Transcript The County and Regional Level in Hungary

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
County
Hungary
The County System Today
The county system as public administration
body was established in the year 1000 a.d. by
King Stephan, founder of the Hungarian State.
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
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Area: 7 247 km2
Population: 731 000 (2004)
No. of settlements: 357
Capital city: Miskolc (population 180 282)
Public Administration in
Hungary
• Central Government
National Parliament elected every 4 years
• County (Self)Governments
County Assemblies elected every 4 years
• Local (municipal) (Self)Governments
Municipal Assemblies elected every 4 years
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hall
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Government
General Assembly
(59)
(59)
president
committees
(12)
vicepresidents
(3)
executive county
recorder
departments (8)
county level institutes (54)
Political leadership of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Government
2006 - 2010
Dr. Ferenc ÓDOR, President
Zsolt GERGELY
Ferenc KONCZ
Dr. Szabolcs SÓJA
Vice-president
Vice-president
Vice-president
1999: in order to be compatible with the EU NUTS II level,
the Parliament modified the Act on Regional Development and
introduced 7 so-called statistical regions. This is not a public
administration division.
Our region is the North-Hungary Region consisting of
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád Counties with a
total area of 13 429 km2 and a population of 1 280 000.
B-A-Z County
Nógrád County
Heves County
Main Economical
Data
GDP per capita (2004)
1 365 150 HUF
~ 5 460 EUR
GDP at market prices: PPS per inhabitant
PPS=Purchasing Power Standard (2004)
9 222
Average gross wage per month
(2006)
142 392 HUF
~ 570 EUR
Minimum gross wage per month
(2007)
65 500 HUF
262 EUR
Number of employed (2006)
Unemployment rate (ILO; 2006)
238 300
12.0 %
Euro
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
3 029
3 403
3 852
4 219
4659
5461
6 000
5 000
4 000
3 000
2 000
1 000
0
243
243
243
242,95
736000
827000
936000
1025000
Change of GDP /capita in
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
1999
3 029
3 403
3 852
4659
4 219
5461
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Comparison of GDP at market prices
(PPS per inhabitant: 2004)
PPS = Purchasing Power Standard
2004
one
ary
Hungary
22 415
23 843
13 751
9 138
9 222
9 222
9 138
13 751
23 843
22 415
EU 25
EURO Zone
Hungary
North-Hungary Region
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Percentage of Different Forms
of Enterprises (2006)
micro enterprises (1 - 9
employees)
7,2%
1,5%
0,3%
91,0%
small enterprises (10 - 49
employees)
medium enterprises (50 - 249
employees)
large enterprises (more than
250 employees)
Division of Organizations According to
Economic Branches (2002)
agriculture, forestry, fishing
12000
11127
mining
processing industry
10015
10000
utilities
building industry
8000
trade, repair service
hotel, catering
6000
transport, warehouse, post,
telecomm.
financial business
3774
4000
3626
2500
2132
1264
1979
2000
56
0
real estate, economic services
48
2450
1594
1314
381
public services, social security
education
health-care, welfare
other community, personal services
Number of Employees According to
Economic Branches (2002)
agriculture, forestry, fishing
45000
mining
38568
40000
processing industry
utilities
35000
building industry
30000
trade, repair service
hotel, catering
25000
transport, warehouse, post,
telecomm.
financial business
17902
20000
15487
14211
15000
10000
5000
6178
4623
633
0
14460
8211
4610
2831
real estate, economic services
public services, social security
3387
2013
3965
education
health-care, welfare
other community, personal services
Value of Industrial Production
1400
1233
billion HUF
1200
983
1000
649
800
600
711 715
773
494
400
200
0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
European Union support
321
332
991
299
893
956
289
863
309
280
834
921
270
804
124
329
250 94
215 79
62
21
65
21
59
20
62
20
billion HUF
and national co-financing
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
EU support
national co-finance
FDI
Transportation
Infrastructure
Development of Expressway Road Systems
2003 - 2006
Main Road Infrastructure
Access by Road
• 180 kilometers between downtown
Budapest and downtown Miskolc.
• Duration of travel is approximately 1 hour
45 minutes on the M3, M30 expressway.
Access by Railroad
• 185 kilometers between Budapest Keleti
(East) Railroad Station and Miskolc Tiszai
Railroad Station.
• Duration of travel is 1 hour 52 minutes by
comfortable InterCity service with 1st and
2nd class coaches.
Kosice International Airport
The airport is located 80 kilometers North of
Miskolc on the M30 highway.
The airport is capable of serving small
„business“ aircrafts to Boeing 767 or Airbus
300.
Debrecen Regional Airport
The airport is located 100 kilometers East of
Miskolc on the M3 expressway and M35 highway.
The airport is capable of serving small „business“
aircrafts to Boeing 737 or Airbus 310, Airbus 320.
Miskolc Sport Airport
A small sports airport located North of
Miskolc with a grass runway.
Can of receive small airplanes capable of
landing on grass and helicopters.
TOURISM
TOURISM
Change of Total Guest-nights
1990
domestic
900000 534183
foreign
263203
number of guest-nights
800000
700000
600000
2000
505147
139282
2001
492507
136199
2002
537205
126141
2003
579342
127777
132 558
263 203
139 282 136 199
126 141
127 777
500000
400000
300000
2004
675599
132558
675 599
534 183
579 342
537 205
505 147
492 507
200000
100000
0
1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
foreign
domestic
Guest-nights in %-age of Total Foreign
(2004)
4,0
3,5 3,2
2,9
12,3
19,8
4,2
5,5
18,7
9,9
Poland
Germany
Slovakia
Netherlands
Ukraine
Other countries
Czech Rep.
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Tokaj Wine Region
Heritage of the World
Bükk National Park
Aggtelek National Park
Heritage of the World
The Tisza River
Miskolc
JÓSVAFŐ
SÁROSPATAK
MISKOLC
BOGÁCS
TISZAÚJVÁROS
MEZŐKÖVESD
THERMAL SPAS &
MEDICINAL CAVES
in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
County
MISKOLCTAPOLCA
CAVE BATH
Well: 30 °C, unique atmosphere, 8 state-of-the-art pools,
full-scale medical assistance, 220 000 visitors / year
MEZŐKÖVESD • Well: 72 °C, 9 pools
ZSÓRY
• Full-scale medical
assistance
• Folklore attractions
(Matyó-embroidery)
• 500 000 visitors / year
BOGÁCS
SPA
• Well: 70 °C
• 3 pools
• Nearby winetasting facilities
• 300 000
visitors / year
• Well: 57 °C, 2x3
state-of-the-art pools
• Full-scale medical
assistance
CITY BATH, THERMAL SPA
• Excellent sporting
facilities
• 340 000
visitors / year
• Well: 48 °C, 2 pools
• Nearby wine-tasting
facilities (Tokaj)
• 220 000 visitors / year
SÁROSPATAK
VÉGARDÓ
JÓSVAFŐ
MEDICINAL CAVE
„BÉKE” (PEACE)
• World Heritage
Site since 1995
• Full-scale medical
assistance
Prepared by:
Frank Varga, senior counselor of foreign affairs
Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen County Government
Sources:
Hungary Central Statistics Office:
http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/ksh/docs/hun/xftp/megy/0404/bors0404.pdf
EUROSTAT:
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=0,1136162,0_45572076&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=0,1136173,0_45570701&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL