The PATHS project tackles shared regional challenges by introducing a comprehensive, personalized approach to career guidance and life planning for young people, particularly those living in rural and disadvantaged areas. The project addresses critical gaps in support services, helping to reduce school dropouts, reverse rural depopulation, and improve lifelong learning opportunities.
In many rural areas, limited access to career services, especially for youth from low-income families, increases the risk of educational and social disengagement. The PATHS project provides a solution by designing Life Path Support Services (LPSS) that are accessible at the municipal level and tailored to the real needs of young people.
The PATHS project brings together 13 partners from 9 countries, working collaboratively to design and implement effective, community-based career support services:
The Lead Partner is Universtiy of Pécs - one of the most famous, prestigious institutions having a leading role in Southern Transdanubian region.
The project aligns with the 2024 Danube Region Strategy priority of making rural settlements more attractive and liveable for young people. PATHS will deliver a tested LPSS model that is sustained locally by trained mentors. It will also establish a Danube Region LPSS Network that coordinates strategy, methodology, and policy integration. Long-term structures such as the Career Guidance Expert and Methodology Team (CG ECMT) and Intersectoral Working Groups (IWG) will operate as Sectoral Learning Dialogues (SLDs). Additionally, the project will produce policy recommendations aimed at institutionalizing mentor training and supporting lifelong learning systems.
PATHS presents a socially innovative model that connects career services directly with rural community settings. It increases the availability of local support for disadvantaged youth and promotes cross-sector collaboration between municipalities, schools, businesses, and NGOs. By empowering young people to envision their future in their home regions, the project actively combats brain drain.
The PATHS project is building lasting pathways for youth across the Danube Region — from rural challenge to community-driven opportunity.
For more details, visit the Project Website or contact one of our project partners.
The PATHS project brings together 13 partners from 9 countries, working collaboratively to design and implement effective, community-based career support services:
The Lead Partner is Universtiy of Pécs - one of the most famous, prestigious institutions having a leading role in Southern Transdanubian region.
The fourth interregional meeting of the project "DEcarbonising the TOurism Industry Post Covid-19 Support" (DETOCS), supported by the Interreg Europe programme, took place in Crete, on 23-24 October 2024.
The DETOCS project aims to meet long-term EU policies for decarbonising the economy by bringing together project partners every six months to discuss regional progress.
On the first day, in addition to a brief presentation of the DETOCS project, the participants heard inspiring success stories of how decarbonisation proposals in other regions have been translated into policy developments. Afterwards, partners presented their good practices. The day concluded with a study visit to the Renieris Hotel and the Hotel Halepa. The energy efficiency and the use of renewable resources in these hotels is very important.
On the second day of the meeting, the participants continued the study tour and visited other hotels with outstanding energy performance. The destination was the fully self-sufficient luxury Hotel Euphoria complex, 20 km from Chania, which uses geothermal energy, heat pumps and solar panels to power its 344 rooms.
After the excursion, the Dutch partner presented the possibilities of carbon neutral virtual tourism, which has become particularly popular during the COVID period. Afterwards, the Maltese partner gave a presentation on the Joint Thematic Survay Report to be prepared in the framework of the project. During the afternoon, the project partners discussed the upcoming tasks and proposed a " join thematic guidebook".
Andrea Grónay, Managing Director of CDDA Nonprofit Ltd., Mimi Kocsis Eszter, International Manager of CDDA Nonprofit Ltd. and Gábor Kígyóssy, Regional Development Officer of Fejér County, participated in the two-day meeting.
The third interregional two-day meeting of the Interreg Europe funded project "DEcarbonising the TOurism Industry Post Covid-19 Support" (DETOCS) started today in Sliema, Malta.
On the first day, the participating countries presented the results of the Eisenhower Matrix analysis and shared their experiences to date. A presentation was given by Eszter Mimi Kocsis, International Manager of KDMFÜ Nonprofit Ltd.
The second half of the day was dedicated to study visits to see how hotels of all sizes are trying to make a positive environmental and social impact on tourism.
During the study visits, the participants were shown good practices from the following hotels:
🔹 Mulberries Guesthouse (Zabbar)
🔹 Embassy Hotel (Valletta)
🔹 Embassy Embassy (St Julian's) Hilton Malta (St Julian's)
The event was attended by Dr. Ádám Ruszinkó, President of the Hungarian Health Tourism Marketing Association.
A summary of the meeting is available at the following link:
Third Interregional Exchange of Experience Event in Malta | Interreg Europe - Sharing solutions for better policy
Malta summary can be downloaded by clicking on the link: Malta
Two-days interregional meeting of the project "DEcarbonising the TOurism Industry Post Covid-19 Support" (DETOCS), supported by the Interreg Europe program, took place in Seinäjoki, Finland on November 7-8, 2023.
✅ On the first day, participating countries presented their completed SWOT analyses related to the project, followed by the introduction of best practices from Finland.
👀 During the event, Eszter Mimi Kocsis, International Manager of KDMFÜ Nonprofit Ltd., gave a presentation. From the stakeholders of the DETOCS program, Tamás Schäffer, the CEO of Kőrösszolg Nonprofit Ltd, and Adrienne Dajka, architect at Kőrösszolg Nonprofit Ltd, were also present.
☑ On the second day, in addition to the on-site tour, participants discussed future steps and tasks, and prepared for the next DETOCS meeting scheduled for May 15-16, 2024, in Malta.
👉 DETOCS is an interregional collaboration involving Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, the Netherlands, Malta, Italy, and Slovenia. Its objective is to increase energy efficiency in the tourism sector through policy tools and guidelines that provide a legal framework and innovative financing systems, tools, methods, and other financial incentives to reduce carbon emissions in tourism.
A summary of the meeting is available at the following link:
DETOCS Learning Event in South Ostrobothnia, Finland | Interreg Europe - Sharing solutions for better policy
The Interreg Europe DETOCS project (DEcarbonising the TOourism Industry Post Covid-19 Support) has been launched.
The project aims to increase the energy efficiency of the tourism sector through knowledge sharing between participating countries.
Our agency represents Hungary and several countries from Europe's key tourism regions, such as Greece, Malta, Italy, Finland, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Finland, are participating in the DETOCS project.
The project kick-off meeting took place in the host city of Ptuj, the oldest city in Slovenia, where KDMFÜ was represented by international project manager Mimi Eszter Kocsis.
