Unity not majority!

e General Assembly approved Eger’s Cultural and Community building Strategy

The General Assembly approved Eger’s Cultural and Community building Strategy in January 2017, which also incorporates the period after “ECoC2023”. This document contains our long term cultural, social and economic goals, including those of city development. Winning the title would enable us to realise these goals.

We are able to proudly announce that our project in Eger has gained its initial impetus from unity, and not a mere majority. It is of paramount importance that the city’s Cultural and Community building Strategy was unanimously approved at the February 23rd General Assembly. We are delighted at this, as the existence of this comprehensive document in itself is a precondition of applying for the “ECoC2023” tender for a regional centre. The document’s unanimous backing speaks for itself. No matter our ideological or political differences, we can all be proud of Eger’s cultural assets. We know and believe that we’ll be able to carry this forward to a European level of representation in a fitting manner throughout the tender application process.

Also worthy of note is the fact that the unanimous backing of the key strategy was secured at the same meeting of the General Assembly which saw the foundation of a press award in memory of György Mészáros who died 25 years ago. It was he, a hero of 1956, a well-known researcher, an illustrious cultural expert and journalist who created Eger’s first Cultural Mission Statement in the wake of the fall of communism.