lajos kósa mayor of debrecen a suitable place to build the ess: debrecen debrecen 14th july, 2008
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Lajos Kósa
Mayor of Debrecen
A SUITABLE PLACETO BUILD THE ESS:
DEBRECEN
Debrecen14th July, 2008
Debrecen – in the centre of EuropeThe second largest city of
Hungary
•Debrecen is situated in the eastern part of
Central Europe
•Within a circle of 1,000 km, measured
in linear distance from the city, two
dozens of states are accessible
•Central European Transport Corridor 5 links Debrecen to the
major cities of the region
•Residents of Debrecen: 205,326 population living in its vicinity: 400,000
(January 1, 2008)
Accessibility of Debrecen•220 km from Budapest, direct
motorway connection
•Debrecen International
Airport: the 2nd largest international
airport with “Schengen”
qualifications,controlled air-space and with constant
border opening within 1 km from the
point of the proposed area
closest to the city.
• Favourable urban traffic conditions
(tram and suburban railway)
THE PROPOSED SITE
• The location has the requested
dimensions, total 126.45 ha
• Near Debrecen International Airport
• Direct 2x2 lane highway connection with the city centre
(10-12 min)
•The site can be supplied with the necessary utilities and infrastructure
• Possibilities for expanding the
installation
Debrecen – touristic and cultural centreMajor cultural programmes:
Flower Festival
Béla Bartók International Choir
Contest,
International Military Band Festival,
Spring and Autumn Festivals and Art
Exhibition,
National and International
Children’s Folk Dance Festival,
Jazz Days,
Wine Festival,
Christmas Art Auction.
Debrecen – touristic and cultural centreKölcsey Convention Centre
The 2nd largest venue for
conferences, concerts and exhibitions in
Hungary
- a conference hall with a capacity of
750 to 1150 persons,two ball rooms
for 350 persons each
- eight lecture rooms for 100 people,
transformable into ballrooms or
exhibition halls
Aquaticum Mediterranean
Adventure Centre
Aquaticum Mediterranean Adventure Centre
Kölcsey Convention Centre
Debrecen – touristic and cultural centreMODEM Centre for Modern Arts
A new 3-storey museum on 4600 m2 of which 2600 m2 for
exhibitions.
More than 150,000 visitors at the
Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in 2007
Museum and Library of the
Calvinist College
A world-famous Bible collection in
250 languages
Déri Museum
Munkácsy paintings,rich archeological
and other collections
Debrecen – sports centre7 years – 12 international
sports events
Athletics stadium- 2001 IAAF-Westel
Youth Championship in Athletics
Főnix Hall-World Championship in Gymnastics 2002,
-IIHF Division I Ice Hockey World
Championship 2005
Swimming poolEuropean Short
Course SwimmingChampionship, 2007
- Ice Hall- leasure centres
- gymnasiums- near the city
an 18 - hole golf course
Debrecen – educational centre
Primary schools
•expanded network, high-standard education
•High-level foreign language training, bilingual education
•intensive education of natural sciences in several schools
Secondary and vocational schools
•secondary and vocational schools of regional importance and significant traditions
•bilingual education in 6 institutions, under accreditation in two other institutions (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian)
•high standard technical and IT education
•international baccalaurate in five secondary schools from the school year 2009/2010
University of DebrecenThe biggest university outside the
capital,Over 29,000 students
Over 1,500 foreign students from 48
countries
3 centres15 faculties
21 doctoral schools
From the point of view of ESS relevant
internationally recognised researches
University and National Library
Debrecen – economic centreIndustrial parks (IP)
•Debrecen Regional and Innovational IP
•DELOG Debrecen Logistics Service
Centre and IP
•The IP of the University of
Debrecen
•Western IP
The most important companies in
Debrecen
•National Instruments Ltd ,
•FAG Automative Ltd,
•TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
•BT (British Telecom)
•Ygomi Europe
•IT Service Hungary
Debrecen – a nice place to live
Real-estates
Banks (ING, Citibank, UniCredit, Raiffeisen, CIB)
Hypermarkets, malls
Concerts andother cultural programmes
Sports events(European and World
Championships)
Schools, university
People arriving in the city would not suffer any set-back
in theirquality of life.
They can find a place to live quickly and at a favourable
price.
Thanks to the presence of
multinational retail companies and
banks, the range of products and
financial services that investors have become accustomed to are also available.
A wide range of cultural programmes
and sports events are held in Debrecen.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
www.debrecen.hu