Unique experiences in discovering nature – new developments at Pál-völgyi Cave

The visitor centre at Pál-völgyi Cave has been renovated with EU support and now awaits visitors with exhibitions, tactile rocks and interactive experiences. The newly refitted exhibit space now offers more experiences for nature lovers and brings the natural wonder of the formation of caves closer and makes it more understandable.  The specially protected Pál-völgyi Cave exhibition space has been renovated and due to development. the isolated caves and the surrounding wildlife have become more...

“Creative brewery on the path of “mad scientists” : The success story of The Mad Scientist despite the challenges of the pandemic

The unique brewery successfully developed and retained its workplaces despite the impacts of the Corona virus partly thanks to technological developments implemented from EU and state funding. The results of The Mad Scientist domestic small-scale brewery between 2015 and 2022 speak for themselves. Today the company exports its „mad” beers to 25 countries. The company’s figures are impressive: annual sales rose from 1 million HUF in 2015 to 378 million by 2019 and reached 767...

Independence for the blind and visually impaired – Távszem (Remote Eye)!

A Hungarian mobile application developed with EU funding helps the blind and visually impaired. With the help of Távszem, the everyday lives of the visually impaired have become significantly easier, as the mobile application provides them with operator assistance 24/7. For many, everyday activities such as telling paper money apart, starting the washing machine, finding dropped objects, or receiving land reading etters are challenges. This is alleviated by an EU-funded mobile app for the blind...

How the ePincekönyv (eWine Register) contributes to the competitiveness of the wine sector

The new Hungarian wine regulation makes life easier for wine sector operators by simplifying administrative procedures and introducing the ePincekönyv. The Hungarian wine sector provides a livelihood for tens of thousands of producers and companies on more than 65 thousand hectares.  Until now, land registers and procedures have been primarily paper-based. Reducing and simplifying the administrative burden and making it electronic was key to the efficient functioning of the sector. The Ministry of Agriculture’s ePincekönyv...

The green revolution of the Erzsébet Hospital in Zirc: millions in savings and environmental protection

The solar park at the Erzsébet Hospital in Zirc will save the institution around HUF 7 million a year, and the investment is also significant from an environmental point of view. Previously, the Erzsébet Hospital in Zirc had to bear the heavy cost of electricity usage that constituted a significant part of its energy consumption, so it is an important achievement that due to the implemented project they are now able to supply the institution...

New success in the Hungarian fish farming with EU funding

Asp, dusky ide, nase, European chub, gold crucian, tench! Do these words mean anything to you? Obviously to the knowledgeable yes, but probably less so to the layman. However, they were the key players of a major project at the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences as these are cyprinids, what is more, they are native species and the institution’s researchers managed to carry out their intensive production and breeding. Hungarian fisheries management has...

African catfish in a thermal water environment

A local family business, originally involved in growing paprika, decided to further develop the potential in thermal water. With the aim of exploiting the thermal water for an even longer period of time, an aquaculture farm was set up to breed African catfish. Now that’s an efficiency increase: thermal water from peppers to fish! Few would think that a small-town thermal spa and the food industry could be so closely linked. However, at GEOFISH Ltd....

Investment in modern railway transport

Transport on the Szombathely-Zalaszentiván railway line has become more efficient, sustainable, environmentally friendly and comfortable thanks to the modernisation of the line funded by the European Union. The objective of the development, carried out by Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút Zrt. (GYSEV), was to improve the infrastructure and service quality of the railway line and to facilitate sustainable transport. Thanks to the development in an approximately 48-kilometre section a new overhead electric line system was installed and on...

Pioneering Skill laboratory network for patient care development

In a unique initiative in Europe, the country’s first skill-lab network was implemented with EU funding, involving sixteen county teaching hospitals and three medical universities. Skill laboratories are units equipped with simulation tools that provide high level training opportunities in patient care in realistic conditions. In this training participants can learn important skills in nursing and medical practice, including diagnostic, therapeutic and life-saving interventions. Important aspects of practice, such as resuscitation, vascular cannulation, obstetric ultrasound...

The successful forest plant and mushroom processing project was implemented as an exemplary initiative in Baranya County

In the framework of the EU-funded project a small forest plant and mushroom processing plant has been established in Dencsháza, Baranya County. This initiative created job opportunities for women with low school qualifications living in extreme poverty. Unskilled and disadvantaged workers have been enabled by the training to leave the public employment status and find a place on the primary labour market. During the project implementation a total of 10 people were successfully ensured work...

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