Anett Bauer

My name is Anett Bauer and I'm working as a project manager for Szabolcs 05 Regional Development Association of Municipalities, a regional public authority representing 44 settlements in a less developed region of Noth-Eastern Hungary having strong influence on regional/national policy making of several subjects. The region covers the area of 6 towns and 38 villages having a population of 96.646 inhabitants. The centre of the region is City of Mátészalka.

According to the project partnership Szabolcs 05 can apply as a non-city partner in URBACT projects and during the projects we usually choose the leader city of the association, Mateszalka as site of local activities (inhabitants: 16.000).

Our organisation participated in several transnational projects financed by the EU:
- BhENEFIT - Interreg Central Europe Programme (2017-2019)
- URBSECURITY - URBACT III Programme (2019-2022)
- FEMACT-Cities - URBACT IV Programme (2023-
- BEYOND THE URBAN - URBACT IV Programme (2023-

Main tasks and goals of the association are to synchronize regional and urban development of all settlements, to facilitate initiatives of local communities, to moderate significant differences between town and villages, to manage projects on themes of economic development, social issues, environmental protection and cultural heritage as well as to promote transnational cooperation with other European Union regions and cities. As leader association of the region its basic role is to achieve sustainable development of the region and to improve and coordinate existing development activities. 
As regional public authority Szabolcs 05 has excellent day-to-day cooperation with the regional and local decision-makers and as a member of the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Government the association can direct impact on regional policy making.