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The ZeroWaste Project is progressing well

The construction works of the waste processing and sorting plant under construction in Makkosjános are progressing well, almost half of it have already been completed. The project is supported by the European Union and the Hungarian Government, and according to the plans, it will be able to process more than ...

Dunakiliti active tourist entry and exit point handover and professional day

The active tourist entry and exit point of Dunakiliti, a multifunctional building, was completed in the framework of the joint project of Arrabona EGTC and Dunakiliti Municipality, which was handed over on December 6, 2023 ...

Bike Paradise – to be continued

In the joint organisation of the municipalities of Ipolydamásd and Párkány and the Ister-Granum EGTC, the bicycle path development connecting Párkány - Helemba and Ipolydamásd - Letkés was handed over on November 15, 2023 ...

Dialogue on the development of the region

Organised by MURABA EGTC, the representatives of the invited organisations were able to spend a meaningful morning in the conference room of the Hotel Lipa in Szentgotthárd. The purpose of the program was to initiate a dialogue during which, in addition to the strengths of the city and the region, ...

The first call for tenders of the Small Project Fund has been successfully concluded

Via Carpatia EGTC is pleased to announce that the first call for tenders of the Small Project Fund has been successfully concluded with a high participation rate ...

Small Project Fund call for proposals closed for this year

This year's call for tenders of the Small Project Fund closed on November 15, 2023. The fund continued to focus on building mutual trust, helping the communities living in the Rába-Duna-Vág EGTC area to develop strong relationships and successfully implement cooperation. Supported initiatives included cultural festivals, sports events, professional events ...

The ERASMUS+ project called HUMAN-LINK ended last week,

in the professional implementation of which BTC EGTC took a significant role in taking care of cross-border tasks ...

The European Border Cities EGTC organised a professional study trip to Poland

On August 25, 2023, local producers and artisans from Nyíregyháza participated in a professional study trip in Gorlice within the framework of the "Made in V4 – Let the local product be our common value" project organised by the European Border Cities EGTC. During the program, the participants gained an ...

Pannon EGTC discussed cooperation opportunities with the University North

At the invitation of the University North, the Pannon EGTC delegation visited Varaždin on August 29, 2023 ...

Broad partnership for the development of the Slovenian-Hungarian border region

In the last months, MURABA EGTC has been involved in the submission of 4 Interreg projects, one of which targets religious tourism, which will include the designation of a new cross-border pilgrimage route ...

REVITAL I. final conference

On 17 August 2023, the final conference of the REVITAL I project under the ENI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine was held in Yanoshi (Ukraine) ...

The humanitarian project of the Tisza EGTC has been successfully completed

The Tisza EGTC project, in the framework of which a total of 48 people (children from Kharkiv and Kyiv and their accompanying persons) were provided with recreational and relaxation opportunities in the Transcarpathian Region with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary was successfully completed ...

The new bridge over the Ipoly/Ipeľ River between Chľaba and Ipolydamásd has been inaugurated

After decades of preparation, a bridge will again link Ipolydamásd in Hungary and Chľaba in Slovakia ...

ROHU422 Green Transport project will be completed soon

The Green Transport project (ROHU422), a partnership between Mórahalom (HU) and Jimbolia (RO), is nearing its end, with the closing conference taking place on 19 July 2023 ...

Shaping mindsets on the Moson-Danube stretch of the VíziVándor camp

The Arrabona EGTC, in addition to its role as a trail leader, realises awareness-raising activities within the programme of the Moson-Danube section of the WaterWanderer camp ...

Adventure map to help you discover the Szigetköz area

The Active and Ecotourism Development Centre, in partnership with the Arrabona EGTC, has published its latest publication, the Adventure Map of the Szigetköz area ...

Inauguration of the renewed mansion and administration building in Gombasek

The partners of the project "Cross-border cooperation to revive forgotten partnership in Gombasek and Szilvásvárad" (SKHU GO&SZI), which is implemented in the framework of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme, were the Sine Metu Civic Association, the Municipality of Szilvásvárad, the Hegyvidék OUTDOOR Programme Office and the Hamelli Horticulture from ...

Spectacular results of the RE-START action plan

Several facilities have recently been handed over as part of the Pontibus EGTC's RE-START territorial action plan for employment (TAPE), which continues to assist unskilled workers and the older generation ...

Supporting the ageing population along the River Ipoly/Ipeľ

Within the framework of the IpOLD project implemented by the Ipoly Valley European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, seven cars were delivered in July with the support of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme, which will be used to transport elderly and needy people in the Slovakian villages of Bušince and ...

The ferry service between Neszmély and Radvaň nad Dunajom has started

Thanks to the joint tender of Ister-Granum EGTC, the Ministry of Construction and Transport and Hungarian Public Road Co., a new border crossing point has been inaugurated at the Slovak-Hungarian Danube section shortening by tens of kilometres the distance between the Mária Valéria Bridge between Esztergom and Štúrovo and the ...

Via Carpatia EGTC celebrates its 10th birthday

The Via Carpatia EGTC celebrated its 10th anniversary in Tiszaújváros on 21-23 June 2023 ...

Akácos Street has been inaugurated in Dunasziget

The Municipality of Dunasziget has won a grant of HUF 42,435,146 under the call for proposals VP6-7.2.1.1-21 “Development of local roads in rural areas”, announced by the Ministry of Agriculture. This enabled the complete resurfacing of Akácos Street in the municipality. The official opening took place on 23 June 2023 ...

Project opening event in Kunsziget

The opening event of the KEHOP-2.2.2-15-2021-00153 project, Modernization and expansion of the Kunsziget and its region’s wastewater treatment plant, was held on 23.06.2023 ...

The final conference of the Rába-Duna-Vág EGTC Small Project Fund was held in Šamorín

Rába-Duna-Vág EGTC held the final conference of the Small Project Fund in Šamorín on 19 June 2023 ...

The last stage of the CULTPLAY project, the Tata thematic playground, was inaugurated

The final stage of the CULTPLAY project, launched in 2018, was the inauguration of the Tata thematic playground, which took place on 16 June 2023 ...

Press conference and kick-off event of the ZeroWaste project

On 23 May 2023, the first official press conference of the project ‘ZeroWaste: Theory for Everybody, Practice for Everyone in the Cross-Border Region’ (HUSKROUA/1701/LIP/006) was held in Nyíregyháza (HU), and on 8 June the project kick-off event was held in Yanoshi, Berehove district (UA) ...

Another milestone reached in the Crossbordair project

In June 2023, the installation of air pollution measuring instruments started in Nyíregyháza ...

Work site for the active tourist entry and exit point in Dunakiliti handed over to the contractor

In Dunakiliti, the construction of an active multifunctional tourist entry and exit point has started, which will be built at the junction of the Zátonyi-Dunaág and Gyümölcsös Street ...

Pannon EGTC presented its Crossmarkets project at “A day dedicated to local products” event

Pannon EGTC, together with CESCI and the Mura Region EGTC, organised a professional event on cross-border trade of local products in Lenti on 30 May 2023, with the support of the Association of European Border Regions and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary ...

“A day dedicated to local products” in Lenti

Mura Region EGTC, together with CESCI and the Pannon EGTC, organised a professional event on cross-border trade of local products in Lenti on 30 May 2023, with the support of the Association of European Border Regions and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary ...

Apor Kovács, the Director of the Gate to Europe EGTC gave a presentation at the Oradea Process’ seminar

Since 2012, the French-Hungarian Initiatives Association (INFH), the Oradea Metropolitan Zone and CESCI have been organising thematic conferences to strengthen and consolidate cooperation between Hungarian and Romanian institutions, municipalities and people ...

The Via Carpatia EGTC in Tiszaújváros closed the implementation of the 2014-2020 Small Project Fund and is already preparing the new one

Over the last five years, 152 ideas have been given the green light in the region of Košice, funded by the Small Project Fund, managed by Via Carpatia EGTC ...

Ister-Granum trademark has been launched

On the last day of April 2023, the Ister-Granum EGTC held the closing event of four related tenders in Esztergom ...

The development of the elderly-friendly region continued

The Ipoly Valley European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation with Limited Liability has been effectively working for several years to strengthen cross-border links, which has now been taken to a higher level by the project “Developing an integrated age-friendly region within the area of the Ipoly-valley EGTC” (IpOLD) ...

The closing event of the CB Joint Strategy project was held in Pécs

The Pannon EGTC held the closing conference of the “CB Joint Strategy” project at the Kodály Centre in Pécs on 26 April 2023 ...

The RE-Start Action Plan with diverse programs

The Pontibus EGTC’s employment action plan, called RE-START (“Creating Needs Based Employment in the Lower Ipel Valley”), primarily seeks to integrate unskilled workforce and older generations in the labour market, paying special attention to the working-age population outside the labour market ...

Support for Member Settlements’ Developments

The new building was inaugurated on 16 February 2023 within the framework of the EU project “Establishing the Reformed Nursery of Győr”, which was implemented under the consortium leadership of the Municipality of Győr, in partnership with the Reformed Church of Győr ...

Construction of the landfill started in Rimavské Janovce within the framework of the ZeroWaste project

The work area, where within the framework of the ZeroWaste project a landfill and waste sorting plant will be built, was officially handed over on 18 April 2023 ...

Developments in Pons Danubii EGTC projects

The 3rd and closing international conference of the DANUrB+ Project was held in Budapest, Hungary, on 12 and 13 December 2022. The aim of the event was to disseminate all the experiences and achievements of the initiative ...

Participation in the development and cooperation of member settlements

The Gate to Europe EGTC organised an event on 9 March 2023, at the Forest Harmony Visitor Centre in Nyíradony ...

Report on the information day of the CB Joint Strategy project

The Information day of the strategic project “CBJointStrategy – Supporting the development of the HU-HR border region by a common strategy jointly formulated by the various actors of the cross-border area”, which is implemented within the Interreg V-A - Hungary-Croatia Cross-border Co-operation Programme 2014-2020, was held on Friday, 31st of ...

Ongoing discussions within the framework of the REVITAL I project

In March 2023, several online professional consultations took place in the framework of the REVITAL I project, involving the experts of Tisza EGTC, the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and researchers of the University of Miskolc and Geogold Ltd. The topic of the ...

MuKoBridge project closing conference

The closing conference of the MuKoBridge project was held on 30 March 2023, which included alternatives to the feasibility and environmental impact assessment of the road and cycling bridge between Murakeresztúr and Kotoriba and its connected parts ...

B-Solutions

The B-Solutions 2.0 initiative is a continuation of the programme, launched by the European Commission in 2018 under the same name, to tackle cross-border barriers in the European Union. In particular, the programme provides expert assistance to cross-border areas and communities to develop specific solutions for cross-border legal obstacles ...

The Tisza EGTC helps the arrival of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Donors from the Netherlands and Hungary arrived in Transcarpathia with significant humanitarian aid in March 2023 ...

Cross-border community building among young people

An international youth meeting took place in Lendava on 11 November 2022. The Slovenian and Hungarian youth had a chance to spend a meaningful day together, where, besides theoretical and sports games, they could gain insight into the regional and community development processes related to youth ...

Crossbordair’s drawing competition successfully closed

Within the project “Cross-Border Interventions to Reduce Air Pollution and Improve Air Quality” (CrossBordAir), the European Border Cities EGTC launched two drawing competitions for primary school pupils in early 2023: one for pupils in Satu Mare called "Air pollution is the silent enemy" and one for pupils in Nyíregyháza called ...

Preparations for the 2021-2027 HUSK programme started

A partnership building forum was organised by the Via Carpatia EGTC in Tarcal in December 2022. In particular, the Hungarian partners were invited to jointly identify and build cooperation opportunities for future joint projects ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade supports EGTCs with HUF 170 million in 2023

At the end of 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade launched a call for proposals to support the operational and project funding activities of the European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation in 2023. The available funding was HUF 170 million, of which a maximum of HUF 17 million per ...

Participation in cross-border development events

“Investment Opportunities in the Border Region" was organised on 23 November 2022 by Horgos Local Community (Serbia), where the BTC EGTC was also represented. In the course of the programme, the potentials and opportunities of the border region were presented, which serve the development of the territory of Voivodina based ...

Strategic partnership agreement between Tibor Navracsics, Minister for Regional Development and the Utilisation of EU funds, and the Pannon EGTC

In all channels, the Ministry for Regional Development underlines the importance of involving local organisations and knowledge centres into the planning process. To strengthen this effort, strategic agreements are signed with those partners who can provide a meaningful contribution to the country's development ...

Minister without Portfolio for Regional Development signed a strategic agreement with several EGTCs

On 29 November 2022, Tibor Navracsics, Minister for Regional Development, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the representatives of seventeen organisations, including the Ister-Granum and the Pons Danubii EGTCs ...

The Young4Climate project has been launched

Young4Climate is a project approved and implemented under the "Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" (SK-Climate) and co-financed by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 and the State Budget of the Slovak Republic. The project will be implemented by Via Carpatia EGTC in cooperation with the Technical University of Košice and Smart ...

Motivage project for the development of an elderly-friendly region completed

The final event of the Motivage project took place on 9 December 2022, during which the partners reported on the experiences of the two and a half years in a roundtable discussion. Expert Gábor Ferencz analysed the results and effects of the project, while Dr. Zsuzsanna Biroszné Móritz presented the ...

MR-EGTC Heritage

The closing conference of the MuKoBridge project was held on 30 March 2023, which included alternatives to the feasibility and environmental impact assessment of the road and cycling bridge between Murakeresztúr and Kotoriba and its connected parts ...

The Regional Bicycle Sharing System, Kombibike, has received an award from the Committee of the Regions

The European Committee of the Regions presents the award of European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation called "Building Europe Across Borders" every two years. In April 2022, Pannon EGTC applied for it with their project KOMBIbike (cross-border community bicycle rental system) that was implemented within the Interreg SKHU programme. Their work ...

Successful completion of the popular Retiree University

The third and final program of the Retiree University was organised on 4 November 2022. This time, ambulance officer Tamás Nagy gave a lecture on the treatment of medical emergencies and the most important steps of calling ambulances. The participants were provided a very useful presentation with an excellent atmosphere ...

Visit to Solotvyno within the REVITAL I project

Judit Jevcsák, Deputy Director of Tisza EGTC and Karolina Dancs, Project Manager participated in the professional meeting in Smt Solotvyno, on 27 October 2022, within the framework of the REVITAL I project ...

New home for the elderly built in Salka

A new home for the elderly was built in Salka. There is a growing need for elderly care everywhere, and the waiting list is particularly long in the region. The new facility, which was created by renovating an existing but unoccupied building in the municipality, aims to fulfil this need ...

The Pannon EGTC held its closing event of the Inter Ventures project in Pécs

The Interreg Europe project INTER VENTURES of the Pannon European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (Pannon EGTC) – “Policies to promote the internationalisation of SMEs for more competitive regional ecosystems in border areas of the EU” is coming to an end ...

Mura Region’s b-solutions video was presented as a good practice at the European Week of Regions and Cities

The Mura Régió EGTC with the support of CESCI prepared a promotional video on the EGTC's b-solutions project ...

The Ister-Granum EGTC’s workshop on local product trademark

The Ister-Granum EGTC organised a workshop on local product trademark in Búč and Kesztölc ...

Gate to Europe EGTC on the Regional Development Workshops

Apor Kovács, Director of the Gate to Europe EGTC, took part in the “Regional Development Workshops - North-East Hungary Economic Development Zone” in Debrecen ...

The Food Industry Action Plan continued with a practical workshop

The action plan of the Rába-Danube-Vág EGTC, called Food industry (“Cooperation of food industry, scientific and professional institutes to increase rural employment ”), aims to develop the local manufacturing industry and the agricultural sector with an ERDF support of EUR 2,343,334.85 ...

The Ipoly-Valley EGTC’s press conference on IpOLD project

Within the framework of the project "IpOLD - Developing an integrated age-friendly region within the area of the Ipoly-Valley EGTC " SKHU/1902/4.1/076 – which is currently under implementation with the support of Interreg SKHU – a press conference was held in Kalonda, on 18 October 2022 ...

BTC EGTC employee participated in training in Oslo

The Municipality4Democracy training course was held in Oslo, Norway, between October 9-14. 2022, to which 28 youth professionals from 10 European Union countries (Portugal, Italy, Norway, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary) were invited ...

Special event at the Active Ageing Centre

An award ceremony for the most active seniors was organised at the Active Ageing Centre, located in Košice at Bačíková 7, on 13 October 2022. The award ceremony was attended by Julianna Máté, Director of Via Carpatia EGTC, and Trnka Rastislav, President of the County Council of Košice, who praised ...

The participation of MURABA EGTC in the organization of Monošter Forum

In cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Budapest and the Embassy of Hungary in Ljubljana, CESCI, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, organised the Szentgotthárd Forum for the fifth time, after a four-year break, on 4 October 2022 ...

Pons Danubii organised a study trip

Pons Danubii EGTC organised a DANUrB+ project study trip to Moravia in order to learn from excellent examples of how to find new meaningful use of old buildings. The study tour was organised in cooperation with the project partner Fakulta architektúry a dizajnu STU ...

Cross-border development of bathing tourism

A workshop specialised for institutions having an interest in bathing tourism in Hungary and Slovakia was held in Piešťany on 28 September 2022, organised by the SIK civil association of Šaľa and its project partner, Arrabona EGTC, based in Győr ...

Romania-Hungary Programming Conference organised by the BTC EGTC

The BTC EGTC organised a Romania-Hungary Programming Conference in Jimbolia, on 27 September 2022, which was prepared and organised as per the request of the Romanian member municipalities ...

Study tour organised by the Arrabona EGTC

The Arrabona EGTC organized a study tour to Nagypáli and ZalaZone on 22 September 2022, to which the leaders and representatives of its member municipalities were invited ...

10th anniversary of Rába-Danube-Váh EGTC

The work carried out by the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, which bears the names of the three rivers, was one of the main topics of the 5th Danube Conference in the Star Fortress (Csillagerőd) in South Komárom ...

New cross-border markets in 3 regions of the Ister-Granum region

With the support of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme, the Ister-Granum EGTC, with the collaboration of 10 partners, was able to implement its most significant project ...

Local history trips and exhibition for the values and heritage of Győr

The project ‘Actively together for the values and heritage of Győr!’, with identification number TOP-7.1.1-16-H-ESZA-2020-01591, was successfully implemented ...

ON a study trip in the regions of Alpokalja and Neusiedler See

On 28-29 June 2022, the Ister-Granum EGTC organised a two-day study tour to the region of Sopron and the Neusiedler See on which local producers and tourism service providers from Esztergom, Štúrovo, and Börzsöny participated ...

International conference to discuss the challenges of Euroscepticism

With the support of the CERV Programme, an international conference was held at Mórahalom on 1st July 2022 within the framework of the project ‘Platform for challenging Euroscepticism.’ ...

Products limited only by the imagination

With the help of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme, the TAPE NOVUM DANUVIUM economic action plan is going to be implemented to support the technical transformation of micro, small and medium-sized businesses ...

Tourism developments in the Pons Danubii region

On 14 June 2022, the regional conference, titled as “Development opportunities on the Slovakian side of the Danube and the Little Danube”, was organised by the Central Europe Foundation, the Slovak University of Technology and the Pons Danubii EGTC ...

’Actively in Kisalföld’ conference in Győr

The Arrabona EGTC organized a conference with title ‘Actively in Kisalföld’. It was jointly organized with the city of Győr and the Aktív- és Ökoturisztikai Fejlesztési Központ (Active and Eco-tourism Development Centre) on 2 June 2022 ...

The development opportunities for biomass-based energy production

On 22 June 2022, the Arrabona EGTC participated at the meeting which was held in the city hall of Győr. The aim was to identify the potential uses of green waste with the help of the active economic units of the city ...

‘Near-to nature lookouts’ – the announcement of the results of the design competition

The aim of the call is to design waterside lookouts closely connected to the water and its fauna that can be implemented in a short time by the competent municipality of the planning area. Four planning locations (Abda, Dunaszeg, Kimle, Kunsziget) were selected ...

Multifunctional market to be built in Dunaszeg from HUF 100 million

The foundation stone of the new community marketplace was laid on Saturday, which is to be built in Dunaszeg from an investment of 100 million HUF ...

The enlargement of the EGTC association with new members from Szigetköz and Žitný ostrov

The Arrabona EGTC held its annual General Assembly on 20 May 2022, where the members of the Association made decision on eight proposals. The EGTC also welcomed the new members from Szigetköz and Žitný ostrov ...

Development ideas of the Gate to Europe EGTC’s member settlements

At the beginning of 2022 the Gate to Europe EGTC published an information booklet about the development ideas of the EGTC’s member settlements. The Cooperation also prepared a 7-minute short movie on the same topic that is available to everyone: ...

2021-27 Hungarian-Croatian cross-border cooperation programme document accepted

After a long break, the programming phase of the Hungarian-Croatian Cross-Border Programme has finally started again. The representatives of the two countries began the negotiations at Čakovec on 29 March 2022 ...

Humanitarian work in the Hungarian-Ukrainian border region coordinated by Tisza EGTC

The humanitarian mission and work is continuous. They are grateful to all their local, national and international partners; to their volunteers; to their donors for their support in difficult times! ...

The Arrabona EGTC announces a two-round open architectural design competition entitled ’Water tour related lookout design competition’

The Arrabona EGTC has launched a call for a competition for the design of waterfront lookouts, which are planned to be implemented within a short term by the municipality of the planning area, closely related to water and wildlife ...

The members of the Arrabona EGTC have successfully applied to the Small Project Fund

The municipalities and other institutions of the Arrabona EGTC have received a grant from the Small Project Fund under the Interreg-V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme, Small Project Fund– Enhancing cross-border inter-institutional cooperation and broadening cross-border cooperation between citizens PT4 programme ...

VIII. Pigsticker Festival was organised at Murakeresztúr

On 12 February 2022 the „Mura Pork dishes - VIII. Pigsticker Festival at Murakeresztúr” was organised within the framework of the MR-EGTC Heritage project ...

Game ECOhero

The field of ecology, sustainable development and the circular economy is currently gaining in importance. Climate change and environmental pollution pose new challenges for society and require a more responsible approach from all of us ...

Expo 2020 Dubai – New inspirations, new opportunities

The team of the Via Carpatia EGTC took part in the Expo 2020 Dubai, whose motto is “Sustainability, mobility and opportunity.” ...

The list of the approved projects within call SKHU/WETA/2101

The RDV EGTC Monitoring Committee of the Small Project Fund launched a written vote on 11 January 2022, to summarise and approve the order of the submitted proposals for the call SKHU/WETA/2101 (3rd November 2021 - 3rd December 2021) ...

Development of recreation zones in Kolárovo and Komárno

On 4 March 2020, in the framework of the DANUrB+ project, students from the Slovak University of Technology visited Kolárovo and Komárno in order to see the tourist development sites ...

The students of the ”Improve the school and its environment” competition were awarded

The Via Carpatia EGTC awarded the skilled students for their successful projects, which were entered in the competition “Improve the school and its surroundings” organized within the project "We will improve the environmental responsibility of students!" ...

Final conference of the project “Improving students’ environmental responsibility!”

The project "Improving the environmental responsibility of students!" Was successfully completed by the final conference organized by EZUS Via Carpatia on March 17, 2022 in Košice ...

Opening of an interactive exhibition in Košice

As part of the "Élő történelem" - "Living History" project, a new interactive exhibition was ceremoniously opened on March 16, 2022 in the Lower Gate in Košice ...

Even small things can generate a lot of good …

The use of visual elements is an effective way of educating students. Especially in the field of environmental education, this form of raising awareness will help to better understand the issue ...

The Via Carpatia EGTC is working hard to establish an Active Aging Center

The implementation of the SKHU Ambassadors project continues with the preparation of the Active Aging Center. On Friday, March 4, 2022, a meeting was held with external experts who will ensure the content of individual activities for seniors within the center ...

Restoration of Patay Castle is almost completed…

As part of the “Living History” [Élő történelem] project, the restoration of the Patay Castle in Abaújszántó-Cekeháza is currently ongoing ...

Training courses for pupils

Environmental issues are becoming an increasingly discussed topic and the first step to address them is to raise awareness and educate young people in this field. EGTC Via Carpatia within the project “Improving students' environmental responsibility!” organized in cooperation with CESCI-Carpathia training courses on the topic of circular economy, sustainable ...

Training courses for teachers

Educating students in the circular economy and ecology is an important prerequisite for meeting the goals of sustainable development. On 18th February 2022 the Via Carpatia EGTC organized the training for teachers within the project “Improve the environmental responsibility of students!” ...

How did the pandemic affect tourism?

The Pannon EGTC SHARE project is assessing the impact of the pandemic on tourism and event management ...

Cross-border Workshop on experiences with LEGO robots

On February 8, 2022, an online cross-border Workshop organized by Infoklaszter, one of the project partners, in cooperation with the EGTC Via Carpatia and the City of Košice took place within the implementation of the SKHU IT EDUCATION project of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary cooperation program ...

Workshop with the Employment Agency

news 19 January 2022 On January 19, 2022, the last workshop with the Employment Agency took place as part of the implementation of the project “Find your way to the labour market” of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary cooperation programme. Participants had the opportunity to individually consult on job offers with ...

The 750 contest winners have been awarded

The winning teams of the 750 contest organised by Arrabona EGTC have received their well-deserved reward which was handed out by the Mayor of Győr, Dr. Csaba András Dézsi ...

Arrabona EGTC organised the 4th, final round of the Győr 750 contest

The Arrabona EGTC organised a series of contests for secondary school students to test their skills, talents and creativity in the fields of sport, culture and the creative economy. The competition aimed to strengthen cooperation between active communities in Győr ...

Arrabona EGTC’s presentation at the “Active Hungary – The beginning of an Era Conference 2021” in Siófok

At the ‘Active Hungary Beginning of an Era Conference 2021’, held on 25-26 November 2021 in Siófok, Hungary, a special session was dedicated to tourism networks. During the conference, almost all the speakers spoke about the importance of tourism networks, such as cycling, walking, rowing and horse riding routes ...

Information day – presentation of the new call for proposals

On 9 and 10 November 2021, Rába-Danube-Váh EGTC held an online Information Day in Hungarian and Slovakian, where a new call for proposals for improving cross-border cooperation between public institutions and people living in border areas under Priority Axis 4 (SKHU/WETA/2101) was presented ...

New bike park in Győr – successful call for proposals and management by the Arrabona EGTC

The teams have completed the 3rd round of the 750 contests organised within the framework of the Arrabona EGTC project TOP-7.1.1-16-H-ESZA-2020-01590. This round was dedicated to culture and arts and therefore it was organised in collaboration with the Dr. Kovács Pál Library and Community Space, in the Kisfaludy Károly County ...

750 contest in the field of culture and art

The teams have completed the 3rd round of the 750 contest organised within the framework of the Arrabona EGTC project TOP-7.1.1-16-H-ESZA-2020-01590. This round was dedicated to culture and arts and therefore it was organised in collaboration with the Dr. Kovács Pál Library and Community Space, in the Kisfaludy Károly County ...

Pannon EGTC’s SHARE (Interreg Europe) project continues

SHARE 1. sought good European practices in the field of sustainable cultural heritage protection. The pandemic has brought a drastic change in the tourism industry, therefore the willingness to travel has also been significantly reduced or transformed. As we move into a post-pandemic world, the economic recovery will be long ...

Implementation of Pannon EGTC’s InterVentures (Interreg) project nears completion

The main objective of the project is to promote the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the EU's border regions, thus contributing to an increase in their competitiveness ...

SCHOLAR SME Scholarship and Mentoring Programme – professional coordination by the BTC EGTC

The Banat-Triplex Confinium EGTC (BTC EGTC) is geographically specific as it develops its activities to promote the effectiveness of cooperation in the border areas between Romania, Hungary and Serbia. Currently, it's playing a key role in the technical coordination and the implementation of the Scholarship and Mentoring Programme of the ...

ProTour tender press conference

A new project was added to the successful cooperation between the Győr-based Arrabona EGTC and the Žitný ostrov Regional Tourism Association (OOCR). At the final press conference of the project last week, it was also revealed what future projects would be implemented to boost tourism in the two border regions ...

Cross-border joint library cooperation

The small project SKHU/WETA/1901/4.1/301 LiBLAB was implemented through the cooperation of the libraries of two of the founding member cities of the Arrabona EGTC, Győr (HU) and Somorja (SK), while the EGTC contributed to the preparations and project management activities ...

The image of Arrabona EGTC renewed

In summer 2021, after more than ten years, the organisational logo and image has been refreshed and renewed ...

Small Project Fund call

The Rába-Danube-Váh European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, in cooperation with the municipality of Trnava district (Trnavský samosprávny kraj) and the Széchenyi Programme Office Nonprofit LLC., has announced a call for proposals for financial contributions to the projects of the Small Project Fund implemented as part of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary ...

Another round in the Győr 750 contest

In the framework of the EGTC-winning tender with the ID TOP-7.1.1-16-H-ESZA-2020-01590, Arrabona organises a series of contests for high school students, where the contestants are given a chance to compete against one another in the field of sport, culture and creative economy ...

DANURB+ INTERNATIONAL PARTNER MEETING AND STUDY TOUR IN HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA AND AUSTRIA

The international partner meeting of the DANUrB+ project took place between 10 and 15 October 2021 in Hungary, Slovakia and Austria ...

On the 6th local support group meeting of the WaVE project

The 6th meeting of the stakeholders of the WaVE project (Water-linked heritage Valorization by developing an Ecosystemic approach) was held on 27 September 2021 at the Danube Museum in Esztergom ...

First stage of the 750-minute-contest in Győr

Győr 750 contest! This year this does not refer to an outstanding or rare collocation, but rather a quite enjoyable series of events, which is undoubtedly an unusual and odd one in the life of Arrabona EGTC. In the framework of the EGTC-winning tender with the ID TOP-7.1.1-16-H-ESZA-2020-01590, Arrabona EGTC ...

An opening conference was held for the project MR-EGTC Heritage

The opening conference of the MR-EGTC Heritage project took place on 10 September 2021 in Eszteregnye ...

The Tisza EGTC celebrated its fifth anniversary

The Tisza European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation with Limited Liability celebrated its fifth anniversary at a special jubilee event in Kisvárda on 13 September 2021 ...

4. Danube Conference

The 4th Danube Conference was held on 16 September 2021, in Komárom, in the Fort Monostor, organised by the Rába-Danube-Váh European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation. At the professional conference, Attila Molnár, mayor of the city of Komárom, welcomed the participants from the Slovak-Hungarian border section of the Danube. Zoltán Németh, ...

”Food Industry” regional conference for employment in Mosonmagyaróvár

On 17 September 2021, the RDV EGTC organised the conference “Food Industry”, a regional action plan for employment. The event took place in the renovated Mosonmagyaróvár Castle. The conference was opened by István Nagy, Minister of Agriculture, Zoltán Németh, President of the Rába-Danube-Váh European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation and of ...

Cooperation in the touristic development of the regions Žitný ostrov and Szigetköz

The Győr based Arrabona EGTC and the Regional Touristic Association Csallóköz from the Felvidék have held a common closing event and press conference of the project on 1July in Dunaszerdahely, followed by a Cultractive day organised within the framework of the project ...

The treasures of the Szigetköz – Csallóköz region – International Media Day

The focus of the thematic media day was to promote the regions of Szigetköz and Csallóköz, and it was organised by the Arrabona EGTC and the OOCR Žitný ostrov ...

A video presenting the Ister-Granum EGTC’s WaVE project, its objectives and results so far

In connection with the Ister-Granum EGTC’s project called WaVE, a video was made presenting the project, its objectives and results so far ...

Team building day in Szilvásvárad

As part of the project "Turisztikai fejlesztés az EGTC területén", a two-day Team Building was held in Szilvásvárad ...

MuKoBridge HUHR/1902/2.1.4/0002 – An opening conference was held for the project focusing on the construction of the Mura Bridge, connecting Murakeresztur and Kotoriba

The opening conference of the Mura Bridge project, which facilitates road traffic and cycling between Murakeresztur and Kotoriba, took place on 16 July 2021 ...

Scholarship program for young people in the HU-SRB border region

With the professional contribution of the BTC EGTC, a scholarship program aimed at getting to know the economic development processes of the Serbian-Hungarian border region was announced within the framework of the project No. SCHOLAR-SME HUSRB / 1903/43/0008 ...

On July 8, 2021, the “Sepsis Marketplace” was opened in Encs

The marketplace was built as part of the SKHU Markets project within the framework of the Interreg V-A SK-HU Cooperation Program from the European Regional Development Fund ...

Joint planning of the applications for the next programming period – Keresztéte

On 7 July 2021, a forum entitled "Let's jointly plan the applications for the next programming period" was held in Keresztéte ...

Thematic evening focused on innovation

In the first days of July 2021, a meeting was organised called "Thematic evening focused on innovations" where project partners and representatives of universities in Košice took place ...

2 countries, 9 cities, 13 KOMBIbike stations – the launch of the KOMBIbike cross-border bicycle sharing rental system

The KOMBIbike tender closed in May 2021, which was launched in the framework of the INTERREG V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme ...

Find your way to the labour market course

As part of the Szépcserehát Territorial Action Plan for Employment, in May and June 2021, two rounds of the “Find your way to the labor market” training were implemented in Szepsi and Encs under the direction of the Via Carpatia EGTC ...

More CULTPLAY themed playgrounds are opened

The opening of CULTPLAY themed playgrounds continued during the spring of 2021 ...

The 10th anniversary of the Pons Danubii EGTC

The Pons Danubii EGTC celebrated the 10th anniversary of its foundation on 24 June 2021 in the Piarist Religious House in Tata ...

Opening conference of the Build and promote local image project

The opening conference of the Build and promote local image project was held on June 23, 2021 within the framework of the Szépcserehát Territorial Action Plan for Employment ...

Tourism improvements in the region

A meeting of EGTCs and tourism organisations from Western Hungary took place on 18 June 2021 in the framework of the project backed by the DANUrB+ Danube Transnational Programme.  ...

Electric bus line between Komárom and Komárno

The first electric bus of Volánbusz was officially introduced on 15 June, and it will connect North and South-Komárom ...

The ceremonial laying of the foundation stone of the sauerkraut processing plant in Hidasnémeti

On 14 May 2021, with the participation of the Via Carpatia EGTC, the foundation stone of the sauerkraut processing plant in Hidasnémeti was ceremoniously laid ...

The “Encsi Market” in Sepsi was openned on April 24, 2021.

Thanks to the Slovak-Hungarian cooperation, the Interreg program and the Via Carpatia EGTC, a new local marketplace was created in Szepsi ...

Three projects of the Via Carpatia EGTC have reached milestones

The first tender of the Beautiful Cserehát Cross-border Action Plan for Employment (Through renovation to the education) was successfully completed, and two educational centres were renewed within the framework of it ...

The RDV EGTC organised thematic workshops

Within the framework of the regional action plan for employment called ‘Food industry’, the Rába-Danube-Váh EGTC organised 4 online thematic workshops in the topics of ‘wheat’, ‘wine’, ‘meat’ and ‘vegetable – fruit’ ...

Substantial progress in the 2021-2027 Croatian-Hungarian joint development strategy

The Pannon EGTC has been participating in the creation of the 2021-2027 Croatian-Hungarian joint development strategy for over a year and a half, as the lead beneficiary of a winning Interreg programme ...

A treasury of the Porabje region was established

As a result of the cooperation of 6 municipalities and the active participation of the Muraba EGTC, a gap-filling treasury was established at the beginning of February 2021, including all municipal governments of the Porabje.  ...

The BTC EGTC E-Transport project has arrived at a new (charging) station

Significant progress has been made on the ROHU422 E-Transport project managed by the Banat-Triplex Confinium EGTC. For the first time in the region, electric charging stations were established and handed over in Mórahalom, which now are available for electric vehicles and buses for charging since the beginning of March 2021 ...

Within the framework of the “Green Arrabona” project, the Herb Garden in Győr was renewed

The Herb Garden in Győr has become even more attractive with the cooperation of the Győr County Municipality, the Green Strength Environmental Protection and Beautification Association and the Arrabona EGTC, within the framework of the “Green Arrabona” project ...

‘WHY DO WE NEED LOCAL OP SOURCES IN CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION?’

The aim of the event was the coordination and discussion of the development plans of the Croatian-Hungarian border region for the 2021-2027 programming period, and the exploration of opportunities, along which the operative programmes of the two countries can become optimally programmable ...