Local Action Groups for Better EU Communities – event in Southern Slovakia
Local Action Groups from 8 European states participated at the 3-day event from 10th to 12th 2015 in Southern Slovakia. The event was held within project „Local Action Groups for better EU Communities“, financed from Europe for Citizens Programme under measure Networks of Towns. The event was organized by the Local Action Group Association Dolný Žitný ostrov and its chairwoman Rozália Szalay. Participants introduced their LAGs, their operation and activities, further they have exchanged best practices, experiences with the LEADER projects and successful projects financed by EU, visited Fortress in Komárno, Roman and Ethnographic Museum Kelemantia in Iža, Rye Island Folk Song and Dance Celebration in Klížska Nemá. Participants were shown the outputs and results of the successfully implemented projects of the LAG Association Dolný Žitný ostrov. The event was attended by LAG members from Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, Czechia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Italy and naturally from Slovakia.