heritage in the area of Bács-Kiskun county in Hungary and North Bačka county in Serbia, but also to develop their sustainable use via joint public events, tourist activities and joint professional work.

The project will be made possible through the collaboration between Türr István Museum (also serving as the primary cultural institute for ethnic minorities) in Hungary, the Intermunicipal Institute for Heritage Protection, and the Subotica Museum in Serbia. The planned activities will have three target groups:

• Professionals – the project will include: two co-organised conferences on built heritage, two seminars on new restoration methods, the restoration of seven altar paintings (resulting in an exhibition) and the research on Baroque Bačka which will be published in two monographs;
• Tourists – the project will include: six jointly created paths divided into two themes - “Historical walks” and “Sacral memories of Baroque Bačka”, regular restauration workshops at a renovated restauration workroom, and the travelling exhibition;
• The youths - the project will include: 14 science communication activities for the primary-school children and two ‘heritage’ summer camps for teenagers to educate them all to become more conscious about heritage and to showcase the value and joy in making common effort.

The project will be promoted in the local and national media outlets, on social media and in print materials – in both Hungarian and Serbian.

Project Title: Competitive sustainability of agricultural enterprises through the development of new products with added value based on alternative plant species

Acronym: CORNUCOPIA

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0214

Total Project budget: 352,798.58 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 299,878.79 EUR

Start Date: 1 April 2018

End Date: 31 March 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Nemzeti Agrárkutatási és Innovációs Központ

Beneficiary 1: Lendületben az Agro-Biotech Vállalkozás-fejlesztésért Innovatív Non-profit Alapítvány

Beneficiary 2: European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Beneficiary 3: Association of Gardeners Senta

Beneficiary 4: Cereal Research Non-Profit Limited Company

Beneficiary 5: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture

Contact information:

Nemzeti Agrárkutatási és Innovációs Központ

Address: 2100, Gödöll?, Szent Györgyi út 4., Hungary

Contact person: Erzsebet Peti 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 70 371 1222

 

Project summary:

The common problem identified in the Hungary-Serbia border region, on both sides of the border, is high usage of industrial plants that generate more yields per hectare, but also reduce the product quality, contribute to soil degradation and reduce the need for additional employment.

The main objective of this project is to create positive conditions for economic activities in agriculture through research, and thus reduce the negative impact of this type of industry on the environment.

Organizations involved in the project include research institutions, a university, an innovation management associations, a CSO focusing on science promotion and education, and a public sector agency in order to distribute the scientific results and educational material among different target groups.

The main project outcomes include:

1. Improved research potential and capacities on the topic of alternative plant species in Csongrád County in Hungary and AP Vojvodina in Serbia;
2. Increased knowledge of agricultural producers and SMEs on alternative plant species, new insights on their usability and possibilities of improved growing methods;
3. Enhanced competitiveness and development possibilities of producers and SMEs in the agro food sector;
4. Increased awareness and networking potential on availability and usability of alternative plant species in Csongrád County and AP Vojvodina.  

The main project activities are the following:

• Procurement of research equipment;
• Research activities (new technologies/products);
• Organization of workshops with young researchers;
•  Exchange of young researchers;
• Development of teaching materials;
• Organization of trainings;
• Organization of internet/social network trainings for sharing of knowledge;
• Organization of symposiums;
• Examination of market potentials;
• Analysis of export/import regulations;
• Brand development;
• Catalogue of business plants;
• Organization of Regional forums, CBC association;
• Development of ICT tool;
• Study visits of agro-food SMEs in the border region;
• Organization of agro food producers’ visits and presentation of project in agricultural fairs.

Project Title: The complex water management development of the area of the Baja-Bezdan Canal

Acronym: BABECA

Project ID: HUSRB/1601/11/0001

Total Project budget: 8,699,537.91 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 7,394,607.21 EUR

Start Date: 29 September 2017

End Date: 28 September 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Lower Danube Valley Water Directorate (Alsó-Duna-völgyi Vízügyi Igazgatóság)

Beneficiary 1:  Public Water Management Company "Vode Vojvodine" Novi Sad (Javno vodoprivredno preduzeće "Vode Vojvodine" Novi Sad)

Beneficiary 2: European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Fond "Evropski poslovi" AP Vojvodine)

Contact information:

Alsó-Duna-völgyi Vízügyi Igazgatóság

Address: Széchenyi 2/C. 6500 Baja, Hungary

Telephone: +36 79 525 157

Email: [email protected]

Contact person: Henriett Balogh

The Project's website: http://babeca.eu/app/en 

Description of the Project: 

The Project aims at decreasing flood and potential flood hazards of the targeted territory, as well as restoring the water runoff capacity of the Baja-Bezdan Canal. The interventions in the project are set to improve the cross-border water management and risk prevention system.

Background:

Complex development of the regional water management system of the area of the Baja-Bezdan (Ferenc) Canal covers the area of the South Great Plain Region in Hungary and Bačka and Banat Regions in Serbia.  The Canal is a water management and technical facility of international relevance. The main functions of the Canal are water supply and inland water outlet (also used for sports and recreation purposes). Sections of the Canal, including its technical premises, form parts of the flood prevention system. The water supply capacity has decreased significantly due to non-maintenance, the increased quantity of biomass, and mud-related water quality problems.

The target area of the Project consists of: the Baja-Bezdan Canal (both the Hungarian and the Serbian sections of the Canal), the Vrbas-Bezdan Canal on the Serbian side and the Bezdan Lock and the Šebešfok Lock located on it. The Vrbas-Bezdan Canal is in Bačka, in Vojvodina, stretching from Bezdan, all the way to Vrbas. The related facilities are the Bezdan Lock and the Šebešfok Lock.

The Bezdan Lock has been out of use because of the condition of its construction and its hydro-mechanical machinery. It is still a significant facility within the Canal Danube-Tisa-Danube (DTD) Hydro-system, which makes its functionality essential. The Šebešfok Lock is located where the Baja-Bezdan Canal flows into the Bezdan-Vrbas Canal. The Lock was an industrial facility enabling navigation and the only way of transporting goods in the region.

The main activities of the project are:

• Dredging of canal sections and building of driftwood removal platforms and boat ramps in Hungary;
• Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Bezdan Lock and the Šebešfok Lock;
• Procurement of special equipment for maintenance in Hungary and in Serbia;

The Project’s aim is also to have its results provide a solid basis for its further developments. 

Project Title: CULTSTREAM or the new culture of water

Acronym: CULTSTREAM

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0039

Total Project budget: 223,233.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 189,748.05 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 31 October 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Porta Novum Non-profit Ltd.

Beneficiary 1: Municipality of Kanjiza

Beneficiary 2: KOC „Thurzó Lajos”

Contact information: Porta Novum Nonprofit Kft.

Address: 6722 Szeged, Bolyai János utca 11

Contact person: Gyöngyike Mikola

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36 62 555 575

Project summary:

Project ‘CULTSTREAM – The new culture of water’ focuses on the river Tisza, the biggest river in the Southern Great Plain, North Backa, and Banat regions which has been a key trade route for centuries, connecting the various nationalities living in the regions, giving them the opportunities to make a living, and, at the same time, keeping them in constant battle against floods. Today, in the age of global warming, preserving drinking water, preventing desertification of the agricultural land and extreme weather conditions present challenges for today’s societies, including the people who live in this region, too.

The direct predecessor of CULTSTREAM was the ‘CULTRAIL – Cultural travels in the Szeged-Subotica region’ (HUSRB/1203/222/113) project, which was implemented in 2013 and earned great professional appreciation. As a continuation of CULTRAIL, the project CULTSTREAM follows the same model and organizes cultural travels between cities located by the river Tisza, in partnership between the cities Szeged, Zenta and Kanjiza.

Besides preserving and improving the results of the previous project, the project’s objectives are making the region more attractive for young people and turning it into a more attractive tourist destination by emphasising its existing values – the values of nature, primarily.

During the implementation, through the joint theme (The new culture of water), the project will connect the existing cultural programmes with long traditions (such as: Writers’ Camp in Kanjiza, Fine Arts Workshop in Zenta, Zenta Festival of Poems Sung, zEtna Literature Festival, and Tiszavirág Festival) also adding new and innovative solutions and programmes (such as: Tolnai Laboratory, Film Day in Kanjiza, and Tiszavirág Festival in Szeged).

Additionally, two publications about arts will be published within the framework of this project.

Project Title: Natural selfness

Acronym: NATESS

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0242

Total Project budget: 397,793.20 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 338,124.22 EUR

Start Date: 1 November 2018

End Date: 31 October 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Opština Irig (Municipality of Irig)

Beneficiary 1: MÓRA-TOURIST Információs és Szolgáltató Nonprofit Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (MORA-TOURIST Information and Services Non-Profit Limited Liability Company)

Beneficiary 2: Institut za nizijsko šumarstvo i životnu sredinu (Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment)

Beneficiary 3: Irig moj grad (Irig my city)

Contact information:

Opština Irig (Municipality of Irig)

Address: 1 Vojvode Putnika, 22406 Irig, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Marko Kelember

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 637477867; +381 22400600

Project summary:

Tourism is an opportunity for the less developed settlements to catch-up with the more developed ones in terms of job creation and self-employment, and in catalysing local investments. The potential for the development of this economic branch is reflected in its rich cultural, historical and natural heritage of the region.

Natural resources that are located in the area covered by the project (Fruska Gora and Kiskunsági NP, numerous spas and hot springs) provide opportunities for the development of many innovative ideas and different tourist offers. This project will exploit these potentials, all in accordance with the laws of nature and with a positive impact on the local population.

During the realization of the project, a completely unique tourist offer will be created in this cross-border region, which is a natural selfness. Reconstruction of the authentic facility in the Municipality of Irig in the Forest Selfness Center will enrich the tourist offer of the region as accommodation capacities, as well as offering in the form of newly formed paths health with a specific composition of plants that have a positive impact on health, then dendrotherapy, tea ceremonies, photo safari, aromatherapy etc. Through training and workshops, the capacities of stakeholders for destination management within this type of tourism will be raised. Priority will be the development of specific skills and tools that will enable successful placement of tourist services in health tourism. The project also includes the organization of an international conference dedicated to the challenges and opportunities offered by new tourist niches in order to develop the region.

The project is dedicated to the use of local, natural and human resources, and their connection in order to create a unique tourist offer that fully respects the laws of nature.

Project Title: Support sport and physical activity of girls

Acronym: ActiveGirls

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0032

Total Project budget: 210,865.04 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 179,235.28 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2018

End Date: 31 May 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Pokrajinski sekretarijat za sport i omladinu (Provincial Secretariat for Sports and Youth)

Beneficiary 1: Szentes Város Önkormányzata (Municipality of Szentes)

Beneficiary 2: Szegedi Tisza Squash Sport Egylet (Szeged Tisza Squash Sport Club)

Beneficiary 3: Fond "Evropski poslovi" Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine (European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina)

Contact information:

Pokrajinski sekretarijat za sport i omladinu (Provincial Secretariat for Sports and Youth)

Address: 16 Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Marko Adamovic 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381214874871; +381641811853

The Project's website: https://activegirls.eu/en/active-girls/

 

Project summary:

The gender gap between boys and girls playing sport begins around the age of 8 and continues to grow as girls move into the secondary school. Bearing this in mind, the main objective of the project is to support co-operation in the field of sport to develop joint approaches that would tackle the issue of low level of physical activity among girls at primary schools (aged 7-15) in the border region, and thus ensure their positive relationship with sports as a key factor for leading a healthy lifestyle.

The main project activities include:

• Research on barriers contributing to low level of physical activity among young girls;
• Development of teaching material with translation and printing;
• Organization of workshops;
• Procurement of sports equipment and goods;
• Organization of demo PE classes and sport trainings for girls;
• Data collection on sport opportunities for young girls in the region and subsequent development of smartphone/tablet app;
• Organization of the Mentoring programme;
• Participation in the European Commission’s initiative “European Week of Sport”;
• Organization of two regional junior camps for girls.

The project lasts 24 months and covers the area of Vojvodina, in Serbia, and Csongrád County, in Hungary.

The diverse target group is comprised of relevant actors for the issue at hand and will include primary school girls, physical education (PE) teachers, coaches from local sport clubs and sport experts. Moreover, families and school communities are identified as an indirect target group beneficial for the project.

The project aims for the following results:

• Increased skills and competences of PE teachers, coaches and sport experts for coaching primary school girls;
• Improved material conditions of sport facilities in project area for implementation of PE classes and sport activities;
• Increased awareness on availability of sports programmes for young girls in project area;
• Two regional junior camps for girls in the cross-border region organized.

All outcomes demonstrate a strong cross-border effect.

Project Title: Monitoring, forecasting and development of online public early warning system for extreme precipitations and pluvial floods in urban areas in the Hungarian-Serbian cross-border region

Acronym: URBAN-PREX

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/11/0097

Total Project budget: 750,789.88 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 638,171.39 EUR

Start Date: 1 November 2017

End Date: 31 October 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matemati?ki fakultet u Novom Sadu (University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences)

Beneficiary 1: Szegedi Tudományegyetem (University of Szeged)

Beneficiary 2: Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehni?kih nauka (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences)

Beneficiary 3: Szeged Megyei Jogú Város Önkormányzata (Municipality of Szeged)

Beneficiary 4: JKP Vodovod i kanalizacija Novi Sad (PUC Water and Sewage Utility Novi Sad)

Contact information:

Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matemati?ki fakultet u Novom Sadu (University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences)

Address: 3 Trg Dositeja Obradovi?a 21 000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Stevan Savi? 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone(s): +381 605028979; +381 214852833

 

Project summary:

Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of precipitation and pluvial flood occurrences in urban areas of Central Europe. Thus, the proposed project presents a good opportunity to develop and implement an innovative monitoring, forecasting and public online system for early warning of extreme precipitation and pluvial floods in urban areas of the Hungary-Serbia border region.

Through the project, two dense precipitation monitoring networks will be installed in the most populous cities of the Programme area: Novi Sad (Serbia) and Szeged (Hungary). The Projects plans to develop the  Planned continuous data recording, transmission and processing, as well as real time display of the processed data in a spatial form (i.e. map)  which will be useful for citizens (i.e. individual adaptation) and public institutions (e.g. traffic and water management, city government) in the border region.

Additionally, the project aims to develop the real-time precipitation forecasting model for the whole Programme area supplemented with the forecast of pluvial flood occurrences in Novi Sad and Szeged, based on the measured data from the networks and the remotely sensed data. The measured data will be used to fine-tune the remotely sensed data, thus enabling the development of a more precise forecast model for the Programme area.

The measured and forecasted data will be available free-of-charge for everyone in real time on the project’s website, the project’s social media pages and mobile android application giving an early warning to the citizens and public authorities in order to protect them and prepare their effective response to these extreme weather and water situations.

Project Title: Improving cross border road between Baja and Sombor part II

Acronym: SO-BAJA2

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/21/0061

Total Project budget:  3,122,670.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA):  2,654,269.50 EUR

Start Date:  1 September 2017

End Date:  31 December 2019 

Lead Beneficiary: Public Enterprise "Roads of Serbia" (Javno preduzeće "Putevi Srbije")

Beneficiary 1: City of Sombor (Grad Sombor)

Beneficiary 2: NIF National Infrastructure Development Private Company Limited (NIF Ltd.) (NIF Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság)

Contact information:

Public Enterprise "Roads of Serbia"

Address: 21000 Novi Sad, Jovana Ilića 24, Republic of Serbia

Contact person:  Zoran Drobnjak

Email: [email protected]

Telephone:  +381 11 304 0701

 

Project Summary:

The city of Sombor, situated in the North-West part of the Republic of Serbia, and the city of Baja, situated approximately 30 km from the southern Hungarian border with Serbia, have been twin cities since 1960. In accordance with high level of cooperation that exists between them there is a significant guideline for improvement of the cross-border development and improvement of traffic infrastructure, including the border crossing Bački Breg – Hercegszanto.

Prequalification and upgrading of this border crossing point in terms of both passenger and freight traffic and improvement of its connection roads will make the border region better connected to the Port of Baja, Danube cargo port, as well as to the Hungarian M6 motorway, which is further connected with a branch of the fifth Pan-European corridor and Pan-European corridor VII.

The Project intends to provide better accessibility and faster and safer transport of both passengers and goods in the West Bačka District as well as throughout the whole Bács-Kiskun County. This road connects the two countries from the community point of view, as well. Development of infrastructure would contribute to reduction of the differences between the developed and the underdeveloped regions and settlements when it comes to the general quality of living, economic conditions, education, culture, healthcare and social welfare.

The importance of this project for border region is confirmed through initiation of the procedure for amending the Hungarian government decree of the development infrastructure in the border area. In the new legal framework the road project Baja-Sombor will be on the priority list of infrastructure roads between the two countries.

Furthermore, the border crossing points at Horgos-Röszke and Kelebija-Tompa, known for being bottleneck points during  the winter and summer holidays, will be relieved of heavy traffic, as freight traffic will be made possible through the implementation of the project at Bački Breg - Hercegszanto border crossing.

Project Title: Development of a Road Border Crossing at Kübekháza (HU) - Rabe (SRB) area

Acronym: Kübekháza-Rabe

Project ID: HUSRB/1601/21/0003

Total Project budget:  5,468,716.52 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 4,648,409.04 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2016

End Date: 31 October 2019 

Lead Beneficiary organization: NIF National Infrastructure Development Private Company Limited (NIFLtd.) (NIF Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság)

Beneficiary 1: Public Enterprise "Roads of Serbia" (Javno preduzeće "Putevi Srbije")

Beneficiary 2: PE Urban and Spatial Planning Institute of Vojvodina (Javno preduzeće za prostorno i urbanističko planiranje i projektovanje ”Zavod za urbanizam Vojvodine" Novi Sad)

Contact information:

NIF National Infrastructure Development Private Company Limited

Address: Váci út 45; 1134 Budapest, Hungary

Telephone: +36 461 1100

Email: [email protected]

Contact person: Róbert Attila Nagy

 

Description of the Project:

This project aims to develop opportunities for opening of a new border crossing between Kübekháza and Rabé (Rábé) settlements which would help the economic, social, and cultural cooperation in the Hungary-Serbia border region.

The project consists of building of new connecting roads and renewal of the existing ones. New road constructed in Hungary will be 2,309 long and 5.5 m wide, while the length of rehabilitated roads will be 1,365 m in Serbia and 844 m in Hungary. The national road through Kübekháza will be extended to the Romanian border. The Interior Affairs Ministries of the two counters will be responsible for implementation of further project elements (border crossing facilities, buildings). On the Hungarian side, a new border crossing building will be built and it will be used jointly by the two countries.   

This project aims to contribute to the stimulation of cross-border enterprises and economic relationships, establishment of new business opportunities, and increase the best practice exchange in the domain of culture, tourism and education. Implementation of the project would enable uninterrupted traffic on the public road and alleviate the border station at Horgos-Röszke and Kelebija-Tompa will be alleviated of its excessive burden gradually, with bicycle and pedestrian traffic also becoming easier, contribution to the environment protection will increase, which is a very important EU directive.

Project Title: Tracing our common artistic heritage

Acronym: Art&Craft

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0050

Total Project budget: 586,975 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 498,928.75 EUR

Start Date: 25 June 2018

End Date: 24 February 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Calvinist Congregation of the New Church in Hódmezővásárhely

Beneficiary 1: Municipal Museum of Subotica

Contact information: Calvinist Congregation of the New Church in Hódmezővásárhely

Address: Kálvin square 56800 Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary

Contact person: Major István Zoltánné

Email: [email protected]

Telefonszámok: +36 30 678 5423

Project summary:

Hódmezővásárhely and Subotica have a vast unexploited potential in cultural heritage-related tourism. The project aims to unlock this potential, reinforce the connection of the two cities and through architectural, artistic and cultural revival to make them more attractive and accessible for visitors. 

The strongest links connecting the two towns are culture and arts. The cultural traditions of the Hungary-Serbia border region, especially arts and folk art, reflect: the values, point of view of the society, and the role of religion. Unfortunately, nowadays, nurturing of the traditions has taken a backseat. Once famous all over Europe, pottery as a traditional folk art craft and, is being gradually forgotten and insufficiently included in the regional tourism offer. By researching and promoting pottery, the project will support two cities in their attempt to revive pottery and attract visitors.

Several artists from Hódmezővásárhely made a great contribution to the cultural development of Subotica and the most famous one was the painter János Tornyai. Through promotion of work of János Tornyai, the project aims not only to increase interest the knowledge of local people, but also to attract new visitors and therefore enrich the tourist offer. 

The project partners strongly believe that living with disability should not exclude people from participating fully in arts and culture. In this regard, the renewal of the Calvinist Church in Hódmezővásárhely and the City Museum of Subotica will make these venues more accessible, services more inclusive and communication more effective.

The main project activities are:

1. Renovation and preservation of the Hódmezővásárhely Calvinist New Church and equipping the visitor centre
2. Installation of the elevator in the City Museum of Subotica
3. Research of pottery in Hódmezővásárhely and presentation of findings
4. Painting programmes linked to János Tornyai
5. “Bible stories” drawing competition
6. Folk art workshops organised around the festivities

Project Title: Youth working together in protecting the nature, promoting healthy lifestyles, cultural heritage and promotion of tourism through cross-border cooperation and exchange of examples of good practice

Acronym: Youth-together

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0085

Total Project budget: 116,903.25 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 99,367.76 EUR

Start Date: 1 March 2018

End Date:  28 February 2019

Lead Beneficiary:  Secondary School of Economics in Sombor (Srednja ekonomska škola Sombor)

Beneficiary 1:  Vári Szabó István Vocational School and Dormitory of Kiskunhalas Centre of Vocational Training (Kiskunhalasi Szakképzési Centrum Vári Szabó István Szakképző Iskolája és Kollégiuma)  

Contact information:

Secondary School of Economics in Sombor (Srednja ekonomska škola Sombor)

Address: 90 Apatinski put, 25 000 Sombor, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Natalija Katanić

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 65 882 7010; +381 25 421 217

Project summary:

The local population living in the Hungary-Serbia border region, and the young especially, are not acquainted well enough with the region’s tourist potentials, and the cooperation between the young people of both countries is at a very low level. The causes of this are: the lack of information, skills and motivation. Development of tourism and cooperation in the border region can be achieved by organizing the common activities of the young people aimed at improvement and promotion of tourist potentials in both regions.

The initial activity of the project is analysis of the situation in schools about the way of thinking, attitudes and needs of the young people in the border region via a survey followed by a panel discussion. Besides the school representatives, NGO representatives and members of local community will also be included in the discussion to observe the problems of young people. During the implementation of the project, there will be three intercultural student exchanges and a camp, with the aim of gaining new experiences, skills and sharing ideas. This way, the participants will actively participate in the development of the border region.

A round table discussion is also planned informing the general public about the activities and achieved results. Both schools will modernize their ICT equipment which will allow them to improve the working conditions of young people and contribute to further communication and project sustainability as well as dissemination of the results.

The partner-schools will also stimulate activism and volunteering among the young people, cultural exchanges, interactive workshops, visits, using modern technologies and exchanges of experiences especially in the field of promotion of cultural, environmental and recreational potential of the cross-border region. Informal methods of work and the contents which are appealing to the young will add to their bonding, diminishing the prejudices and growth in tolerance.

The participants of the project will use latest technologies and innovation in work. Usage of the ICT technologies will help them develop awareness of sustainable development. Taking part in the cultural, environmental and sports events, they will help them raise their level of awareness about the importance of preserving the cultural heritage and environment as well as their sense of responsibility. They will have the opportunity to gain skills of adapting to different social and cultural situations and they will be motivated to organize their leisure time in more creative ways. Intensive cooperation of the students of two partner schools will support raising awareness of the harmful effect of prejudices.

Project title: Living Archives – Relics of Common Cultural Heritage

Acronym: LIVES

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0218

Total project budget: 205,057.67 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 174,299.01 EUR

Start date: 1 March 2018

End date: 29 February 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Istorijski arhiv, Senta (Historical Archives, Senta)

Beneficiary:  Ópusztaszeri Nemzeti Történeti Emlékpark Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. (Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park public non profit ltd company)

Contact information:

Istorijski arhiv, Senta

Cím: 1/II Glavni trg, 24400 Senta, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Istvan Fodor

E-mail: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 24 811 037

The Project's website: http://ipalives.com/

Project summary:

The main objective of the project is to reveal and present those industrial and agricultural values of the Hungary-Serbia region which have not been documented sufficiently so far. Besides, the aim of the project is to collect those artefacts of cultural history that link the common geographic area of the Programme and Action. The results of the research will be identified by experts of cultural history – archive workers, ethnographers, anthropologists and will be promoted through different events, publicity events, PR materials, publications and youth camps. The appropriate interpretation of old and unpublished written materials will give a complete picture of the region’s agricultural life and social background – a field that has not been presented thoroughly enough.

Based on an integrated joint bilateral institutional project management, implementation and scientific cooperation, the project will include the following activities:

• thorough research of archival documents
• creation of a database including the results of the research
• publication of four books (two source books based on in-depth, thorough research of the archives documents, and two collections of studies, one of the collections presents the agricultural history of the region, the other deals with the industrial and economic particularities of the region and the era through the documents of 6-8 companies),
• numerous PR activities and publicity products (travelling exhibition, interactive website and a „living database”)
• construction of exhibition buildings for agricultural power machines
• restoration works on agricultural power machines
• setting up an information stone installation, setting up information panels

The outcomes will be a broader, enriched scope of activity and content of the partner institutions, an updated map of common agricultural cultural heritage and a higher awareness of cultural heritage among citizens.

Project Title: Cross-border Agrobusiness Development Program

Acronym: C-AGRO-Dev

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0167

Total Project budget: 334,449 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 284281,65 EUR

Start Date: 1 July 2018

End Date: 30 June 2020

Lead Beneficiary: T.G.School

Beneficiary 1: Foundation “Pro Scientia Naturae”

Beneficiary 2: Subotica Tech - College of Applied Sciences

Contact information: T.G.School

Address: 6237 Kecel, Május 1. tér 13., Hungary

Contact person: Mr. András Téglás 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36678422910

 

Project summary:

The region has a great potential in the agricultural production sector due to its favorable conditions, such as: the climate, soil characteristics and available water resources. However, this potential is currently underutilized. The region’s agriculture is traditionally characterized by an unfavorable ownership structure, which typically includes family holdings, which in many case are characterized by low labor productivity and inefficient use of resources.

The project partnersare  interested in launching an ultimate education and information management and sharing program (“Regional Agribusiness Development Program”) which aims is to increase family farms’ competences in entrepreneurship, modern agriculture technologies, ICT and sustainability.

The most important segment of the project is the “Modern Farmer Academy” which will provide classroom and practical training opportunities as well as mostly e-learning courses for the next generation of family farmers in the region to increase their entrepreneurial level and develop their competences in the field of modern agriculture technologies.

The classroom and practical training material is built on four main pillars:

• Entrepreneurship skills
• Modern agriculture technologies
• ICT skills
• Sustainability

The program targets three main types of agriculture producers:

• Field crops
• Horticulture
• Food processing

Project Title: Strengthening multicultural relations by youth events organization in the border region

Acronym: Modern Folking

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0230

Total Project budget: 199,660.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 169,711.00 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 30 April 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Catholic Youth Foundation

Beneficiary 1: Dombos

Beneficiary 2: Wemsical Serbia

Contact information:

Catholic Youth Foundation

Address: 6720 Szeged, Dóm tér 15., Hungary

Contact person: Ms Alisa Kujundzic

Email: [email protected]  

Telephone: +36 20 328 2751

 

Project summary:

Looking at the map of the Hungary-Serbia border region, in which the project Modern Folking operates, the migrations are noticeable everywhere except in Novi Sad and its surroundings. The population of the region decreased by 4.6 % between 2006 and 2012. The migration rate is especially high among young people (age 20-35), due to poor employment outlook. For the purpose of attracting them to return to their homeland, and preventing migration of the ones currently living, it is necessary to create an optimum economic environment. One way of achieving this is having young people explore the region’s rich cultural values that may form a stronger bond to their homeland and improve their chances for later repatriation.

The primary purpose of the project is presentation and promotion of the region’s folk culture and cultural heritage among young people. The other goals of the project are strengthening of the cultural exchange programs for the sake of facilitating tourism development, and formation of the multicultural environment through cooperation of the three partner organizations within this project.

Providing that there is a long-term and continuous cooperation between the organizations, new international relations can be created. The project’s events with cultural-tourism elements would help the young people in this region become more active in connecting to other young people, open their mind, as well as provide publicity to young artists living on both sides of the border.

In the framework of the project, the following festivals and events will take place in Szeged, Hungary, and Kanjiža and Mali Iđoš in Serbia:

• Folk music festivals: Street Folk Festival and Dombos Festival
• Phono Clubs including folk music and dance performances, ethno-folk concerts intertwined with culinary traditions (Bordal), lectures and interviews on literature and history, open-university lectures, and artistic workshops in various fields.

Project Title: Intercultural youth cooperation mosaics in the cross-border region

Acronym: Inter-Cult

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0164

Total Project budget: 162,919.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 138,481.05 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2018

End Date: 31 March 2020               

Lead Beneficiary: Digital Region Association (Udruženje "Digitalnaregija")

Beneficiary 1: SZÓ-TÉR Association (SZÓ-TÉR Egyesület)

Contact information:

Digital Region Association

Address: KizurIštvana 64, 24 000 Subotica, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Mr Tomislav Dedović Tomić 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 63 300 784

Project summary:

The project aims to raise awareness about the necessity for a better inter-ethnic understanding and cooperation among national communities, especially among young people living on both sides of the border, primarily in the fields of culture and tourism. This will be achieved through creative and artistic activities based on youth voluntarism and activism.

The project is designed to provide an in-depth media promotion of the tourist and cultural diversity of the Hungary-Serbia border region through production, distribution, and broadcasting of a joint television series in which young volunteers, high-school students, students and future activists in culture, tourism and media will participate.

Project Title: Innovation and Technology Center for Metal Industry

Acronym: ITC MInd

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0172

Total Project budget: 342.301,2 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 290.956,02 EUR

Start Date: 1 March 2018

End Date: 29 February 2020 

Lead Beneficiary: Vojvodina Metal Cluster (Municipality of Temerin)

Beneficiary 1: Szeged Centre of Vocational Education and training Deri Miksa Vocational Secondary School (Municipality of Szeged)

Beneficiary 2: SolarTech South Plain Nonprofit Company for Development and Production (Municipality of Szeged)

Beneficiary 3: Educational Training Centre for Professional and Working Skills (City of Novi Sad)

Contact information:

Vojvodina Metal Cluster – VMC

Address: Novosadska 322, 21235 Temerin, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Milica Jovicic 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone numbers: +381 62 844 1859; +381 21 844 923

 

Project summary:

The metal sector is a part of value chains of all types of industries. The focus of this project on increasing innovation potential of the metal industry in the Hungary-Serbia border region, as a contribution to the overall  competitiveness od small and medium enterprizes (SMEs).

This goal will be achieved by creating an innovative framework within cross-border cooperation that will accelerate the exchange of information between economies from both sides of the border, generate required knowledge, technology, equipment and research & development infrastructure, and thus overcoming identified problems to a significant extent of the border region.

The institutional framework should be the generator of new ideas, innovations and a mechanism that enables transfer of ideas and innovation and their commercialization. On the basis of innovative SMART principles, as well as the principles of equal opportunities and environment protection, and through innovative technology center with a demand-driven and flexible curricula, the project team will setup a new partnership among the key stakeholders of innovative SMS development: industry clusters, high schools, students, teachers, as well as the local, regional and national authorities.

The new institutional framework will enable standardization of the exchange of the information between the offer and demand of inputs and outputs of the targeted SMEs, production processes, providing opportunities for new employment.

Similarities of the challenges, opportunities and micro economic environment for SMEs development in metal sector in the border region provides valid basis for the project sustainability.

Resources, responsibilities and tasks were evenly distributed among the project partners, in accordance to their main strengths and references. Additionally, a proven communication methodology will ensure effective flow of information, maintain strong partnership, ensure high visibility and provide the optimum risk control.

Project Title: Colourful Cooperation

Acronym: ColourCoop

Project ID: HUSRB/1601/31/0005

Total Project budget: 3,738,247.30 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 3,177,510.20 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2017

End Date: 31 May 2020

Lead Beneficiary: DKMT Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa Euroregional Development Agency - Nonprofit Public Benefit Limited (DKMT Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza Eurorégiós Fejlesztési Ügynökség Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.)

Beneficiary 1: Provincial Secretariat for Regional Development, Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-Government (Pokrajinski sekretarijat za regionalni razvoj, međuregionalnu saradnju i lokalnu samoupravu)

Beneficiary 2: Egy-Másért Community Development Association of Youth (Egy-Másért Ifjúsági és Közösségfejlesztő Egyesület)

Beneficiary 3: City of Subotica (Grad Subotica)

Beneficiary 4: City of Novi Sad (Grad Novi Sad)

Contact information:

DKMT Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza Eurorégiós Fejlesztési Ügynökség Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.

Address: Tábor u. 7/B, 6722 Szeged, Csongrád County, Hungary

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 62 543 165; +36 30 676 6819

Contact person: Eszter Anna Csókási

The Project's website:  

www.visithusrb.com; http://www.kolocentar.morahalom.hu/index.php/hu/

 

Description of the Project:

The objective of the Project is the following:

• developing a comprehensive cultural strategy for the entire Hungarian-Serbian border region;
• launch an online, information and news centre in Hungarian and Serbian;
• setting up Serbian and Hungarian cultural centres in Mórahalom and in Palić;
• integrating Novi Sad, the future European Capital of Culture and its surrounding region into the cultural and touristic life of the Hungarian-Serbian border region.

As a part of the Project, within the newly setup cultural centres and in Novi Sad a great number of exhibitions, cultural programmes and creative workshops will be organized. These events are intended for helping members of the different ethnic communities learn about one another’s cultural values, traditions, artistic achievements or artists. Additionally, detailed cultural and touristic information and well-targeted news campaign within the Project will give impetus to the development of cultural cooperation and tourism in the Hungarian-Serbian border region.

Project Title: Our Borderless Art Nouveau Culture

Acronym: ArtNouveau

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0111

Total Project budget: 190,332.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 161,782.20 EUR

Start Date: 1 April, 2018

End Date: 30 September 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Szeged and Surroundings Tourist Nonprofit Ltd. (Szeged és Térsége Turisztikai Nonprofit Kft.)

Beneficiary 1: Tourist Organisation of Subotica (Turisti?ka organizacija grada Subotice)

Contact information:

Szeged és Térsége Turisztikai Nonprofit Kft. (Szeged and Surroundings Tourist Nonprofit Ltd.)

Address: 12. Széchenyi Square 6720 Szeged, Hungary

Contact person: Ms Szilvia Ács 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 62 488 690

Project summary:

The towns Szeged in Hungary and Subotica in Serbia are two tourist destinations close both geographically and by their tourist attractions. Art Nouveau buildings and the heritage of the two towns form a complementary local and regional attraction that can serve as the solid basis for a joint tourist destination in the Hungary-Serbia border region.

One of the most important objectives of the project is introducing the common values and treasures of the region to the visitors to increase the number of overnight stays, as well as the number of days visitors spend in the area.

During the project implementation, the Szeged-Subotica Joint Touristic Destination will also be promoted outside the project target area, primarily in the countries that the statistical data pointed as the countries where the majority of visitors comes from. Common design and branding at tourism events, and in publications, coherent and similar development initiatives in the tourism industry will help the two towns extend duration of visitors’ stay in these two towns.

The main project activities are the following:

• Elaboration of tourism Action Plan;
• Common design and common publications on the common tourism destination;
• Joint approach towards the visitors, and the stakeholders outside of the project area;
• Development of a mobile app based on iBeacon technology
• Production of information boards, including the ones in Braille signs, at the most popular tourist sites for tourism attractions; and
• Organizing events related to the Art Nouveau heritage.

Project Title: SZEGED (SZŐREG) – NOVI KNEZEVAC BICYCLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION (phase 4)

Acronym: KNESZECYC-4

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/21/0186

Total Project budget: 1,130,032.94 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 960,527.99 EUR

Start Date: 1 January 2018

End Date: 30 April 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Újszentiván Községi Önkormányzat (Local Government of Újszentiván)

Beneficiary 1: Opština Novi Kneževac  (Municipality of Novi Knezevac)

Contact information: Újszentiván Községi Önkormányzat (Local Government of Újszentiván)

Address:  7 Felszabadulás street, 6754 Újszentiván, Csongrád megye, Hungary

Contact person: Mr Gábor Kovács

Email: p[email protected]

Telephone: +36 62 277 021, +36 20 402 2010

Project summary:

The project focuses on the construction of a bicycle road section which would complete the bicycle road network which the Local Government of Újszentiván previously developed within three phases/projects.

The bicycle road between Szeged and Novi Kneževac was a common goal in partnership with Szeged, Tiszasziget and Novi Kneževac, since the closest town to Szeged in Serbia is Novi Kneževac. Thanks to the previous three successfully implemented projects entrusted to Újszentiván, most of the bicycle road section was complete. Taking into account that the bicycle road utilization surpassed the intended use, the project’s priority is the construction of the missing path section in Serbia and its linking to tourism.

This investment represents the fourth phase of the Szeged – Novi Kneževac bicycle road construction, which ensures safe biking across the border. Within the project, the bike road will be built in total length of 10,182.23 m on the Serbian side and, based on people needs, a bike resting place and cycling training court for pupils will be constructed on the Hungarian side. The local Government of Újszentiván has been issuing publications "Cycling settlement" and "Cycling job" for several years, and it won the Road Safety Award in 2016 from the Ministry of National Development in the category “towns”. Újszentiván will organize an event in connection with safety biking within this project.

Thanks to the previous three implemented Hungary-Serbia cross-border cooperation projects with in the programme between Hungary and Serbia, both of the beneficiaries have sufficient experience, and they are determined to complete the fourth phase of the Szeged– Novi Kneževac bicycle road construction.

The project is adjusted to both the national and the European Union strategies and to the horizontal objectives, ensuring equal opportunities and the sustainable development.

Project Title: Water supply and water-infrastructure development in the boundary catchment areas

Acronym: WASIDCA

Project ID: HUSRB/1601/11/0004

Amount of allocated funding: 6,980,607.96 EUR

EU contribution: 5,933,516.76 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2017

End Date: 31 May 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Lower-Tisza-District Water Directorate (Alsó-Tisza vidéki Vízügyi Igazgatóság)

Beneficiary 1: Municipality of Kanjiža (Skupština opštine Kanjiža)

Beneficiary 2: Provincial Secretariat for Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry (Pokrajinski sekretarijat za poljoprivredu, vodoprivredu i šumarstvo)

Contact information:

Alsó-Tisza vidéki Vízügyi Igazgatóság

Address: 4. Stefánia, 6720 Szeged, Hungary

Telephone: +36 6 259 9599/21071

Email: [email protected]

Contact person: Frank Szabolcs

 

Description of the Project:

The global climate change causes increase of the frequent periods of water shortages and water abundant periods which are affecting both side of the Hungary-Serbia border, and flood hazards have emerged many times in the cross-border region resulting from its geographical position. At the same time, available drinking water significantly decreased.

The project aims at improving the region's water management, increasing safety and protection of people living in the border region, contributing to ecological water management, having higher quantity and quality water, and thus improving the socio-economic situation of the municipality and the border region.

The project includes several elements aimed at resolving these issues.

Between the 18+800 - 19+331 km cross-sections parallel with the Domaszéki main canal, a 531 meters long DN 900 HOBAS pressure pipe will be built. In the 19+331 km cross-section a stilling basin and shutter weir will be built.

Water will be delivered from the pressure pipe will be accomplished between 19+331- 20+580 km sections of Domaszéki main canal, and the works will involve sediment dredging along 1,249 meter length of the canal and reduction of the canal bottom by 50 cm.

A new regulation structure will be built in 20+445 km cross-section of Domaszéki main canal. Between the 20+580 – 23+996 km cross-sections of the Domaszéki main canal will be rebuilt to dual-purpose channel. The works will involve: dredging, construction of the canal levee, and reconstruction of water retention works. Within this section a new pumping station will be built (Ivánszéki pump station 20+580 km). Additionally, the project will develop a monitoring system aimed at preventing droughts and water shortages which will measure hydrological conditions in the area.

In terms of waste management, the project intends to increase capacities of a waste management plant by reconstruction, repurposing and construction of new facilities and purchase of new, efficient pieces of equipment. Thus, the population will have high-quality water.

In terms of flood prevention and protection against it, the water management authorities from both sides of the border will share professional techniques and supplies. On the Serbian side, a new protection technique and relevant training will be implemented among professionals and volunteers from both countries. The aim of this initiative is improvement of technical and personnel resources for flood prevention on both sides of the border through joint actions and procurement of the tube barrier for flood protection – a quick, lightweight and highly effective alternative which is easily transferable between the two countries, if needed.

Project Title: Folklore and Culture as Touristic Attractions - Hidden Values and Treasures

Acronym: FOLKcoolTOUR

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0154

Total Project budget: 228,725.46 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 194,416.63 EUR

Start Date: 1 January 2018

End Date: 31 December 2018

Lead Beneficiary: "Bánát" Serbian Cultural Association, Deszk

Beneficiary 1: TALENTUM Art Association, Subotica

Contact information:

"Bánát" Serbian Cultural Association

Address: 41. Felszabadulás str., 6722-Deszk, Hungary

Contact person: Mr Csaba Kunstár 

Email: [email protected]  

Telephone: +36 30 830 6467 

The Project's website: http://www.folkcooltour.eu/home/

Project summary:

The aim of the project is to develop the folk culture and traditions into a cross-border tourism product, which would make hidden treasures and values accessible for the wider audience, as well as to promote it on both sides of the border.

Project partners are two organizations – the Hungarian community in Serbia and the Serbian community in Hungary, which have already achieved significant results in preserving the culture of minority. Within this project they will offer novel content for various age groups by project activities:

• arts encounters (House of Arts) and sight-seeing of Subotica (Walk in Subotica) for schoolchildren;
• holidays in the community – Christmas, New Year, and Easter, and related traditions and folk art events –Egg Bumping, Harvest Festival/Dadale, and more;
• innovative art initiatives: in Subotica/Palic – Choreography 0-24, Children's solo dancing competition, and  in Deszk – Choreography 0-24, and  Banatski Sabor;
• common folk-art camps and closing festivals: Talentum Folklore Camp, Banat Tambura and Folk Dance Camp;
• multi-art festivals: Palicsi Magyar Sokadalom, Ajvar Festival/Ajvariada, Grape and Wine Festival of Palic;
• reconstruction of the community space of St Sava Community Centre in Deszk;
• workshop on processing and developing the lost and found archive documents of the Serbian community of Deszk as a tourist attraction.

With the belief that making the hidden and less-recognized values of the folk culture more accessible for a wider range of people would result in new bridges between Hungary and Serbia, the project aims to create a folk-art/folk-cultural tourism hub that serves information on various programs and events for the population of the Hungary-Serbia border region – such as: dance houses, handicraft programs, folk music, dance shows and festivals, events for preserving traditions.

Project Title: TRADinBORD2 - promoting and preserving TRADItioN and identity jointly in the BORDer region

Acronym: TRADinBORD2.

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0140

Total Project budget: 182,470.50 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 155,099.92 EUR

Start Date: 1 March 2018

End Date: 28 February 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Egy-Másért Community Development Association of Youth (Egy-Másért Ifjúsági és Közösségfejlesztő Egyesület)

Beneficiary 1: Regional Civic Association „Ludaspuszta” (Regionalno Udruženje Građana „Ludašpusta“)

Contact information:

Egy-Másért Ifjúsági és Közösségfejlesztő Egyesület (Egy-Másért Community Development Association of Youth)

Address: 6782 Mórahalom, Röszkei út 1. Hungary

Contact person: Mr Miklós Kószó 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 62 281 219

 

Project summary:

The project is aimed at developing and organizing cultural cooperation activities in the Hungary-Serbia border region and it targets the whole population of the region, with special emphasis on young people. The planned activities include:

• development of a common cultural analysis for the border region;
• organization of two cultural festivals;
• production of 12 films about the common civil and cultural heritage of the border region;
• development of a website containing  information about common cultural heritages as well as outputs of the project.

The planned outputs of the project are:

1. COMMUNITY FOR REGIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE: Organization of the Civil Forums, intended for the members/leaders of NGOs, and the Cultural Heritage Forum, intended for people taking part in cultural heritage activities;
2. CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESMENT: an analytical study, exploring the status of cultural organisation systems and deficiencies of the cultural sector of the border region;
3. DOCUMENTARIES AND FILMS ON REGIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE: 5-5 short films (20-25 min) exploring cultural heritage activities of different NGOs in both partner-countries. Additionally, a documentary film (50 min) about common cultural heritage will also be produced, shared online and via TV.
4. CULTURAL MEDIA FESTIVAL: A one-day cultural media festival exhibiting the local culture on both sides of the border, cultural heritage and for the introduction of the films produced during the project.

Project Title: Development of soil type adapted microbiological products promoting ecological pest management

Acronym: PLANTSVITA

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0031

Total Project budget: 365,800.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 311,950.00 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 30 April 2020

Lead Beneficiary: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad

Beneficiary 1: University of Szeged

Beneficiary 2: Educons University, Sremska Kamenica

Contact information:

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad

Address:  Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad

Contact person: Prof. Dr. Biljana Škrbić 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 21 485 3746

Fax +381 21 450 413

 

Project summary:

Farmlands are exposed to dangerous xenobiotics because of the regular use of distinct pesticides. Even if present in small concentrations, they are dangerous as all have the tendency of progressive accumulation in the food chain.

Two approaches are frequently used worldwide to lower the exposition of plant cultivation fields to pollution by xenobiotics: organic farming and Ecological Pest Management (EPM). In the EU, EPM approach was originally defined by Directive 91/414/EEC, replaced by regulation 1107/2009; while regulation (EC) 834/2007 covers production and labelling of organic products. EPM is an approach based on the use of multiple tactics in a compatible manner to maintain pest populations at levels below those causing economic injury while providing protection from hazards to humans/animals/plants/the environment. EPM involves the application of non-chemical, alternative processes and methods, including host resistance and biological control. For conventional farms EPM can reduce human and environmental exposure to hazardous chemicals and potentially lower the overall costs. Design of sustainable EPM based strategies and the assessment of their relevance remains a major priority for the 21^st-century agriculture.

The project PLANTSVITA will develop two innovative microbial products for upgrading arable soil quality and establish the PLANTSVITA Hungary-Serbia Border Region Centre for promoting sustainable agricultural measures and catalysing cooperation between R&D actors and SMEs in the agro-food field, thus enhancing the regional competitiveness.

The project's main objectives contribute to the Programme-level Specific Objective in the following ways:

• Joint research and knowledge-transfer activities in domain of environment-friendly technology for enhancing cooperation and innovation activities.
• Creation of a new and innovative product and technology intended for restoration/protection of the soil quality, and for promoting ecological pest management.
• Cooperation, knowledge-transfer and dissemination activities contributing to the raising awareness and innovative capacities of the local end-users and economy actors, particularly of SMEs involved in agriculture, about the environment-friendly and sustainable agriculture production.
• Enhanced visibility of the region’s capacities, making them attractive for participation in larger RD programmes.
• New green technologies which will increase the competitiveness of agro-food SMEs and create new job opportunities for qualified young people. This will be a significant contribution to the competitiveness of the regional R+D actors and economy actors in the enlarged EU.

Project Title: Kistelek – Magyarkanizsa complementary touristic development based on natural resources as interconnected diverse elements of the regional touristic system

Acronym: OASIS

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0068

Total Project budget: 588,017.84 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 499,815.164 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 29 February 2020                          

Lead Beneficiary: Provincial Secretariat for Education, Regulations, Administration and National Minorities – National Communities (Pokrajinski sekretarijat za obrazovanje, propise, upravu i nacionalne manjine – nacionalne zajednice)

Beneficiary 1:  Local Municipality of Kistelek (Kistelek Városi Önkormányzat)

Beneficiary 2: Municipality of Kanizsa (Opština Kanjiža)

Beneficiary 3: European Affairs Fund of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Fond “Evropski poslovi” Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine)

Contact information:

Pokrajinski sekretarijat za obrazovanje, propise, upravu i nacionalne manjine – nacionalne zajednice

Address: Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 16, 21 000 Novi Sad

Contact person: Bojan Gregurić

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 21 487 4604

 

Project summary:

The project aims to enhance the tourism potentials of the Hungary-Serbia border region by improving and diversifying the tourist offer along the route of Kistelek and Kanjiza (Magyarkanizsa).  The project includes four main project aspects each of which consists of a number of activities contributing to meeting the main project objective – developing tourism on the territory of Kanjiza and Kistelek Municipality.

The first aspect of the project includes the extension of the existing spa in Kistelek Municipality which would contribute to promotion of health tourism, which was the main priority of the project implemented within the former cross-border cooperation programme between Hungary and Serbia - „Integrated Spa Development Strategy” (HUSRB/1203/213/155). The goal of this activity is construction of a centre with different types of health-lifestyle counselling and supportive medical treatments.

The second aspect of the project is related to enabling utilisation of otherwise unused sport capacities by visitors through: infrastructural development and revitalisation of the existing sport capacities, construction of multifunctional sports field, along with the required sanitary infrastructure.

The third project aspect is aimed at organisation of the youth summer camp, which, on one hand, should contribute to promotion and enhancement of youth tourism in the target area, and on the other hand – to raising awareness of the healthy lifestyles among the youth through specific recreational, competitive and educational activities.

The fourth aspect of the project aims to bring attention to the tourism opportunities of the region. It involves development of the website/mobile optimized software connecting regional tourist offers on the route between Kistelek and Kanjiza, offering the specific thematic content to potential visitors.

As the result, the overall project should lead to longer stay of visitors in the region, as well the increased tourist offer in the region through further development of the existing capacities.

This project is also in line with the Priority Area 3 of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region – promotion of culture and tourism, people to people contacts offering stronger connections between people and youth in the target area as well as further employing and interconnecting the existing tourist assets. 

Project Title: Optimising traffic in the border zone, planning and construction of bicycle paths

Acronym: OPTI-BIKE

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/21/0102

Total Project budget:  2,566,612.65 EUR

EU contribution (IPA):  2,181,620.74 EUR

Start Date:  1 October 2017

End Date:  30 September 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Grad Subotica (City of Subotica)

Beneficiary 1: Ásotthalom Nagyközségi Önkormányzat (Local Municipality of Ásotthalom)

Beneficiary 2: Tompa Város Önkormányzata (Local government of Tompa city)

Contact information:

Grad Subotica (City of Subotica)

Address: 1 Trg slobode 24000 Subotica, Serbia

Contact person: Ms Erika Kudlik 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +38124626878;  +38163531401

 

Project Summary:

This project aims to simplify and accelerate the transport by vehicles and bicycles which will be achieved in the following ways:

• building bicycle paths in Serbia: Subotica, the settlements Bački Vinogradi and Kelebija, and in Hungary – in Tompa and Ásotthalom;
• planning bicycle paths in Subotica and Tompa;
• removing bottlenecks at border crossings by defining the model of regulating traffic management.

The main objective will be achieved by constructing the bicycle paths on the both sides of the Hungary-Serbia border. The project intends to optimize the traffic in the border zone. Additionally, by planning and construction of bicycle paths, the project aims to give an opportunity to those who use bicycles as means of transport and as a recreational activity, to arrive to and quickly cross the border from both sides. Furthermore, development of the new bicycle paths will ensure safe biking across the border and the environmental protection (reduction of CO₂ emission).

Project Title: Development of a cross-border water tourism destination along the
Lower Tisa section

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0051

Total Project budget: 588,175.32 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 499,949.01 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 31 July 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Municipality of Csongrád (Csongrád Városi Önkormányzat)

Beneficiary 1: Municipality of Be?ej (Opština Be?ej)

Beneficiary 2: Local Government of Algy? (Algy? Nagyközség Önkormányzata)

Contact information:

Csongrád Városi Önkormányzat (Municipality of Csongrád)

Address: Kossuth tér 7, 6640 Csongrád, Hungary

Contact person: Ms Szilvia Szántai

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 20 203 5320

Project summary:

The river Tisa has always been a symbol of cross-border cooperation and is one of the primary eco-tourism destinations in both Hungary and Serbia. Despite the rich and unique natural and cultural heritage along the river, nowadays the infrastructure is often considered outworn and deficient to exploit the true potential of water tourism, especially in the Lower Tisa region.

The project partners – the Municipality of Csongrád , the Municipality of Be?ej  and the Local Government of  Algy?, with relevant financial, human and technical capacities as well as project experience, have recognized the region’s main tourism and economic development bottlenecks:

• the region does not appear as a unified and integrated cross-border water tourism destination
• the condition and number of ports and stopping places do not meet 21^st-century requirements.

Through the cross-border cooperation, the project aims to increase the number of visitors with extended tourist visits along the currently less-utilised lower section of the river Tisa through development of an integrated water tourism destination.

As the first step, the project will elaborate a joint water tourism development strategy. Based on its findings and by creating a complex service and interconnected water tourism network, the project will develop new tourism products and services, such as: new port facilities and information boards in the three partner towns, joint thematic routes, mobile application, and more.

The common visual identity, trilingual interactive communication tools (such as: website, campaigns, promotional materials, etc.) tailored to the specific needs of the target groups will build the cross-border water tourism brand.

Through joint and local events (such as: joint open Tisa tour, and other special events), the project will attract tourists, and through knowledge transfer & networking actions it will ensure involvement of service providers.

The project respects all the horizontal principles of the Interreg-IPA CBC Hungary-Serbia Programme and EU, and it is in line with the regional and national tourism development ambitions. Additionally, the project may serve as a baseline for with the partners’ existing and future projects.

Project Title: Cross-border Knowledge and Technology Transfer Platform to support young researchers and innovative SMEs and to catalyze their business-academia type

Acronym: IkNNOw

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0158

Total Project budget: 407,916.77 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 346,729.25 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2018

End Date: 31 May 2020

Lead Beneficiary: University of Szeged

Beneficiary 1: University of Novi Sad

Beneficiary 2: Business incubator Novi Sad

Contact information:

University of Szeged

Address: Dugonics square 13. Szeged, 6720, Hungary

Contact person: Ms Anikó Pados Bucsainé

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 62 546 732

Project summary:

The main objective of the project is to improve the industrial cooperation of the two largest academic centres of the Hungary-Serbia border region developing the common methodology and service portfolio that enable the research institutions to develop new technologies, processes, prototypes and products directly applicable in the industry.

The project will achieve this by launching the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Platform for knowledge sharing and utilization/exploitation between the two countries and enabling young researchers from the Programme Area to become entrepreneurs by promoting the establishment of start-up and spin-out companies and supporting innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The main activities and outputs of the project are the following:

• Setting up a joint
• development concept and methodology;
• Generating and collecting projects based on a unique development concept, and using them to create a joint online database needed for establishing the joint Knowledge and Technology Transfer Platform;
• Joint training development (new innovation and business management curricula development for innovative SMEs and start-ups; development of e-learning based training materials for entrepreneurs and enterprises);
• Start-up competition for students and young researchers;
• Mentoring, training, advisory – helping young people to become entrepreneurs and set up new businesses through services and a different business approach;
• Workshops and trainings focusing on development of the border region – start-up and spin-out operation, important notes, business skills, business management, intellectual property management, innovation management, marketing, finance, exploitation, an alike.

Project Title: Establishing innovation-technology platform “Checkpoint IT the Community” in cooperation of Szeged-Subotica-Novi Sad

Acronym: CHECK-IT

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0190

Total Project budget: 464,375.38 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 394,719.07 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 30 April 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Porta Novum Nonprofit Ltd.

Beneficiary 1: Vojvodina ICT Cluster

Beneficiary 2: Subotica IT Cluster

Contact information:

Porta Novum Nonprofit Ltd.

Address: Bolyai Iános utca 11, 6722 Szeged, Hungary

Contact person: Monika Gortva-Konya

Email: [email protected]

Telephone numbers: +36 62 555 575; +36 20 509 4629

Project summary:

The objective of the project is to establish a Cooperation-Communication Centre for the “Checkpoint-IT Community”. The centre will launch an innovation-technology platform for the Checkpoint IT to support high level cooperation between different actors of the community (business people, students, career changers, mentors, researchers, investors, founders, etc.), adapt the solutions in a broader circle and react to market demands.

The Community established aims to initiate cooperation and dialogue with regional Quadruple-helix actors, providing a complex portfolio of services, which, through project activities will lead to building capacities and competitiveness of the community, on both sides of the border.

The Community will ensure the participation of SMEs, integration of young people (especially women), career changers, and unemployed people from small settlements and rural areas in the region, in order to result in a high cross-border effect facilitating a flexible sharing of labour force within the ICT community and between both sides of the border.

Supporting actions for building capacities and competitiveness of the ICT community in the cross-border region are

• the development of a complex market-based education program;
• development of an innovation- technology platform for the community;
• facilitating the joint prototype development in the PrototypeHub (using Agile IT management methodology);
• technology trainings (Drupal, Java and front-end developer, Agile methodology), which will be based on demands of the IT sector and which could be delivered via e-learning and webinar solutions;
• mentoring of the start-ups within the Checkpoint IT Community that would help participants learn how to operate/manage an IT company, taxation, legal issues, work on the external market, outsourcing, forming sister companies, etc.;
• development of an IT competence database model for collecting, monitoring and validating the hard and soft skills of IT professionals;
• establishing an incubator house in Subotica;
• setting up an info-point in Novi Sad for Subotica IT branch;
• procurement of thematic equipment;
• organization of events (meetups, tech shows);
• expansion.

Project Title: Development of tourism based on local cultural and natural values

Acronym: CULTOUR

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0176

Total Project budget: 193,349.41 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 164,346.99 EUR

Start Date: 1 April 2018

End Date: 30 Sept 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Local government of Bácsbokod (Bácsbokod Nagyközség Önkormányzata)

Beneficiary 1: Local Community Svetozar Mileti? (Mesnazajednica Svetozar Mileti?)

Contact information:

Local government of Bácsbokod

Address: Gróf Széchenyi István utca 80.

Contact person: Mr. Laszlo Kovács

Email: [email protected]   

Telephone: +36 20 409 5775

 

Project summary:

The goal of this project is to boost tourism in the municipality Bácsbokod in Hungary and the municipality Svetozar  Mileti? in Serbia. Both settlements have numerous tourist sights and offer tourist attraction programs, however, they lack publicity and some of the tourist sights are not in a position to accommodate tourists. With the common strategy and brand building of the municipalities, the project aims to resolve these problems.

The project will develop the following elements allowing visitors to learn about the touristic sights of the municipalities:

• A multilingual, tourist publication with maps in Bácsbokod;
• A multilingual, on-site information panels and improved township website of Svetozar Mileti? municipality;
• A nature trail along the fishing lake Bácsbokod which will also lead the visitors to several other attractions, such as the recently renovated fisherman haunt, and a crested chicken henhouse;
• a feasibility study related to the economical and touristic exploitation of the local, certified thermal tourism potential that can be later utilized for tourism purposes;
• Joint events, aimed at enhancing the reputation of the two communities through the local products and sights. These traditional events contain programs that are like traditions, we introduce our local products to our target group, deliberately draw attention to the local sights and encourage them to revisit and spread our good reputation.

These events will be carried out and promoted in cooperation with other municipality to reach larger audiences and strengthen the cultural intertwining and Hungarian-Serbian relations.

Project Title: Vojvodina and Bács-Kiskun Night Sky as a Novel Touristic Attraction

Acronym: VoBaNISTA

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0197

Total Project budget: 499,950.4 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 424,957.84 EUR

Start Date: 1 March 2018

End Date: 29 February 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Bajai Obszervatórium Alapítvány (Baja Astronomical Observatory Foundation)

Beneficiary 1: Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matemati?ki fakultet u Novom Sadu (University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences)

Contact information: Bajai Obszervatórium Alapítvány (Baja Astronomical Observatory Foundation)

Address: Szegedi út III/70, 6500 Baja, Hungary

Contact person: Tibor Hegedüs

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36 79 424 027; +36 20 937 0042 

The project website: https://vobanista.com/en/home-page/

Project summary:

The project VoBaNISTA was developed based on several years of successful collaboration of project members and joint organization of international astronomy camps.

The project target groups are elementary school children, families, students and young people visiting music festivals and various cultural events in Vojvodina in Serbia and Bács-Kiskun county in Hungary.

The project aims to use the untapped potential of Vojvodina and Bács-Kiskun regions in terms of dark sky quality, nature reserves and cultural heritage sites, and develop them into a new touristic attraction.

The project will have long-term positive impact on raising the awareness of the importance of  cultural heritage and nature preservation. Innovative touristic offers will include visits to nature reserves in Programme area, enabling the opportunity to enjoy silent, undisturbed nature and starry sky, observe the day and night life of the animals, as well as to get educated about the problem of light pollution.

The planned project results are:

• Mobile observatory
• Solar observations
• Astronomy camps
• New Visitor Center (planetarium) in Baja, Hungary
• Scaled Solar System bicycle tour in Baja, Hungary
• Workshops and lectures
• Excursions

Project Title:  Sustainable wetland management of the transboundary Palic-Ludas catchment area

Acronym:  SWeM-PaL

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/12/0014

Total Project budget:  448,189.81 EUR

EU contribution (IPA):  380,961.32 EUR

Start Date:  1 October 2017

End Date:  30 September 2019

Lead Beneficiary:  University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Civil Engineering Subotica

Beneficiary 1:  National University of Public Service (Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem)

Beneficiary 2: University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem)

Beneficiary 3:  Public enterprise Palic-Ludas (Javno preduze?e Pali?-Ludaš)

Beneficiary 4: Kiskunság Bird Protection Society (Kiskunsági Madárvédelmi Egyesület)

Contact information:

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Civil Engineering Subotica

Address: Kozara?ka 2a, 2400 Subotica, Serbia                        

Contact person: Dr. Mirjana Horvat

Email: [email protected]

 

Project summary:

The aim of the project is to develop a sustainable water resources management policy for the transboundary Pali?-Ludaš catchment relying on a hydro-ecologically sound monitoring system, in accordance with the Water Framework Directive of the EU and the requirements of the Natura2000/Ramsar objectives.

The evolution of this monitoring system would enable future decision makers to gain a more thorough understanding of the considered catchment, therefore allowing a more competent management of the catchment.

The proposed monitoring system will try to transfer the good practice concerning the existing monitoring system on Lake Kolon in Hungary.

In order to propose the appropriate water resources management policy for the transboundary Pali?-Ludaš catchment two sets of multidisciplinary field measurement campaigns will be conducted for both the Pali?-Ludaš catchment and Lake Kolon. Additionally, since the Pali?-Ludaš catchment is located both in Hungary and Serbia, the project will assess the function of the regional drainage canal system as an ecological corridor.

Project Title: Increasing the efficiency of municipal flood protection through smart metering

Acronym: PREVENT!FLOOD SUSTAINABLY

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/11/0225

Total Project budget: 938,462.48 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 797,693.10 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2017

End Date: 31 March 2020

Lead Beneficiary: BAJA VÁROS ÖNKORMÁNYZATA (MUNICIPALITY OF BAJA)

Beneficiary 1: OPŠTINA NOVI BEČEJ (MUNICIPALITY OF NOVI BEČEJ)

Contact information:

Municipality of Baja

Address: 1 Szentháromság Square, 6500 Baja, Hungary

Contact person: Mr Zoltán Keszei 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +3679527141; +36304881716 

 

Project Summary:

The project aims at improving the flood prevention and flood protection capacity of Baja and Novi Bečej and their surrounding areas through crucial infrastructural developments, technology-based disaster prevention tools, planning activities and training, as well as awareness-raising activities. Due to their geographic location, flood protection is of high importance both for the Municipality of Baja and the Municipality of Novi Bečej. Both municipalities are responsible for protecting defined sections along their rivers and they would like to increase the efficiency of flood protection.

Addressed issues are:

1. physical infrastructure in poor condition;
2. low technology flood prevention;
3. lack of trainings and low level of awareness.

The project is composed of structural and non-structural activities that are grouped in four outcomes that build on one another strongly. The project’s four main building blocks are:

Outcome 1: Improved physical infrastructure and technical equipment;

Outcome 2: Newly introduced and implemented smart solutions. Activities belonging here will result in a functioning, integrated decision support and flood forecast system for Baja and Novi Bečej;

Outcome 3: Construction and technical plans for improved flood protection from both project partners/Beneficiaries;

Outcome 4: Trained civil protection commissioners and improved awareness of affected inhabitants through training and communication activities.

These activities will be supported by sound project management of both project partners/Beneficiaries. The primary target group includes: those inhabitants, businesses and other organizations in Baja and in Novi Bečej which are directly affected by the planned project activities. The second target group includes the local inhabitants, while the third target group includes the civil protection commissioners in both settlements.

Project Title: Health Tourism – Good Tourism: Joint Development of Medical and

Health Tourism in the HU-SRB Cross-Border Region

Acronym: HEALTH-TOUR

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/31/0084

Total Project budget: 503,345.21 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 427,843.43 EUR

Start Date: 1 July 2018

End Date: 30 June 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Bács-Kiskun County Council

Beneficiary 1: Provincial Secretariat for Regional Development, Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-Government

Contact information:

Address: 6000 Kecskemét, Deák Ferenc tér 3.

Contact person: László Feledi

Email:  [email protected]

Telephone: +36 30 535 4901

 

Project summary:

The main objective of the project HEALTH-TOUR is to improve the border region's economy by attracting a higher number of tourists from the neighbouring Central European countries for longer stays through joint development of tourism based on health, medical and therapeutic tourism potentials of the Hungary-Serbia border region, the Interreg-IPA CBC Hungary-Serbia Programme Area.

Health and medical tourism capacities of the border region are excellent. On one hand, these capacities are based on the high thermal geological resources and, accordingly, the rich capital of mineral water and long tradition of utilizing it for therapeutic purposes. On the other hand, they are based on the high standard of medical training and availability of a certain type of high-quality medical services for significantly lower prices than in other countries – suitable for the development of medical tourism in the border region.

Despite the existing capacities, the region still suffers from low occupancy, e.g. under-utilization of available capacities, for several reasons:

1. insufficient market and capacity research;
2. low intensity of uniform branding and efficient marketing activities;
3. lack of sufficient health and medical tourism development strategy
4. the need for infrastructural development.

The project contributes to solving these problems by:

1. development of an integrated marketing strategy and action plan for health and medical tourism with adequate marketing tools for the Hungary-Serbia border region.
2. joint representation of an integrated identity and marketing image of the Hungary-Serbia border region and its health and medical tourism potentials at tourism fairs and project events inside and outside of the programme area.
3. cross-border transfer of know-how between Hungary and Serbia regarding proposal development for improving medical tourism in the border region.
4. design of Development Concept and Development plans to contribute to the joint sustainable development of health, medical and balneal therapeutic tourism potentials and capacities of the border area.

Project Title: Cross-border basket games

Acronym: CB BASKET

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0004

Total Project budget: 165.646,00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 140.799,10 EUR

Start Date: 1 June 2018

End Date: 31 July 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Hódmez?vásárhelyi Kosársuli Sportegyesület (Basketball Association of Hódmez?vásárhely)

Beneficiary 1: Omladinski Košarkaški Klub „Spartak“ (Youth Basketball Club "Spartak")

Contact information:

Hódmez?vásárhelyi Kosársuli Sportegyesület (Basketball Association of Hódmez?vásárhely)

Address: 2 Lenkei 6800 Hódmez?vásárhely, Hungary

Contact person: Mr András Elek 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone numbers: +36 62 242 683; +36 30 338 0569

 

Project summary:

The partners in this project are two basketball organizations from Hungary and from Serbia whose mission is fostering healthy engagement of young people. Promotion of basketball, team spirit and healthy living in the society are the primary principles of the leadership of the two basketball clubs.

The purpose of the project is to build up such an institutional frame which will foster the long-term cooperation between the communities, by making sustainable investments in young people from the neighbouring countries.

The project’s main objective is establishing a cross-border framework which facilitates the social inclusion and provides opportunities for cooperation through active engagement of young people from the border area in sports activities.

The main target group of the project in both countries are young basketball players from the age groups 2003/2004 and 2005/2006, who will directly participate in all activities and events. Additionally, adult players from two countries, who participate in sports events, will be involved in the training of young players. Sport experts, coaches, PE teachers, sport managers from both countries are the knowledge-based target group.

Project consists of the following main activities:

• Basketball tournaments for two age groups. The total of six tournaments will be organized in both countries;
• Seminars (advance training) for trainers and teachers will be held on two occasions in both countries;
• Joint training camps for the two age groups. One of it will be organized in Hódmez?vásárhely and the other one in Subotica;
• Family leisure days/weekends and Outdoor street ball events – one in Serbia and one in Hungary;
• Promotional training with Serbian coach and players will be organized for school children in Vásárhely, Hungary.

Through implementation of these activities, this project will strengthen connections between the communities of the two neighbouring countries, especially when it comes to children, and thus significantly contribute to the long-term goals of the Interreg-IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme Hungary-Serbia.

Project Title: Ecotourism and Environmental Protection - We are in the Same Boat

Acronym: TISATUR

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0020

Total Project budget: 125,030.77 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 106,276.16 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 30 June 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Opština Kanjiža (Municipality of Kanjiža)

Beneficiary 1: Algyő Nagyközség Önkormányzata (muicipality of Algyő)

Contact information:

Opština Kanjiža (Municipality Kanjiža)

Address: Glavni trg 1 24420 Kanjiža, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Kristina Molnar Makai 

Email: [email protected]  

Telephone: +381 62 305 474; +381 24 873 151

Project summary:

The project will be implemented within the partnership of the Municipality of Kanjiza, in Serbia and the Municipality of Algyő, in Hungary.

The main goals of the project are the environmentally conscious education of the youth, promotion of the section of the Tisa belonging to the Algyő and Kanjiza agglomeration, as well as provision of support to the visually impaired to experience the tourist attractions of the region.

In order to achieve these project goals, the project will include the following elements:

• Two camps in Algyő and Kanjiza promoting river-based tourism and environmental protection. In order to provide good-quality camp experience, the project will provide tents, camping equipment, outdoor cooking utensils, kayak equipment, and alike.
• Two conferences about environment protection, as well as a one-day practical tour in Algyő. These events will deal with sustainable tourism from the point of view of environmental protection.
• Website which will be accessible to the visually impaired persons.
• Two information boards about tourist attractions in Braille which will be placed on the Tisa section near Algyő.

The project will include three publications:

• Map with water routes in the region (on the section of the Tisa between Algyő and Kanjiza);
• Informational brochure on the environmental values of the area;
• Flyers.

Target audiences of the project are:

• Children and young people – aged 10-16 years. They will receive the theoretical and practical information that will influence change in their perception of environment protection and reinforce their determination to protect the environmental values that they have;
• Older generations – the project aims to influence a positive change their attitudes.

Project Title: Social entrepreneurship for women in rural areas

Acronym: WOMEN-TO-SAVE

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/42/0073

Total Project budget: 207,134.4 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 176,064.24 EUR

Start Date: 15 March 2018

End Date: 14 March 2020

Lead Beneficiary: City of Sombor

Beneficiary 1: Know-how centre

Beneficiary 2: Center for Social Work

Beneficiary 3: HALASI MÉDIA ÉS KULTÚRA NON-PROFIT LTD.

Contact information:

Grad Sombor (City of Sombor)

Address: Trg cara Uroša 1, 25 101 Sombor, Republic of Serbia

Contact person: Ms Kristina Harjung

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 62 49 4551; +381 25 468 160

Project summary:

The goal of this project is the social and economic empowerment of women from rural areas turns them into a great force for change in their community. This project will establish new opportunities and increase the capacity for the development of social entrepreneurship through new innovative models for the transfer of knowledge and skills for women in rural area in the Hungary-Serbia border region thus enhancing the social and business opportunities for unemployed women from those areas.

According to the data of Agriculture Expert Service Sombor (AESS) 96% of West Bačka territory is suitable for lavender growing. The project will establish a social enterprise for growing and producing lavender – the Serbian Lavender growing cluster (SLGC). Lavender is a long-lasting herb with a life span of 12-15 years. Farming lavender can be done even in a small backyard patch, requiring no investments in big plantations. The women in the rural areas may join the cluster and could work more productively since they can join efforts for promoting new products on the standard and on-line market.

The project aims to bring harmonized development of the whole region, which would intensify economic cooperation and knowledge transfer, through sustainable use of existing natural resources, such as fertile land and favourable climate conditions. Implementation of project activities will enforce the growth of social capabilities of rural women, and special efforts will be made to include into the project the women who use social services.

Lavender growing will present whole new line of products and services for this region and it will enforce implementation of new, eco-friendly technologies for lavender processing. This will improve the social position of rural women, since the social empowerment will reduce stereotyping and discrimination, and at the same time improve their economic position as it will reduce unemployment rate. All these activities will lead to a harmonized social and economic development of the region, and they will promote the cross-border cooperation among women living on both sides of the border.

Project Title: ECO-SCHOOL – educational network for eco-conscious, sustainable life

Acronym: ECO-SCHOOL

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0213

Total Project budget: 182,103.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 154,787.54 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 30 April 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Ecocenter Alapítvány (Ecocenter Foundation)

Beneficiary 1: Društvo intelektualaca Braća Tan (Than Brothers circle of Intelektuals)

Contact information:

Ecocenter Alapítvány (Ecocenter Foundation)

Address: 140. Hegyalja út, 3000 Hatvan, Hungary

Contact person: Ms Enikő Dióssy 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +361 467 03 56

 

Project summary:

Formal education plays a vital role in environmental education and awareness. Experience of the project partners showed that school curricula provide general environmental knowledge rather than increase environmental awareness and develop sustainable practices. On the other hand, environmental awareness of the population in the Hungary-Serbia border region is rather low and environmentally responsible behaviour is still missing in people’s everyday life.

This project is based on project partners’ strong belief that education and networking can contribute to environmental sustainability through developing more eco-conscious and sustainable lifestyle. To achieve this goal, the project combines learning with hands-on experiences and applies an inclusive, participatory approach involving Hungarian and Serbian school children, experts and tutors.

The main project activities include:

• developing ECO-SCHOOL virtual knowledge centre;
• developing experimental trainings and educational programmes;
• creating an interactive web page and smartphone applications;
• organizing study tours and environment- themed days in schools;
• making films on specific topics;
• campaigning using various communication channels such as Facebook and online PR articles.

Project Title: Improvement of drought and excess water monitoring for supporting water management and mitigation of risks related to extreme weather conditions

Acronym: WATERatRISK

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/11/0057

Total Project budget: 852,085.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 724,272.25 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2017

End Date: 30 September 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Szegedi Tudományegyetem (University of Szeged)

Beneficiary 1: Alsó-Tisza vidéki Vízügyi Igazgatóság (Lower-Tisza-District Water Directorate)

Beneficiary 2: Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet u Novom Sadu (University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences)

Beneficiary 3: Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Poljoprivredni fakultet (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture)

Beneficiary 4: Javno Vodoprivredno Preduzeće Vode Vojvodine (Public Water Management Company Vode Vojvodine)

Contact information:

Szegedi Tudományegyetem (University of Szeged)

Address: 13 Dugonics square 6720 Szeged, Hungary

Contact person: Mr János Bajusz 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +3662546711;   +36205094699

The Project's website: http://www.geo.u-szeged.hu/wateratrisk/?q=en

  

Project Summary

Weather extremes, intensified by climate change, can lead increased frequency of hydrological hazards. Among these hazards, drought and inland excess water inundation have the largest areal coverage and also the greatest regular impact on the agro-economic potential and sustainable development of the Hungary-Serbia border region. In spite of several earlier initiatives, the estimation and mitigation of related risks has not reached an operative level yet. Since the aforementioned challenges are of regional character and affect both South-East Hungary and Vojvodina, Serbia, equally, solutions call for a joint action.

The project primarily aims at the development of innovative and harmonized monitoring solutions and water management operational plans to facilitate early warning and raise outputs to an operative level. The capitalization and multiplier effect of the project results is guaranteed by the establishment of a joint HUSRB-CB Drought and Excess Water Research and Monitoring Centre, responsible for further R&D, implementation of new monitoring techniques to water management and agriculture, communication and networking.

Project outcomes will highly contribute to the development of cross-border water management and risk prevention systems, to the improvement of the ecological and quantitative status of water bodies and to the minimization of drought and inland excess water inundation risks. Moreover, the results will also support the sustainable development and climate resilience of strategic sectors and the entire border region as well.

The project is developed and implemented by the most important sectorial research centers of the region (SZTE, UNSPMF and UNSFA) in co-operation with the relevant water management authorities of both countries (ATIVIZIG and PWMC Vode Vojvodine). The expertise and experience of the partners in the project/Beneficiaries secure the successful elaboration of outlined outcomes, and the professional management and execution of scientific, operative and communicational tasks.

Project Title:  Transforming disabilities to work abilities

Acronym: TRANSDIA

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/42/0248

Total Project budget:  98,190 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 83,461.5 EUR

Start Date: 1 February 2018

End Date: 30 April 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Szivárvány Autizmus Közhasznú Egyesület (Szivárvány Non-Profit Autism Organization)

Beneficiary 1:  Centar za pružanje usluga socijalne zaštite opštine Kanjiža  (Centre for provision of social protection services of the municipality of Kanjiža)

Contact information: Szivárvány Autizmus Közhasznú Egyesület (Szivárvány Non-Profit Autism Organization)

Address: 6771 Szeged, Szerb utca 192. , Hungary

Contact person: Ms Jusztina Árpádné Harter  

E-mail: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 20 484 1028

Project summary:

The main goal of the project is to increase the social acceptance related to employment of people of reduced ability to work. The project focuses on improving the life circumstances of disabled people by creating job facilities. Through the cooperation of organization helping disabled people, the project will provide training for mentors, who will be a bridge between disabled people and companies and help them find an appropriate job. At the same time, the project will develop a protected work environment for people who are multiple reduced abilities and no real chance of being employed on the open job market.

Activities included in the project

Research

Research areas: 

• willingness of the organizations to employ people with reduced work capacity;
• information related to employment;
• quality of work conditions;
• factors helping or inhibiting employment and integration of people with reduced work capacity.

Preparatory training for mentors

Individual programmes for helping people with reduced work capacity in the labour market.

Sensitization of employers

Method of transfering information (concept of reduced capacity to work, its categories, target group-specific items, conditions of employability, conditions facilitating integration, legal environment, risk factors, obtainable benefits)

Mentors’ services provided to the participants of the labour market

Development of a protected environment

Study tour

Within the framework of the project, a three-day study tour will be organized for the experts from Hungary and Serbia with the goal to observe the operation of a social farm employing people with reduced capacity to work, and exchange of experiences for later adoption.

Project Title: Cross Border Sound for Children with Disabilities

Acronym: CBS - CD

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/32/0022

Total Project budget: 113,448.36 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 96,431.1EUR

Start Date: 1 September 2018

End Date: 31 December 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Elementary and Secondary Boarding School Milan Petrovic

Beneficiary 1: Egyesült Út Alapitvány

Contact information:

Škola za osnovno i srednje obrazovanje “Milan Petrović” sa domom učenika

Address: Braće Ribnikar 32, 21000 Novi Sad

Contact person: Svetlana Kekić 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 69 880 4534

Project summary:

The objective of the project is to foster cultural and art creation of young people with disabilities in the field of music, by using new technologies and enabling their active role in the cultural life of the community in the border region.

The project will enable young people with disabilities with a chance to actively participate in cultural and public events in their communities, improve their visibility by showing their music playing skills and contribute to creation of positive attitudes towards people with disabilities and removing the related psychological and social barriers.

The objectives of the project will be achieved through the procurement of a “Soundbeam” musical system based on using sensor technologies which detects the smallest body movements through ultrasound waves and transposes them to music and sound. With the help of special software, it is used as a classic piano keyboard. It enables persons with limited movements and learning disabilities to actively participate in musical creations and thus foster their social inclusion. The use of such an instrument will be one-of-a-kind in the region and it will be of a great use for both institutions in their work with children with disabilities.

The Lead Beneficiary will be in charge of transferring the knowledge of using the Soundbeam to the partner institution in Hungary. During the project, individual and joint performances will be organized to present the achievements of the children in using modern technologies.

The cross-border effect of the project will be amplified by integrating motives from folklore and traditional music of the partner-countries into the music created during the performances in order to learn to accept each other’s’ traditions. The project will help remove barriers and acknowledge the rights for equal participation in the field of art.

Project Title: Regional Innovation Laboratory for Industrial Automation and Mechatronics

Acronym: RILIAM

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0012

Total Project budget: 250,198.00 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 212,668.30 EUR

Start Date: 1 July 2018

End Date: 29 February 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Subotica Tech – College of Applied Sciences (Visoka tehni?ka škola strukovnih studija, Subotica)

Beneficiary 1: University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem)

Beneficiary 2: Chamber of Commerce and Industry Csongrád County (Csongrád Megyei Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara)

Beneficiary 3: Business Incubator Subotica („Poslovni inkubator Subotica – Szabadkai Üzleti Inkubátor ” doo Subotica)

Contact information: Subotica Tech – College of Applied Sciences (Visoka tehni?ka škola strukovnih studija)

Address: Marka Oreškovi?a 16, 24000 Subotica, Serbia

Contact person: Igor Fürstner

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 24 655 202

 

Project summary:

The project RILIAM aims to support the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) from the Hungary-Serbia border region, which deal with industrial automation and industrial robotics.

Within this project, two innovation competence laboratories will be created – one for the food industrial robotics and automation at the Faculty of Engineering in Szeged, and one for the assembly automation and robotics at Subotica Tech in Subotica. The laboratories will serve as the help point for the SMEs for innovative solutions.

The project will result in:

• Young people being more interested in gaining knowledge and practice, improving their professional skills in modern innovative laboratories.
• The developed online tutorial data base, which serves as the information collector, and connection between the project partners, beneficiaries and interested citizens.
• A functional network including the multi-national companies in the border region, newly established SMEs, young researchers, and students.
• An interactive channel for information flow among the participants, helping young engineers to solve complex technical solutions.

Project Title: Eco-friendly water management against extreme weather conditions in the cross-border

Acronym:  ECOWAM

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/11/0010

Total Project budget: 1,758,447.43 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 1,494,680.31 EUR

Start Date: 1 October 2017

End Date: 31 March 2020

Lead Beneficiary: Alsó-TiszavidékiVizügyi Igazgatóság (Lower-Tisza-District Water Directorate)

Beneficiary 1: Public Water Management Company “Vode Vojvodine” (Javno vodoprivredno preduzeće „Vode Vojvodine“)

Beneficiary 2:  European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Fond „Evropski poslovi“ Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine)

Contact information:

Alsó-TiszavidékiVizügyi Igazgatóság (Lower-Tisza-District Water Directorate)

Address: Stefánia 4 Pf. 390, 6720 Szeged, Hungary

Contact person: Mr. Szabolcs Frank

Email: [email protected]

 

Project summary:

The project goal is to prevent negative effects on the quality of water bodies by establishing a joint system of improvement of water management in AP Vojvodina and Csongrad County. The main objective will be achieved by the specific objectives:

1. To improve the water balance of Jegricka River (44+015 km-46+673 km/29+588 km-37+892 km) and Kurca main channel (4+487 km-9+997 km) in the Hungary-Serbia border region by sludge dredging, building works and overgrown vegetation removal from the riverbed;
2. To develop a joint monitoring and analysis system to preserve the water quality and biodiversity in CBC region;
3. To define long-term solutions to prevent the quality degradation of water bodies.

The main results to be achieved are:

1. Excess water prevention achieved by revitalisation of the Jegricka and Kurca water bodies and their riverbed areas;
2. Hydrobiological analyses and monitoring of water quality and sludge of the Jegricka River and Kurca main channel in the selected locations before/after the dredging in compliance with the Article 8 of the EU Water Framework Directive conducted;
3. Experience in the field of sustainable water management and nature protection exchange between the partners on the project from Hungary and Serbia;
4. Long-term solutions owing to the studies of nature parks against the impact of ground and surface water provided;
5. Joint database with relevant information concerning the monitoring and evaluation of water quality which will be a basis for future cooperation in the field of water management and nature protection created;
6. Raised awareness and increased know-how of target groups in border region.

The project targets groups are: the institutions involved in water management, farmers, population endangered by excess water, children, regional/local stakeholders, and tourism organizations.

The project will contribute to a harmonized development of the region with intensified economic cooperation through a sustainable use of natural and cultural resources by preserving the biodiversity and achieving good water quality that fits the Programme’s overall aim.

Project Title: Promoting Social Entrepreneurship in Serbia and Hungary

Acronym: PROSOCENT

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/42/0210

Total Project budget: 216,575 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 184,088.75 EUR

Start Date: 1 May 2018

End Date: 31 January 2020

Lead Beneficiary:  Hungarian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Magyar-Szerb Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara)

Beneficiary 1: Business Incubator Senta (Poslovni inkubator d.o.o Senta)

Beneficiary 2:  Southern Great Plans Region Social Research Association, Seged (Dél-Alföldi Regionális Társadalomtudományi Kutatási Egyesület, Szeged)

Contact information:

Magyar-Szerb Kereskedelmi és Iparkamara (Hungarian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Address: Párizsi körút 8-12. 6721 Szeged, Hungary

Contact person: Mr. Miklós Jójárt 

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +36 70 452 2233; +36 70 452 2233

 

Project summary:

Social enterprises can serve as an excellent opportunity for people with mental or physical disabilities to strengthen their self-esteem an enable them to do useful things; to earn money for themselves while doing useful work for the society.

This project aims to give social character to innovation, and thus create results that are beneficial both for individuals and the society.  The goal of this project is to encourage social enterprises in ground-gaining in the border region, based on the practice from Hungary, as well as to call attention to the fact that disadvantaged people are equally important members of the society.

The system of social enterprises has developed a lot in Hungary, where it is a solution for employing socially disadvantaged people. On the other hand, this form of business and of employment is only present to a limited extent in Serbia, due to the lack of legal regulation in this field.

Within the project, the project partners will create the model centre of innovative social enterprises in Senta. It will be a unit with necessary infrastructure for providing both hard and soft help to initiatives for stating social enterprises. Besides the space, the Centre will provide legal and other type of advice to interested parties.

Additionally, a social enterprise will be developed within the project as a pilot project with the goal to cover the entire process from the idea to implementation. After the maintenance period of the project, this social enterprise will continue to serve as a good example.

The sample social enterprise, which will be established in Senta will employ 10 disabled people, while on the Hungarian side the existing businesses will be improved and employ additional 10 employees.

Within the project, Dartke Asoociation will operate an advisory centre for social enterprises in Szeged.

Project Title: Agriculture innovation towards growth and employment in crossborder

region

Acronym: AGRINNO

Project ID: HUSRB/1602/41/0042

Total Project budget: 325,536.75 EUR

EU contribution (IPA): 276,706.23 EUR

Start Date: 1 April 2018

End Date: 30 November 2019

Lead Beneficiary: Provincial Secretariat for Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry

Beneficiary 1: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops

Beneficiary 2: European Affairs Fund of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Beneficiary3: “For Development of Csongrád County” Non-profit ltd., Csongrád Megy Fejlesztéséért Nonprofit kft.

Contact information:

Provincial Secretariat for Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry

Address: 16 Bulevar Mihajla Pupina, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Contact person: Predrag Raji?

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +381 21 487 4120

 

Project summary:

The territory on both sides of the border is characterized by a large percentage of the unemployed population, out of which a significant number lives in rural areas. The low level of education and the prevailing older population make the existing regional disparities even higher. However, the fact that the rural population possesses excellent quality land in their yards gives the opportunity to introduce a new model of agricultural business, which aims at raising productivity and achieving self-employment.

The most important target group of this project are unemployed people in rural areas and semi-rural areas on both sides of the border who own land around houses (backyards) with 500 to 1000 m2 per household. If they do agriculture, they produce only for their own needs and do not have sufficient capacities and skills to be competitive at the market. Therefore, during the project incubators will be established in three agricultural schools within each district in Vojvodina, which will be the centre for the organization of events, gathering of members and exchange of experiences. During the project, a workshop on experimental fields, round tables, two large seminars and an international conference will be organized, as well. The first seminar "Growing plants in backyards" will be held in Vrsac, Ruma and Futog, where besides theoretical knowledge, participants of the training will also receive quality seed to plant in their yards. Additionally, a seminar in Szeged will also be organized with the aim of presenting producers with the opportunity to create products and place them on the market.

Farmers on both sides of the border, who will visit demonstration fields, will be encouraged to choose self-employment and furthermore become potential employers, since the project will offer them skills for becoming self-sufficient and improving their quality of life and standard of living. The long-term perspective of the project is to share and promote these results through best practices and through a website to connect these people with small markets, shops and malls, to co-operate in the region, reducing transportation cost and getting competitive with the prices.