An example of a "Dream Park" from Budapest.

Budapest students continue to work on the 2005-2006 curriculum, “My Dream Park.”

An example of a student’s drawing from Budapest, Hungary, January 30, 2006

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June Budapest students receive “Certificates of Excellence” from the New York City Sister City Program to recognize their participation in the 2004-2005 pilot year of IEEP.

May IEEP Budapest students from Primary Music School at Bakats Square conclude the pilot year of IEEP by submitting their completed project for the “Cities Around the World” curriculum. Budapest students created and planned a five day tour to New York City (one day for each borough) through a virtual itinerary.

April 28, 2005 The Sister City Program organizes a visit from a Fulbright Scholar, Mr. Gyorgy Konczei, from Hungary to visit and give a presentation about Budapest to the IEEP students at Brownsville Computer Resource Center. Mr. Konczei’s visit brings a unique, personal perspective of our sister cities to the New York City students. Students from Brownsville’s media club filmed the visit and a video is available for viewing.

This visit is made possible through collaboration with Metro International’s “Global Classroom Scholar Program.” Metro International is a New York-based organization that provides enrichment activities for international Fulbright Scholars who are studying and/or conducting research in New York City universities.

February 17-18th, 2005 Budapest sends Monika Nagy, Coordinator of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Mayor of Budapest, and Attila Zsigmond, Director of the Budapest Art Gallery, to the February Public Art Summit, “Strategies for Public Art”. Mr. Zsigmond presents “BUDAPEST – THE HUNGARIAN SISTER” on the first day of the summit. Budapest’s White Paper is available here.

Monika Nagy, Coordinator of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Mayor of Budapest, and Attila Zsigmond, Director of Budapest Gallery at the Tweed Courthouse Reception, February 17, 2005

February 2005 Public Art Summit “Strategies for Public Art

The Mayor’s Office of Budapest approves the participation of the Primary Music School at Bakats Square for participation in the pilot year of the Sister City Program’s innovative Internet-based Educational Exchange Program (IEEP). Students from Budapest will communicate with New York City students on a password-protected, customized web-based forum to work on a collaborative year-long project called “Cities Around the World.”