Traffic calming residential program in Szentendre
By using traffic calming measures at the area between Vasúti villasor and Római sánc the goal of the municipality of Szentendre was to create a plan that is supported by the majority of residents. We used a three-step mechanic in which we worked with the residents and the municipality to reach a result that everyone can stand behind.
We presented the finished plans at a public forum in the assembly hall of the City Hall. The goal of the event was to inform residents and get feedback while surveying the support for the plans as well. The vast majority – 95% – supported the presented plans.
Client: Municipality of Szentendre
Date: August 2022 – February 2023
Creating an eco-map of Zugló
The map, created as part of the Interreg ENES-CE program, is a tool that aims to help the residents of Zugló to start or continue a green lifestyle and to extend sustainable lifestyle to as many areas of life as possible.
The eco-map, available both in online and offline forms, was created with the help of local green NGOs and communities: the Zuniverzum eco-community helped with the content while our civil partner in the municipality, the Bread Community of Zugló (Zuglói Kenyérközösség), helped with proof-reading the map.
Project: Interreg ENES-CE
Client: Municipality of Zugló
Date: 2021–2022
Matchmaking events about sustainability
The goal of these events was to help the networking efforts of NGOs, companies and institutions that are local or actively work on projects in Zugló. We gave space to ensure that participants could get to know each other and start thinking together about social and sustainability issues.
Beyond getting to know each other, participants found common goals and forms of cooperation, and committed to the climate protection efforts of the district.
Project: Interreg ENES-CE
Client: Municipality of Zugló
Date: 2021–2022
SECAP – Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan with community engagement
Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan created for the 1st, 6th and 7th districts of Budapest using community engagement.
During the process we surveyed the needs of residents with one-on-one interviews, online surveys and workshops, so that the commitments in the document mirror the needs of the community, creating a vision supported by both those who live in the district and those who work there.
Clients: Municipalities of the 1st, 6th and 7th districts of Budapest
Date: 2020–2021
Preparing the renovation of the market at Hunyadi tér with community engagement
Plans created with community engagement and tried out live at the market at Hunyadi tér in Budapest for the Municipality of Terézváros. We surveyed visitors about their needs, interviewed the market workers one-on-one, and created a development proposal during workshops. We also visited the market with different groups (e.g., children, senior citizens, disabled people…) to understand their needs better.
Client: Municipality of the 6th District of Budapest
Date: 2020
Training of Digital Prosperity mentors
We trained community-forming mentors on how to start trainings about gaining basic digital competencies. We helped public education specialists understand this digital area and motivated them to start trainings, adding other methods to the online trainings.
Project: GINOP
Client: Katedra Nyelviskola
Date: 2018–2019
Helping cooperation between municipalities and institutions to improve air quality
One of the main goals of this air-quality project is to help facilitate continuous cooperation between the capital, the districts and professional institutions. We developed policy regulatory proposals together. Acknowledging that air does not stop at the border of settlements, the project analyzes measurements and possible intervention areas on a larger scale, in the Functional Urban Area (FUA).
Project: Interreg Central Europe
Client: Municipality of Zugló
Date: 2019–
Residential attitude examination and awareness raising
As part of numerous environmental and sustainability projects we surveyed the attitude of residents with online and offline questionnaires. We shared these sometimes humorous and always knowledgeable quizzes with residents online, in institutions and at local events. Every time we evaluated the results and gave feedback to both the client and the residents.
Date: 2019
Hulladék.Pont – Tropaverde project in Zugló
Hulladék.Pont is an online platform that promotes waste recycling by rewarding selective waste collection.
The site connects the actors of the process: residents, waste collection sites and local businesses where you can use your coupons.
The process is really simple: you take your selective waste to a collection site where you get a coupon with a code. You enter the code online and get points that you can use to get discounts at local businesses.
Project: URBACT III Program
Client: Municipality of Zugló
Date: 2019
StartUp Academy – helping young people become entrepreneurs
StartUp Academy is a two-year Erasmus+ program implemented by a transnational consortium of five organizations from five countries (Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Spain).
The project gives training and knowledge to young adults so they can implement their business ideas in practice, and gives them a platform to present these ideas to business professionals and potential investors.
Project: Erasmus+ Start-up
Client: Immro
Date: 2019
Creating a “Kiss and Go” school zone
By involving János Arany Elementary School at Újvidék tér in Zugló, we experimented with creating a “Kiss and Go” zone for two weeks to resolve the morning traffic congestion and the risk of accidents. We created the plans with the help of transportation engineers and other professionals, and before, during and after the experiment we were in continuous contact with residents online and on paper.
Project: Duna Transnational Program – Chestnut Project
Client: Municipality of Zugló
Date: 2019
Temporary road closure and park merger
As an experiment we closed Szugló street, which cuts through the park at Újvidék tér in Zugló, and gave it back to the residents. Despite the bad weather we managed to organize numerous community events. Before, during and after the experiment we were in continuous contact with residents online and offline. During the experiment we measured the changes in traffic and in the use of public space. Afterwards we gave our proposal to the municipality for the future of the area, based on the feedback of residents.
Project: URBACT Chestnut Project
Client: Municipality of Zugló
Date: 2019
Sustainable and safe mobility with community engagement
We facilitated the community engagement process of a mobility development project in Törökőr, one of the residential areas of Budapest. We used transparent and articulate communication tools and combined online and live possibilities for participation. We helped local volunteers, and through thematic workshops we initiated conversations between professionals, residents and city experts. We turned complaints into ideas, and ideas into projects. Residents voted on the projects using the community budget method.
Project: Horizon 2020 Sunrise Project
Client: Municipality of Zugló
Date: 2019
Tourism service development with stakeholder engagement
As part of a border-region project, we worked on joint bicycle tourism packages with regional stakeholders in Southern Zala county through several rounds of active workshops.
Project: Interreg HU-SLO
Client: Logframe Kft.
Date: 2019
Bicycle-friendly developments with community engagement
We helped community engagement in numerous country towns with events, awareness-raising materials and presentations.
Project: TOP
Client: Active Solution Kft
Date: 2018–2019
