📅 Implementation:May 2025 – Nov 2027 (30 months)
💶 Total Budget: €1,050,858.00 | ERDF Contribution: €840,686.40
🤝 Partners:2 institutions
🎯 Type: Standard project |Culture & Tourism | RS04.6
Summary
MoN – Architecture uncovers and promotes the architectural and social legacy of cooperatives in the Romanian–Hungarian border region. By digitizing nearly 800,000 historical documents, rehabilitating heritage sites, and creating educational and tourism tools, the project fosters cultural awareness, community engagement, and sustainable tourism. It highlights the cooperative movement’s role in shaping rural life and connects past practices with future development.
Project Aim
To preserve and promote the cultural heritage of cooperatives through digitization, education, and tourism, strengthening cross-border cultural identity.
Objectives
✅ Digitize and preserve shared historical documents and artefacts
✅ Promote cooperative heritage through exhibitions and education
✅ Develop sustainable cultural tourism infrastructure
✅ Foster long-term cross-border cooperation and community engagement
Key Activities & Results
🔹 Digitization Strategy – Joint plan for uniform digitization of archival materials
🔹 Cross-Border Tourism App – Featuring cultural heritage sites and study tours
🔹 Heritage Database – Bilingual indexes and structured museum/archival data
🔹 Educational Programs – For students, teachers, and the public on cooperative history
🔹 Workshops – On digitization and heritage use in education and research
🔹 Ady Endre Memorial Museum Rehabilitation – Including the Birth-house and Manor-house
🔹 Archival Visitor Center in Debrecen – A new cultural and tourist hub
🔹 Multilingual Exhibitions – Held in 6 Hungarian locations and Ady Endre Memorial House
🔹 International Conference – To share results and plan future cooperation
🔹 5-Year Cooperation Plan – Continued museum and archival programs post-project
MoN – Architecture revives the cooperative legacy as a shared cultural treasure, connecting communities through history, education, and sustainable tourism.
For more details, consult the project fact sheet: EN
Partnership
Lead Partner: Hungarian National Archives (HU)
Project Partner: Satu Mare County Museum (RO)
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