Hungarikum is a collective term which indicates within a unified system of qualification, classification, and registration such a value worthy of distinction that represents some top-level achievement by Hungarian people, as a result of its typically Hungarian character, uniqueness, specialty and quality. [1] More details: http://hungarikum.hu References: [1] Act XXX of 2012 on HungarianContinue reading
A widely and easily accessible information point in the settlement or in a part of it, where reliable and up-to-date messages are posted about the most important public utility questions (local, every day, public interest, community, general) that may have an effect on the life of the community. The information point may be attached toContinue reading
Practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. This intangible cultural heritage, transferred from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment,Continue reading
One form of community cultural spaces, offering venue for community cultural public services as well as for other activities and for the organization of public services. This article based on the following document: Community development methodological guide
The Integrated Urban Development Strategy is a document of medium term (7-8 years) development. It was written with the consolidation of area-based, area-centred planning in mind, to set targets for the district in question and to enforce these in the medium term. This article based on the following document: Community development methodological guide
Community development means transitory and professional external support in the life of communities, helping them to renew, to be able to manage, mitigate and solve their problems by themselves. Intervention may last until the community members become a decisive factor in change. References: [1] Vercseg, I.: Közösség és részvétel. A közösségfejlesztés és a közösségiContinue reading
Activation of the locals, their involvement in the development process by the community. The purpose is to extend the group of activists as far as possible. The process in a simplified form: the initiative of the community developer is taken over by the central core of the locals (locals committed to change, a group ofContinue reading
A register of names and addresses, in which local human resources – experience, talent and expertise – are contained and represented independently, as a ‘knowledge pool, for instance, or as part of another local publication such as a calendar, yearbook, etc. When we used it for the first time, the locals forming the core staffContinue reading
Public collections shall collect, explore and provide services related to cultural goods recorded in written, printed or other form. Based on the character of the collection and the target audience it serves, there are several types, such as a national library, municipal libraries, specialised libraries, school libraries, higher educational, company, health care and even electronicContinue reading
A plan built on the results of the community survey, containing the needs of the locals along with their plans for the future and for their municipality, which actively involves the locals in its implementation. The purpose is to involve self-organizing citizens as partners in working to reach this goal, together with other NGOs, theirContinue reading