{"id":3340,"date":"2020-01-08T07:50:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T05:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.peoplefirst.hu\/news\/together-in-partnership-a-summary-of-2019\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:04:56","slug":"together-in-partnership-a-summary-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/news\/together-in-partnership-a-summary-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Together In Partnership! A summary of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time last year we promised that we would be even more active and cohesive, and that,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>within the limits of our possibilities, we would strengthen the cooperation between local civil\u00a0<\/span><\/i>organisations.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>We feel we have succeeded. We have new members, new partners, new projects, and took\u00a0<\/span><\/i>part in every meeting and event that we possibly could. More and more of our members take\u00a0<\/span><\/i>an active role in the life of our association, they contribute with their ideas, opinions, write\u00a0<\/span><\/i>blogs, organise and take part in public events, work in team projects, travel abroad, attend\u00a0<\/span><\/i>trainings, strengthening and shaping our community.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The events of 2109 in a nutshell:<\/span><\/p>\n

We wrote lots and lots of grant applications<\/b>, some of which have won.\u00a0<\/span>Our activities have been organised around two main projects:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Strengthening Civil Organisations 2019 \u2013 SCO\/ECK\u00a0<\/b>(<\/span>http:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/projects\/erosodo-civil-kozossegek-eck-2019\/<\/span><\/a>).\u00a0 As part of this project\u00a0<\/span>we have been exploring and assessing accessible hiking trails, and were co-organisers of the 3rd Barrier-free Tourism Day. As well as that, we have developed the methodology for\u00a0<\/span>barrier-free architectural consultations and have advised local tourist service providers. In\u00a0<\/span>cooperation with our partners in the tourism industry, we created a barrier-free tour of the\u00a0<\/span>city of P\u00e9cs, entitled \u2018Hidden City\u2019. Our project team members received remuneration for the work they did.<\/span><\/p>\n

In November we participated in another successful SCO grant application, as a result the 4th\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Barrier-free tourism Day will take place in September 2020.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Our other main activity is our \u2018<\/span>sticker\u2019 project,<\/b> which we have won in collaboration with P\u00e9cs Community Foundation. This project has raised more awareness to our work within the\u00a0<\/span>community (http:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/projects\/pecs-jovoje-alap-2018-kozossegi-kreativitas-<\/span>projektek\/).\u00a0 This project involves the gap-filling activity of exploring barrier-free tourist\u00a0<\/span>attractions of P\u00e9cs. Our members visit various places, every single place visited is\u00a0<\/span>evaluated, and categorised based on its accessibility. Accessible places are awarded a\u00a0<\/span>sticker, designed by our members, which is then placed on the entrance door. Finally each\u00a0<\/span>place is then entered into a database on our website, with photos and a written evaluation.\u00a0<\/span>The database is available to the public both in Hungarian and English\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>http:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/akadalymentes-pecs\/<\/span><\/a>).\u00a0<\/span>Our project team members did this work, which is of invaluable importance, for a very\u00a0<\/span>modest payment.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August we won another NFSZK FOF2019 grant, which means we can continue our sticker\u00a0<\/span><\/i>project, adding new criteria to the assessment.\u00a0 (http:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/projects\/nfszk-fof2019-<\/span><\/i>matricas-projekt-2\/ )\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Cooperating with and <\/span>sensitising younger generations<\/b>, especially those in secondary\u00a0<\/span>school, is very important to us. We have been successfully working together with the\u00a0<\/span>students of two secondary schools who are doing their community service. Secondary\u00a0<\/span>school students can continue to do their community service with our association.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the goals of the Local Action Program for Equal Opportunities we have joined forces with other civil organisations to establish an <\/span>NGO network that would\u00a0<\/b>help the work of the local government. <\/b>We attended and co-organised workshops.\u00a0<\/span>Setting up a disability committee is still a priority for us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instances of <\/span>civil cooperation<\/b>: we had several discussions at the regular afternoon\u00a0<\/span>meetings organised by Kerek Vil\u00e1g Alap\u00edtv\u00e1ny, in May we attended an open day for civil\u00a0<\/span>organisations (Nyitott Udvarok Napja), in June we attended a workshop organised by Civil\u00a0<\/span>K\u00f6z\u00f6ss\u00e9gek H\u00e1za on national and international good practice, as well as workshops on\u00a0<\/span>accessibility with the participation of local service providers. We are building a relationship\u00a0<\/span>with Kil\u00e1t\u00e1s Alap\u00edtv\u00e1ny, with the hope of future collaboration in the area of purchase of\u00a0<\/span>equipment.\u00a0<\/span>We took part in Szomsz\u00e9ds\u00e1g Akad\u00e9mia, and have given a talk on social campaigns. Last\u00a0<\/span>but not least we are working together with Budapest NGOs to establish independent and\u00a0<\/span>assisted living.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our international relations have broadened as well<\/b>. We have been participating in\u00a0<\/span>international projects, have travelled, studied and worked abroad.\u00a0<\/span>We organised workshops for people living with disabilities on how to set up a business as a\u00a0<\/span>part of an Erasmus+ project, establishing <\/span>FairShares<\/b> social enterprise model in Hungary. Its final conference held in English, in P\u00e9cs was well attended.\u00a0<\/span>In March we developed <\/span>a sensitising game<\/b> in cooperation with our German partner, VSBI\u00a0<\/span>in P\u00e9cs, which we followed up by testing it in 5 German towns, with the help of our\u00a0<\/span>members.\u00a0<\/span>The goal of <\/span>Peer AcT Erasmus+ <\/b>project is to train peer mentors in accessible tourism. In\u00a0<\/span>May we attended an international conference in Osijek, and in November two of our\u00a0<\/span>members participated in Germany in a week-long training run in English. The training will be repeated in Hungary in early 2020, to pass on the knowledge to five other association members.<\/span><\/p>\n

Realising the power of <\/span>social campaigns<\/b> we have started a number of them and participated in many others both nationally and internationally.\u00a0<\/span>Just to name a few of these:<\/span><\/p>\n

In April we started the <\/span>\u2018Why\u2019 <\/span><\/i>campaign in which we explain briefly why certain things in the world of people living with disabilities are the way they are. Why, for example, disabled parking spaces are so much wider than regular ones; what the tactile guide stripes for the visually impaired mean etc.. To read about the campaign click on \u2018Why\u2019 on our homepage\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>http:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/miert\/<\/span><\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the international campaign <\/span>InKLOsiv<\/span><\/i>, we showed accessible toilets in P\u00e9cs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In June, People First joined TASZ as a supporting organisation in their campaign for independent living and personal assistance, entitled <\/span>\u2018A Day off for Every Family\u2019.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

In October, within the framework of a campaign organised by \u2018L\u00e9pj\u00fcnk, hogy l\u00e9phessenek\u00a0<\/span>Alap\u00edtv\u00e1ny\u2019 <\/span>we organised an open forum with the mayoral candidates,<\/span><\/i> where our members\u00a0<\/span>talked about their experiences with support services in P\u00e9cs and studying at university;\u00a0<\/span>women raising children with disabilities; and everyday life in nursing homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our website has <\/span>a new menu entitled \u2018Barrier-Free P\u00e9cs\u2019,<\/span><\/i> where barrier-free locations in\u00a0<\/span>P\u00e9cs can be searched for in various ways. This menu is both for locals who would like to plan their shopping, run errands or just go for a walk, and for tourists planning to visit P\u00e9cs. The menu is also available in Hungarian and English.<\/span><\/p>\n

All the while we had lots of fun spending time together hiking, drinking coffee, exchanging ideas, discussing, convincing each other, visiting concerts, festivals and conferences, playing sports, working…<\/b><\/p>\n

On 25th December we closed the year with a very cheerful Christmas party where – as\u00a0<\/b>always – we welcomed friends and people from P\u00e9cs.<\/b><\/p>\n

To be continued in 2020.<\/b><\/p>\n

Join us! Follow us!<\/b><\/p>\n

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This time last year we promised that we would be even more active and cohesive, and that,\u00a0within the limits of our possibilities, we would strengthen the cooperation between local civil\u00a0organisations.\u00a0We feel we have succeeded. We have new members, new partners, new projects, and took\u00a0part in every meeting and event that we possibly could. More and more of our members take\u00a0an active role in the life of our association, they contribute with their ideas, opinions, write\u00a0blogs, organise and take part in public events, work in team projects, travel abroad, attend\u00a0trainings, strengthening and shaping our community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[6],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4942,"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3340\/revisions\/4942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplefirst.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}