The Gate to Europe EGTC submitted a proposal in January 2024 to the call of the INTERREG VI-A Romania-Hungary Program. The title of the submitted proposal is “Increasing the tourism potential of Gate to Europe EGTC localities through supporting community events, constructing a Gastronomic Village, and enhancing cross-border hiking conditions”.
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 Gate to Europe EGTC organised an event on 9 March 2023, at the Forest Harmony Visitor Centre in Nyíradony.
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.
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 applicant could be awarded.
Apor Kovács, Director of the Gate to Europe EGTC, took part in the “Regional Development Workshops – North-East Hungary Economic Development Zone” in Debrecen.
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:
Organisation of a get-together and the inauguration of a town twinning memorial in the main square of Fülöp.
Nyírmártonfalva applied for administrative and office equipment, necessary for the operation of the Civil Guard’s office. With the help of the project the society can continue operating in a new office environment.