Voice of the Village A hely szelleme – Kapcsolattartás az

elszármazottakkal

Glas zavičaja – Dijalog sa dijasporom

János Schwertner association president, LB project manager

Jenő Hajnaldirector, PP1 project manager

Bečej / Óbecse, 2013. január 24.

Going or staying?Thousands of people ask this question in

Serbia and Hungary as well.It’s not a new process it was the same in 20

as well as in 120 years ago but the reasons and the effects are changing.

What are the main reasons and who is affected by? Reasons:

• Better standard of living• Professional challenge• Opportunity for studies• Political reasons• Family relationships• Love

Affected people:• Generation of 20-35 years old • Skilled workers• People with good language skills• Members of national minorities• Graduated people

Project VoV destinations:

Appearance of re-migration next to the emigration.

We have no influence for the emigration though we can help

the re-migration.

Build a system which can help to keep the contact with emigrants.

Project idea Kistérségek Fejlesztéséért Tudományos Egyesület - Academic Society for the Development of the Micro-regions

Our non-governmental organization was founded in 1997

for the purposes of:EducationResearch

Publications to help regions and experts in

spatial planning

We have co-operations with many NGO’s in Vojvodina e. g. Zöld Sziget / Zeleno ostrvo (Ada),

Óbecsei Than Fivérek Értelmiségi Kör / Društvo intelektualaca „Braća Than” Bečej

We organise the regional planners congress every year where we give the Regional Planner Award founded by us.

Co-operative partners in Serbia:

Zavod za kulturu vojvođanskih Mađara –

Institute for Hungarian Culture in Vojvodina Senta – Zenta

Why is Project VoV important for a regional planner

organisation?

• Migrants can help gladly for free• Migrants’ opinions are accepted by the

community.• They can easily compare their former and

current town• They can recognise developing opportunities.

• More and more settlements suffer from the lack of youth and lack of knowledge because of the migration.

• There is no effective bottom up policy in these settlements.

• Building for the knowledge of migrants would be very useful.

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Why is project VoV good for the migrants?

• Strengthen emotional connections between migrants and settlements.

• Settlement considers migrants as a partner.

• Migrants can help their hometown with their knowledge and experience.

• Hometown can give information for the migrants while keep contact with them.

• Remain the opportunity of re-migration

Elements of Project VoV I.

Studies

• Módszertani tanulmány – Development of Methodology

• Kutatás I. – Migration and re-migration process

• Kutatás II. – Connection between identity and migration

• Képzési anyag és módszertan – Development of Methodology 2.

• Összegző tanulmány – Summary study

Elements of Project VoV II.

Communicaton’s elements

• Nyitókonferencia – Opening conference

• Workshopok

• Vándorkiállítás – Production of tri-lingual posters/boards for the exhibition

• Production of bi-lingual Leaflets

• Zárókonferencia – Final conference, 24th January 2013. in Bečej

• Honlap – Development and operation of website

Elements of Project VoV III.

Bečej

InfoPoints at 4 locations

TemerinLajosmizseAda

Connections InfoPoints need

Az akcióterület népessége

Settlements’ name

Population (fő) VoV Active connections with migrants

Lajosmizse 11.140 250

Ada 10.547 250

Bečej/Óbecse 25.774 250

Temerin 19.216 250

Összesen 66.677 1000

Travelling exhibition

• Involving local public.Posters of the exhibition are telling stories about four villages Ada, Bečej/Óbecse, Temerin and Lajosmizse.

Four involved villages – four exhibitions

Exhibition opening in Ada on 30th of June 2012.

• 40 visitors on the opening ceremony

• 120 visitors during the week

Exhibition opening in Temerin on 21th of July 2012.

• 120 visitors on the opening ceremony

• 300 visitors during theweek

Four involved villages – four exhibitions

Exhibition opening in Bečej on 3rd of August 2012.

• 130 visitors on the opening ceremony

• 200 visitors during the week

Exhibition opening in Lajosmizse (Hungary) on 20th of August 2012.

• 140 visitors on the opening ceremony

• 460 visitors during the week

Results of the Project VoV

• Get to know the community of migrants• Reveal the facts influencing the identity

of 16-17 year old generation• Create active connections with 1000

migrants.• Create methodology for the

communication with migrants• Involve many NGO’s.• Organize several exhibitions.• Operating web- and Facebook page.

Sustainability of Project VoV • We are looking for the way how VoV- Communicaton

model could operate after the end of this Project.• We expect support from non-governmental

organizations, self governments/city councils, and European Union.

• All mayor of these 4 settlements find important Project VoV.

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