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Collaboration for Better Preparedness and Effective Cross-Border Disaster Prevention

The HUSKROUA border region is one of Europe’s most flood-prone areas and increasingly threatened by climate-induced hazards like forest fires. The project focuses on coordinated action in the Tisza watershed, where both natural and human-induced disasters impact communities across four countries. Volunteer disaster response organizations are key actors, yet their capacities, training and equipment vary significantly across the region.

PRE_SAFE aims to enhance cross-border collaboration among volunteer emergency organisations, building a cooperative ecosystem to improve resilience and regional safety. Through risk and vulnerability mapping in the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County (HU), Satu Mare County (RO), Trebišov District (SK), and Mukachevo and Uzhhorod Districts (UA), evidence-based interventions will be designed, especially in civil protection, disaster management, and climate adaptation.

The project will issue policy recommendations to ease legal and administrative barriers that hinder cross-border disaster response. A joint intervention matrix will guide harmonised, post-project operations, while a coordinated equipment fleet will enhance joint actions.

Capacity-building initiatives such as e-learning, field trainings, and cross-border exercises will professionalize volunteer teams, equipping them with the necessary knowledge and tools for effective action. Public awareness campaigns will further increase community resilience to climate- and human-induced risks.

PRE_SAFE takes a holistic, cross-border approach to disaster preparedness and prevention, uniting partners from all four programme countries. Its focus on long-term collaboration, strategic planning, and institutional strengthening is vital for mitigating the growing impacts of climate change and fostering a safer, more resilient border region.

December 25, 2025Read more...

Development of radiological ultrasound skills in three hospitals in three countries

In the framework of the Interreg VI-A NEXT Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine Programme, the St Damian Greek Catholic Hospital has successfully submitted a joint application with the Hospital with Polyclinic in Kralovský Chlmec in Slovakia and the Municipal non-comercial enterprise "Uzhgorod City Multidisciplinary Clinical Hospital" of Uzhgorod City Council in Ukraine to improve radiological ultrasound skills in three hospitals in three countries. The main objective of the project is to ensure access to early health care by carrying out screening tests, acquiring the ultrasound equipment needed for operation and developing professional protocols.

During the 12 months of the project, the partners undertake to purchase the equipment needed to carry out the screening tests and to organise and carry out 3 screening tests focusing on three areas of the body - abdominal, cervical and gynaecological - in their areas of responsibility, using the same professional protocols. They also undertake to organise screening tests on a weekly basis during the project's lifetime and to jointly analyse the results achieved each year.

During the implementation phase of the project, 4 ultrasound machines will be purchased, of which 1 general and 1 gynaecological ultrasound machine will be purchased by the Hungarian Partner and 1 complex ultrasound device (both general and gynecological specialty) by the Ukrainian and Slovak partners. Within the framework of the project, the partners undertake to organise workshops in all three hospitals to jointly develop 3 professional protocols. The aim is to define uniform standards of patient care, improve human resources and share professional knowledge, which will generally improve the care of outpatients and inpatients and increase their chances of recovery.

In the long term, the measures will contribute to reducing premature and avoidable mortality, increasing life expectancy, increasing the number of years spent in good health and ensuring that people living in the area receive care close to home.

December 25, 2025Read more...

Development of traumatological care

Within the framework of the Interreg VI-A NEXT Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine Programme, the St. Damian Greek Catholic Hospital (Kisvárda) has successfully submitted a joint application with the Municipal non-comercial enterprise "Uzhgorod City Multidisciplinary Clinical Hospital" of Uzhgorod City Council, aiming to improve traumatology and surgical care at the project level - to improve the medical care of patients in need of care by renovating existing cubatures, increasing the safety of care by purchasing new medical equipment, developing joint professional protocols. The partners aim to create the conditions necessary for the care of war wounded by strengthening cooperation between the two hospitals.

The two hospitals are located 50 km apart, along the E573 highway, which is a road with frequent road accidents requiring immediate emergency and trauma care. After treatment in Kisvárda and after the life-threatening situation has been averted, the transfer of the affected Ukrainian patients to a cross-border receiving hospital should be arranged. Our aim is to have reliable, high quality hospital wards on both sides of the border, with the appropriate equipment to provide safe patient care. In addition, the hospital in Uzhhorod also receives military and civilian casualties of the ongoing war who require trauma and surgical care. Therefore, the traumatology departments of the two hospitals and the surgical department of the hospital in Uzhhorod will be renovated.

The project will not only improve physical conditions but also professional procedures, with both partners committing to organise professional training sessions to develop professional protocols. As a result of the project, the improvement of care will benefit the population, patients requiring trauma care and war wounded in and often outside our service area.

December 25, 2025Read more...

Promoting a Sustainable Collaboration Across Borders to Collectively Boost the Economies of Three HU-RO-UA Crossborder Regions

The CONCORD project fosters sustainable cross-border cooperation to address shared labour market challenges in the Satu Mare (RO), Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (HU), and Zakarpattia (UA) regions.

Central to the project is the development of www.laboro.ro, a trilingual (RO-HU-UA) job mediation platform that connects employers and job seekers, including Ukrainian refugees residing in Romania and Hungary.

In addition to digital solutions, CONCORD also focuses on upskilling low-skilled and unskilled workers by establishing trainer groups that adapt vocational training to the needs of local employers.

Activities include seminars, workshops, pilot trainings, and experience exchange sessions to strengthen cross-border collaboration and support labour market integration. A joint cooperation plan ensures the long-term use and impact of the project tools.

November 25, 2025Read more...

Planetrise Association for Culture and Environmental Protection

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Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Teaching Hospital

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Municipality of Fehérgyarmat

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Upper-Tisza Regional Water Directorate

July 10, 2025Read more...

Satu Mare County Intercommunity Development Association

The SMART ENERGY project aims to strengthen cross-border cooperation in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy by implementing joint activities that build knowledge, raise public awareness, and support increased renewable energy use.

A key component of the project is the installation of photovoltaic panel systems at five healthcare institutions across the programme area, contributing directly to improved energy performance in the health sector.

Additional activities include public information campaigns and exchanges of experience and good practices to ensure long-term awareness and the dissemination of energy-saving solutions throughout the border region.

July 10, 2025Read more...

Institution “Zakarpattia Regional Development Agency”

The SMART ENERGY project aims to strengthen cross-border cooperation in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy by implementing joint activities that build knowledge, raise public awareness, and support increased renewable energy use.

A key component of the project is the installation of photovoltaic panel systems at five healthcare institutions across the programme area, contributing directly to improved energy performance in the health sector.

Additional activities include public information campaigns and exchanges of experience and good practices to ensure long-term awareness and the dissemination of energy-saving solutions throughout the border region.

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