Our international CODE project is working with a number of European partners to make banking and financial services more accessible for people with disabilities. A very important goal, in which we want to involve not only users but also the professionals of the financial sector. We also appreciate your forwarding information about the CODE project. The second Newsletter provides a brief update on the progress of the project.

In all our international projects, we consider our main task as a Hungarian partner is to implement the principle of "Nothing about us, without us". This is why we have created a Focusgroup in 2023 within the association, made up of active members who commit to contribute to this principle through their work, opinions, comments or even personal participation. They are those who shape the progress of international projects by enforcing the above principle, thus having a huge impact on the quality of life of people with disabilities at European level.

We are very proud and we think it is a great opportunity that hundreds of people flying all over the world can read about the fact that there are barrier-free tourism opportunities in Pécs. The Universal Air airline's winter in-flight magazine 2024-2025 features the People First Association's Hidden City Tor-tour and the Barrier-free Pécs Database!

We are involved in a new international Erasmus+ project with a long-awaited, important goal: to develop self-determination in long-term care.

The international meeting of our Indeed project was this time in Pécs, Hungary on 15-16 October. We have approached the issue of independent living from many different aspects. What we are most proud of is that, at the start of the first day, several members of our association spoke about their own experiences of independent living. Read about who is experiencing it in Hungary/Pecs and read more about the project:

We held a very successful final conference on 27. September 2024 about our international project "Walk in Our Shoes". To our great pleasure, more than 40 participants from many European countries and organizations were interested in the online conference on barrier-free - as we prefer inclusive - tourism and the Tor-Tour of the Hidden City! A summary of the conference can be read in the news. Please join the project's Platform and let's work together for barrier-free tourism in the future!

In Hungary, 1% of your personal income tax can be donated each year to a selected NGO. We thank those who donated 1% to our association in 2023 and ask people to think of us in 2024.

An exciting online conference will be held on 27. September from 10.00-12.00. The topic will be about the results so far of our Visegrad Fund supported project to deliver our Hidden City Tor-Tour project as a best practice. We are looking forward to the participation of tourism professionals, local government workers, representatives of disabled people’s organizations and anyone else who is interested in the topic.