11/08/2026
INVITATION LETTER
To:
Oromhegyes Helyi Közösség / Mesna zajednica Trešnjevac
Kind attention of: the President of Oromhegyes Helyi Közösség / Mesna zajednica Trešnjevac
Serbia
Subject: Official Invitation to the 3-Day CERV Town Twinning Meeting in Brestovec, 28–30 August 2026
Dear President,
As you are already aware, the project “Promoting Respect, Inclusion, Diversity & Engagement Across Communities in Europe” has been approved for funding by the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV). Following this successful result, we are pleased to formally invite your municipality to participate in the central 3-Day CERV Town Twinning Meeting, which will take place in Brestovec, Slovakia, from 28 to 30 August 2026.
Call: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-TOWN-TT
Project No.: 101290188
On behalf of the Municipality of Brestovec, we hereby invite you and a delegation of 24 members from your municipality to take part in this important European community event.
As already discussed during several online meetings held in April and May 2026, the preparation and implementation of the project will be coordinated through the Project Steering Group (PSG), composed of representatives of all five partner municipalities. The PSG will continue to serve as the main coordination platform for the project, ensuring regular consultation, joint planning, exchange of information and smooth preparation of the common outputs and the three-day meeting in Brestovec.
We kindly ask your municipality to actively participate in all stages of the project implementation, as foreseen in the approved project application. In the preparatory period before the central three-day meeting in Brestovec, each partner municipality is expected to contribute to the creation of the common project outputs, including the short films on the two project topics, children’s drawings for the exhibition “My Town, Your Town, Our Europe”, and the jointly developed Memory Game, which will serve as a creative educational tool for schools and citizens across generations.
In addition, we kindly ask each partner municipality to contribute to the cultural dimension of the project by preparing and presenting elements of its local cultural heritage, traditions, music, artistic life and community identity. The cultural programme will be an important part of the Brestovec meeting, offering space for performances, concerts, visual presentations and intercultural exchange among the partner municipalities.
At the three-day meeting in Brestovec, we kindly ask your delegation to participate in the full programme, including the official opening ceremony, the children’s art exhibition, the “Windows to Our Towns” heritage presentations, the “Harmony in Diversity” intercultural evening, workshops, the Walk for Europe, the EU Info Point, the EU Quiz Corner, citizens’ debates, the conference, the presentation of the Memory Game, the Citizens’ Cinema: Our Europe on Screen, and the evening cultural programme “Celebrating Diversity on Stage”.
The “Celebrating Diversity on Stage” programme will be a living showcase of the rich cultural traditions of the partner municipalities. Through cultural performances, music, concerts, dance, artistic presentations and local traditions, the event will highlight the diversity, creativity and shared European spirit of our communities.
The programme will also include the signing of cooperation documents, a declaration, the symbolic planting of the Tree of European Unity, and the joint closing performance “We Belong Together”, emphasizing belonging, solidarity and friendship among the five municipalities.
The project connects five partner municipalities:
• Municipality of Brestovec, Slovakia
• Comuna Racu, Romania
• Jászladány Nagyközségi Önkormányzat, Hungary
• Oromhegyes Helyi Közösség / Mesna zajednica Trešnjevac, Serbia
• Ravazd Község Önkormányzata, Hungary
The aim of the project is to strengthen mutual understanding, solidarity and friendship between citizens across borders. It seeks to foster a deeper sense of belonging to Europe by promoting dialogue, intercultural exchange and active civic engagement.
Before the central three-day meeting in Brestovec, the partner municipalities will work together during the preparatory months to create innovative and participatory outputs. These will include 10 short films co-produced by the partner municipalities on two common topics, presenting both the concrete benefits of European cooperation and citizens’ visions for Europe’s future. Children will also contribute drawings under the theme “My Town, Your Town, Our Europe”, strengthening early awareness of European identity and mutual understanding. In addition, the partners will jointly develop the Memory Game, a creative educational tool for schools and citizens across generations.
The Brestovec meeting will gather citizens of all ages and backgrounds, including children, young people, seniors, minorities, local leaders and representatives of civil society. In accordance with the horizontal principles of the European Union, the project will promote equal opportunities, non-discrimination, gender equality and inclusive participation. Particular attention will be paid to ensuring a balanced representation of women and men, as well as the involvement of different generations, vulnerable groups and diverse local communities.
The programme will promote the project’s values — Respect, Inclusion, Diversity and Engagement — while encouraging participation in the democratic life of the European Union, intercultural dialogue, the exchange of good practices and the development of inclusive local communities. The cultural activities will play a particularly important role in this process, as they will allow citizens to discover each other’s traditions, share local stories and build emotional connections across borders.
The expected impact of the project is to strengthen mutual trust, counter stereotypes and create new opportunities for long-term cooperation between municipalities within and beyond the European Union. The tangible results of the project, including the short films, children’s art exhibition, Memory Game, cooperation agreements, the Declaration of Brestovec and the Tree of European Unity, will ensure that the project’s outcomes remain visible and usable in schools, cultural centres and online platforms well beyond the 3-day meeting.
Through this project, we hope to contribute to building a shared European identity rooted in diversity, solidarity and active citizenship. We also believe that the project will help create closer relationships between the partner municipalities and present to the wider public the importance of European integration, solidarity, engagement, mutual understanding, cultural diversity and cooperation among all generations of citizens.
The Project Steering Group (PSG) will continue to hold regular online coordination meetings during the preparatory period. Any practical, organisational or programme-related questions arising before the Brestovec meeting will be discussed and addressed jointly within this coordination framework.
We would be honoured to welcome your delegation in Brestovec and to share this important European community event with you.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Tóth
Mayor of the Municipality of Brestovec
Brestovec, 07 Jule 2026
Slovakia
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