The 2nd EMCCINNO gathering in Budapest: advancing progress and strengthening ties across five European hubs

At the start of December, Budapest became the vibrant meeting point for the second EMCCINNO project gathering, bringing together five pilot sites from across Europe: ZK/U (Germany), Be.Time (Spain), KÖME (Hungary), JACC (Portugal), and Friche la Belle de Mai (France). Hosted by GreenFormation and Internép, the event centered on exchanging updates, refining strategies, and deepening…

Culture, climate transition and social enterprise take the floor at EMES

EMES is a research network of university research centers and individual researchers on social enterprise. One of our running Horizon project, EMCCINNO, was featured at the 10th EMES International Research Conference, where the impact of culture and social enterprise on Europe’s climate transition was brought into focus. For three years long, EMCCINNO works to empower…

A month of participation: GreenFormation at a local democracy workshop

On October 17th, a local democracy workshop at one of Budapest’s community houses celebrates the growing role of participatory tools and democratic innovation in Hungary. Our colleague, György Pataki, represents GreenFormation during the first session dedicated to participatory knowledge production and decision-making, sharing valuable insights on how research driven by stakeholders can foster meaningful change…

Opening of the Highland Restaurand at Lowland Homeless Shelter

An exciting community project has been launched through the joint initiative of the Alföldi (Lowland) Shelter and the street newspaper “Fedél nélkül” (Without Shelter), which will culminate this autumn in a special issue titled “Fedő nélkül” (“Without a Lid”). The publication aims to uncover the hidden sides of the Népszínház (People’s Theater) Street area, with…