2025 Will Be the Year of Future Generations in the Diaspora

Lőrinc Nacsa announced the programs of the State Secretariat for this year in Sfântu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy, Transylvania). The goal of Hungarian national policy is the strengthening of the Hungarian nation and Hungarian communities abroad in 2025, said the State Secretary for National Policy.

He said that he considers it important that the announcements of the individual program elements should not be made from offices in Budapest, but where they are most useful: abroad, in the breakaway regions or in the diaspora. He said that in national policy, 2025 is the year of the future generation, when the focus is on children, young people, youth communities and families, because without Hungarian children there is no future for the country.

He announced that the program “In Hungarian in the Homeland” will continue this year, and spoke about the implementation of the Carpathian Basin Kindergarten Development Program and the investments still underway. Four hundred and eighty institutions have been renovated and 90 brand new ones have been created in Transylvania (Romania) aiming at the education, upbringing, and community integration of the youngest children. The program will provide quality educational conditions for 40,000 kindergarten and nursery children.

The State Secretariat for National Policy would continue to provide predictable support to the network of Hungarian educational institutions abroad:

50 Hungarian secondary schools, colleges, colleges for minority communities, and eight Hungarian-language higher education institutions or faculties abroad would be supported.

There will also be open calls for tenders this year, with a particular focus on youth communities. He pointed out that a camp, a community site, or a pilgrimage can be a life-changing experience for a young person, and can be a place where meaningful relationships can be forged. “These programs all strengthen young people in their Hungarian identity and their sense of belonging to the community,” underlined the politician.

The “twinning” program will also be announced, as the aim is for every Hungarian settlement in Hungary to have a twin settlement abroad. He referred to the Borderless program, which aims to bring Hungarian students to foreign regions and to get to know foreign communities. He noted that Háromszék (in Transylvania) is one of the best places for this. He said that

so far, 535,000 Hungarian students had visited a region abroad and that Transylvania remained a very popular destination.

He considers it important that Hungarian students, in addition to visiting beautiful places abroad, establish active contacts with the youth there, be it in the form of twinning, sports events, or dance workshops.

He mentioned the Mentoring Program, of which three thousand entrepreneurs are members. “More than 80 percent of the entrepreneurs involved in our programs employ Hungarian workers, so with these programs we are also helping Hungarian families to make a living,” he underlined. He said they would like to see the networks launched in recent years expand, helping professionals exchange experiences. To this end, professional training will continue, involving more and more professionals working in the field of mental and physical health of children and young people.

The State Secretariat for National Policy would like to find as many organizations and communities as possible that are involved in nation-building work that take responsibility for their communities and for the future generation.

Sándor Tamás, president of the Covasna County Assembly, said that in Háromszék, 2025 is the Year of Children, and the county assembly approved the relevant resolution on Thursday.

Via MTI; Featured picture: Pixabay