Assistance with designing cooperation patterns within and between urban and metropolitan areas
Elaboration of integrated and sustainable urban development strategies
Elaboration of local economy development strategies and employment action plans
Contribute to preparing and implementing urban development projects
Design of tourism development strategies and projects
Housing policy related project development
Funding Sources
OP for Spatial and Urban Development/Human Resources Development OP/ Environment and Energy OP
EU URBACT Programme
European Urban Initiative (EUI)
Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe (HE)
EU Creative Europe Programme
Main References
Preparation of sustainable urban development strategies, e.g. Sopron (county capital city) Békéscsaba (metropolitan area) Makó (middle size city)
Preparation of Bács-Kiskun County “Employment Pact” and Development Strategy
Urban development projects: urban regeneration; green city;urban energy transition programme; social inclusion driven urban regeneration; CLLD; cohesion
Elaboration of Újbuda Municipality (Budapest 11. District) winning UIA CUP project: cultural community building in metropolitan environment through youth involvement
Pons Danubii EGTC: Cross-border Employment Action Plan (SK-HU CBC Programme)
Budapest Capital City:Developing of “AHA Budapest” EUI project dealing with affordable housing through smart innovations
Public Policy Counseling
Expert contribution to the elaboration and evaluation of various EU development Programmes (national OP’s, Interreg CBC and Transnational programmes)
SEA: Strategic Environmental Assessment
Elaboration of guidelines, manuals, catalogue of best practices related to the implementation of programmes
Ex post assessment of various EU development programmes assigned by international donor organizations (OECD) and the EU Commission
Main References
Territorial OP Managing Authority: Assessment of experiences in integrated territorial planning, embedding conclusions into the new planning documents ( 2021-2027) - evaluation of individual integrated programmes and CLLD programmes
Assessment of developments in vocational training and adult education ( 2014-2020) - evaluation of implementation of various public policy related development programmes funded by EU Cohesion funds ( as member of Ernst and Young-Multicontact- Equinox consortium)
OECD - Assessment of use of Nature Based Solutions in national OP’s and the current practice of potential users
Elaboration of SEA studies related to HU-SK, HU-SRB and SI-HU CBC programmes (2021-2027)
EU Urban Innovative Programme( UIA) Secretariat: Assessment of 2014-2020 UIA Programme, policy recommendations for the new EUI Programme
DG Regio: expert contribution to the ex-post evaluation of the 2014-2020 Cohesion Policy -( country study for Hungary ( member of the Consortium lead by CSES)
Smart Solutions, Innovation
Development of “Smart City” strategies
Preparation of studies and projects in Telemedicine
Preparation of major projects related to the “digital transition” (in health/public health, culture, community building, housing)
Facilitation of innovation ecosystem building, capacity development
Project development, preparation of applications related to “smart aging”
Intelligent use of data
Main References
Preparing “Smart city “ concepts- Baja, Rácalmás, Veresegyház
National Directorate General for Hospitals: reengineering of Telemedicine related processes; preparation of feasibility study of Telemedicina service and methodology Center in consortium with Semmelweis University
ELTE TINLAB (National Laboratory for Social Innovation - Eötvös Lóránd University): development of projects and preparation of applications
Eindhoven Brainport (NL)- project preparation and management services to health innovation projects using new and novel smart toolkits
Project Development and Management Related to National and Direct EU Funding Programmes
We are prepared to design local-regional development programmes and projects to be funded through “smart financial engineering” optimizing the combination of national and direct EU (or other donor) funding options:
Elaboration of “Application strategy” to match development needs and funding options to be implemented by way of smart financing schemes
Development of projects, preparation of applications fitting to the administrative and professional requirements of the selected funding programmes
Provision of administrative and process management capacity for the smooth and safe implementation of the projects
Energy efficiency- Renewable energy
Climate resilience
Circular Economy
Sustainable urban transport
Main References
Application strategies for Budapest districts ( 1., 3., 12., 22.) and major cities
Application strategies for universities (ELTE, SOTE, University of Szeged, METU)
Project development for municipalities to be funded by OP for Spatial and Urban Development, Competitive Central Hungary OP, Human Resources Development OP, Economic Development and Innovation OP, Environment and Energy OP
Project development services for more than 200 projects assigned by an international clientele (80% success rate), full or partial management services for their implementation
Projects development and management services for so called “Strategic” or flagship projects ( over 5 millions budget) in various CBC programmes ( HU-SK, RO-HU, HU-HR)
Supporting Green Transition
Green City; Green-Blue Infrastructure
Sustainable tourism
Nature Based Solutions (NBS)
Energy efficiency- Renewable energy
Climate resilience
Circular Economy
Sustainable urban transport
Funding Sources
Environment and Energy OP, OP for Spatial and Urban Development
LIFE +
Interreg programmes
Horizon Europe
EUCF
Main References
Sopron: Hospitality and tourism driven infrastructure development of Saint Michel Church
Szeged-Makó area: Tourism development strategy
TeAM-HUB (Nature Based Solutions” Hungarian Network and Knowledge Centre): founding partner
Szeged: Combating “Heat Inlands” with innovative measures (LIFE COOL)
Mijnwater B.V. (NL) - D2Grids: Reusing mine waters for energy production (Interreg North West Europe Programme)
EUCF - EU City Facility Programme: elaboration of 4 winning EUCF applications, contributing to the design of urban energy concept/programme development
Development of Public Services
Digitized Health Service; Telemedicine
Infrastructure development for hospitals, health prevention
Competitive municipalities
Information freedom
Active and healthy aging, elderly care
Funding Sources
Public Administration and Public Services Development OP/Competitive Central Hungary OP/Human Resources Development OP
Interreg CBC
Interreg Europe
Interreg Central Europe
Interreg Danube
EU4Health
Horizon Europe
Main References
National Directorate General for Hospitals: Feasibility study for the establishment of a Telemedicina service and methodology center – in consortium with Semmelweis University Medicine and Health Sciences
State Secretariat for Local Government, Ministry of the Interior: Design and implementation of a comprehensive research programme on the competitiveness of local governments – in consortium with Collectivo Ltd
Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH): design and implementation of a comprehensive research programme on the delivery of public data -- in consortium with Ex Ante Ltd
Csongrád-Csanád County Health Care Centre: Cross-border health infrastructure development (flagship project of the 2014-21 Interreg RO-HU CBC Programme)
Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta: Strengthening of social enterprises (Interreg Central Europe Programme)
Province of Limburg (NL) - DigitalDeConstruction: Implementing new construction projects by using demolition waste, supported by digital technology (Interreg North West Europe Programme)