REGIONAL INFORMATION:
Kozep-Magyarorszag / Hungary

The Lead Partner (Municipality of Ujbuda) had to map qualified public buildings and senior oriented services in the district (planned under external expertise budget line). However, the regional situation analysis carried out on local needs at the beginning of the project, has fully covered these items. Meanwhile as identified by the analysis a newly established investment was needed for the local senior inhabitants in Őrmező-Kelenvölgy city-part where senior oriented place/building does not exist. The idea of the re-structured pilot had been presented and accepted by the partnership at the Transnational Working Group Meeting in Sopot (7-8 March, 2011).

It was decided to establish a Recreation Methodology and Service Centre for seniors, a community place including day-care homes for the elderly and providing place for other activities & services such as:

• consultancy service (crime prevention, legal service)
• forums, seminars for NGOs and seniors
• trainings (language courses, internet etc.) and cultural programs (media workshop, theatre)
• recreation & sport activities
• HELP-DESK (Q-AGEING and 60+ Program)

A painting studio and a ceramic workshop was installed in the Őrmező community centre, especially for community purposes.

Technical support for Senior Volunteers

Senior Volunteers are the heart of all local activities supporting active ageing.By developing Senior Community Groups in Újbuda’s different city parts the municipality forms a senior volunteer network as an innovative initiative in Hungary.

Implementation tools being used:

 The Lead Partner was searching for more innovative solutions for activation of the elderly. By developing Senior Community Groups in Újbuda’s different city parts the municipality formed a senior volunteer network as an innovative initiative in Hungary. According to the original Application Form Municipality of Újbuda had to create register (Favour Bank) on competences of seniors which can be used/activated in self-organisation based community services. During the preparatory phase the LP realised that new software for this pilot was needed.

So far 8 neighbourhood volunteers got the elderly-friendly EMPORIA mobile phone. The municipality is continuously monitoring how and what the phones are used for (asking information about the local programmes, asking personal help, etc.).

Purchase and technical management to provide 8 senior friendly mobile phones as a technical support in order to help the self-organization of senior volunteers between the formed community groups.