📅 Implementation: Jul 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months)
💶 Total Budget: €237,568.80 | ERDF Contribution: €190,055.04
🤝 Partners: 4 institutions
🎯 Type: People-to-people | P2P | ISO6.3

Summary

InnoCoop promotes innovation and efficiency in public administration by connecting local institutions, development agencies, and schools from the Romania–Hungary border region.

The project helps public servants and young people learn how to apply innovative thinking and financial responsibility to everyday decisions, creating a stronger foundation for good governance.

Through trainings, workshops, and study visits, participants exchange good practices, discuss local challenges, and develop a joint cross-border innovation strategy. The initiative encourages cooperation, transparency, and trust between neighbouring regions.

Project Aim

To improve cooperation and governance capacity among local institutions by introducing innovative methods and strengthening cross-border partnerships.

Objectives

✅ Build innovation management skills in local administrations
✅ Encourage knowledge exchange and networking between institutions
✅ Increase efficiency and transparency in governance
✅ Promote financial literacy among students
✅ Develop a cross-border strategy for future cooperation

Key Activities & Results

🔹 Innovation Management Training – Practical courses in both countries for over 30 representatives of local authorities and NGOs.
🔹 Joint Strategy Development – Creation of a cross-border innovation strategy based on best practices.
🔹 Exchange Visits – Learning sessions in Oradea and Hungarian counties to share good governance models.
🔹 Workshops –
• On efficient public fund management (Hungary)
• On cross-border transport and economic growth (Romania)
🔹 Financial Literacy Programme – Classes in 22 schools (12 in HU, 10 in RO), reaching around 600 students.
🔹 Equipment Procurement – Tools and materials supporting project management and training delivery.

Partnership

Lead Partner: Oradea Metropolitan Area Intercommunity Development Association (RO)
Project Partners: DKMT Euroregional Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd. (HU),  Hajdú-Bihar County Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd. (HU) and  Transregio Intercommunity Development Association (RO)

InnoCoop builds bridges between administrations, experts, and young people. By turning innovative ideas into practical governance tools, it strengthens trust, transparency, and cooperation, paving the way for smarter, more resilient cross-border communities.

For more details, consult the project fact sheet available in English. 

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