Rural development in Szob
Location: Szob, Hungary
Period: 17/07/2017 – 08/09/2017
Deadline: 16 July 2017
The association Börzsöny-Duna Ipoly located in Szob, Hungary is looking for a Romanian volunteer for the summer to join their French volunteer already helping them. The association is part of the LEADER program and their goal is to promote the local agriculture by presenting the farmers’ products on the internet and by organizing community markets.
The association is based in Szob, 70 km North from Budapest. The main goal of the association is the rural development of the settlements what the association is covering. The Börzsöny-Duna-Ipoly Rural Development Association is coordination the LEADER program and other rural development programs in 17 settlements from Bernecebaráti (small village close to the Slovakian boarder) to Verőce. The covered area is bordered by two rivers Danube and Ipoly, the Slovakian border and the mountain Börzsöny. Three-quarter of the area is forestland and it is part of the Duna-Ipoly National Park. We help the local departments, entrepreneurs, farmers, institutions to realize their projects by consultancy and applications. We organised local markets (Földi Kincsek Vására) taking advantage of being close to Slovakian border and inviting local farmers and local producers across the border.
– Making short videos to promote the local food producers
– Making photos of the producers’ products and put them on the market web site
– Organising and setting the markets
Send your application to borzsony.duna@gmail.com