The Joint Secretariat is looking for a new colleague in the team.

In 2018, EU cohesion policy celebrates its 30th anniversary. Cohesion policy has been accompanying the evolutions of the European Union: From the creation of the single market to the successive enlargements and most recently, the need to respond to the migration crisis. Also in the future, cohesion policy shall stay at the very core of the Union's development.

Last Friday there was a project meeting in Szirmabesenyő where representatives of the local Municipality and ML Kosice, (forest company of the 2nd largest Slovak city) discussed about the further steps of their common environmental education initiative. These organizations are the beneficiaries of the project entitled Forest Based Education and Training (FORBEST) and are supported by the European Union through its Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme.

LESY SR is launching a project to bring the tradition of beekeeping back to the countryside and forests.

Consultation period: 10 January 2018 - 8 March 2018
 
 

In relation to the public procurement law no. 343/2015 in Slovakia and its release which entered into force on 18th April 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the SR released Guide on public procurement process.

After a long and thorough 2-year project preparation, Danube Bike&Boat (registration number SKHU/1601/1.1/014) got a green light in the PA 1 “Nature and Culture”.

Building institutional cooperation for greener settlement within the territory of Arrabona EGTC - Opening press conference in Győr on 30 November 2017
 

Deadline for submission: 15^th December 2017

The Hungarian OTP Fáy András Foundation and the OTP Ready Foundation from Slovakia held an opening event of their joint two-year program at the Selye János University in Komárno on October 26, 2017, supported by the Regional Development Fund and the European Union under the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Program.

Partners of the project titled “Enhacement of the ancient cultural cross border heritage profile of historical Nógrád” are Fiľakovo Town and Municipality of Šiatorská Bukovinka from the Slovak side, the hungarian partners are Town of Bátonyterenye and the Bükk National Park Directorate. 

The opening event of the project “Borderless financial and economic education” was held on 26 October 2017 in Komárno.

For #ECDay2017 the Interreg V-A SKHU programme has announced the start of its first approved projects. Four projects have been selected to represent the programme on the occasion of European Cooperation Day. The common characteristic of the chosen projects was that they all serve public interest in their own special way.

Herb industry network development within the Slovak-hungarian border region 

The Interreg SKHU programme is organizing information days related to the Call for proposals for Territorial Action Plans in Slovakia and Hungary during October 2017.

Interreg SKHU projects serving public interest

The report is intended to give a brief overview of the activities that were undertaken in the frame of the implementation process, focusing on the year 2016. 

The Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office acting as the Managing Authority and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic acting as the National Authority are announcing the Call for proposals in the frame of the third priority axis – Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility - of the Interreg V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme. 

Before the signature of the national co-financing contract with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the SR, the beneficiaries from Slovakia have an obligation to register in the register of public sector partners. 

The 7th Monitoring Committee (MC) meeting was held on 17th July 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.