1. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County

2. Hungary

4. The County System Today

5. The county system as public administration body was established in the year 1000 a.d. by King Stephan, founder of the Hungarian State.

7. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Area: 7 247 km 2 Population: 731 000 (2004) No. of settlements: 357 Capital city: Miskolc (population 180 282)

8. 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

9. Borsod -Abaúj-Zemplén County Hall

10. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Government General Assembly (59) president vice- presidents (3) committees (12) executive county recorder departments (8) county level institutes (54)

11. Tel.: +36-46-344 901 Fax : +36-46-344 901 Political leadership of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Government 2006 - 2010 Dr. Ferenc ÓDOR, President Zsolt GERGELY Vice-president Dr. Szabolcs SÓJA Vice-president Ferenc KONCZ Vice-president

12. 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.

13. Our region is the North-Hungary Region consisting of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád Counties with a total area of 13 429 km 2 and a population of 1 280 000. B-A-Z County Heves County Nógrád County

15. Main Economical Data

16. GDP per capita (2004) 1 365 150 HUF ~ 5 460 EUR GDP at market prices: PPS per inhabitant 9 222 PPS=Purchasing Power Standard (2004) Average gross wage per month 142 392 HUF (2006) ~ 570 EUR Minimum gross wage per month 65 500 HUF (2007) 262 EUR Number of employed (2006) 238 300 Unemployment rate (ILO; 2006) 12.0 %

18. Comparison of GDP at market prices (PPS per inhabitant: 2004) PPS = Purchasing Power Standard

19. Percentage of Different Forms of Enterprises (2006)

20. Division of Organizations According to Economic Branches (2002)

21. Number of Employees According to Economic Branches (2002)

22. Value of Industrial Production

23. European Union support and national co-financing

24. Transportation Infrastructure

25. Development of Expressway Road Systems 2003 - 2006 2003 - 2006

26. Main Road Infrastructure

27. 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.

28. 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 1 st and 2 nd class coaches.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. TOURISM

32. TOURISM Change of Total Guest-nights

33. Guest-nights in %-age of Total Foreign (2004)

34. Tokaj Wine Region Heritage of the World

35. Bükk National Park

36. Aggtelek National Park Heritage of the World

37. The Tisza River

38. Miskolc

39. THERMAL SPAS & MEDICINAL CAVES in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County JÓSVAFŐ SÁROSPATAK MISKOLC BOGÁCS MEZŐKÖVESD TISZAÚJVÁROS

40. MISKOLC- TAPOLCA CAVE BATH Well: 30 °C, unique atmosphere, 8 state-of-the-art pools, full-scale medical assistance, 220 000 visitors / year CAVE BATH Well: 30 °C, unique atmosphere, 8 state-of-the-art pools, full-scale medical assistance, 220 000 visitors / year

41. Well: 72 °C, 9 pools Full-scale medical assistance Folklore attractions (Matyó-embroidery) 500 000 visitors / year MEZŐKÖVESD ZSÓRY

42. BOGÁCS SPA Well: 70 °C 3 pools Nearby wine- tasting facilities 300 000 visitors / year

43. Well: 57 °C, 2x3 state-of-the-art pools Full-scale medical assistance Excellent sporting facilities 340 000 visitors / year CITY BATH, THERMAL SPA

44. SÁROSPATAK VÉGARDÓ Well: 48 °C, 2 pools Nearby wine-tasting facilities (Tokaj) 220 000 visitors / year

45. JÓSVAFŐ MEDICINAL CAVE „BÉKE” (PEACE) World Heritage Site since 1995 Full-scale medical assistance

46. Prepared by: Frank Varga, senior counselor of foreign affairs Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen County GovernmentSources: 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