Description (EN): BRIEF SUMMARYThe EduCultCentre project aims to establish common spaces for cultural interactions, protection and sustainable use of common cultural values, and expansion of tourist attractions in the Romanian-Hungarian border area. The project has two pillars that complement each other effectively: protection of existing and creation of new cultural values commonly.1. Knowledge sharing for creating new cultural values: the planned Romanian-Hungarian Cross-Border Education Centre of Cultural and Historical Heritage in Debrecen and the Cultural Centre in Oradea will offer jointly organised workshops and trainings for Romanian and Hungarian cultural institutions, actors, artists, other cultural professionals and young people. Its goal to learn the latest knowledge and to foster innovations in every fields of culture.2. Protecting and promoting common cultural heritage: the Romanian-Hungarian Cross-Border Education Centre of Cultural and Historical Heritage and the Țării Crișurilor Museum in Oradea will ensure the joint protection and mutual presentation of the cultural heritage as a base for strengthening common identity across the border.This dual approach can contribute to the development of creative industries based on both common tradition and cultural innovation. The improvement of cross-border and cross-cultural partnership has a direct and measurable effect on the attractiveness of the Romanian-Hungarian border region – both during the implementation of the common cross-border cultural activities planned within the project and after the project completion.OBJECTIVESThe main overall objective of the project is the sustainable use, protection and transfer of common Romanian-Hungarian cultural values and heritage.Specific objectives:- Improve access to joint cultural heritage of Romanian-Hungarian border area- Increase awareness of common Romanian-Hungarian cultural values- Enhance cultural and artistic creativity and knowledge transfer in the Romanian-Hungarian regionDIRECT AND INDIRECT RESULTS- Improved conditions of tangible and intangible elements of the joint cultural heritage- Increased touristic attractiveness of the affected cultural facilities- Underpinning a joint and integrated tourism destination- Increased number of domestic and foreign visitors and visitor nights- Strengthened tourist industry of the border area fostering sustainable developmentJUSTIFICATION - COMMON CHALLENGES TO TACKLEThe border region has a significant common historical and cultural heritage, but for a long time, the state border between the two countries has prevented the cultivation, processing and presentation of this common heritage. Although the common cultural values are not lost yet, much of them are not properly explored and processed, moreover, a consistent system of exploration and processing has not been developed. Additionally, the already discovered and processed heritage is not stored in a uniform, easily accessible way. The widest possible access to cultural values can be ensured by digitization, but at this stage, there are no conditions, no institutions and there is no cooperation in existence that can help perform this task.Tangible works of art and art performances are important components of the attractiveness of a region, and in border territories they offer a unique opportunity to learn about each other. The infrastructural and institutional background of artistic training courses, master classes and practical learning opportunities is insufficient in the borderland. As a result, most of the artists do not have the chance to learn about the latest trends and methods. In addition, further training requires special infrastructure (rooms, sound systems, lighting, projection technology, etc.): they cannot be sustained in a cost-effective manner unless they serve a larger area. The 8 counties of the border region can provide the critical mass needed, while the joint training courses, master classes and internships help get to know each other and expand artistic cooperation.Culture plays an important role in EU-level policies and partnerships, although it remains a responsibility of Member States – especially therefore, it has a particular importance to focus on creating and sharing common cultural values involving the whole border region.TARGET GROUPS AND IMPACTSKey direct target groups can be divided into two main categories:- cultural professionals and organisations can actually use the cross-border cultural facilities and their services for learning new methods, sharing knowledge, and creating new performances and cultural goods;- general public can be defined as consumer of culture: they can be different groups of tourists, local inhabitants, population of the entire Romanian-Hungarian border region.BUDGETThe total eligible budget (including CN and FA) is € 9,930,021.27 (ERFD amount: € 8,440,518.08), from which Municipality of Debrecen has a budget of € 5,919,800 €, Csokonai Theatre € 568,850, Țării Crișurilor Museum € 2,767,476.27, and “Varad” Cultural Journal € 673,895. MAIN ACTIVITIES AND OUTPUTSCN phase: main task is the common elaboration of the Full Application with every detail of the implementation (schedule, investment, management, communication and other activities, detailed budget, liquidity, etc.) and related supporting documentation,FA phase:- establishing multifunctional Romanian-Hungarian Cross-Border Education Centre of Cultural and Historical Heritage in Debrecen (e.g. training space with variable auditorium, blackroom, training rooms, floor for dance classes),- infrastructural development of Țării Crișurilor Museum in Oradea (e.g. establishing new exhibition, holograms, multimedia information system),- infrastructural development of Cultural Centre in Oradea (e.g. establishing the infrastructural and technical conditions necessary for providing cultural trainings and events),- implementation of common cross-border cultural activities coordinated by the Csokonai Theatre (e.g. cross-border trainings for dance methodology, youth dance showcase, “movement as language” education program, international conferences, exhibition and workshop about puppet culture, international youth cultural camps, festival for contemporary arts, digital archive, portrait film collection),- project management, communication as well as other compulsory and/or complementary activities to achieve the project’s objectives.Based on this well-grounded intervention logic, activities and outputs clearly contribute to the achievement of project specific objectives and definitely link to program output indicator: number of visitors in the affected cultural attractions will be at least 24,458 for the year following project completion.
Read more Expected Outputs (EN): The interventions of EduCultCentre project will result in improved attractiveness and utilization of the intangible and tangible elements of the joint heritage. The common CB cultural facilities attract a large number of cultural professionals, tourists and inhabitants from the border region. The combination of these values and their joint promotion – together with the physical improvements made – can contribute to the formulation of a joint and integrated tourism destination, attracting visitors both internally, and also from outside the eligible area. The increased number of tourists will result in an increase of visitor nights and thus contribute indirectly to the strengthening of the area’s tourist industry. The protection, creation and dissemination of cultural heritage and cultural innovations are also important from the perspective of sustainable development and growth. EduCultCentre project will have several positive effects:
- More effective protection, use and promotion of common cultural heritage among general public;
- Improved attractiveness of the RO-HU border area through investing in cultural field;
- Strengthened cross-border cooperation between cultural institutions involving artists and cultural professionals;
- Improved conditions for advanced studies in culture in the border area;
- Mutual acquaintance and understanding of the cultural heritage in RO and HU;
- A higher level of employment through generating job opportunities in the creative industries.
All the above statements justify that the current joint initiative of Debrecen, Csokonai Theatre, Țării Crișurilor Museum, and “Varad” Cultural Journal represents a result-oriented project that directly contributes to the relevant programme output indicator (increase in expected number of visits to supported sites of cultural and natural heritage and attractions): at least 24,458 visitors for the year following project completion – obviously, some part of them will overnight in the region.
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