Competitive negotiated procedures launched by the Municipality of Bakonya and by the Municipality of Opcina Knezevi Vinogradi for works contract have successfully been closed.

The tenderer winning Bakonya’s infrastructural development work is MIND-ÉP Kft. The company takes over the site in the next few days and soon begins the renovation.

The contracting company for the renovation works in Zmajevac is ZUBER d.o.o  from Višnjevac. The works have already started here and progress well.

As a result of the renovation both settlements will be enriched by a new ecotouristic attraction.

The whole route of Baranya Greenways has been explored by Árpi Simor, who rolled along on his bike all the way from Bakonya to Osijek. He recorded GPS coordinates, took lots of photos along his way and prepared a comprehensive and detailed description of the route (surface, possible dangers,possible difficulties etc.), gave suggestion for the best itinerary (with possible alternatives).

On the basis of these pieces of information a graphic design of the map has been prepared, from which a printed version will be created to help visitors’ orientation along the route.

Responsible partner: Gyeregyalog.hu Egyesület (LB)

The Baranya County Rural Tourism Association and Gyeregyalog.hu Association have purchased altogether 30 bicycles within the framework of the project.

The well-equipped Ranger and Landrider bikes, made by the Hungarian Schwinn Csepel company will be put into service at the members of the above associations, thus improving the range of their services offered to visitors.

The bikes will also serve participants of the study tours to be organized as part of the project – participants will be able to enjoy the beautiful landscapes of Baranya and Baranja from their saddles.

The forum hosted by the South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency (STRDA) has been organized for the local and regional stakeholders to propose and discuss the proposed itinerary of the Hungarian section of the Iron Curtain Trail.

Delegates from self-governments, organizations working in regional and cross-border development, relevant NGOs, as well as cycling related and public transport service providers were informed about the current challenges and results in WP3. After a brief introduction of the methodological preparation, surveying and tasks the project managers presented the proposed Hungarian section and the results of the survey in terms of infrastructure, services and promotion activities.

The presentation included maps of potential alternatives on the route, participants put forward several ideas and suggestions about the sections and further possibilities. These inputs will be taken into consideration when setting the final proposal for the itinerary of the route.

During the second week of September Croatian and Hungarian artists gathered in Kopacevo, Croatia for a joint artistic work. As a result of the symposium’s creative processes old railroad ties found new life as thought provoking artworks.

The art symposium has been implemented in the framework of the Go Green project.

The Art Symposium with the participation of Hungarian and Croatian artists and art students took place between 12th and 18th August, in Orfu.

The mentors of the programme were Zoltán Pál, a Munkácsy Prize winner Hungarian sculptor, and Nikola Faller Croatian sculptor.

Hungarian participants were either members of the Bázis Art Group or students of the Art Faculty of the University of Pécs and the Arts School of Pécs. Croatian participants were recruited by Nikola Faller from the Art Faculties of the Osijek and Zagreb Universities and from the circle of freelance artists working and creating in Osijek.

The one-week-long joint artistic work focused on the experimentation with an alternative art material, straw, and also, on the creation of LandArt works in which landscape and the work of art are inextricably linked.

This week gave an opportunity not only to work and create together, but to share ideas, current trends and techniques and to have discussions on individual artistic approaches and creed. It also reinforced participants’s belief  in the strength of teamwork and its multiplying effect on creative impulses.

The Symposium ended with a spectecular performance given by the participants, at the end of which the straw sculpture standing in the centre of the field, entitled “Dragon” by Nikola Faller was burnt.

The programme commissioned by  Gyeregyalog.hu Egyesület was realized in the framework of the Go Green (HUHR/1101/1.2.2/2011) project.