Norway Grants Application on the way

The Partner of Bakony–Balaton Geopark, the Bakonyalja Friends Association has applied for grants at the NGO Fund of the EEA/Norway Grants.

The aim of the project is to develop a "geonetwork" of civil organisations that will  more effectively inform the local communities about the geological heritage of the Geopark and about the goals of the Geopark. The members of this network would like to actively support the involvement of local communities into activities and the fulfillment of Geopark goals.

The project was successful during the first phase of the application process. The Bakonyalja Friends Association and its partners are working on the detailed project plan to be submitted until 19 January 2015. A questionnaire has been released to assess the needs and knowledge of the people in relation to the Geopark and community involvement. So far more than 100 people have answered the questions and contributed to the project.

The representatives of eight participating civil organisations and of the Balaton Uplands National Park Directorate – the leading organisation of the Bakony–Balaton Geopark – met to discuss the details of the project at the beginning of January. One more civil organisation and the experts of the Hungarian Novohrad Nógrád Geopark and the Norwegian Magma Geopark also plan to participate in the application process of this initiative. The geonetwork itself will be open for further organisations who would like to become members of the network.

The work goes on and we do hope that the project will be successful!