Hódmezővásárhely

Hódmezovásárhely [50,000 people] is located in South-East Hungary, near the Romanian and Serbian borders. The biggest factories of the city are settled in the ceramic industry, a sector with a real growth potential. The ceramic industry’s history is closely intertwined with the history of the city. As a real future developmental path the city is promoting a cluster strategy in ceramics, encouraging closer cooperation among all the parties involved: entrepreneurs, artists and designers. A city strategy on creative issues will clearly foster this cluster development. Hódmezovásárhely is also exploring strategies based on creative issues as a competitive advantage opposite to the work&live environments in big agglomerations. The central aim of the city is to give a boost to the development of the cultural dimensions and creative industries.

The expectation of Hódmezővásárhely is to explore strategies based on creative issues as a competitive advantage opposite to the work & live environments in big agglomerations. The central aim of the city is to give a boost to the development of the cultural dimensions and creative industries, particularly because such cities find it difficult to compete with the major cities and agglomerations offering a larger scale of opportunities in terms of employment, services and “urban” quality of life.

The City of Hódmezovásárhely will contribute to the network through its experience on: cluster development for revitalizing mature industries; integrated urban development strategies; and creative education in primary and secondary schools.

www.hodmezovasarhely.hu