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The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development, acting as the Managing Authority of the Interreg Program Slovenia-Hungary in the programme period 2021-2027 organized the signing ceremony for the ERDF Subsidy contracts of the standard projects approved in the first submission round of the Open Call in Beltinci, Slovenia on Monday, 04 December 2023.

After a short cultural programme, the Mayor of the Municipality of Beltinci welcomed the participants and the Head of the Managing Authority gave a welcome speech. The Managing Authority and the Lead Partners signed 7 ERDF contracts out of the 11 standard projects selected in the first submission round of the Slovenia–Hungary Interreg Programme 2021-2027. On this occasion, contracts were signed for the RISKHUB II, Messages, ICDM, Right Skills 4U, In2Local, EnerTy and Keep Young and Fit projects.

Approved projects will effectively contribute to the reduction and elimination of energy poverty, and by improving disaster preparedness and response to climate change-related risks with the help of enhancing cooperation between volunteer fire departments and ensuring a sustainable, harmonized preparedness programme, risks will be reduced in the border region through the development of interoperability between Slovenia and Hungary. Thanks to the increased enforcement of the principles of the circular economy sustainable consumer habits will be encouraged among food producers and the supporting environment. As for the tourism sector, beside the development of an innovative cycling destination model in the Slovenian-Hungarian border region, the role of pilgrimage tourism will be strengthened as well. The existing pilgrimage sites will be connected and we expect a new pilgrimage route to be created. Thanks to more effective and inclusive investments in the development of training and vocational education, young people in the border region will benefit from several career choice possibilities and their skills essential for the green and digital transition will be improved. As far as young people’s dietary and physical activity habits are concerned, there is a lot to do: a joint and coordinated approach to these issues will be partly solved by the Slovenian and Hungarian institutions involved in the relevant project.