Castles & Regions project seminar
On October 4, 2021 we invite you to the former war St. Barbara’s at the New Fortress in Komárno for the Seminar of the project  CASTLES & REGIONS, supported by the International Visegrad Fund (More about the project can be found here: www.castlesregions.eu)
The project also includes a one-day seminar with the following programme:
10:00   RegistrationTour

  • virtual exhibition “A common past for a common future”
  • local and regional products

PART ONE:

10:30  Welcome

  • Mgr. Béla Keszegh, City of Komárno – Mayor
  • Andrej Ozimy, Pro Castello Comaromiensi, n.o. – Director

11:00   Lectures

  • Andrej Ozimy, Pro Castello Comaromiensi, n.o. – Director:

Komárno Fortress – past, present, future (in Slovak)

  • Gábor Rezi-Kató, Hungarian National Museum – Deputy Director:

Castles & Regions Project (in Hungarian)

  • István Szilvássy, Association for the Development of Hungarian Towns and Municipalities – President:

Renewing the role of castles/fortresses in the context of urban, regional, rural and tourism development (in Hungarian)

12:00   Break

PART TWO

12:30   WORLD CAFE – What needs to be done?

Structured conversational process during the so-called. World Café

(Interactive exchange of ideas, brainstorming on the topics below. Organizing participants at round tables. Participants discuss topics, add comments, questions about topics on the tags. You can learn more about the method here: https://www.user-participation.eu/sk/planovanie-participativneho-procesu/krok-5-participativne-metody/planovanie-buducnosti-vizia-strategie-projekty/world-cafe)

Moderator: István Szilvássy

An introduction to the Word Café process and topics:

  1. Fortress as an experience centre
  2. Fortress as a centre of formal education
  3. Fortress as a centre of local, regional identity
  4. The fortress as a centre of tourist destination promotion
  5. Fortress as a centre for the promotion of local, regional products and services
  6. Cooperation between castles/fortresses and their partners

13:30   Summary of the results of the World Café process

14:00   Closing of the seminar and closing words

The seminar will be held in “BASIC” mode
Due to limited capacity (50 persons) and pandemic regulations, please confirm your attendance by completing the Registration Form.
The project is co-financed by the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the Fund is to develop ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
www.visegradfund.org