The problem of economically and socially backward regions is becoming increasingly important in Europe as a source of socio-political tensions and an obstacle to the territorially coherent development of a state. In a European comparison, two-thirds of Hungary’s regions are lagging behind, and the South Transdanubian region is in the bottom third of these regions. The aim of this research is therefore to explore why, despite numerous attempts at intervention, the region of South Transdanubia, and Baranya County in particular, is characterized by lagging behind rather than catching up. We want to investigate which factors hinder or even facilitate the successful realization of development policy goals. In particular, the research focuses on the internal resources, the forms of local governance, and the types of external interventions in peripheral regions, because previous research has shown that these factors can have a fundamental influence on the perpetuity of peripherality or on the potential for change. The expected research results could contribute to a better understanding of the social capital of peripheral areas, the characteristics of their internal resources, and the drivers of locally participatory decision-making, development, and governance mechanisms. All this can help external interventions such as the “Hungarian Village Programme” or the EU’s “Smart Villages” initiative to achieve more effective results in the country’s peripheral regions.<\/p>\n
Members of the research group:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Bal\u00e1zs Brucker Duration of the project:\u00a0 01.12.2019 \u2013 30.11.2023<\/span><\/p>\n Horeczki R\u00e9ka: The centre of the periphery or the periphery of the centre: P\u00e9cs case study. 37th International Scientific Conference Krakow, 5-6.12.2021<\/p>\n Brucker Bal\u00e1zs: City diplomacy in Hungary before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. CEPSA, Bled, Slovenia, 2-3.06.2022<\/p>\n P\u00e1ln\u00e9 Kov\u00e1cs Ilona: Governance challenges in peripheral areas. IGU UGI Paris, 18-22.07.2022<\/p>\n Brucker Bal\u00e1zs: Alternative Platforms of the European Parliament and the Committee of Regions for the Representation of Interests of Peripheral Areas. IGU UGI Paris, 18-22.07.2022<\/p>\n P\u00e1mer Zolt\u00e1n: Centres and peripheries reflected in distribution patterns of EU Cohesion policy funding in Baranya county. IGU UGI Paris, 18-22.07.2022<\/p>\n Brucker Bal\u00e1zs \u2013 Finta Istv\u00e1n: The opportunities for rural and peripheral areas to assert their interests at EU level. IGU UGI Paris, 18-22.07.2022<\/p>\n Horeczki R\u00e9ka: Small town\u2019s governance challenges in Hungarian peripheral areas. IGU UGI Paris, 18-22.07.2022<\/p>\n Horeczki R\u00e9ka – P\u00e1ln\u00e9 Kov\u00e1cs Ilona: Governance challenges in peripheral areas in Hungary. Disparities in a Digitalising (Post-Covid) world ERSA, 24-27.08.2022<\/p>\n Finta Istv\u00e1n: Partnership and MLG in the practice of the EU Commission in the light of a specific case. Disparities in a Digitalising (Post-Covid) world ERSA, 24-27.08.2022<\/p>\n Gib\u00e1rti S\u00e1ra: A peripheric centre: the evolving urban development concepts of the city of P\u00e9cs. Disparities in a Digitalising (Post-Covid) world ERSA, 24-27.08.2022<\/p>\n Horeczki R\u00e9ka – P. P. Perceptions of success in peripheral areas of Baranya county. Disparities in a Digitalising (Post-Covid) world ERSA, 24-27.08.2022<\/p>\n P\u00e1mer Zolt\u00e1n: Centres and peripheries reflected in distribution patterns of EU Cohesion policy funding in Baranya county, Hungary. Disparities in a Digitalising (Post-Covid) world ERSA, 24-27.08.2022<\/p>\n P\u00e1ln\u00e9, Kov\u00e1cs Ilona<\/a>: Is it the time to centralize?<\/a> In: New Challenges of Local Governance in Times of Uncertainty and Complexity. Annual Conference. IGU-CGoG 2021 Annual Conference, 23 – 24 June 2021<\/a>. Poznan, Adam Mickiewicz University<\/p>\n P\u00e1mer, Zolt\u00e1n<\/a>: Overview of territorial governance and territorial integration in development documents of Baranya county, since the eu accession to date<\/a>. In: New Challenges of Local Governance in Times of Uncertainty and Complexity. Annual Conference. IGU-CGoG 2021 Annual Conference, 23 – 24 June 2021<\/a>. Poznan, Adam Mickiewicz University<\/p>\n R\u00e9ka Horeczki \u2013 Ilona P\u00e1ln\u00e9 Kov\u00e1cs: Governance challanges in Hungary, especially in Baranya county. 60th ERSA Congress: Territorial Futures \u2013 Visions and scenarios for a resilient Europe. Bolzano\/online, 25-28.08.2021<\/p>\n Brucker Bal\u00e1zs: Representation of interests of the Visegrad Four’s subnational actors in the European Parliament, CEPSA Congress, Olsztyn (Lengyelorsz\u00e1g), 17-19.11.2021<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Project no. 132294 has been implemented with the support provided from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary, financed under the K-19 funding scheme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5850,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[210,214],"class_list":["post-5836","projektek","type-projektek","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hungarian-projects","category-projects-financed-by-nkfih"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nL\u00e1szl\u00f3 Farag\u00f3
\nIstv\u00e1n Finta
\nZolt\u00e1n G\u00e1l
\nZolt\u00e1n Hajd\u00fa
\nR\u00e9ka Horeczki
\nZolt\u00e1n P\u00e1mer
\nP\u00e9ter P\u00f3la<\/p>\nConference presentations by project participants<\/h2>\n