Dear Visitor,

We would like to welcome you in the name of 36 Jó Palóc Public-benefit Organization (36 Good Paloc Public-benefit Organization) along with the organizations and its members of the six nations that have been participating in our project.The homepage you are now viewing aims to show you the result of a series of events organized by our extensive network. Here we would like to introduce you to the participating and cooperating organizations and their achievements that were reached by our mutual efforts. Six countries have developed a viable network in a program called ‘Europe for its Citizens’. We had already had the opportunity to meet and work together with a number of our partners before our latest project, namely the Podpol’anie Association from Slovakia, the Kainuu Leader Association from Finland and the Region Poodri Association from the Czech Republic. Our new partners, the FAR Maremma Association from Italy and the Tövishát Leader Association from Transylvania, Romania have joined to fulfil new roles in our cooperation.

The focus point for our activities in this project was rural development. Each organization brought their own colour, their values, the achievements they are proud of and the areas they are struggling with through topics chosen by themselves. Delegations have visited the action area of the 36 Jó Palóc PbO and Central Finland’s Kainuu Region on several occasions.
We have learned a lot from each other about how civil organizations work, relations among different generations, the hidden work processes of organizing, the recycling of goods, volunteer work, local products, the preservation of cultural and folk traditions, holding on to and promoting values and, on a personal level, about human relations that know no boundaries. We constantly felt the presence of the astounding link that is the binding force of Europe, without which this program simply couldn’t have started off.

Interorganizational relations, special friendships and long term cooperation agreements have formed, helping us tremendously in our every day duties.

I truly believe that Europe is for its citizens!

Katalin Molnár
chairman
36 Jó Palóc Public-benefit Organization