Debrecen4U
June 23, 2025
The Association of Cities and Villages, which is 20 years old this year, held a professional day in Debrecen
The Association of Cities and Villages, which is 20 years old this year, held a professional day in Debrecen
The president of the association, János Halász, highlighted that this is an organisation where culture and community cooperation play a distinguished role.
The Association of Towns and Villages is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The anniversary professional day was held at the Old Town Hall. The association currently has 26 member settlements, one of which is the city of Gyula.
“The city of Gyula is also a member of other local government representative organisations, but I claim that this is the most valuable organisation, it is the best to be a member of it because here settlements with very similar characteristics, blessed with similar opportunities and formulating similar goals, can cooperate; therefore, the joint work between the settlement leaders is extremely productive and efficient,” Mayor of Gyula Ernő Görgényi highlighted.
An important goal of the association is to build and operate a cultural-community network that enables towns and villages to get to know each other’s values and to make them known. The members maintain close ties with each other; this is the 102nd professional day, and they have participated in a total of 1027 programmes in the past 20 years.
President of the Association of Towns and Villages, János Halász, emphasized that this is an organisation where culture and community cooperation play a prominent role. “This has become a network that helps us get to know each other and get to know those newer and newer cultural landscapes where there are communities with similar values as ours at home. In fact, this is the organisation that helps us get to know our country: we usually say that we are an organisation of everyday patriotism,” the president summed up.
Mayor László Papp said that this is a kind of bridge between settlements with different opportunities and abilities. The city leader pointed out that it is very important that they understand each other’s thinking, regardless of size. “The secret of the success of this city and, in my opinion, of our settlements is largely that we can think in alliance and cooperation. We are not looking for differences, not for the reasons or justifications that separate us, but rather we are capable of compromises and cooperation for the benefit of our settlements,” the mayor said.
At the event, László Papp presented a commemorative plaque on the occasion of the anniversary, and he received an 1887 mayoral annual report from János Halász.
Source and photo credit:debrecen.hu
