Dél-Dunántúli Regionális Forrásközpont Szolgáltató Kht (South-Transdanubian Regional Resource Centre Service Public Benefit Company), established through Phare co-funding, has set the objective to provide professional assistance to the local governments, government funded institutions and non-governmental organisations providing social services in Baranya, Somogy and Tolna counties in a changed and permanently changing economic, financial and social environment. Another objective of Dél-Dunántúli Regionális Forrásközpont Kht is to, by developing a social policy taking into account the local patterns, contribute to developing well functioning society sensitive towards those in need.

 

South-Transdanubian Regional Resource Centre deals primarily with the development and improvement of social policy plans and concepts, as well as the articulation and representation of the region's social policy interests. It provides consulting services, organises expert meetings and training courses, arranges and implements employment programmes and provides alternative labour market services.

 

Contact:

István Dandé á advisor

tel/fax: +36.72.514.104/101

e-mail: [email protected]

 

Mailing address:

 

Dél-Dunántúli Regionális Forrásközpont

Dandé István

PÉCS

Aradi Vártanák tája 20.

7625

HUNGARY

 

Our key activities that are currently running:

 

Labour market projects:

  • "TurningPoint" project: Implementation of an alternative, partnership based labour market programme of which purpose is to, by individually treating the specific cases and by using a complex set of methodology tools, promote the re-integration of the groups seriously handicapped in the affected areas (establishing relationship with local governments and their respective organisations.)
  • ÁCompassá project: Based on the methods and experiences of the ÁTurningPointú project, this project offers complex labour market services for the unemployment people in the underprivileged Vajszló micro-region. The project located in a Roma Community House which has been rebuilt within a fórum of a previous project funded by Phare.
  • ÁHerbalá project: supporting the growing, collecting and buying up of different herbs in order to provide work opportunities for unemployed people in rural areas.

 

Resource Centre as a background institution:

 

  • We are the Regional Management AnAT of the Ministry of Social and Labour Affairs and provide services in Somogy, Tolna, and Baranya counties (e.g. social crisis management programmes, development of a so called village and homestead caretaker service, children's welfare programmes). In this regard, our tasks include also providing expert assistance and programme co-ordination to local governments that implement subsidised social programmes.
  • We provide office and professional assistance for the ÁRegional Social Policy Planning and Development Networká programme operated by the Institute for Social Policy and Labour.
  • Civil Network Development Professional Centre programme: we provide relevant information and professional consultation for social inclusion NGOs working in Baranya and Tolna county.
  • We are the secretariat of the South-Transdanubian Regional Social Policy Council; we have the responsibility for its smooth operation. Professional co-operation with the Institute of Social Policy and Labour in the process of establishing the professional standards of social services.

 

Organisation of courses and training

  • We are an officially accredited training anAT by the Institute of Social Policy and Labour and we provide social professional training for the staff of social institutions and civil organisations.

 

Social Policy planning activities including the following ones:

 

  • Development of social concepts (social concepts of the South-Transdanubian Region, Baranya county and Pécs city have been prepared by us).
  • Social service organizing concept of Siklós micro-region
  • Complex social policy chapter in the Strategic Development Programme of Human Services in the South-Transdanubian Region
  • New social service organizing concept of Pécs city