Open Day of EU Developments - A walk behind the scenes26 March 2013
Through the New Széchenyi Plan nearly 14 000 investments have been implemented that impact everyone’s life. On the occasion of the European Year of Citizens the National Development Agency will start its programme entitled “Open Day of EU Developments - A walk behind the scenes” in order to show how much the European Union membership contributes to the improvement of the living conditions of the citizens.
Hungary’s development has been defined by EU funded investments for long years, although not only the HUF 8 200 billion made available for Hungary seems unimaginable, but residents can almost solely receive information about most developments from the news. For this reason with the intention of creating a tradition the National Development Agency announced a national open day for 2nd March, Saturday when the most fascinating developments will be introduced.
“Our objective is to show the residents that the New Széchenyi Plan and the related EU funds are not merely abstract concepts, but they result in developments that impact everyone’s life. The European year of Citizens offers an excellent opportunity for the local communities to gain insight into how much the EU membership contributes to improving their living conditions. Due to the great success of the event it is among the plans of the institutional system to provide an opportunity to visit similar investments every year in the future,” Nándor Csepreghy, Deputy Secretary of State responsible for Development Programmes of the Ministry of National Development, explained.
In the framework of the programme all over the country visitors can see 30 investments that are otherwise closed to the public or can only be viewed by purchasing a ticket. The investments that can be visited on the Open Day include cultural, tourism, scientific or infrastructural developments. For instance the Tétényi Road station of Metro 4, the planned reconstruction of the Royal Garden Pavilion, the interactive exhibition of the Hungarian Natural History Museum and one of the renovated buildings of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music can be visited.
There will also be several programmes away from the capital. Among others, the Korda Filmpark Visitors Centre in Etyek, the Vásárhelyi-Bréda Castle in Lőkösháza, the Esterházy Castle in Fertőd, the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter in Pécs and the Kodály Centre will be also free to visit. Nature lovers can spend quality time visiting the Lake Tisza Eco Centre, the fossil remains of Ipolytarnóc, the Puszta Safari of Hortobágy or the Botanical Garden of the University of Szeged.
At the same time on the Open Day visitors can also look into the lives of enterprises as they can see how energy drinks are made in the factory of HELL Energy where due to the EU funding received, with the use of modern, advanced and eco-friendly materials and technologies a new building has been constructed, which is suitable for the installation of state-of-the-art technological apparatus. In addition, visitors can also see environmentally-conscious developments such as the biomass heating plant located in the territory of the Pannonhalma Archabbey using renewable energy sources to provide heating for the Abbey, or the ultrasound PET waste recycling technology of Adu Develop Ltd. in Székesfehérvár.
Due to the great interest and the limited capacity of institutions and factories to accept visitors entrance to the sites requires registration. As of 18 February all further details about the institutions participating in the programme and their programmes will be available on the following website: ujszechenyiterv.gov.hu, and registration can also be done here.
The list of institutions to be visited on the Open Day:
• Metro 4, Budapest,
• Adu Develop Ltd.: introduction of ultrasound PET waste recycling technology, Székesfehérvár
• Esterházy Castle, Fertőd
• HELL ENERGY Hungary Ltd., Szikszó
• Fossil Remains of Ipolytarnóc Nature Conservation Area, Ipolytarnóc
• Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital: development of the Emergency Care Department, Kaposvár
• Korda Filmpark, Etyek
• L'Huillier - Coburg-Castle, Edelény
• Lyceum: viewing the reconstruction of the building, Eger
• Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
• Magyar Cukorgyártó Zrt (Hungarian Sugar Production Co.Ltd.) : introduction of the post- fermenting department established to increase biogas production, Kaposvár
• Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
• MEDITERRÁN Magyarország Betoncserép Gyártó Kft. (concrete rooftile producer): introduction of the production process, Bóly
• Mobilis Interactive Exhibition Centre, Győr
• Pannonhalma Archabbey: Biomass heating plant, Pannonhalma
• PannonPharma Ltd.: introduction of new pharmaceutical production technology, Pécsvárad
• Puszta Safari, Hortobágy
• Szatmár-Bereg Hospital, Emergency Department, introduction of new departments, Fehérgyarmat
• Botanical Garden of the University of Szeged, szeged
• University of Szeged, Research Group for Education and Learning: introduction of diagnostic assessment systems, Szeged
• Lake Tisza Eco Centre, Poroszló
• Royal Garden Pavilion, Budapest
• Vásárhelyi-Bréda Castle, Lőkösháza
• Zsolnay Cultural Quarter and Kodály Centre, Pécs
About the European Year of Citizens
The European Year of Citizens (2013) calls attention to the rights to which every citizen living in the European Union is automatically entitled to deriving from the EU citizenship status. Every day all 500 million EU citizens - and through them the entire European economy - benefit from these rights.
More information: http://europa.eu/citizens-2013/hu/home