Ér Hangja is participating in an international exchange of professional experience, organized by InCo Molfetta Association, in Molfetta, Italy, this October. The purpose of the professional training activity financed by the Erasmus+ program is to strengthen the communication, dissemination and promotion skills of the participants in the field of Erasmus+ projects.
September 13-17, 2024, an international twin city partner meeting was organized in Fót, Hungary, to which our town was invited, and which it accepted with great pleasure. The purpose of the meeting is to strengthen twin-city relations and discuss future collaborations and joint application opportunities with the active social involvement of young people. Guests came to the hosts in Fót from San Benedetto dei Marsi (Italy), Bátyu (Ukraine), Balavásár and Székelyhíd (Transylvania/Romania) for the five-day event consisting of the professional conference and community programs.
The meeting was successfully. The invited speakers provided the audience with useful knowledge through interesting topics, and the round table discussions brought to the surface both the good practices and challenges of the towns. Regardless of nationality, the participants agreed that young people are the future, therefore listening to them and actively involving them in public life is the basis for the successful development of every towns. The “how to…” are those that the delegations returning from the twin city meeting will develop with their experts at home, then during future joint online discussions will improve, and will make them available at the European Union level.
The small town of Săcueni, Romania, was abuzz with youthful energy and international collaboration as 23 young people from Estonia, Hungary, Romania, and Serbia gathered for an Erasmus+ youth exchange between August 30th to September 6th. Under the guidance of one group leader from each participating country, and facilitated by Dóra Aczél and Orsolya Bíró, the project titled “The Role of Media in Environmental Protection” was brought to life by the Ér Hangja Association. Over the course of eight days, the participants delved into the intricate relationship between media and environmental issues, exploring how media can influence sustainable behaviors and practices.
A total of 20 pensioners from Romania and Hungary took part in the free training, aimed at helping seniors navigate our rapidly evolving and increasingly digitalized world through instructional videos. This workshop was the second in a series of training sessions that started in July, involving twelve local pensioners and eight members of the Retirees’ Civic Association from Gyula (Hungary). Similar to the previous session, the main topics covered were the effective and safe use of digital devices, avoiding phone and online scams, verifying information and news, credit card use, online shopping and payments, and other practical issues related to digital technologies. These topics were explored over the three-day meeting through professional presentations, round-table discussions and instructional videos, with important feedback from participants.
The community-building and retaining power of cultural activities and folk dance is the focus of a project starting in October, which has won European Union funding as a result of the joint application by civil organizations from three countries. This programme became necessary after the Hop Next Door (Lépj át a szomszédba) partnership-building meeting organized in Tata (Hungary) last June, where the organizations recognized that they were facing similar problems, namely low membership and ongoing difficulty in retaining current members. During the meetings held at the Tempus Public Foundation event, representatives of the Fóti Public Service Non-profit Ltd. from Hungary, FLOW-E.R. Environmental Association from Serbia, and Ér Hangja Association from Romania had not yet found a solution to this phenomenon affecting youth NGOs.
The Ér Hangja Association is organizing an Erasmus+ mobility programme called The Role of Media in Environmental Protection with a total of twenty-four young people from Estonia, Hungary, Romania, and Serbia, accompanied by one group leader from each country, in Săcueni between 30 August and 6 September. During the one-week meeting, participants will partake in workshops, training sessions, and practical activities aimed at developing their skills in media content analysis. They will cover topics such as identifying misinformation, verifying sources, and understanding the impact of fake news on the environment. Apply until 10 August by clicking the following link: https://shorturl.at/4esEq. For more details, visit the Érhangja International Facebook page.
Free Training Sessions with Instructional Videos for Seniors in Romania and Hungary
An interactive training session was organized between 12-14 July in Săcueni by the Ér Hangja Association for retirees from Romania and Hungary. This workshop is part of a free training initiative under the winning Erasmus+ project titled Click it until you make it!. The goal of the training is to help seniors effectively and safely use the opportunities provided by digital devices through instructional videos. Additionally, the organizers aim to impart new knowledge to help seniors cope with the rapidly evolving challenges of digital technologies.
The aim of the initiative launched by the Ér Hangja Association in June is to change the behavior of local residents regarding environmental protection, particularly recycling. The project titled Recycling is the pillar of sustainable development strives to convey the long-term and short-term importance of our responsibility towards our environment through easily understandable digital educational materials. An interesting aspect of these digital educational materials is that four short films will be created with the participation of high school students and six animated films will be made using LEGO tools. Throughout the project, five local young volunteers will work on various solidarity activities to achieve the project’s goals.
The multi-month course organized by Ér Hangja Association, aimed at enhancing the digital competencies of local high school students and pensioners has successfully concluded, with the assistance of five local young volunteers. The project aimed to provide participants with basic digital knowledge, enabling them to safely and effectively utilize the opportunities offered by the internet in their daily activities. This includes communication on various social networks, paying bills online, using online banking services, and shopping online, while also raising awareness of potential internet dangers.
A sister settlement meeting will be organized again in Sacueni on June 8-11. Under the coordination of Ér Hangja Association. The series of events named E-tourism in the EU will be attended by representatives from Edelény, Héhalmi, Gyermely, Algyő, Mucsony (Hungary), Kamocsa and Kürt (Slovakia), as well as local representatives.
One of the goals of the four-day meeting is to be able to focus on answers to the needs and problems that have arisen in connection with the tourism of their localities, and to define common strategic directions for the development of e-tourism in their localities and their coordination. One of the mid- and long-term positive benefits of the project’s synergy is the creation of a joint website, accessible for all partners (covering 3 countries), on which the digitized tourist services of the respective settlements can be continuously updated and promoted.
