Our Four Partners Are Ready to Start: Kick-off Meeting in Budapest, 13-15 June, 2012

The kick-off meeting was organised and hosted by the Local Government of Budapest XVIII District Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre. 

The meeting started with an introduction to the URBACT Programme from the Head of the URBACT Secretariat, Mr. Emmanuel Moulin. Mr. Moulin highlighted the fact that RE-Block was a special project due to the fact that it is the only project approved in this year's call that has a Lead Partner from a new member state. He went on to stress the key things that the partners should take into account when participating in an URBACT project and presented the URBACT video.

During the course of the rest of the meeting, key activities included: the presentation of the partners, the structure and work plan for the development phase, discussion on the state of the art report, the local support group and local action plan, the RE-Block logo and management issues. The next steps of the project were also discussed including the extension of the original partnership and the final conference in Malaga. 

After the technical meeting, a site visit was planned to the Havanna high rise blocks, where project partners could see at first hand the Hungarian pilot project site and meet key actors. Once there, partners visited the local Community Centre, a museum, which tells the history of the Havanna blocks, and a local child care centre.